This month I have been mostly playing Elden Ring: Playing with Asus' new handheld gaming PC has actually got me back into Elden Ring. Well, it's made me start again, because I had absolutely no idea how my character played having left them in the Lands Between to fend for themselves for months.
This month I have been testing: That ROG Ally handheld. I know it's got some Windows bull to deal with, and its battery life blows, but as a device it's lovely. The screen is gorgeous and it actually makes a really impressive docked PC with genuine 1080p gaming performance. I've also loved pulling a Framework 13 laptop completely apart to test the Intel 13th Gen mainboard and the other upgraded parts Framework has created.
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that AMD is absolutely killing it in laptop chips right now? We spend a lot of time talking about the DIY desktop market in terms of individual silicon wins, but it's rare that we champion mobile CPUs specifically.
