Intel is still a relative newbie when it comes to the cutthroat gaming market. That’s true both for its dedicated Arc graphics cards and its integrated graphics that also use the Arc branding. For example, consider Intel’s Lunar Lake chips that power the MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld . According to some recent testing, a settings tweak can boost the Arc 140V Xe2 inside by a significant factor of 10 to 30 percent.

Said testing comes from TechPowerUp , which re-ran some numbers on the latest MSI Claw device at Intel’s request after a new update from the MSI Center M app. Specifically, the tweak allows one of the Core Ultra 7 258V CPU’s four performance cores to run at its maximum 37-watt power level. (Most AMD-based handhelds like the Steam Deck max out at 15 watts of TDP.) In most games, thi

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