Latest articles by Andy Edser
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
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
News The sort of AI infusion I can get behind.
I still can't beat the sheer value for money this 240 Hz Lenovo RTX 4070 gaming laptop provides for $1,399 and it's starting to bug me
News A deal that has brought me to my metaphorical knees on more than one occasion.
Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over
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
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'
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
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
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
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
All the rays Upscaling will always save the day. Right?
The 240 Hz OLED gaming laptop of my dreams is down to the lowest price I've seen yet
Deal What, you mean you don't dream about laptops?
The latest Steam Deck beta update can improve battery life with the frame limiter active by *checks notes* a whole six percent
News Well, it's something, isn't it?
You joke, but I still want one: AMD 'teases' the 320 GB 90700.05XTXT Max with a 96-pin power connector and a 1.21 gigawatt power requirement
News Signs AMD is losing patience with RX 9070-series rumours, stage one.
YouTuber The Swedish Maker wears a Meta Quest 3 VR headset for his entire woodworking project and miraculously emerges with all fingers intact
News This could have gone so much worse.
I have seen the future, and it's this 3D-printed air raid siren honking its baleful tones over my neighbourhood as the waters rise
News Not that I'm a pessimist, or anything.
AMD's Frank Azor says no 32 GB RX 9070 XT for you, probably because a 32 GB mid-range GPU didn't make much sense in the first place
News That's that, then.
Youtube's CEO says it's the 'new television' with 1 billion TV viewers daily, and apparently people watch Shorts on their TV now
News Think of all those wasted horizontal pixels.
Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance: From Nvidia's latest, past AMD's greatest, to Intel's failing silicon, this is what the game does to PCG's own rigs
We put our own machines through the ringer with the Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark, to lesser or greater success.
I've found a rare treat: A 250 Hz 14-inch RTX 4070 gaming laptop that's dropped in price to $1,300
Deal There are still great laptop deals to be found if you hunt hard enough.
OpenAI boss suggests there's the equivalent of Moore's law for AI and it's 'unbelievably stronger'
News Bigly.
Newegg's speedy PC building contest sees two builders finish in under five minutes, leaving my best time in the mud
News I mean, they're building most of a PC at least...
In a mere decade 'everyone on Earth will be capable of accomplishing more than the most impactful person can today' says OpenAI boss Sam Altman
News *inhales, coughs*... I dunno man, I think it's still got some issues.
