Toying with MSI’s new Intel Arc G3 handheld.
… Intel handhelds went from an embarrassment to pretty good in a little over a year; at this rate, they might be the leader once RAMageddon is over.
… Intel handhelds went from an embarrassment to pretty good in a little over a year; at this rate, they might be the leader once RAMageddon is over.
… After the embarrassment that was the first MSI Claw and the excellent MSI Claw 8 AI Plus that followed it, Intel announced it would create custom handheld gaming chips. Today, it’s formally announcing them as the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme. …
… Link: I held the next-gen handheld | https://www.theverge.com/games/941360/intel-arc-g3-extreme-msi-claw-next-gen-handheld-preview | The Verge
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… MSI describes the Claw 8 EX AI Plus as being the “world’s first” handheld to contain the recently announced Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor, which features an array of Xe3 GPU cores to run games. …
… Intel is launching two new custom chips made for handheld gaming devices, the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme, which will power the upcoming Acer Predator Atlas 8. …
… In a press briefing for the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus — which I just published a hands-on for — Intel’s Nick Mijuskovic said the company didn’t have “anything to share timeline-wise on SteamOS support” for Intel’s Panther Lake architecture, which includes the handheld-specific G3 Extreme chip that powe… …
… Intel’s first handheld gaming chip is the Arc G3, and this Acer is using it. The Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme are Intel’s new custom handheld gaming chips. We don’t know a lot about these chips just yet, but Acer is using them in two variants of its new Atlas 8 handheld. …
This is not a review of the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus, the first gaming handheld available with Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme handheld gaming chip. …
… Image: Acer Intel’s first handheld gaming chip is the Arc G3, and this Acer is using it Sean Hollister May 28 Sean Hollister May 28 A roughly $300 laptop? …