Tag: hardware

Framework is ‘temporarily pausing US sales’ on some of its laptops due to Trump’s tariffs: ‘At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss’

Framework is ‘temporarily pausing…

Trump’s tariffs seem to be putting a thorn in the side of major hardware manufacturers, as both Nintendo and…
AMD is reportedly plotting an NPU-enabled ‘Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme’ chip for handhelds and we still can’t figure out what it’ll do for us aside from drain more the battery juice

AMD is reportedly plotting…

AMD is reportedly planning to release a new version of its Strix Point APU for handhelds with a fully…
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G.Skill’s 128 GB golden…

I’m the sort of PC enthusiast that likes my hardware understated. I’m not immune to a bit of RGB…
So, it’s the mirrors

So, it’s the mirrors.…

Profiteering, the AI boom, latterly the looming threat of tariffs—there are a lot of reasons why computer chips have…
AMD RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti: This is 2025’s graphics card battle royale

AMD RX 9070 XT…

It feels like it’s been a long time since we last had a genuine graphics card showdown between AMD…
Nintendo has delayed Switch 2 pre-orders in the US ‘to assess the potential impact of tariffs’ and it feels like a straight warning of the hardware price rises to come

Nintendo has delayed Switch…

After months of back-and-forth and delays, Trump’s tariffs have finally hit a major piece of gaming hardware: the Nintendo…
Keychron’s M5 wireless ergonomic mouse has an 8K polling rate for ‘ultimate control in gaming scenarios’ making it a gaming mouse with a, err, twist

Keychron’s M5 wireless ergonomic…

I’ve never been able to get on with vertical mice, although as I understand it they’re much better for…
For once PC gamers in the UK are getting some of the best graphics cards deals with many at or near MSRP pricing AND there’s availability of most GPU models

For once PC gamers…

As ever, I’ll open with a caveat. What follows is true at the very moment I peck these words…
The RTX 5060 Ti is rumoured to cost the same as the RTX 4060 Ti, which may leave it wide open for an AMD RX 9070-based assault

The RTX 5060 Ti…

We’re inching ever closer to the rumoured April 16 launch date of the RTX 5060 Ti, and as a…
The Intel-TSMC unholy chip factory alliance rumour re-emerges and this time a ‘preliminary’ deal is said to have been done

The Intel-TSMC unholy chip…

It’s the ‘shipping story that just won’t die, so here’s the latest twist in the almost fanfic pairing of…