You’re not getting quite the same level of GPU power or build quality either, but a cheaper laptop like the Acer Nitro V15 ...

HP will merge its PC gaming divisions under the HyperX name in 2026, starting with three powerhouse HyperX Omen laptops showcased at CES 2026.

The Area 51 name carries a herculean amount of weight with gaming laptop fans, seeing how the original 2000s-era Area-51m ...

Nvidia’s long-awaited G-Sync Pulsar promises motion as smooth as what you'd get from a 1,000Hz display—if one existed! It's ...

The heat production, and the attendant spinning of the fans, is one of the drawbacks that the comparatively cool-running Core ...

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We saw Acer's newest additions to its ultraportable Swift line, as well as a preview of its upcoming Nitro and Helios gaming laptops, before their unveiling at CES 2026.

The EliteBoard is a full-fledged desktop PC, based on a Ryzen mobile CPU, stuffed into a thin keyboard. (Think Commodore 64, but way skinnier and way more powerful.) Reviving this decades-old design ...

Alienware didn’t hold back at CES 2026. The company lifted the curtain on refreshed 16X Aurora and 16 Area-51 laptops, and they look pretty interesting. Inside, these machines sport powerful Intel ...

Acer is headlining a slate of four spiffy new monitors, including a 27-inch Predator panel with a true 1,000Hz refresh rate (at 720p). There's also a 5K Nitro panel with dual refresh modes, as well as ...

Just announced at CES 2026, the HP EliteBoard G1a is totally unlike any other laptop or desktop PC I have seen in decades—mainly because it’s neither. HP has employed laptop components to integrate a ...