Tag: hardware

Graphics card prices are totally ridiculous and it’s creating a barrier to entry that makes me fear for the future of PC gaming

Graphics card prices are…

In some ways, it’s never been a better time to be a PC gamer. Beyond the glut of games…
Split spacebars are surely the next big gaming keyboard trend

Split spacebars are surely…

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) When I’m not working for the split spacebar tourism board, I’m…
Major copper foil supplier raises prices by 12%, potentially ushering in a fresh wave of spikey prices for PCBs and plenty of PC components besides

Major copper foil supplier…

If, like me, you’ve been watching the memory supply crisis escalate from between your fingers, then I don’t need…
Microsoft removes its ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign and is slowly purging all mention of it

Microsoft removes its ‘This…

Near the latter half of 2024, Microsoft boldly claimed nearly anything could be an Xbox. Your mobile phone, your…
Microsoft teams up with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm to share ‘our dream of bringing console-level GPU developer tools to Windows’

Microsoft teams up with…

Microsoft has just shared an update to DirectX, labelling it “the biggest wave of new tooling features in DirectX’s…
Nvidia claims H20 chips do ‘not have backdoors’ after reportedly being summoned by ‘Beijing authorities’ for a quick word

Nvidia claims H20 chips…

Technologically speaking, America has been quite afraid of Chinese development for, well, ever, but there’s been a significant resurgence…
Corsair Vengeance a7500 review

Corsair Vengeance a7500 review

The slick fishtank system before you is the supremely effective sweet spot for a modern, high-end gaming PC. This…
A gaming benchmark face-off between AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme and Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V is surprisingly close, proving once more that Lunar Lake is the best chip Intel has made in years

A gaming benchmark face-off…

When it comes to gaming, Intel hasn’t held any kind of crown since it launched its range of Arrow…
I thought audio driver troubleshooting hell was a thing of the ’90s until I tried using Bluetooth headphones with my laptop

I thought audio driver…

Whenever I’m about to declare that this or that has gone down the drain, I pause and ask myself…
Linus Torvalds is still on the ‘same old boring Radeon RX 580’, which is a sign I probably don’t need that upgrade I’ve been eying up

Linus Torvalds is still…

It’s easy to get lightly obsessed with upgrading PC gaming hardware, but if Linux developer Linus Torvalds is still…