Tag: hardware

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…
Forget OLED, it was a 610 Hz TN gaming monitor that stole my heart over Gamescom week

Forget OLED, it was…

I didn’t expect one of the main highlights of my time in and around Gamescom to be gaming monitors—I…
KTC H27T22C-3 gaming monitor review

KTC H27T22C-3 gaming monitor…

You know those random-branded monitors you see on Newegg or Amazon? The ones that look like stellar value on…
KTC H27T22C-3 gaming monitor review

KTC H27T22C-3 gaming monitor…

You know those random-branded monitors you see on Newegg or Amazon? The ones that look like stellar value on…
AMD’s FSR 4 open source whoopsie-daisy may be harder to take back than initially thought, thanks to the inclusion of a difficult-to-revoke MIT license

AMD’s FSR 4 open…

AMD made a bit of an oopsie yesterday, as it accidentally released the source code for FSR 4, before…
Microsoft’s DirectX Advanced Shader Delivery tech might be the eventual answer to stuttering and shader compilation woes, but it’s limited to the ROG Ally X for now

Microsoft’s DirectX Advanced Shader…

Shader compilation woes are, to my mind at least, one of the scourges of modern gaming. Nothing brings you…
After months of back and forth, Nvidia has reportedly paused making its H20 chip due to security concerns, this time from China

After months of back…

Nvidia’s H20, an AI and compute chip specifically modified for use in the Chinese market, has reportedly stopped production…
The first reported case of an AMD RX 9070 XT melting a 16-pin power connector is here, but I’m not sure we should prepare ourselves for another ‘meltgate’ just yet

The first reported case…

Ah, I almost feel nostalgic. Remember ‘meltgate’, in which 16-pin 12VHPWR connectors were regularly in the headlines for, well,…
Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 Max review: small tweaks add up to a big improvement

Turtle Beach Stealth 700…

The Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 Max has a rather cumbersome name, but a lot of that comes…