Intel is an empire beyond his first and is hidden from all sides. As well as Paul “muad’dib” atreids of Dune Monologis about the many futures he perceived is a “narrow path” for the crippled rag. The road forward could be with a new gaming focus on its upcoming gene chips. Its desktop CPU can be Get Gamer-Central UpgradeBut the real surprise may be how it could win a market in which it still has to really compete: manual gaming.
Portable video game computers need Intel to shake things. There is a thought that I can’t get tremble as soon as I saw filtered reference figures for the next MSI Claw A8. The handle is a consequence of the less-than-star MSI Claw 7 and the cunning, though incredibly powerful, MSI Claw 8 AI+. Compared to the last two Intel-based manuals, the A8 operates on the next AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. This chip is Apu, also an accelerated processing unit, which is CPU, which contains graphic processing skills. AMD first announced his Flagship for manuals In January of this year. We still have to put our hands on any device showing the capabilities of the chip in the many months since then.
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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V@17W (MSI Claw 8 AI+)https://t.co/dn3oqgzzx pic.twitter.com/jnmpjhckjs– HXL (@9550PRO) 3 August 2025
Leaked references originating from Chinese -language social media may explain why we haven’t seen too much about the latest AMD chip. The Claw 8 AI+ used an Intel Core Ultra 258V processor made for light computers, which meant it supports the graphic capabilities of Intel 140V. These references show that Intel and AMD chips almost match each other in games like Far Cry 6 And Hitman 3. The Ryzen Z2 Extreme receives about five more frames per second in titles as Assassin’s Creed Shadows And Monster Hunter Wilds. Sure, AMD’s chip seems better than Intel’s at this watt, but is not much better considered that the 258V was not explicitly built with this form factor.
More filtered references from the MSI Claw A8 do not give AMD much more soapped to offer their skills. YouTuber ETA Prime showed how the Ryzen Z2 Extreme compares to the last-gene Z1 extreme of almost two years ago. The Z2 operates on the newest Zen 5 Chip micro architecture and obviously has more kernels on the updated RDNA 3.5 GPU cores to get better graphics capabilities. While acting much better in synthetic references than the previous gene, in games like Cyberpunk 2077 And Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Z2 extremity only showed an average of four or five frames per second higher than the Z1 extremity. If you already have a handle with the older flagship, it will be difficult to justify dropping even more money on an updated device. Rumors suggest that today’s high -level handles might be very expensive.
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AMD’s latest may disappoint to some, but Intel may actually have the opportunity to hit his main competitor at his own game. For one, the Customer’s Director of Customer AI and Technical Marketing – Robert Hallock – before confirmed With a laptop Mag (Rip) that Intel plans to make hand -made central chips. Those Intel -chips mentioned above, which are part of the Lake Lake family of CPUs, could become even more graphically capable with the next generation (nicknamed Panther Lake). Leaks of shipping manifesto posted last week by leaker X86Dandandback (Your Pcgamer) Indicate the next generation of Intel’s mobile chips will have 50% more of its graphic cores. The latest rumors suggest that Intel will also update its graphics cores from XE2 to XE3.
We don’t know what that means because of practicality. More cores with better imaging skills do not talk to the architecture of the chip. If it can combine better graphic skills with better AI -high -quality skills than the Current Xess 2Intel’s next mobile chips could be a much larger explosion for manuals than AMD. The only question remaining is if we will see a manual with a “Intel Inside” sticker billing like a happy child on the side of the device. We know the Lenovo Legion Go 2next to the Asus rog xbox ally xwill host the Z2 extremity. The other persistent thing is that the valve of a valve, what is –For the moment being– a better option for handles than Windows, only supports Ryzen Z series of AMDNot Intel. There are many mountains to climb before a “blue team” can make a statement, and it better do one soon before AMD can get caught up.
