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Best Laptops

Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated

We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks.

Laptops
Several CPUs on a table.

The Best CPU for Gaming in 2026

By Jake Roach last updated

Here is the best CPU for gaming.

CPUs
Acer Nitro 7 handheld blurred in the background with the Acer Predator logo in the foreground

Acer's upcoming Predator Atlas 8 handheld to feature Intel's 'Arc G3' chip based on Panther Lake

By Hassam Nasir published

The Arc G3 series would compete directly against AMD's Ryzen Z2 platform.

Handheld Gaming
Mirror Maze PC Build

Best Gaming PCs of 2026

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated

We test the best gaming PCs with our typical gauntlet of real-world and synthetic benchmarks to measure overall prebuilt system performance.

Gaming PCs
A collection of eight recent motherboards, in their boxes, on a desk, showcasing the types of boards that typically land on our lest of best motherboards we have benchmarked.

Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

By Joe Shields last updated

Here are the best motherboards we've tested for recent AMD and Intel platforms. Choose from our expert benchmarked picks of the best available motherboards based on our testing and reviews.

Motherboards
Intel Arc Q3'23 DX11 Drivers Update

Intel has reportedly killed discrete gaming GPUs for the upcoming Xe3P Arc "Celestial" family

By Hassam Nasir published

Intel's next discrete gaming card is a mystery.

GPUs
Intel vs AMD

Intel vs AMD: Which CPUs Are Better in 2026?

By Jake Roach last updated

We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.

CPUs

Crimson Desert devs apologize for ‘confusion’ over Intel GPU FAQ — backtracks over prior dismissive language regarding Arc graphics support

By Mark Tyson published

The Crimson Desert devs have apologized for prior dismissive language regarding Intel GPUs and confirmed that a support update is on the way.

GPUs

Intel has reached out to Crimson Desert developer “many times” to support Arc GPUs

By Jake Roach published

Intel has shifted the blame for a lack of Arc GPU in Crimson Desert back on developer Pearl Abyss, saying it's reached out to the studio "many times" over the past several years.

GPUs
Intel Precompiled Shader Distribution

Intel's new Precompiled Shader Distribution can improve game loading times by up to 3x on Arc GPUs

By Hassam Nasir published

Support doesn't extend to Alchemist for now.

GPU Drivers
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