Tag: hardware

Yo dawg, I heard you like screens, so I put a screen on your CPU fan

Yo dawg, I heard…

Screens on AIO water cooling blocks are obviously a bit of a thing. But a screen on an air…
Here’s path tracing running on the Steam Deck at 30 fps thanks to some settings tweaks

Here’s path tracing running…

When it comes to path tracing, the first thought beyond stunning game lighting is likely to be the heavy…
Razer Iskur V2 review

Razer Iskur V2 review

I really wanted to love the new Razer Iskur V2. And why wouldn't I? It improves on practically everything…
Passively cooling an RTX 3080 FE with 10 CPU coolers makes it look like a steampunk spaceship, and I’m a fan

Passively cooling an RTX…

Remember the RTX 3080? Of course you do. While it's easy to get caught up in the latest 40-series…
The PC Gamer 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The PC Gamer 2025…

It’s almost Christmas! Okay, maybe not quite just yet, but now’s a good time to open up your heart…
City-wide Wi-Fi networks spanning literal miles could soon be possible thanks to ‘HaLow’ devices

City-wide Wi-Fi networks spanning…

Wi-Fi signal strength has always been a temperamental beast. One minute it's a full five bars, yet merely taking…
Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: ‘reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast’

Ray tracing made possible…

Ray tracing has been around a surprisingly long time in computer graphics. It was used to generate images in…
This 9

This 9.5g gaming mouse…

First, a confession: I like my mice chonky. A heavier mouse makes me feel like I'm in control, and…
I treasure obscure PC keyboard shortcuts

I treasure obscure PC…

PC gamers sit in front of 108 buttons, traditionally. It's a fractured slab of inputs compared to the simple…
Asus TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super review

Asus TUF Gaming RTX…

Asus latest big boi GPU is the TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super, a reference priced, modestly overclocked card from…