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Some gamers are going full conspiracy theory over Pragmata's path tracing vs ray tracing debate, so I've donned my tin foil hat and taken a look
By Andy Edser published
News Yes, path tracing looks better than ray tracing. No, I don't think that's a plot.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB review (Asus Prime)
By Andy Edser published
Score: 63% Yes, it's cheap—but there's still a cost.

Valve could well be giving Steam its most useful update ever: Frame rate estimates for games, based on how well they've been running on users' gaming PCs
By Nick Evanson published
News Power from the people, power to the people.

The new Crimson Desert patches are grand and all, but the Ray Reconstruction performance and lighting options are still all kind of b0rked on my machine
By Andy Edser published
News I guess it's going to take a while to fix, but Crimson Desert's visuals have some... issues left to resolve, at least for me.

Arc Raiders is a shining beacon of hope in the darkest times of the RAMpocalypse, proving 8 GB budget graphics cards don't have to miss out on glorious graphics
By Andy Edser published
News It can be done.

Intel's new 200K Plus chips support ultra-fast DRAM out of the box but as my tests show, there's little benefit for most PC gamers in using warp-speed stuff
By Nick Evanson published
Warped speed Unless you've got a very specific setup that involves an Intel CPU, an RTX 5090, a 1080p monitor, and potato-quality graphics settings.

Former Windows boss reveals previous plans to reduce Windows 11's memory and storage footprint by 20% and now I'm hoping Microsoft includes that in its new Windows 'quality' drive
By Jeremy Laird published
News Dare we say it, but Microsoft seems to be reading the room.

Some users are claiming Discord's default process priorities are causing performance problems in esports games, so I've tested it myself to see what's going on
By Nick Evanson published
News And I have to say, I can't see any serious issues at all.
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