Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Epic talks shop about stuttering in games that use its Unreal Engine and offers solutions to the problem
news To precache or to bundle your PSOs, that is the question. Fortunately, Epic has the answer, too.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is proof, if any was ever needed, that you don't need the latest graphics technology to have a great-looking game that also runs well
This year's bar Warhorse Studio has set the bar for others to aim for in 2025.
Not even the most powerful gaming PC is going to get around Civilization 7's ridiculously variable performance
Ping pong perf Strategy games are supposed to be all about the CPU when it comes to performance, but Civilization 7 will just stress everything in your gaming PC
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 performance analysis—scalable frame rates, decent graphics, and barely a stutter in sight
Medieval marvel And for once, upscaling is completely optional. Wait, this is 2025, yes?
Civilization 7 PC performance analysis: Playable on lots of systems but the late game will grind down whatever CPU you have
Taxing turns Don't be fooled by how well it runs when you first start playing.
Spider-Man 2's PC launch woes are woe-ier than you think, as it looks like GPU-powered DirectStorage is hobbling performance
news Not Nixxes' finest hour, that's for sure.
Intel will be keen to forget 2024 despite its products selling well because its foundries still keep on swallowing money
news Client, data, AI, networking, and edge were all up compared to 2023.
Best CPU coolers in 2025: I've loaded liquid and air coolers onto today's top processors and these are my favorites
Cool Breeze Our picks for the best CPU coolers will have your processor running cool with air or liquid during the hottest gaming sessions.
This ultra-cool Apollo computer-inspired smartwatch looks rather beautiful but at the same time weirdly incongruous with the fashion-man model shots
news Slap a slice of American engineering history onto your wrist.
MSI says that the supply of its RTX 5090 cards will be very tight, due to a limited supply of GPUs from Nvidia
news Artificial supply constraint or a sign of genuine manufacturing limitations?
You don't need an RTX 5090 or a 4K monitor for gaming when you can play Snake on your monitor's subpixels. But you will need a microscope or a good macro lens
news Or just squint really, really hard.
This spectacular GB202 die shot shows just how massive Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU is but it's not the largest chip it's ever shoehorned into a gaming graphics card
news Count the transistors with me. One, two, skip a few, ninety-two point two billion.
Best liquid cooler for CPUs in 2025: I've tried all the best AIO coolers and these are my top picks
Wetware These are the best liquid chip chillers to suit all budgets, form factors, and processors.
Best CPU for gaming: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity and peace of mind
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Arrow Lake's had three months of Windows and BIOS updates to fix its performance, and my testing shows in some games, it's worse
Wayward arrow I thought fixes were supposed to improve things.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC performance analysis: Runs well and looks good, but the tight system requirements and dearth of PC-centric options spoil the show
Cloud Nein Limited graphics options, capped frame rates, and a mediocre upscaling system. Gee, thanks Square Enix.
Is time too precious to waste making gurning thumbnails for your YouTube videos? Huzzah for this AI tool that does it all for you, then
news Good to know all those super-expensive GPUs are being used for something so vital.
If you're worried about your RTX 50-series graphics card suffering another 4090-meltgate, MSI's yellow-tipped adapter cables might just give you peace of mind
news Rather than copying another manufacturer's system, MSI is copying its own PSU designs.
Aokzoe teases its next-gen handheld gaming PC and it looks like it's just stuffed a better chip, screen, and battery into its not-bad, not-great A1 Pro
news Which would be absolutely fine, as long as Aokzoe also sorted out its clunky software.
Asus TUF Gaming B860M-Plus WiFi motherboard review
Mid mainstream Gaming in name only but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi motherboard review
B850 Blues Selling a B850 motherboard at an X870 price means expectations are going to be very high.
The 2025 Asus ROG NUC looks epic and has some mighty specs but a desktop gaming PC will probably be far better value for money
news That or a decent gaming laptop.
