Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Nvidia's Stalker 2 benchmarks suggest it might be CPU limited, but DLSS 3 looks to make a world of difference at 4K
News This could mean Lumen instead of ray tracing.
A new math benchmark just dropped and leading AI models can solve 'less than 2%' of its problems... oh dear
News Womp womp.
Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming PC
New PC Guide I bought my first gaming PC almost two decades ago, and here are the things I've learnt since then that I think you should know.
The top AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D overclock just hit 7.24 GHz on HWBOT, but also a stable 6.9 GHz that delivers literally thousands of in-game fps
News Who knew moving the cache down below could be such a game-changer?
AMD finally beats Intel in server revenue, but surprise surprise, Nvidia's still miles ahead
news Can Intel bring it back?
OpenAI has bought the URL of what used to be an adult video chat website for more than $15,500,000
News Will ChatGPT be rebranded to just "Chat"?
Pud's Dolbus gets you 5.1 surround sound from headphones with a side of deadly Saw trap nightmares
News I'll take five.
It looks like 'Windows Intelligence' might subsume 'Copilot' branding, giving yet more evidence that we can't decide how to market AI
News Do you have an Intelligent PC?
CrowdStrike is having problems with Windows again but thankfully just with 24H2 and just in some Office programs
News That sinking feeling when you hear "CrowdStrike", "Windows", and "crash" in the same sentence.
I don't know whether I'd wait for Black Friday when there are already RTX 4070 Super gaming PCs going for so little
Deal Pull the trigger or wait? I'm glad I'm not the one deciding!
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D might seal Arrow Lake's fate unless Intel cuts prices to compete with the 9000-series
X3Deez Prices Who's buying Intel now, then? I'd guess probably not gamers.
Reddit just turned a profit for the first time in 20 years and its Google and OpenAI partnerships played a surprisingly small part in it
News Machine translation pays dividends.
AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D will cost $479, highest clock speeds ever for 3D V-Cache and fully unlocked for overclocking
News Oh, and the 3D V-Cache is now located underneath the processor, not on top.
Motherboard manufacturers beat AMD to the punch confirming Ryzen 7 9800X3D as the first 9000X3D chip to launch next week
News The latest whispers from the grapevine are that it won't be cheap, either.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su predicts AI GPU market will grow to $500 billion by 2028 or 'roughly equivalent to annual sales for the entire semiconductor industry in 2023'
News Please feed some of that back into gaming GPUs, Dr. Su.
Extreme overclockers might need new mounting frames for AMD 9000X3D chips, as Thermal Grizzly says two 'are likely incompatible without modifications'
News De-lidders beware.
Ayaneo's teasing us with concept photos of its 'Code: REVO' handheld, a codename 'symbolizing the innovative strength that leads gamers to walk into a whole new dimension of Ayaneo handhelds'
News Marketing fluff it may be, but pretty marketing fluff nonetheless.
SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds review
Best Buds A premium pair of versatile, high-quality wireless gaming earbuds.
Three—yes, three—upcoming Legion Go handhelds are rumoured to sample the entire generational mix of AMD Z2 processors
News Buckle up because AMD doesn't seem to want to make understanding its Ryzen Z2 processors easy.
You might want to hold off installing the latest Game Ready Nvidia GeForce driver if you're using Corsair iCUE or Bluestacks
News Optimised performance or RGB control? You decide.
Cutting through the 'fake news', Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Blackwell's design flaw was '100% Nvidia's fault' and there are no tensions with TSMC
News Team Green's AI server chips can now roll out unhindered.
The best gaming projectors: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.
You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs
News No third-party HATs or SSDs needed.
