Should PC gamers care about RTX Spark?
PC Gamer · Published on October 20, 2026
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Our Dave is just back from San Francisco with flowers in his hair and a laptop under his arm. Jacob discusses the new Nvidia RTX Spark laptop release with his very ill, very jet-lagged co-host to try and get to the bottom of what the new Arm-based SoC offers and whether PC gamers should sit up and take notice. 00:00 - Introduction & Nvidia Arctic Spark overview 00:49 - Specs: GPU, CPU, and power target 02:13 - Windows on ARM & the emulation layer 04:03 - Real-world ARM experience & daily usability 06:03 - Anti-cheat compatibility & Linux comparison 07:18 - Local AI focus & unified memory architecture 11:10 - Pricing breakdown & high cost of memory 15:15 - Testing local AI agents & workflows 20:32 - Battery life concerns during heavy local AI & gaming 21:51 - Gaming performance & benchmarks (Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077) 24:08 - CPU core performance & Cinebench benchmarks 26:30 - CPU limitations in gaming (Baldur's Gate 3) 30:42 - Final Verdict: Should gamers buy this? #pcgaming #pcgamer #nvidia #rtxspark https://www.pcgamer.com X: https://x.com/pcgamer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pcgamer_mag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pcgamer_mag/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pcgamermagazine/ Forum: https://forums.pcgamer.com/ To subscribe to the magazine in the US, UK, or elsewhere, visit magazines direct. PC Gamer is the global authority on PC games. For over 30 years, we’ve been at the forefront of covering PC gaming with worldwide print editions, around-the-clock news, features, esports coverage, hardware testing, and game reviews, as well as our popular PC Gaming Shows.