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Kristina Terech

Microsoft’s Arm-based Copilot+ PCs are fast and very capable with AI – but fresh doubt has been cast on the gaming prowess of these laptops

Copilot+ PC being used in the dark with the Windows 11 default wallpaper.

Microsoft’s line-up of Copilot+ PCs is designed to run AI tasks in a superfast manner, along with providing welcome features like all-day battery life, but what about gaming?

Okay, so these are AI laptops, and not designed for gaming, that’s true - but what about dabbling in some PC games casually on your notebook? While it’s not unheard of for Microsoft to make questionable software design decisions, a new report gave me pause for thought, asserting that the first wave of Copilot+ PCs - powered by Arm-based Snapdragon X chips - don’t perform well even for more casual gaming in some cases.

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