PCs &COMPONENTS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super
PRICE £579 AVAILABLE Now
With the Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, you’re essentially getting about 93% of the RTX 4070 Ti for 75% of the price. Alternatively, you’re getting 22% more GPU than the RTX 4070 for the same price. More importantly, you’re getting 12GB of high-speed GDDR6X memory, along with access to Nvidia’s RTX technologies: DLSS 3, superior ray tracing and AI tensor cores. Given the RTX 4070 already trades blows with the RX 7800 XT – slightly slower rasterisation performance, much faster ray tracing and AI performance, and the RTX 4070 Ti does the same with the RX 7900 XT – Nvidia now effectively delivers a higher performance option at the same price. Read our full review on p68. Jarred Walton
MSI Project Zero
PRICE From around $200 AVAILABLE Q1 2024
If you’re the kind of person who hates seeing cables but loves building PCs, then you may well find yourself buying an MSI motherboard this year. That’s because its Project Zero boards are designed with precisely you in mind: storage and power are handled behind the scenes, leaving the user-visible side of the motherboard for the graphics card, RAM and CPU. By no coincidence, the components that are riddled with RGB fans in many gaming setups.
When I asked the MSI rep how much this would all cost, I prepared myself for a hefty figure. But with prices for the boards from $200, MSI Project Zero is well within the reach of keen gamers. Nor is MSI forcing you to buy its own cases, with examples from Origin and Corsair on show. One final benefit: not only will your PC look good, but working in a cable-free chassis makes it far easier to access the core components of your PC when it’s time to upgrade. Tim Danton
MSI Claw
PRICE From $699 AVAILABLE H1 2024
One way to make a splash at CES is to be the first to do something. And while the MSI Claw isn’t the first modern handheld gaming PC, it is the first mainstream PC brand to use Intel Core Ultra processors (or to use Intel at all, with all its competitors in the field opting for AMD chips).
It also packs a bigger battery than other handhelds, even if MSI isn’t exactly claiming record-breaking battery life at a mere two hours. MSI claims that it’s producing a more ergonomic device than rivals, though, and while the plastic shell is a controversial choice, the real test will come with long-term use. What may make the difference and help MSI come out on top is its App Player, an app present in many of MSI’s gaming l
