Remember when Framework made the first laptop where you can easily upgrade its entire internal video card in three minutes flat? The company's getting into the external graphics game, too. As promised last August, you'll be able to turn the Framework Laptop 16's GPU modules into external ones instead. Or, you can plug in a desktop graphics card (or network card, or other PCIe cards) for more power than most laptops ever dream of having, with eight lanes of PCI-Express bandwidth.

Framework's calling it the OCuLink Dev Kit, because it uses the OCuLink standard to transmit data between your CPU and the external GPU, and because the company wa …

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The original InZone M10S OLED gaming monitor stood out for a mix of reasons when I reviewed it for Polygon back in late 2024 - some good (impressively small stand, high 480Hz refresh rate) and some bad (high price, low on features versus the competition). The company is launching its follow-up model, the InZone M10S II, at the same $1,099.99 price as before, but with numerous updates to better justify the cost. It'll come out later this year and will be sold exclusively through Sony's online shop.

For instance, it's built with a fourth-gen WOLED panel (LG Display's Primary RGB Tandem tech) that offers higher brightness and contrast than pre …

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Alienware has announced a new budget-friendlier QD-OLED monitor, the AW2726DM. As some of the numbers in the convoluted product name hint, it's a 27-inch QHD panel, with 2560 x 1440 resolution, HDR support, and a high refresh rate of 240Hz. But what really makes it special is its comparatively low price of $349.99 at Dell.

High-refresh OLED monitors are great for gaming but also nice for everyday use, thanks to their strong contrast, vibrant colors, and their ability to smoothly display motion across your desktop. The AW2726DM makes the whole formula more approachable, as fancier gaming OLEDs typically run $500 to $900 or higher (and that's …

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It’s tough to find decent gaming laptops under $1,000. However, Best Buy has what I consider to be a good entry-level model for 1080p gaming in Lenovo’s 15.6-inch LOQ laptop, which is selling for $649.99 (usually $959.99) through today, April 9th. Even with its Nvidia’s RTX 4050 (its lowest-tier GPU of the series), the laptop is likely to be performant enough to play many titles at respectable frame rates if you adjust video settings per-game as needed.

Lenovo LOQ 15.6-inch gaming laptop

Where to Buy:

• $959.99 $649.99 at Best Buy

A few things stand out to me about this laptop that make it worth considering. For one, I’ve always loved the typing experience of other Lenovo gaming laptops that I’ve used (impressively, this one stocks a full keyboard with a numpad). I also like that, despite being an entry-level machine, it has 16GB of speedy 4,800MHz DDR5 RAM, and you can go up to 32GB by opening up the chassis. Same goes for the SSD — it comes with a somewhat paltry 512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, but there are two slots, and each tops out at 1TB.

A few other Verge-approved deals for you

• PC gamers into Destiny 2 can get every expansion for the free-to-play game in one of Humble’s bundles. The top-tier bundle is $28, and includes content dating back to the Forsaken and Shadowkeep expansions as well as newer expansions, like The Edge of Fate and The Final Shape. A fun perk in the $28 tier is a 25 percent off coupon for Marathon, Bungie’s latest game. It’s a punishing extraction first-person shooter for teams up to three players that Destiny fans might dig.
• If you have a Nintendo Switch 2 and are considering getting Resident Evil Requiem, Capcom’s latest entry in the franchise, here’s a deal to consider. The Resident Evil Generation Pack costs $89.99 at Amazon and Best Buy and includes Requiem, Resident Evil 7, and Resident Evil Village. Nintendo stopped selling the bundle on its eShop in March, and now it sells those older games digitally for $29.99 and $39.99, respectively — totaling $140 for all three a la carte. Here’s our review of Resident Evil Requiem.
• You can turn one AC outlet into six (with a pair of USB-C and USB-A ports, to boot) with Anker’s 10-in-1 mountable power strip. It’s down to $15.99 at Amazon, a small, but nice $4 discount off its usual price. Its leftmost USB-C port tops out at 20W charging, while the other supports up to 15W, which is enough if you want to keep your phone charged while you sleep or in between events. In case its 300-joule maximum isn’t high enough to assure you it’ll protect your priciest, most power-hungry devices, Belkin’s six-outlet surge protector offers slightly better protection (up to 1,680 joules) and costs $22.99 at Amazon.