Alienware (or Dell, to its friends) remains one of the most popular suppliers of OLED gaming monitors out there, and I’m pretty sure it’s because it’s the only major supplier that seems laser-focused on value. But its new flagship OLED, announced at Computex, is going for broke. The new model isn’t just its biggest yet at 39 inches, it’s a 5K2K beast packed with new performance tech.
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AMD reissues the Ryzen 7 5800X3D as a $349 “10th Anniversary Edition” for AM4 on June 25. It also launches the Ryzen 7 7700X3D (8c/16t, 4.5GHz, 120W) at $329 on July 16. AMD globally releases the Radeon RX 9070 GRE (12GB) at $549 on June 1.
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A year or two ago, gaming handhelds were the most exciting, fastest-growing segment in the PC market. So exciting that Acer announced a couple of models that I’m not sure ever actually landed at retail. But in 2026, as memory and storage shortages cripple the consumer PC…
It’s been four years and change since Valve shook things up with the Steam Deck. In all that time, nearly every single competitor and alternative handheld gaming PC has used an AMD chip. MSI is the only exception, and even it has an AMD alternate model. At Computex 2026, Intel is finally ready to play for real with the Intel Arc G3—it’s just a shame that now is the worst possible time to do…
Google made headlines a short time ago for a plan to expand its Gemini prompt box as it combines AI and search. Microsoft is taking a different tack: it’s also dynamically expanding its prompt box, but with an eye towards improving its productivity apps instead. Right now…
The first surprise came before I even opened a browser tab: The seven-year-old Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 booted faster than the brand-new laptops I tested it against.
That wasn’t supposed to happen. Whenever laptop or chip makers don’t have much to say about how a PC…
Microsoft is following through on a previous announcement with a new optional update for Windows 11 that makes the operating system genuinely faster, especially in certain situations. It’s called update KB5089573 and it includes the “Low Latency Profile” feature.
Windows Central reports that KB5089573 is the first update to come out of the secret Windows K2 project. In short, the aim of the…
The Steam Deck, harbinger of a portable PC gaming revolution, has been out of stock for three months. Now it’s back… at almost double the price of the original model. It’ll cost you $789 USD to get the 512GB OLED version, $949 for the 1TB upgrade. The original LCD…
LG has a long history of launching big new OLED monitors at sky-high pricing, and while they’re often difficult to afford, they’re usually great monitors. The LG Ultragear Evo GX9 continues this lineage with a 39-inch 5K2K panel that delivers fantastic SDR and HDR image…
You’re sitting on Flight 02 from San Francisco to Taipei, settling in for a long 14-hour journey. Suddenly, a familiar face appears nearby — a competitor!
This is what Microsoft’s new “privacy screen” on its new Surface Laptop 8 was designed for: With the press of a button, your screen dims, darkening to a nearly opaque black when viewed from the side. Is it worthwhile? Microsoft sent me…
