A week into testing Intel’s new Core Ultra X9, the numbers are in. The CPU performance is steady, and the Arc integrated ...

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We've tested Intel's Panther Lake flagship laptop chip, the Core Ultra X9 388H, and we're very impressed with the Core Ultra ...

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Let the handheld wars begin.

Intel first discussed the mobile architecture it calls Lunar Lake way back in June, and stated at the time it would arrive in Q3. The initial reveal included some lofty performance claims, so we've ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. It's safe to say that the PC industry has been waiting with bated ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

We ran some bench tests to find out how Valve's long-awaited gaming handheld stacks up against different kinds of laptops on a range of game titles. I’ve been a consumer PC expert at PCMag for 10 ...

We put a lot of rigs through their paces in our everlasting quest to find the best gaming laptops, but making sure we're giving each machine its fair shot at the top spot requires a series of ...

GeForce graphics power on laptops gets a boost, with two new "Ti" versions of Nvidia's potent RTX 30 GPUs. Here's how Team Green's new top-end RTX 3080 Ti chip shapes up in our first bench tests. I’ve ...