Matt Porter
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Best portable storage for back to school
By Matt Porter published
Class Ace We've searched for the best portable storage for you to transfer your data from place to place.
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Our favorite superhero case mods
By Matt Porter published
With great power Team Cap, Team Iron Man, Team Venom-eats-your-PC.
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Getting a VR headset? Grab the latest AMD or Nvidia drivers
By Matt Porter published
If you're adopting VR, make sure your drivers are up to date.
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HyperX's Cloud Revolver headset launches for $120
By Matt Porter published
A new Cloud headset is coming, and it's looking to improve on its predecessors' success.
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Micron rolling out GDDR5X memory for new graphics cards
By Matt Porter published
GDDR5X is much faster than GDDR5, and could be making its way to some GPUs soon.
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Why the 'asynchronous timewarp' added to Oculus Rift matters
By Matt Porter published
ATW means a smoother and more efficient VR experience for all.
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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD geometry so you can mod it
By Matt Porter published
Valve is opening up the Steam controller to modification.
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Intel ends "tick-tock" chip development model
By Matt Porter published
Intel is changing the way it goes about its new product iterations.
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AMD adds automated video creation to its Gaming Evolved client
By Matt Porter published
Gaming Evolved will now record your entire gaming session.
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Logitech's G610 keyboard offers Cherry MX Brown and Red switches
By Matt Porter published
If you like Cherry MX switches, these new Logitech keyboards might be of interest.
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Unity announces two new versions and a certification program
By Matt Porter published
Unity Technologies had some big announcements to make at GDC.
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Razer launches the new Blade notebook
By Matt Porter published
Razer says it has improved performance over its predecessor and has made it more affordable.
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AMD launches XConnect technology to pair compatible GPUs, notebooks
By Matt Porter published
XConnect lets you keep your laptop portable by making it easier to use external graphics cards.
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Asrock gets around non-K Skylake overclocking limits again
By Matt Porter published
Non-K Skylake overclocking is once again on the table.
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75W Asus GTX 950 is powered entirely by a PCIe slot
By Matt Porter published
Asus' new GTX 950 will clear up some cable space in your PC.
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AMD unveils A10-7890K and a cheaper version of the Wraith cooler
By Matt Porter published
AMD has now introduced 11 new processors within the last 30 days.
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The Raspberry Pi 3 is on sale now
By Matt Porter published
Four years on from the original, we have the third iteration of the cut-price SoC.
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Download the SteamVR performance test to see if your PC can run the Vive
By Matt Porter published
Is your PC ready for VR?
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GPU deal: overclocked EVGA GTX 970 for $310 bundled with The Division
By Matt Porter published
A powerful card at a reasonable price, plus a copy of Ubisoft's upcoming shooter.
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Experimental 5D data storage could store 360TB of games for 13.8 billion years
By Matt Porter published
Files are written to special glass with numbers you've never heard of. Think of how many DOS games this could hold.
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Dolphin emulator sees big speed improvements with DirectX 12 support
By Matt Porter published
The Dolphin emulator has a DX12 backend, and even unfinished, it shows promising speed improvements over DX11.
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Khronos launches version 1.0 of the Vulkan low-level API
By Matt Porter published
The follow-up to OpenGL is finally here.
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Oculus ready PC and Rift 'bundles' available for pre-order next week
By Matt Porter published
Asus, Alienware, and Dell have a number of PCs ready to go.
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