Intel Panther Lake pre-release testing delivers over 80 fps in Cyberpunk, 100 fps in F1 — Arc B390 offers playable 1080p frame rates with XeSS quirks in our hands-on tests

Published: 1 week ago (January 7, 2026 at 04:29 PM EST)

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Source: Tom’s Hardware

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