Tag: hardware

AMD wants to patent a new DDR5 memory standard with double the bandwidth but we’re not expecting to see it in PCs any time soon

AMD wants to patent…

An AMD patent application for a new spin on DDR5 PC memory has been spotted. The so-called high-bandwidth dual…
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2, the first 5 GHz Arm CPU, its ‘biggest advance in PC gaming’ and the chip that might finally make gaming on Arm an actual thing

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2,…

Qualcomm has announced its second-gen Snapdragon X2 SoC for PCs and with it come some big claims, especially for…
German drivers remotely control cars via impressive racing rigs—and they may even take their wheels to public roads from December 1

German drivers remotely control…

My baby sister loves Euro Truck Simulator 2. She recently got a PC racing wheel so she can pop…
PS5’s first major firmware update this year arrives tomorrow, adds USB storage

PS5’s first major firmware…

The PlayStation 5 is finally getting cold storage, along with a few other welcome additions. Sony has today unveiled…
Nvidia’s gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia’s gen-AI facial animation…

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much…
Microsoft is resorting to laser etching AI-designed cooling channels directly into data center chips to tame their massive heat

Microsoft is resorting to…

If you think the power consumption of today’s gaming graphics cards is bad, it’s nothing compared to how energy…
Yes, one line in a config file for Intel’s graphics software really does say ‘multi frame generation’ but we probably shouldn’t get our hopes up

Yes, one line in…

While the graphics card market is dominated by Nvidia in terms of share, when it comes to performance-enhancement technologies,…
Maxsun’s latest RTX 5070 comes with improved thermals and even more anime cat girl than before

Maxsun’s latest RTX 5070…

I like anime as much as the next weeb, but I don’t think I’ve quite gotten to the point…
Gaussian Splatting is my new favourite thing, so I hassled an ex-Epic artist to tell me everything he knows about the low-cost ‘photo-real’ rendering technique

Gaussian Splatting is my…

I’ve just learnt what Gaussian Splatting is, and I fear it may become my entire personality. At the risk…
Nvidia RTX 5050 review (Palit Dual edition)

Nvidia RTX 5050 review…

What do you do as a PC gamer who is looking for a good-value budget graphics card? In these…