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GAME OVER FOR GAMING PCs?

If you're looking for the ultimate gaming experience, does it still make sense to invest heavily in hardware? We look at the alternatives

10+ min |

November 2023

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ARM X86 VERSUS THE END OF AN ERA

Is it a case of when-not if-Arm chips replace x86 CPUs in our PCs? Jeremy Laird investigates, and wonders whether the very question is outdated in an age of Al and heterogeneous and open-source computing

10+ min |

November 2023

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UPGRADING YOUR STEAM DECK STORAGE

2TB and 1TB M.2 2230 SSDs are readily available, and Jarred Walton shows you how to do it

10+ min |

November 2023

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BEST VALUE GAMING PC

The best new mid-range AMD system?

9 min |

November 2023

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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.

3 min |

November 2023

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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.

2 min |

November 2023

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THE BEST GAMING MONITORS

PICTURE THE SCENE: you’ve bought the best CPU and GPU you can afford, and you’re kitted up with a game-winning keyboard and mouse.

2 min |

November 2023

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UNITY TO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATIONS

New plan derided by developers

1 min |

November 2023

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AMD'S V-CACHE CPU GOES MOBILE

New Asus ROG is a monster

1 min |

November 2023

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Intel's Raptor refresh

New world's fastest desktop processor. Possibly...

3 min |

November 2023

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AMD has canceled some GPUs, but don't panic!

SPEND ENOUGH TIME in this game and you get a feel for rumors that are very likely true. And I'm getting the sense that the latest ones suggesting AMD has ditched the high-end variants of its next-gen RDNA 4 graphics family are on the money. At first glance, this seems pretty disastrous, especially given how expensive gaming GPUs have become and how desperately we need somebody to put Nvidia under pressure. But is it? Is it actually?

3 min |