Tag: hardware

MSI is using cut-down RTX 4090 GPUs in at least one of its RTX 4070 Ti Super models, with a higher TGP but no extra performance

MSI is using cut-down…

Chip manufacturing isn't perfect and every wafer a foundry churns out will have dies in it that can't be…
Corsair M75 Wireless review

Corsair M75 Wireless review

Gaming mice are often suited for a particular type of PC gamer, namely one that's right-handed. If you're a…
It’s been a frustrating 18 months since launch but we’ll finally be getting PCIe 5 SSDs worth a damn this year

It’s been a frustrating…

Good news everyone, the only PCIe 5.0 SSD controller that currently makes any damned sense is starting to ship…
Nvidia loses $500 billion in the biggest short term loss in company value in all of recorded history

Nvidia loses $500 billion…

It boggles the noggin that Nvidia can have posted the biggest ever loss in value for any company in…
Valve has quietly discontinued the last LCD Steam Deck model

Valve has quietly discontinued…

If you were hoping to get in on that Steam Deck hype without splurging on the newer model with…
The first technical deep dive of the Zen 5 architecture is here, with preliminary benchmarks supporting AMD’s IPC claims

The first technical deep…

It's been almost a month since AMD unveiled its Zen 5 processor architecture and new range of Ryzen CPUs…
Microsoft celebrates 10 years of DirectX 12: A decade of updates to the low-level graphics API but it’s still not the master of all things rendering

Microsoft celebrates 10 years…

In the late summer of 2014, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be rolled out to PC users around…
MSI’s slashing its laptop prices through June, so if you’re thinking of upgrading now’s the time

MSI’s slashing its laptop…

There are many reasons to love summer. The longer nights. Barbecues on the beach. Another opportunity to wear the…
Why bother using spinning fans to cool your PC when you can just spin your whole rig?

Why bother using spinning…

These days, you can't really get away with having a desktop PC without fans. Sure it's possible if your…
AMD stealth-launches a new low power version of its Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card that could be great for a DIY Steam Machine, though it’s only shaved 13% off the energy consumption

AMD stealth-launches a new…

If there’s one thing you don’t expect to see during the final weeks of a year, right before everywhere…