Tag: hardware

I’ve spent weeks testing the best little gaming laptops and there’s only one they’re going to have to prise from my cold, dead hands

I’ve spent weeks testing…

I’ve spent a good few weeks now agonising over which of these two notebooks can claim the crown of…
Third time’s the charm for my new favorite mid-range gaming headset, a jack-of-all-trades and master of some for a very reasonable price

Third time’s the charm…

There’s a lot to be said for iteration. Take the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3, for example. While…
SK Hynix Platinum P51 NVMe SSD review

SK Hynix Platinum P51…

I’m very thankful for what Phison has managed to achieve over the last few years. Its controller tech has…
You might be as surprised as I was to learn that Assassin’s Creed Mirage is one of the few games to use AI neural texture compression—the only one, I think

You might be as…

If you’ve been thinking, like I have, that we’re still some way off seeing AI being used in games…
The Nvidia Blackwell guide to DOOM: The Dark Ages best settings

The Nvidia Blackwell guide…

In procuring any new piece of tech, my first question has always been “Can it run DOOM?” It’s a…
The Switch 2’s super sluggish LCD screen is 10 times slower than a typical gaming monitor and 100 times slower than an OLED panel according to independent testing

The Switch 2’s super…

Nintendo’s new handheld is certainly a smash hit. But one of the less impressive aspects of the Switch 2…
Drop, seller of Lord of the Rings-themed keyboards and more, will be shutting down in March

Drop, seller of Lord…

The Drop store, purveyor of reasonably priced hardware collaborations and funky keycaps, will be closing down at the end…
New Intel graphics driver claims a remarkable 35% performance boost for Panther Lake’s nifty little iGPU in Witcher 3 at 1080p

New Intel graphics driver…

Intel is making some eye-popping claims for its latest graphics driver release for Arc graphics. According to the official…
British regulator takes aim at Google’s dominance with ‘targeted measures to address specific aspects of how Google operates’

British regulator takes aim…

Google has had a weird couple of years. In the US, it is being pushed to divest the Chrome…
Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2 TB review

Biwin Black Opal X570…

If there’s one thing that never bodes well for our little PC gaming community, it’s a monopoly. That might…