BIG TECH IN TROUBLE IN EUROPE

The EU isn't happy with the big players

NZXT Function 2

Ultra-fast, fully configurable, and relatively affordable

liyama GCB3480WQSU-B1 Red Eagle

The gaming goliath youre after?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super

The $999 card that’s really $1,200

Lenovo Legion Go

A handheld gaming PC, just on a larger scale

Dough Spectrum One

As stunning as Dough's original glossy display

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

As cost-effective as an RTX 4080 Super

STATE OF THE PC INTEGRATED GRAPHICS

Can you get by without a dedicated GPU?

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.

THE ULTIMATE PC BUILD GUIDE

Strap in as we divulge 20 more tips on how to become the next master PC builder

Intel's new monster

New world's fastest processor reaches 6.2GHz

Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 12000

I've got a need; a need for sequentials

Sony Inzone H5 Wireless Gaming Headset

If brand tax was a thing, this'd be at the top of the pile

Crucial T700 Pro 2TB

For whom the benchmark tolls

Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDM

Our first taste of LG's latest OLED

Netgear Nighthawk RS700

Excels where other Wi-Fi 7 routers fall short

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super

The ultimate budget 4K solution

BEST OF CES 2024

The biggest tech show in the world returned to Las Vegas with more monitors, laptops, and handhelds than you could shake a big stick at. Thankfully, Guy Cocker was there, stick in hand, to see all the PC tech you'll want to keep an eye on in 2024

THE LIST: THE BEST AUDIOPHILE HEADPHONES

YOU MIGHT THINK that it's overkill to use high-end headphones for gaming, but they can transform your experience. They can make your games sound so much better than a cheap headset ever can.

Intel's new Battlemage graphics coming this year

THE ASSAULT OF THE DISCRETE graphic card market by Intel has been fairly leisurely.

WINDOW'S AI UPDATE

This year's second update is all about Copilot

Razer Cobra Pro

An excellent all-rounder that performs admirably

XGIMI Horizon Ultra

A truly outstanding 4K projector with Dolby Vision

Asus Vivobook Pro 16X

A creative laptop with a playful side

OneXPlayer OneXFly

Lighter, smaller, faster, stronger

Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra

Watch out MacBook Pro; Samsung has you in its sights

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

The best $500 GPU around

GREEN PCs MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

The world's biggest PC maker says it can achieve net-zero by 2050. Barry Collins visits Lenovo's US headquarters to get his hands on plant-based PCs, bamboo packaging, and vegan leather covers

Why does GPU pricing have to be so infuriating?

I NOTED A WHILE BACK that prices of pretty much everything had normalized with the pandemic receding and other supply chain abnormalities subsiding. The one exception were GPUs. Several months later, while graphics cards are cheaper, they still haven't returned to historical trends. But what's even more frustrating is that pricing just doesn't make sense.

Samsung GDDR7 Heads for 32Gbps

DRAM IS AT THE HEART of many computing devices. Whether it's DDR4 and DDR5 in PCs, HBM2 and HBM3 in GPUs, or GDDR6 and GDDR6X in graphics cards, a lot of the building blocks remain the same. It's the signaling that get upgraded, and now GDDR7 is on its way, with Samsung modules in production and Micron's alternatives to arrive in 2024.