Tag: hardware

Framework calls out Dell and Apple for using the RAMpocalypse to ‘gouge customers’ on memory upgrade prices but the reality is more complicated

Framework calls out Dell…

Framework, the maker of some of our favourite modular laptops, has announced that it will “need” to increase memory…
Freakishly large graphics cards and super-hot SSDs mean the fundamentals of PC design needs a big change

Freakishly large graphics cards…

In my humble opinion, the ATX standard is broken. The PCs we know and love have evolved so much…
The US gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get Nvidia H200 chips into China and also, err, says the GPUs won’t be restricted anymore

The US gov shut…

The realm of international corporate smuggling and espionage is one that I tend to forget exists, sitting here in…
Classic PC games modded with RTX Remix just received support for one of Nvidia’s newest features: Ray Reconstruction

Classic PC games modded…

RTX Remix, the tool created by Nvidia to help remaster video games, has been updated to include DLSS 3.5…
NASA’s latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually good for online gaming—over 140 million miles through our solar system

NASA’s latest speed test…

Lasers—pretty cool, eh? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had previously figured out to use lasers to beam a video…
Philips and AOC announce the ‘world’s first’ 1,000 Hz dual-mode gaming monitors

Philips and AOC announce…

Philips and its sister brand AOC are claiming a world’s first in gaming monitor tech. The Philips Evnia 27M2N5500XD…
At one with the machine—How sim racing has helped me practise mindfulness

At one with the…

Andy Edser, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I've been testing: the best PC speakers and best racing…
PCIe 5

PCIe 5.0 is nearly…

Nick Evanson, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I've been testing: Not very much, actually! Well, a spot of…
Razer forced to pay more than $1M in refunds for its RGB ‘surgical N95 respirators’ that were not N95 respirators

Razer forced to pay…

Back in January 2021, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Razer unveiled Project Hazel, a “surgical N95 respirator”…
The tech I’m most psyched to see this year is anything but traditional PC silicon, and certainly isn’t x86

The tech I’m most…

Dave James, once saw a laptop (Image credit: Future) This week I have been mostly: Playing around with one…