Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in 1981, with the love affair starting on a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and a book on ZX Basic. He ended up becoming a physics and IT teacher, but by the late 1990s decided it was time to cut his teeth writing for a long defunct UK tech site. He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its gaming and hardware section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com and over 100 long articles on anything and everything. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?
Latest articles by Nick Evanson
![Half of Artificial Intelligence robot face](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dGnQbHxaNLvp95FjVkrRKm-320-80.jpg)
63% of surveyed Americans want government legislation to prevent super intelligent AI from ever being achieved
By Nick Evanson published
news OpenAI and Google might love artificial general intelligence, but the average voter probably just thinks Skynet.
![Promotional logo for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus series of processors](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dGf75YqRj6wHESKRkTSSJX-320-80.jpg)
Leaked Dell docs suggest Qualcomm's new laptop chips could deliver nearly twice the battery life of the latest Intel CPUs
By Nick Evanson published
news Less is more, as the saying goes, and it's especially true when it comes to power consumption.
![AMD Zen 4 AM5 socket photograph](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z4FcLUghB6rnmVvwFKmVBm-320-80.jpg)
AMD's launched a pair of new budget chips in its 8000-series, lopping the GPUs of its APUs
By Nick Evanson published
news One looks like it could be the bargain CPU of 2024. The other...err...sadly not.
![Dell XPS 14](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NzE5nZ5EyE3fLPBEhmgbvk-320-80.jpeg)
Leaked Dell roadmap introduces split Intel/Qualcomm lineup through to Nova Lake in 2027
By Nick Evanson published
news Four Lakes and a second-gen X Elite in just three years means it's all going to get very confusing, very quickly.
![A stylised image of AMD's RDNA 3 GPU design for its Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b5hZ3jGxuxwssYSDEA4iLE-320-80.jpg)
AMD Linux devs jamming nearly 24,000 lines of RDNA 4 supporting code into its mainstream driver suggests next-gen launch may be close at hand
By Nick Evanson published
news Mesa mega merge means a magnificent moment may manifest…err…soon.
![Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uAvDHGUvLf9GJFfY7tbAuM-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia testing cooling solutions up to 600W for its Blackwell graphics cards suggests power levels in line with the previous GeForce generations
By Nick Evanson published
news Looks like RTX super-chonk coolers are chonk for life. Or one more generation, at least.
![A promotional image of a MediTek SoC model](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6txZA9aMNyPCkd8PpW4gGS-320-80.jpg)
MediaTek and Nvidia are gearing up to tackle the AI PC market hand-in-hand, with an all-new chip
By Nick Evanson published
news It's like the 1990s golden age all over again when you had more than two CPU vendors to choose from.
![Homeworld 3 space battle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U9vT6whp5zZdaGCYqdbMpM-320-80.jpg)
The best thing about Homeworld 3 is how well it runs on a PC with its 6-year-old recommended specs
By Nick Evanson published
Golden oldie What's this, a new game that doesn't demand the latest hardware? Praise be!
![In Homeworld 3, a ship emerges from a derelict's circular opening into an asteroid field, colored orange by the system's distant visible star.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HUXv4HyreNvxzFtNYcPE6H-320-80.jpg)
Homeworld 3 performance analysis: Surprisingly scalable but no ultra-high frame rates
By Nick Evanson published
The frame rate of space Even old CPUs will run it well enough, provided they can handle six or more threads.
![A close-up photo of AMD's AM4 CPU socket](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VMxPwpAXMSumixYB67hAHY-320-80.jpg)
Despite being just a humble CPU socket, AMD 'boldly suggests' AM4 has 'legendary status'
By Nick Evanson published
Legend Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups.
![Two images of a custom-built external monitor mod for the Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PkHT6kBrPuFH2Q3KBukuk3-320-80.jpg)
ROG Ally mod adds an extra touchscreen for more Windows real estate and works as a handy stand
By Nick Evanson published
news Plus it gives the added feeling of some serious Nintendo DS vibes.
![Promotional photo of a Norbauer mechanical keyboard on a table](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6uUykyXNtMCwsfuhr2AjeD-320-80.jpg)
One boutique keyboard maker spent years engineering the ultimate stabilizer by 'recklessly training a personal cash bazooka on the question'
By Nick Evanson published
news John Wick level of focus, commitment, and sheer will just to get the perfect keyboard clack.
![Intel Meteor Lake CPU](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k5GBTN8VpocH6CDhEaVMs7-320-80.jpg)
Laptops are selling like hot cakes compared to desktops but generally CPU shipments are sluggish
By Nick Evanson published
news Even shipments of server CPUs were down but it's not as bad news as you might think it is.
![An assembled fleet of different classes of combat vessels, gathered in a planet's upper atmosphere in Homeworld 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GGB5WN72wUKSz9g9BUFwGH-320-80.jpg)
Homeworld 3's latest system requirements won't fill up your SSD but you'll need all the CPU and GPU you can throw at it
By Nick Evanson last updated
news Though a Ryzen 9 7700X an RTX 4070 Ti Super, for ray traced space battles in 4K, isn't too bad.
![Gigabyte G6X gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aXWnKvvbSCvZ2QchXKWRxM-320-80.jpg)
Gigabyte G6X (2024) gaming laptop review
By Nick Evanson published
Like a G6(X) Intel Core i7 13650HX | RTX 4060 (105W) | 32GB DDR5-4800 | 1TB SSD | $1,300 | £1,198 (16GB)
![A screenshot of a Verilog checked GPGPU design by Adam Majmudar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qSMT92fv6hyCsZ8AmArj5P-320-80.jpg)
Self-taught hardware engineer discovers that GPUs really are ridiculously complex and hard to design after all
By Nick Evanson published
news The project is available online if you fancy giving it a go yourself.
![A screenshot of a Nerdforge custom PC video, showing a PC with an integrated coffee machine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PSvuykpWxeSQjzqGrBvJdQ-320-80.jpg)
Coffee and PC gaming ground together in perfect harmony, in this fabulous Scandi wood-sauna-themed build
By Nick Evanson published
news Every Nerdforge project makes me miss my engineering days and this could be the one to make me start all over again.
![AMD MI300](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PznEXES6HPb5mFBapnWeuf-320-80.jpeg)
AMD's start to 2024: Big gains in client and data center, big falls in gaming
By Nick Evanson published
news Data, AI, and compute are where all the money is at right now.
![A collage of Asus motherboards, against a purple gradient background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fZjtiNusGcQeARn3KtNHoJ-320-80.jpg)
PCIe 5.0 is nearly four years old and it's still virtually worthless in gaming PCs
By Nick Evanson published
PCIe progress pains Gen 4 stuff is not only cheaper, it's also better. Now that's progress for you.
![A photo of an autonomous driven racing car, in the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FNRAmtn2FK6zKiJ3tH2SgR-320-80.jpg)
I watched the first Autonomous Racing League event and while it certainly wasn't exciting, it was unintentionally hilarious
By Nick Evanson published
news Will it ever be exciting to what a bunch of AIs race against each other? Place your bets now.
![Skyrim VR](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vUqXBkzk5j293BuXWQ7sr7-320-80.jpg)
Suffering so you don't have to, this streamer has doubled up on haptic suits to feel the real pain of Skyrim VR
By Nick Evanson published
news I'm so bad at VR games that I'd be permanently on the floor, whimpering like a scared puppy.
![Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger holding an engineering sample of a Lunar Lake CPU at the Intel Vision 2024 event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RVke6mgeSF9nXLGNouA5ZQ-320-80.jpg)
Early benchmark suggests Intel's Battlemage GPU in Lunar Lake has lots of low-power promise
By Nick Evanson published
news But it's still too soon to tell if it'll be any good at gaming.
![Intel Core i9 14900K CPU on a box and inside a motherboard socket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dafyrnGsMwEY789QFppCxA-320-80.jpg)
Intel points at motherboard vendors for recent CPU instability issues but the chip maker isn't entirely blame-free
By Nick Evanson published
news That Spider-Man meme is probably the simplest way to describe the whole debacle.
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