Intel’s Arc G3 Arrives in Acer Atlas 8, Pushing Handheld Gaming Forward
Intel is pushing into handheld gaming with the Arc G3/Arc G3 Extreme chips, featuring Xe3 GPUs and a compact CPU core count to power new handhelds, including Acer’s Predator Atlas 8. Atlas 8 will come in two variants (G3 Extreme with 12 Xe3 cores and G3 with 10 Xe3 cores), paired with up to 24GB RAM, large batteries (80Wh or 60Wh), and premium cooling, plus Windows 11, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi‑Fi 7, and up to 1TB SSD. The device line is slated to launch in October, with other Arc-based handhelds from MSI and OneXPlayer joining the lineup; pricing is expected to be premium and not yet announced.