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Archives for May 2025

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
No wonder AMD folded its gaming business into its client business.

AMD, like Nvidia, is becoming an AI chip company. In February, I showed you how even Nvidia’s networking business is now bigger than gaming. Today, AMD’s (largely rosy!) Q1 2025 earnings show how far gaming has shrunk compared to its desktop and laptop CPUs.

Gaming used to be its own reporting segment, but that just changed this quarter. Gaming is also now smaller than AMD’s embedded business, which did $0.8B in revenue.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Intel’s fake frames can now boost more games.

Intel’s XeSS 2 launched last December with just two games in tow — but five months later, your Series 2 Core Ultra laptop chip (e.g. Ultra 9 285H) or Battlemage desktop card (e.g. Arc B580) can can do tailored low latency frame gen in a full 19 titles.

Most are listed in the chart below. Intel tells us the others are Black Myth Wukong, Civilization VII, Fragpunk, Naraka Bladepoint, Steel Seed, The Talos Principle Reawakened, and Wild Assault.

Image: Intel
Nvidia will release its $299 RTX 5060 on May 19thNvidia will release its $299 RTX 5060 on May 19th
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Half-Life 3 is “playable end-to-end.”

So says Tyler McVicker, a Valve watcher who held a Q&A session last week, answering questions about the development of the game. He says the game could be announced by this summer.

While reporting McVicker’s video, Engadget noted other recent hints the game is actually happening, including a Valve concept artist claiming to have been present where development on the game took place, and Valve leaker Gabe Follower “signaling a non-cliffhanger ending” to the game.

Half-Life 3 is reportedly playable in its entirety and could be announced this year

[engadget.com]

Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 review: powerful graphics, LOUD FANS

6

Verge Score

A great GPU and an excellent screen for the money, if you can deal with the fan noise.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
SteamOS prepares for its first official third-party handheld.

The first non-Steam Deck but authorized as “Powered by SteamOS” handheld is supposed to ship this month, joining the Windows version of the Legion Go S that we reviewed in February. Now the latest SteamOS preview (3.7.5) shows Valve’s ongoing preparations with new support for its trackpad.

That was on the to-do list of items Valve had at CES, so it’s good to see it being checked off, even if the Steam version is still only listed as “coming soon” at Best Buy.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.7.5 Preview: Seamless

[store.steampowered.com]

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