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… Nikkei via Tom's Hardware also quoted an executive for consumer gaming PCs, who said that paying more may not mean they get more in terms of supply. …
… Want this newsletter to come directly to your inbox? Sign up on our website! I’ve heard more than one person express frustration about Nvidia, Microsoft, and other companies pushing AI-focused hardware on consumers during Computex. …
… The same RAM crisis has pushed the company's new hardware projects, the console-style Steam Machine with its discrete GPU and the Meta Quest-style Steam Frame VR headset, to an uncertain "late 2026" timeline. …
… The percentage of desktop PCs with discrete graphics cards included sank to 55 percent, down 12.3 percent from the third quarter of 2025 -- again, indicating that consumers were choosing not to include them. But when they were buying them, consumers favored Nvidia whole-heartedly. …
… The new driver evaluation process is designed to prevent this problem. …
… We aren't out of this mess, but consumers could hope we're reaching equilibrium at a "new normal," with apologies if that term brings back some bad pandemic memories. …
… A new laptop naturally brings with it gains in productivity, but not for everyone. My article provides some clarity on the gains you can expect from new hardware -- from boot times to the time it takes to calculate formulas in Excel -- to help consumers decide whether to make the leap. …
… Framework was riding high last year, as it announced its first 2-in-1 laptop design that was also a budget laptop, a new mini-PC based on powerful AMD hardware, and some much-needed updates to its 16-inch laptop with a discrete GPU option. …
… Nvidia, easily the most visible beneficiary of the "AI" bubble due to industrial sales, is trying to inject a generative "AI" filter into its newest gaming software while reportedly skipping any new consumer GPUs for the first time in decades. …
