Acer’s value-tier Nitro 16 is its first gaming laptop to run AMD’s Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, paired with up to an RTX 5070 Ti and a 16-inch 240Hz screen; North America and EMEA arrive August 2026.

Acer’s Predator Helios 18 AI, shown at Computex 2026, tops out at an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, 256GB of DDR5 RAM, and 6TB of storage, with North America and EMEA set for August 2026.

Asus has announced the 2026 ROG Strix SCAR 18, a flagship gaming laptop built around what it calls the world’s first 18-inch 4K 240Hz mini-LED display, with up to an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and 320W of total system power.

AMD’s $329 Ryzen 7 7700X3D and a relaunched 5800X3D arrive with the AM5 socket now guaranteed through 2029 — a longer upgrade path for anyone building on the platform.

Honor’s 600 series drew first-day sale crowds across the Philippines on May 30 — at a Php 25,999 starting price, with a 200MP camera and a Win-A-Benz Mercedes promo.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C brings ARM battery life to $300 Windows laptops — but with no Copilot+ support. Near that price in the Philippines it would land around Php 17k.

Intel’s Arc G3 and G3 Extreme are its first chips built for handheld gaming PCs, debuting in the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ on June 23 — and breaking AMD’s lock on the category.