Tag: hardware

The many-chambered PC cases at Gamescom really showed up my old banger of a chassis

The many-chambered PC cases…

There’s nothing like a gaming and tech expo to show just how behind the curve you are. At least,…
Corsair Xeneon Edge review

Corsair Xeneon Edge review

Corsair is not necessarily known for its monitors. Its big thing has always been the memory market, but the…
AMD just revealed that its current RDNA 4 GPUs have a clever ‘modular’ architecture—here’s hoping it signals a broader range of next-gen graphics cards

AMD just revealed that…

AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9070 XT, have been out since February. But only now has…
After running an OLED monitor for 533 days, seven hours, and 22 minutes straight, MSI claims the effects of burn-in on its displays are ‘basically none’

After running an OLED…

OLED burn-in is one of the biggest anxieties around OLED monitors, behind, well, the price. We’ve seen people run…
Gears of War: Reloaded PC performance: The updated graphics are easy work for any desktop GPU from the past six years but they’re still enough to give handhelds grief

Gears of War: Reloaded…

If you were hoping that Gears of War: Reloaded was going to be like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion…
Framework’s promise of an upgradeable gaming laptop has finally been made real as Nvidia steps into the void left by AMD

Framework’s promise of an…

Framework has finally broken the silence on the future of its modular 16-inch gaming laptop, the Framework 16. And…
Glorious is bringing an actually customisable gaming keyboard to the ‘boring entry-level market’

Glorious is bringing an…

Betwixt more standard meetings, last week I sat on the floor of the halls of Gamescom Cologne with a…
Intel warns its deal with the US government may be bad for business, while reports claim it won’t prevent the fabs being sold off and the whole thing might not be legal, anyway

Intel warns its deal…

From the bizarre to the arguably ridiculous, the US government’s “deal” to acquire a 10% stake in Intel is…
I got my hands on Nvidia GeForce Now’s new RTX 5080 upgrade and I couldn’t tell the games weren’t running locally, but 4K with frame gen was a little laggy

I got my hands…

Nvidia recently announced its “biggest launch in GeForce Now RTX” history which includes an upgrade to RTX 5080 performance,…
AMD blames toasted AM5 sockets on motherboard makers pushing their luck with CPU settings

AMD blames toasted AM5…

We’ve been reporting on toasted AMD AM5 CPU sockets for a while now. Back in April, a Reddit thread…