Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in 1981, with the love affair starting on a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and a book on ZX Basic. He ended up becoming a physics and IT teacher, but by the late 1990s decided it was time to cut his teeth writing for a long defunct UK tech site. He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its gaming and hardware section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com and over 100 long articles on anything and everything. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?
Latest articles by Nick Evanson
OpenAI claims Elon Musk 'demanded absolute control, and to be CEO' while also agreeing to ditch its non-profit status back in 2017, despite him now suing it for turning decidedly for-profit
By Nick Evanson published
news It's not just a case of 'he said, she said': OpenAI has released DMs and emails about the whole thing.
Shipping document suggests that a 24 GB version of Intel's Arc B580 graphics card could be heading to market, though not for gaming
By Nick Evanson published
news AI setups love RAM and matrix cores, so a stack of big VRAM B580s would be snapped up.
The next version of HDMI is said to launch at CES 2025, with 'a wide range of higher resolutions and refresh rates' and a new cable
By Nick Evanson published
news HDMI 2.1 is good enough for 4K 240 Hz so goodness knows what 2.2 will be bringing to the table.
It's the end of an era: Crucial starts calling time on its popular SATA SSD, the MX500
By Nick Evanson published
news Was it a good SSD? No. It was the best.
The best left-handed mouse for gaming
By Dave James last updated
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
Best external hard drives
By Nick Evanson last updated
TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.
Super resolution, super low price: This 27-inch 4K gaming monitor is a mere 0.003 cents per pixel
By Nick Evanson published
deal That's $280, to save you the math, and it's also the cheapest it's ever been.
Blacklyte Atlas review
By Nick Evanson last updated
Rising RGB Squaring up against Secretlab in the boutique gaming desk market? Bold move, Cotton.
Blacklyte Kraken gaming chair review
By Nick Evanson last updated
Painful perch Naming a gaming chair after a beast from the depths of the ocean is rather prophetic in this instance.
Just to cap off Intel's annus horribilis, Time picks AMD's Dr Lisa Su as its CEO of the year
By Nick Evanson published
news Definitely a better choice than last year's pick, that's for sure.
Raspberry's Pi 500 is the perfect throwback to the 1980s golden age of home computing and I'd love to relive those moments again with a modern machine
By Nick Evanson published
news Best of all, there's not a single cassette tape in sight.
AMD's flagship Strix Halo APU makes its Geekbench debut with a monstrous name and RTX 4060 levels of GPU compute
By Nick Evanson published
news It's not much to go on but at this point in time, I'll take it.
Google's WIllow chip is a big leap towards usable quantum computing but its claim of beating a classical computer by a 'septillion years' is meaningless
By Nick Evanson published
news Not that you'd be adding one to your gaming PC, sadly. Or any PC, for that matter.
Intel researchers create a method for AI-generating frames in games without added input latency
By Nick Evanson published
news It's the holy grail of AI frame generation: extrapolation, not interpolation.
FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat
By Nick Evanson published
news The true cost of generative AI is the erosion of trust.
Arctic's new fan-cooled fans might be for servers but I want a gaming rig full of them for the ultimate cooling kudos
By Nick Evanson published
news That and total hearing loss. Say what?
Ubisoft has fixed some of the issues with Avatar, Outlaws and the Windows 11 24H2 update, but the big three Assassin's Creed are still borked
By Nick Evanson published
News No 24H2 for you if Origins, Odyssey, or Valhalla are installed. And vice versa.
Microsoft says 64 GB is the 'ideal spec' for Flight Simulator 2024 but I've tested it with 96 GB, and it makes a big difference
By Nick Evanson last updated
All your RAM It's the first game I've tested where more than 32 GB is actually worth having.
Team Group MP44 4 TB SSD review
By Nick Evanson published
Big value Big capacity, big performance, big value.
Black Friday is over but AndaSeat is still dishing out the gaming chair deals, with up to $80 off its sublime Kaiser 4 XL
By Nick Evanson published
Deal If you have a fuller frame, then this AndaSeat is the one for you. Actually, it's the one for you, even if you're not.
Check out your gaming PC's storage chops with 3DMark's new DirectStorage benchmark
By Nick Evanson published
news A speedy SSD makes all the difference but the Devil is in the details
Best RAM for gaming: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
Dynamic I've put the top gaming memory through its paces to find out what the best RAM to pair with your new gaming PC is.
OLED displays with up to five times better lifespan may be on their way sooner than you think, thanks to a manufacturing breakthrough
By Nick Evanson published
news Not just tougher but brighter and more power efficient, too.
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