Andy Edser
Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't—and he hasn't stopped since. Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy's been jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC hardware he can get his hands on. You name it, if it's interesting hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.
Latest articles by Andy Edser

Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Eye candy The best OLED gaming monitors deliver awesome speed and eye-popping HDR performance.

Intel is still using TSMC for 30% of its wafer demands: 'We were talking about trying to get that to zero as quickly as possible. That's no longer the strategy'
By Andy Edser published
News So, not much has changed then.

GTA 5 Enhanced performance analysis: Forget max settings, my advice is to enable Very High RT and enjoy the show
By Andy Edser published
Enhance GTA 5 has received a significant dose of the shinies.

Nacon's promising Revosim RS Pure direct drive racing wheel lets you use your phone as a dashboard and settings tool, but it feels like it could do with a little work
By Andy Edser published
News The bones are there, at the very least—and strong bones they seem to be.

Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

Best microphone for gaming in 2025: from streaming to podcast mics, these are my top picks
By Andy Edser last updated
Mouth Noises Make your voice heard with the best microphones for streaming and gaming.

AMD says its ghostly 'Toyshop tech demo is truly not reflective' of what FSR4 will look like when it ships with the RDNA 4 cards this week
By Andy Edser last updated
News There are a lot of ghosting issues in AMD's new path tracing demo, and it's got a few people concerned.

Forget Gondor, Drop's latest LOTR-themed keyboard has my approval because it's got a tiny little sword on the Enter key
By Andy Edser published
News And who doesn't want that? No friend of mine, let me tell you.

Freeware tool CPU-Z now warns you if your GPU doesn't have the correct number of ROPs
By Andy Edser published
News A feature I didn't know I needed until now.

Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.

Ex-Intel CEO Craig Barrett suggests the company should 'fire the board and rehire Pat Gelsinger to finish the job he has aptly handled over the past few years'
By Andy Edser published
News 'Let’s stop talking about breaking up Intel as the only solution.'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company is 'out of GPUs' to which I reply 'welcome to the party, pal'
By Andy Edser published
News Turns out everyone's hunting for some fresh silicon right now.

Watch the AMD RX 9000-series livestream with us here: Finally, some new AMD graphics cards to get nerdy with
By Andy Edser last updated
News Watch along with me as we get our first proper look at AMD's next-generation RDNA 4 GPUs.

AMD has just taken the fight to Nvidia with its pricing for the RX 9070-series and I'm here for it
By Andy Edser published
Ding ding Game on, folks. Game on.

AMD has officially revealed its RDNA 4-based RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs and they look a lot like RDNA 3, only turbocharged
By Andy Edser published
News $549 for the RX 9070, $599 for the RX 9070 XT.

'Infused with AMD DNA': FSR 4 has been announced with a healthy dose of machine learning and support for 30+ games at launch
By Andy Edser published
News The sort of AI infusion I can get behind.

Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over
By Andy Edser published
News Hopefully not the headline of this article. *Peeks*

So long and thanks for all the space junk: China-based Starlink competitor SpaceSail plans to have 15,000 satellites deployed by 2030, and it's not the only one with its eyes on the skies
By Andy Edser published
News Because if there's one thing we need more of, it's big chunks of metal orbiting the planet.

Ex-Intel exec, Raja Koduri, blames the bureaucratic 'PowerPoint snakes' within the company for its current issues: 'These processes multiply and coil around engineers'
By Andy Edser published
News Such processes, he says, are "constraining their ability to execute on the product roadmap with the boldness it requires'."

Terrifying horror nopefest Phasmophobia combined with immersive room lighting looks like an easy way to give yourself a chronic case of the brown trousers
By Andy Edser published
News If this is immersive gaming you can keep it, thanks.

'It’s very straightforward': Acer plans to raise the price of its PCs in the US by 10% in reaction to Trump's tech tariffs
By Andy Edser published
News Basic economics strikes again.

There's a simple way to enable FSR 3 frame gen in Avowed and it more than doubled my frame rate, but it makes waterfalls look ugly as sin
By Andy Edser published
News Still, 150 fps + even in Paradis central? I'll take it.

Ray tracing is quickly becoming inescapable and I think it's time we bit the bullet and embraced it
By Andy Edser published
All the rays Upscaling will always save the day. Right?
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