The Core Ultra 200S Plus processors (also referred to as Arrow Lake Refresh, in some circles) add more processor cores, boost clock speeds, add support for faster memory, and speed up the internal communication between different parts of the processor. Collectively, Intel says these improvements will boost gaming performance by an average of 15 percent.
Just because it's made by a streaming company doesn't mean they cut corners. This mini-LED, QLED-powered panel handles dark colors and shadows with grace, with no haloing or distortion like you might find on other QLED screens at lower price points.
Calling the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 "ultra-wide" barely scratches the surface. This thing is enormous. At 49 inches across, it can dominate an entire desk. It's the kind of monitor that makes dual-screen setups look quaint, delivering a single, seamless canvas that stretches far into your peripheral vision. Right now, it's also far more affordable than usual. The Odyssey OLED G9 normally sells for $1,249, but Amazon has dropped the price to $900, knocking a hefty $349 off the total for a limited time.
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D features the same 8-core, 16-threads design as the 9800X3D, as well as the same 96MB L3 cache that makes these chips especially suited for gaming workloads. Thanks to the higher level of binning, the 9850X3D can now hit 5.6GHz clock speeds, up from the 9800X3D's 5.2GHz, at the same 120W TDP. This is an almost 8% increase in clock speed, and should make the 9850X3D the fastest gaming CPU in AMD's lineup, and consequently, on the market.
Many companies have tried and failed to produce gaming handhelds that run Windows, and it's not hard to see the appeal. You could take all of your games with you, install mods and custom software, or even plug into a hub and get some work done. Lenovo is taking another swing at the Windows handheld game with the Legion Go 2, undeterred by mixed reviews on the original Legion Go and streamlined Legion Go S.
GPU giant Nvidia acknowledged that the update caused dips in gaming performance for some and has pushed out a hotfix based on version 581.80 of its Game Ready Driver. First spotted by Windows Latest, the hotfix is a quick and dirty (or, in official parlance, "run through a much abbreviated QA process") patch to address some specific issues. In this case, the Windows 11 October update is slowing down games.
The OnePlus 15 will offer an improved Glacier cooling system that will include a larger vapor chamber with its walls made from tearable steel for better heat dissipation. This also makes the structure thinner, which creates more space inside the phone. Next, OnePlus is using a new Glacier Supercritical Aerogel for thermal insulation, which allows the phone's exterior to remain cooler for longer while gaming.
I wrote that no one should buy MSI and Intel's original handheld gaming PC. I literally called it an embarrassment, and the company blacklisted me after that. MSI stopped pitching me news, and stopped answering my emails, even after the company began to write off its dud of a handheld. So you can imagine my surprise to find: MSI and Intel have gone from worst to nearly first.
This is a terrific deal for anyone looking to transform a blah PC desktop into a raging speed demon, but it's especially great if you're a gamer looking to upgrade a rig or are thinking about building your own from scratch. With 8 performance cores and 12 efficient cores, and that awesome max clock speed of 5.5GHz, the Intel Core Ultra 7 is begging to be the engine for high-end lag-free PC gaming.
