Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
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.
Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'
Trace back The 1980s computer produces surprisingly gorgeous ray-traced results, but be prepared to measure performance by hour rather than second.
The plucky Raspberry Pi 5 gets the full liquid treatment with this slightly absurd water cooling kit
News You need to have a pretty good reason to want to liquid cool a Raspberry Pi.
Elon Musk's Neuralink has stuck a device in someone's brain and he's already talking up its theoretical uses: 'Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist'
News Transhumanism can wait. For now, Neuralink's first human patient is "recovering well".
MSI's new Claw handheld goes head to head with Lenovo and Asus at $700
News Though you only get the pared back Intel Meteor Lake chip for that money.
Best power supply for PC gaming in 2024
Power play Watt's the best power supply unit for PC gaming? Best PSU puns, FTW!
The PC's greatest nemesis was born 40 years ago today
News The Apple Macintosh was unveiled on this day 40 years ago, but ignoring the PC/Mac feud it's an awesome piece of tech worth celebrating.
'The key thing is that the good guys have better AIs than the bad guys' says Microsoft founder Bill Gates on the threat from artificial intelligence
News 'If the good guys' cyber defence AI is as good or better than the bad guys' cyber attack AI, then that's a good situation.'
Secretlab's launching a slightly cheaper version of the excellent Titan Evo, starting at $449
News The Titan Lite is stripped of a couple features to shave a modicum of expense.
