Why are graphics drivers so hard?

GRAPHICS DRIVERS ARE HARD. That isn't news. Recently, however, Intel revealed details on its efforts to get its Arc GPUs running really fast. This candor makes me hopeful for its next-gen Battlemage graphics, which could appear this year. The takeaway is that Intel isn't giving up on Arc, and there are reasons to think that Battlemage might just be the bomb.

AMD's RX 7900 GRE goes worldwide

WE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH done with new GPU launches from AMD and Nvidia for this generation, barring the possibility of something like a desktop RTX 4050. Both companies have a range of cards priced from around $250 up to $1,600 or more. But with Nvidia's recently released 40-series Super models, AMD didn't look quite as competitive as before.

AMD LAUNCHES RADEON RX 7900 GRE

$549 gets you 16GB for gaming

INTEL'S BIG BET

CEO says 18A is the \"biggest bet we have ever made\"

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X

Iterative change and 4K dominance

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

1080p gaming with integrated graphics? Hell, yes

2TB Crucial T500 M.2 PCle 4.0 SSD

The best budget 4.0 drive?

Hyte Y40

Traditional design meets Hyte

BUILD YOUR OWN NAS 2024

Build your own fast, low-powered, 24/7 server with the help of Nick Peers

MAXIMUM FLOW THE 4070 Ti SUPER

The perfect balance of RGB and style

Intel's new monster

New world's fastest processor reaches 6.2GHz

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

As cost-effective as an RTX 4080 Super

Dough Spectrum One

As stunning as Dough's original glossy display

Lenovo Legion Go

A handheld gaming PC, just on a larger scale

STATE OF THE PC INTEGRATED GRAPHICS

Can you get by without a dedicated GPU?

THE ULTIMATE PC BUILD GUIDE

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super

LONG AGO, before the reign of the Supers, there was a graphics card. It was bold, gauche, and built with the blood of a Titan, with gaming in mind. Its heart was near identical to the goliath it was born from, yet it lacked the memory, spirit, absolute architectural majesty, and subsequent price tag of its Titanic kin.

AMD confirms Zen 5

Intel will fight back with Arrow Lake

TRADE CHAT: Are cheap chips a thing of the past?

I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OVERPRICED graphics cards, but the underlying cost of manufacturing advanced integrated circuits. A chip manufacturing expert from Google, Milind Shah, thinks so, recently declaring that the per-transistor cost stalled as far back as the 28nm node over a decade ago. That's pretty worrying, but it can't possibly be true. Here's why.

This is a disappointing generation of GPUs

ALONGSIDE THE INTRODUCTION of the RTX 40-series Super models, this past month also saw the launch of AMD's RX 7600 XT. I think it's fair to say that this entire generation of GPUs has been disappointing on the whole, but AMD's offerings were particularly bad.

GHOST IN THE MACHINE THE RTX 4070 SUPER BUILD Anti-RGB in 2024

PEOPLE, REJOICE—the RTX Super cards have arrived, and with them comes some nicely tweaked internal specs, better performance across some models, and to top it all off, some consistency in their price tags.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

NVIDIA MADE A MISTAKE. With the announcement of the RTX 4000 series, and our first look at the product line-up, there was one key product that didn't quite hit the mark.

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How to set up a Stream Deck

ELGATO’S STREAM DECK is one of those devices that you don’t think you need, but then you get one and wonder how you ever lived without it. It’s more than just a macro keyboard, and combined with an extensive range of plugins and open-source devkits, its flexibility has been well documented. In fact, a significant number of companies have integrated it into their workflows too, most notably Virgin Atlantic, who utilize a fleet of them for all manner of automation and workflow simplification.

SUCCEED WITH SEEDBOXES

Nate Drake introduces you to one of the internet's best kept secrets to turbo charge your downloads and uploads

List and find files in Command Prompt

YOU'LL NEED THIS WINDOWS 10 OR 11 45 minutes

liyama Prolite XUB3293UHSN-B5

Big, bright, and versatile, this is ideal for showing what your rig can do

Ducky ProjectD Outlaw 65

Build yourself a killer keyboard

Lenovo Legion 9i

This RTX 4090-powered beast might just be Lenovo's finest hour

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Captivating, but where's the focus and refinement?