Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Ray tracing has taken its first steps at becoming the rendering norm for triple-A games but that just makes upscaling and frame generation a Hobson's choice
No choice It's not an option if you absolutely require it.
The PS5 Pro is the most powerful games console ever released, but at $700 PC gaming has nothing to worry about
news Big GPU, fast ray tracing, AI-powered upscaling. Hang on, that's just a PC, right?
Watching Doom being played on a hologram-like volumetric display is like taking a peek at the future of gaming
news But let's hope the future involves less noise and more pixels, yes?
AMD confirms it's working on a Ryzen Z2 chip for next-gen handheld PCs, even though only two vendors currently use the Z1
news Let's hope it's more than just a renamed Strix Point chip and has something special up its sleeve. Sorry, die.
'From the developer's standpoint, they love this strategy'—AMD's plan to merge its RDNA and CDNA GPU architectures to a unified system called UDNA
news Change is good, right?
Samsung and SK Hynix spend billions more on DRAM production to feed the never-ending hunger for AI servers
news This could potentially be good news for PC gaming but not while the tech world loves AI.
The Epic Minimalist Entertainment System is the leader of the itsy bitsy games console committee with its reverse-engineered 1980s LED dot matrix display
news Look at the ickle 'cartridges'! Aww, bless it's teeny socks.
The world's worst GPU can now be yours for a mere $1,024 in the form of a 'luxury purse'
news If that doesn't float your boat, how about a Hopper-in-a-box for just $65k?
Kinesis Form ergonomic keyboard review
All in ergo Take a low-profile, wireless mechanical keyboard, split the keys in two and stick a touchpad between them. Now you've got a Kinesis Form.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 performance analysis—Blurry upscaling, mushy graphics, and so-so frame rates
Tyrannic FPS There's no ray tracing whatsoever, so you can't blame the middling performance on that.
AMD officially launches the Ryzen 5 7600X3D but in limited numbers and only through one US seller
news If you really want an X3D chip, you're probably better off waiting for the 9000 versions to launch.
OpenAI plans to build its own AI chips on TSMC's forthcoming 1.6 nm A16 process node
news The report suggests that Broadcom or Marvell will design the chip, but Apple might be a partner, too.
Just in time for Labor Day, Ayaneo handheld gaming PCs are now available in the US at Best Buy
news It's a disappointingly small selection from Ayaneo's big collection of handheld, mini, and pocket PCs though.
Star Wars Outlaws performance analysis: Ray traced galaxies far, far away really, really demand upscaling and frame generation
Galactic FPS There's a colossal range of graphics options to tweak, so most gaming PCs can run the game well enough. Well, kind of.
With Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Black Myth: Wukong, and Star Wars Outlaws, ray tracing in games is slowly becoming an Nvidia-exclusive
news Ray tracing is old news, full ray tracing is where it's at now. Just don't call it path tracing, okay?
Nvidia's new partnership with MediaTek has just killed the module which made G-Sync monitors so damned expensive
news This new all-in-one scaler removes the need for a separate G-Sync module, helping to lower costs.
Microsoft closes another door for bypassing the TPM 2.0 requirement in Windows 11
news It's only in the beta versions of Windows at the moment but it won't be long before it's fully rolled out.
OneXPlayer is back with another external GPU and this time uses a graphics chip so new, not even its maker has announced it
news The full specs and price are still unknown at this time but expect it to be mightily expensive.
Black Myth: Wukong—Here are the best settings to use with Arc, GeForce, and Radeon graphics cards
Monkey Magic The visual tour-de-force demands upscaling and frame generation for the best performance but at least you don't need huge amounts of VRAM.
Zotac Gaming officially launches its Zone handheld gaming PC with a super fancy AMOLED HDR screen
news But the handheld party is already pretty full, so will a (very) late entrance make much of an impact?
Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake desktop CPUs are reportedly only 7 weeks away from launch
news Bid a final farewell to the Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5. Say hello to the Core Ultra 9, Core Ultra 7, and Core Ultra 5.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU review
Mighty Zen 5 The most expensive and powerful Zen 5 chip in the Ryzen 9000-series enters the arena to dominate the benchmark wars and your wallet.
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X CPU review
Middling Zen 5 Round two of the Ryzen 9000-series kicks off with the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X but the shadow of the last-gen 7900X spoils its entrance.
