Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
Jasmine Mannan Apr 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
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Objectively, the 9950X3D2 is the most capable consumer desktop processor AMD has ever built. It's certainly touted as a niche product, and there is no doubt that, for a specific class of professionals running heavy rendering or AI workloads, it will be the go-to choice. The economics of it, however, means that it will only appeal to a narrow segment of buyers, and even in those segments, the 270K Plus gives it strong competition while having no business competing with it, especially given its price-point. There's also a broader question that lurks within the minds of potential buyers. Is now e
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is incredible, but entirely unnecessaryIf Claude Code doesn't fix this one thing, I'm switching to Codex
Mahnoor Faisal May 31, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
…FSR 4.1 is a huge deal for the Steam Deck and its competitors Handheld gaming just got a lot more interesting While most of the coverage around FSR 4.1 has…
I switched from Claude Code to Codex for a week, and the trade-offs surprised me
Mahnoor Faisal Apr 21, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Nvidia won't release a single new gaming GPU this year, and that's actually good for gamers
…There's also a very distinct lack of competition from AMD and Intel for these cards—that's not to say that the RX 9000 series or B580 weren't competitive, but…
I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
…But the economics of tinkering look different now, especially after the RAM apocalypse tightened memory supply and forced Raspberry Pi into repeated price hikes tied to LPDDR4 costs and AI-era competition…
Most gamers should logically buy an AMD GPU — here's why they keep buying Nvidia anyway
…Related The best AMD GPU for Local AI performs as well as the RTX 3090 and costs far less AMD already has a worthy candidate for local AI, but most people don…
The Steam Deck taught PC handheld makers the wrong lesson
…competitors just couldn't match. Even the premium OLED models sat comfortably in console purchasing territory. They subsidized the hardware costs through Steam game sales. Traditional hardware companies like Asus, Lenovo, and…
Claude Code with a local LLM running offline is the hybrid setup I didn't know I needed
…Unlike some competitors who lead with products or platforms, Anthropic's founding mission centers on building AI systems that are safe, interpretable, and steerable. Not quite. Anthropic is primarily an AI safety…
SSD prices aren't coming down anytime soon, but used enterprise SSDs could be the answer you're looking for
…Due to unprecedented demand from AI data centers, manufacturers pivoted to enterprise memory and storage, leaving little silicon for producing consumer counterparts. This unfortunately sent prices skyrocketing, and today, you need to…