Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Tired of shader compilation screens? Microsoft is rolling out its own solution, but we won't feel the benefits immediately
News We're probably in for a long wait before it's available on Steam, GOG, and other online stores.
Raspberry has only just launched its new Pi 500+ but one modder has already improved it, making it support an external RX 7900 XT graphics card for top-tier gaming
News If it can be done, a modder will do it. If it can't be done, a modder will do it anyway.
A zero-water, zero-emissions, off-grid AI data center sounds like science fiction, but it's actually real and already running
News Forget nuclear, hydrogen fuel cells are where it's at.
Microsoft is resorting to laser etching AI-designed cooling channels directly into data center chips to tame their massive heat
News Though one teeny tiny leak and some poor technician's day will be ruined.
Yes, one line in a config file for Intel's graphics software really does say 'multi frame generation' but we probably shouldn't get our hopes up
News Though I shall completely ignore my own advice and pester Intel constantly until we get it.
DreamScene is back: Microsoft's resurrecting video wallpapers, a Windows feature last seen in 2007
News Wallpaper Engine users probably won't have much to worry about, though.
It's Alchemist, Battlemage or nothing: Intel driver support for every other GPU from the past four years moves into legacy mode
News No game-related fixes or tweaks, just quarterly security updates.
If claims about TSMC's prices for its next-gen process node are even only half right, then the best CPUs and graphics cards are going to become a lot more expensive
News Apparently, the cost for an N2 wafer will be more than 50% greater than an N3 one.
PC component maker Maxsun decides the time is right for a new motherboard format, by taking a hacksaw to an mATX circuit board
News It's YTX, says Maxsun. It's Ydidyoubother, says me.
One UK national arrested in joint-US operation is accused of being part of Scattered Spider, a group involved 'in a sweeping cyber extortion scheme' that resulted in over $115,000,000 in ransomware payments from victims
News A life sentence in prison, on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, is one possible outcome.
Milling the SSD back into sand is one way of upgrading your iPhone 17's storage and it makes a laptop upgrade look like a four-piece jigsaw puzzle by comparison
News Main difference just happens to be a casual bit of CNC milling.
It's going to be raining dollars over at Samsung: A stamp of approval by Nvidia, plus an incoming price hike for DRAM chips, has lifted shares out of the doldrums
News And it's not the only RAM and NAND flash maker to significantly bump prices.
Now that 4K/1080p dual-mode monitors are officially a thing, it's the perfect time to play a game of guessing what madcap tech monitors will next sport
Two in one 4K for work, 1080p for competitive gaming, all in one display.
Intel's future might be rosier now that Nvidia is partially on board but at this moment in time, AMD rules every roost in the CPU coop
The Red revolution Budget or mainstream, outright gaming or do-it-all-wonder, there's a Ryzen processor for everyone.
Best CPU for gaming in 2025: 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.
Dying Light: The Beast PC performance analysis: Decent frame rates all round, nice graphics, and stutters only on low VRAM GPUs
Beast mode And if you do need more fps, upscaling works wonders here.
Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2025: my top picks for cable-free typing delights
Freedom Cut the cord with the best wireless gaming keyboards.
When it comes to Borderlands 4 and its '8 cores or equivalent' requirement, it's actually core quality, not core count, that matters the most
Core concerns Heck, you can even run it on 4 cores and 4 threads.
I've tested Borderlands 4 on a minimum spec PC and a monster RTX 5090 rig, and it runs just as 'Borderlands-at-launch' as you'd expect
Borderline forked It's a big, bold world of stutters and disappointing frame rates, even on the best PC hardware money can buy.
Naya Create review
Score: 68% When Early Access and boutique ergonomic keyboards collide.
Asus says its Intel 800-series motherboards are approved to run DDR5-7200 without an XMP profile, pointing to a RAM speed boost for an Arrow Lake refresh
News Truth be told, I think we'd just prefer to have Nova Lake instead, thanks.
OpenAI has teamed up with Broadcom to make its own AI processors, according to a report, possibly as part of a long-term plan to move away from Nvidia's GPUs
News Broadcom recently announced a $10 billion deal with one unnamed customer. Hmmm.
Microsoft has blown the dust off the source code for a version of Bill Gates' first-ever operating system
News If you've done some programming on an original Commodore 64, it's basically that one.
