… But it didn't bother releasing its new big Battlemage GPU for gaming and all the indications are that the Arc experiment is over, with Intel set to replace Arc iGPUs in its chips with Nvidia graphics tech in a generation or two. …
… Its long-awaited Panther Lake-based handheld gaming PC processors have just been officially announced, and they're called the Intel Arc G3 and the Intel Arc G3 Extreme . …
… For a handheld gaming PC, though, what ultimately matters is the iGPU, and that's where the Arc G3 Extreme could be a real winner. …
… It's the larger sibling to the G21 GPU as seen in the Intel Arc B580 , Intel's second generation of graphics architecture, itself known variously as Battlemage or Xe2. …
… Yesterday, Intel announced new Panther Lake chips designed specifically for handhelds, called the Arc G-Series Arc G3 and G3 Extreme , and while we've already seen MSI's expensive Claw offering featuring one of the new chips, Acer has now also sprung one on us in the form of the Predator Atlas 8 . …
… Now, let's return to handhelds that will feature Intel's latest Arc G-series chips. We've already seen retailer listings on multiple occasions in Australia and EU markets for G-series MSI Claw handhelds that suggest a very high initial price tag, translating to around $1,800 USD or more. …
… And it's also potentially unlikely that we're going to see any handhelds using the Intel Arc G3 chip which also comes with the same B370 iGPU. …
… The recently announced Intel Arc G-series Acer handheld , on the other hand, has gone with more of a Lenovo Legion Go S kind of design: smooth, rounded grips and nary a jut in sight. …
… That means you're getting the full 14-core processing array, along with the 12 Xe core Arc B390 iGPU. …
… Intel's 18A process is used to make Panther Lake chips for laptops, and we've already been pretty impressed with those—thus why we're excited for new Arc G3-series chips for handhelds, which are Panther Lake-based. …