Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Best high refresh rate gaming monitor in 2024
How Refreshing Don't dawdle with one of the best high refresh rate gaming monitors around.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) review
Better than ever AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (90W) | 32GB LPDDR5X | 1TB SSD | OLED | $2,000 | £2,400
RTX Remix 'is the great equaliser' bringing veteran and hobbyist devs together to remaster the most beloved and best PC games
Remix/Remake The modding platform created by Nvidia is bringing together teams from across the globe to reimagine classic games.
Elon Musk calls OpenAI 'a lie' after announcing plans to make his 'spicy' ChatGPT rival open-source this week
News Grok is made by xAI and is available for users on X, but 'don’t use it if you hate humor'.
Convai aims to put an end to basic 'one-line' NPCs with AI but says it 'needs more high quality writers and artists, not less' to get it done
Chatty bots I chat to the CEO of Convai, an AI platform that empowers videogame NPCs with personalities.
Oregon just passed the most powerful right to repair legislation yet in the US
News The law would ban the practice of parts pairing from 2025, and once in place will make repairs much easier for customers.
Destructive testing of six liquid cooling radiators reveals some don't match the marketing
News In-depth testing by Igor's Lab shows brass used instead of copper within some radiators, among other complaints.
What are XMP and EXPO profiles and how do I use them?
Ask PC Gamer XMP and EXPO profiles automatically set your system RAM to higher frequencies. Here's how to do it.
Asus ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD review
Ultra OLED The ultimate OLED gaming screen? Probably, but the panel technology still has drawbacks.
Nvidia's new desktop app doesn't require you to login: 'your identity isn't essential to this experience'
News You can access pretty much all of the features included in the Nvidia App without making an Nvidia account.
Nvidia's game filter for RTX GPUs lets you enable HDR in games that never supported it
News Works with any RTX 20-series or newer graphics card and on games running DirectX 9–12 or Vulkan.
Shadowplay can now capture games at 120 fps and gets a new look in the Nvidia App
News Do most need to capture at 120 fps? Probably not, but it's nice to have the option.
The new Nvidia App killing GeForce Experience: new overlay, system monitoring, 120fps capture, and lets you add HDR to any game
News The Nvidia App is currently in beta but will also replace the Nvidia Control Panel eventually.
I'm calling time on stick drift and getting Hall effect in every one of my controllers in 2024
Drifting away I never want to experience stick drift again in my life, and Hall effect is an easy answer.
This real-world Angel Lamp from Alan Wake 2 actually works to make you feel like you're stuck in a horror novel of your own creation
News If only Wake had an Alexa compatible lamp in the Dark Place.
AceZone A-Spire review
Stay focused Competitive gamers, look no further. And if you're prone to gaming in loud spots, this is the noise-cancelling headset you need.
Intel Core i9 14900KS surfaces ahead of release with claims to a 6.2GHz Turbo and peak wattage to make your graphics card jealous
News It's likely that Intel is gearing up the so-far-unannounced processor for release in the next few months.
I created a highly personalised large language model with Nvidia's entertaining Chat with RTX app but at 60GB+ I'm now beginning to wonder if it's worth keeping around
News Chat with RTX is available to download and works with most RTX 40/30-series GPUs.
Machine learning means we can read a 2,000-year-old carbonized scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius and turns out it's all about the pleasures of stuffing your face
News You'd think this task nearly impossible by looking at the state of these scrolls.
Mod to add HDR to non-HDR games on RTX GPUs is built out of hidden settings in Nvidia's latest drivers
News Users are reporting the mod is actually better than Microsoft's AutoHDR option.
Viral clip of Tesla driver wearing Apple Vision Pro leads US gov to remind everyone 'self-driving' cars don't mean you can take your eyes off the road
News Try this at home, not the highway.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT review
Better options More memory is nice, but not worth the price AMD's asking.
