GameNative adds FSR 1.0 upscaling for PC games on Android

GameNative 0.9.1 targets PC gaming on Android Proton 10

GameNative has received a new 0.9.1 pre-release update, adding FSR 1.0 upscaling and several compatibility fixes for PC gaming on Android. The app is an open-source project that allows users to play PC games directly on Android devices , with Steam listed as the main use case on the project website. Its GitHub release notes also reference Epic, GOG and Amazon-related integrations.

After reading the changelog, I think

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Noctua explains why chromax black fans take months longer to launch

Noctua: chromax.black fans are not simple color swaps

Noctua has explained why its chromax.black fan variants often launch months after the standard beige and brown versions. According to the company, black versions are not simple recolors and require separate tooling validation for the injection-moulded fan parts.

The explanation focuses on Noctua’s high-end fans using Sterrox LCP impellers. This includes the NF-A12x25, NF-A12x25 G2 and NF-A14

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 leak points to Core Ultra X7 368H and Arc B390 graphics

Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 for Business spotted with 16-core Panther Lake CPU

Microsoft is preparing new Surface systems for business customers, and Geekbench entries now provide early details on the Intel configurations. The new data was found by WinFuture, which reports that Microsoft is expected to introduce updated Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in mid-May.

Panther Lake in Surface laptops

The listings cover the Intel-based Surface Pro 13 for Business and Surface Laptop 8 for Business. These models are expected to launch before ARM-based

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MSI Claw 8 EX with Arc G3 Extreme leaked, listed in Italy for €1,599

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ gets Panther Lake Arc G3 Extreme

MSI’s next Intel-based gaming handheld has appeared in an Italian retailer listing. The store lists the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM-013IT in Void Purple with Intel Arc G3 Extreme, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD.

The listing shows an 8-inch 16:10 FHD+ touchscreen with a 1920×1200 resolution and 120

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Roblox is testing “DLSS 5 at home”: AI-based rendering for photorealistic multiplayer games

Roblox is developing a video-model supersampler for Roblox games

Roblox is developing a new rendering architecture called Roblox Reality, an internal project designed to bring photorealistic visuals to multiplayer Roblox games.

© ROBLOX (AI-Upscaled)

The system is not a direct DLSS 5 alternative, but the comparison is easy to see. Roblox wants to use a video world model as a rendering layer that can generate higher-fidelity textures, lighting, motion and environmental detail from existing game data. Jugding from the samples, it can turn the

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ASRock launches X870E Taichi White motherboard

ASRock X870E Taichi White launches, confirming our earlier leak

ASRock has officially launched the X870E Taichi White motherboard, confirming the model we leaked earlier this month . The company describes it as the first pure-white motherboard in its Taichi series.

The X870E Taichi White is an AM5 motherboard based on AMD’s X870E chipset. ASRock is positioning the board as a companion product for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual

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Modded Nintendo Switch boots Halo: Combat Evolved locally

Halo: Combat Evolved runs on Nintendo Switch through Xemu

A modder has shown Halo: Combat Evolved running locally on the original Nintendo Switch. The demo was posted by Generalkidd on X, and shows the game running on Nintendo’s ARM-based handheld without cloud streaming or official support.

Xemu involved

Interestingly, this is not a Proton 11 test . Proton was recently udpated to support ARM64 architecture, which is probably why Windows Central first assumed Valve’s new ARM64 work was involved, but later

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Dell Alienware AW3926QW appears in certification with 39-inch ultrawide format

Alienware AW3926QW listing points to new 2026 Dell ultrawide monitor

Not the actual monitor

Dell may be preparing a new Alienware gaming monitor under the AW3926QW name. A TUV Rheinland Certipedia listing shows two model designations, AW3926QW and AW3926QWb .

TFTCentral reports that the model name points to an Alienware monitor with a 39-inch screen size , a 2026 model year, a 2160p-

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Bazzite 44 reaches desktop users, handheld builds delayed for testing

Bazzite 44 rolls out to desktops first

One of the most popular Linux gaming distros has an update. Bazzite 44 is now available for desktop users, following the release of Fedora Linux 44. The gaming-focused Linux distribution now ships with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.5 and the OGC Kernel 6.19.x.

Universal Blue says Kernel 7.0 will arrive later , with the Valve VRAM patchset planned for that update. The current Bazzite

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ADATA announces NEXRA PCIe Gen5 SSD series for AI workloads

ADATA prepares NEXRA PCIe Gen5 SSD series for Computex

ADATA has announced a new product strategy covering memory and storage products under its ADATA and XPG brands. The announcement marks the company’s 25th anniversary and introduces five product series: XPG NOVAKEY, XPG ARMAX, XPG MARS, ADATA NEXRA and ADATA URBAN.

NEXRA and Gen5 speeds

NEXRA is the new ADATA-branded Gen5 SSD series. ADATA positions it for data-intensive workloads, including high-resolution video production, AI inference and large-scale

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