Alienware AW2726DM launches at $350 with 1440p 240Hz QD-OLED panel, but only 200 nits

Alienware AW2726DM is a $350 1440p 240Hz QD-OLED monitor with 3-year burn-in warranty

Alienware is preparing a lower-cost QD-OLED gaming monitor, the AW2726DM, with a reported MSRP of $350 and April 21 availability. That would put it below many current 27-inch OLED gaming monitors, including sale pricing on some competing 1440p 240Hz

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NVIDIA bundles PRAGMATA with GeForce RTX 5070+ desktop and laptop GPU purchases

NVIDIA starts PRAGMATA bundle for GeForce RTX 5070 to RTX 5090 buyers

NVIDIA has launched a new game bundle for PRAGMATA, available with select GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop GPUs, desktop systems, and laptops. The offer covers GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 products, including the matching laptop GPU variants sold through participating retailers.

The promotion starts on April 14, 2026 and

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 with Snapdragon X now costs 50% more than at launch

Microsoft pushes Surface Copilot+ PC prices higher, flagship models hit $1,499

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Apparently one of the wealthiest companies in the world thinks that paying for 1y+ old Surface series equipped with Snapdragon X1 series is worth 50% more than at launch. That’s just shortly before the company is said to introduce the X2 series.

Microsoft has raised official U.S. pricing for its Snapdragon-based Surface lineup, with the biggest jumps hitting the flagship Surface Pro 11

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Intel removes older Arc and 7th-10th Gen graphics drivers from Download Center

Intel cuts off older Arc and legacy iGPU driver downloads

Intel has removed a batch of older graphics drivers from its Download Center, affecting both Intel Arc GPUs and integrated graphics on 7th to 10th Gen Core processors. Intel says the cleanup started this month.

According to Intel, the company removed historical Arc graphics drivers older than version 32.0.101.6987 . It also removed 7th to 10th Gen processor graphics drivers older than version 31.0.

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ONEXPLAYER teases X2 Mini gaming handheld with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and 8.8-inch OLED display, competitor to Legion Go 2

ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is larger than OneXFly Apex

ONEXPLAYER has started teasing the OnexPlayer X2 Mini, a new handheld built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395. So far, the company has only confirmed the Max+ 395 variant and an 8.8-inch OLED display with native landscape orientation. A short teaser also says the device is coming soon, but ONEXPLAYER has not shared pricing or a full specification sheet yet.

This will be ONEXPLAYER’s second handheld based on AMD’

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NVIDIA denies rumor of talks to acquire unnamed PC maker

NVIDIA denies SemiAccurate claim of PC maker acquisition talks

SemiAccurate published a report claiming NVIDIA was in talks to acquire an unnamed PC company. The report did not identify the target, but the rumor quickly led to speculation around Dell and HP, two of the largest PC vendors with broad enterprise and OEM businesses.

That speculation was enough to push both stocks higher for a time. We also reached out to our own sources after the report appeared. Before we received any reply, NVIDIA had already denied the claim and shut down the

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Intel may bring 12 Xe3P graphics to desktop with new Nova Lake SoC SKU

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

Intel reportedly considers Nova Lake desktop SoC with 12 Xe3P graphics, gaming-focused chip without discrete GPU

Intel has reportedly already updated its preliminary list of desktop SKUs we revealed this wekeend . The company may be preparing a desktop Nova Lake SKU with a much stronger integrated GPU than its usual socketed desktop parts. Leaker Jaykihn posted a preliminary configuration listed as “ 4+8+4+12 Xe3P desktop SKU ,” alongside a note saying

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ASUS unveils budget first TUF Mini-ITX AM5 motherboard

ASUS reveals TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO for Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 CPUs

ASUS has revealed the TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO, a new Mini-ITX motherboard for AMD’s AM5 platform. The company says this is the first TUF Gaming board in the Mini-ITX form factor. It supports Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 series desktop processors on the B85

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Microsoft’s new Xbox chief reportedly says Game Pass has become too expensive

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief states the obvious in a leaked demo: Game Pass has become too expensive Microsoft may be preparing changes to Xbox Game Pass pricing, according to a...

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Valve customs record suggest first large shipment of 2026 Stream Controller

Valve received tons of new shipment Stream Controller

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Brad Lynch said on X that Valve received its first “large quantity” imports of a “ Wireless PC Controller ” in the US last week. The post lines up with Valve’s already announced 2026 Steam Controller plan, but Lynch did not include the source in his post, so we found it ourselves.

One listing shows a shipment described as “WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER” for Valve Corporation from Cheng Uei Precision Ind. Co Ltd, arriving on April

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