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The MSI Claw has been launched and is now available to buy in the US and a few other select markets. The handheld gaming PC was first unveiled at CES 2024 in January as a new entrant into the handheld gaming space. The MSI Claw will compete with the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and other handhelds in a burgeoning product category. The base variant of the handheld, A1M-052US, comes with the Intel Core Ultra 5-135H processor and runs on Windows 11 Home. There are two higher-end variants, as well, powered by Core Ultra 7 processor, which will be available to buy on March 12.

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MSI are the latest gaming gear makers to unveil a Steam Deck-alike, announcing the Claw as part of their CES 2024 showcase. The Claw – great name, by the way – actually looks and sounds closer to the Asus ROG Ally than Valve’s handheld, being a Windows 11-based device without any flashy hardware tricks like the Lenovo Legion Go’s detachable controllers. All the same, it’s aiming to stand out among these portable PCs through two means: its engorged 53Whr battery, and the industry-first use of a 14th-gen Intel Core Ultra chip as its APU.

During CES 2024, MSI has officially unveiled its Steam Deck competitor—the Claw. The handheld gaming PC is the first one coming to market that makes use of Intel’s Core Ultra chip over the traditional use of AMD’s chips. This also means that its graphics processing will be handled by Intel’s ARC graphics chipset.

While MSI has been teasing its foray into the handheld gaming PC market, with more details to be officially unveiled during CES 2024, details about the system have seemingly been leaked online. According to a post on social media platform X, the system will reportedly be dubbed the MSI Claw.

With the Consumer Electronics Show 2024 right around the corner, MSI has started teasing its own take on a handheld gaming PC in the vein of Valve’s Steam Deck. The company released a teaser video on Instagram that gives us a brief glimpse at what could be the next major handheld gaming PC to hit the market.

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MSI is preparing a large armament of QD-OLED gaming monitors which will range from 27" & Up To 49" sizes with refresh rates of up to 360Hz.

MSI has launched a limited edition Nvidia green themed graphics card, the RTX 4060 Gaming X NV Edition. Only 6,000 of the cards will be made, with stock limited to a handful of countries.

MSI is running a ‘back to school’ promotion in the UK with discounts of up to 35 percent on a range of gaming laptops, including some ultra powerful current gen machines. Even if you’re not heading back to the classroom, this MSI gaming laptop sale could be a great opportunity to save big on your next PC gaming purchase.

MSI has recently begun teasing ‘The Limited Series’, with the first reveal for the limited edition product line scheduled to be revealed imminently. However, following a leak, we now know some details on the first drop, namely that it’ll be an Nvidia GeForce graphics card.

MSI has released its top GeForce RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 Gaming SLIM series which reduce the overall thickness from 4-slots to 3-slots.

MSI is finally rolling out a fix for a Blue Screen of Death error that’s been appearing for the company’s motherboard customers after they load a Windows 11 update. 

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

MSI's AM5 motherboards have received a major DDR5 memory support boost thanks to the latest AMD AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS update.

MSI has unveiled its brand new GeForce RTX 40 "SLIM" lineup of GPUs, featuring a wide range of SKUs including the flagship RTX 4090 & RTX 4080.

Microsoft says a Windows 11 update is not to blame for a Blue Screen of Death error that’s been impacting users since last week. 

MSI is telling users to refrain from installing a Windows 11 update because it’s causing customer PCs to crash and display the “Blue Screen of Death” error. 

Somebody at MSI is on the naughty step today. Because the company accidentally published a public YouTube video detailing Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh CPUs. 

MSI has leaked Intel's 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh Desktop CPU lineup, basically confirming everything that we knew about the family till now.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

MSI's recent AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS update for its AM5 motherboards introduces a new "High-Efficiency" memory mode that boosts gaming performance by up to 12%.

MSI is the first motherboard manufacturer to roll out the latest AMD AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS firmware for its AM5 motherboards.

Another one of those unreleased NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU variants featuring 20 GB of VRAM has been unearthed on Facebook.

MSI has officially announced bios support for Intel's 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs on its 600 & 700-series motherboards.

Motherboard makers will soon be rolling out their latest BIOS for AM5 motherboards which will enable support for faster DDR5 memory. Almost all vendors have teased the performance & the capability of the new AGESA 1.0.0.7b firmware but MSI and Gigabyte are taking things up a notch.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB has arrived to little fanfare, due in a large part to both Nvidia and its add in board partners (AIBs) deciding not to market the GPU, or send out copies for review. MSI Insider Weekly has now tested the latest GeForce graphics card against the 8GB model, and found the 16GB card is actually slightly slower than its sibling in some circumstancess despite costing $100 more.