Chris Szewczyk
Chris' gaming experiences go back to the mid-nineties when he conned his parents into buying an 'educational PC' that was conveniently overpowered to play Doom and Tie Fighter. He developed a love of extreme overclocking that destroyed his savings despite the cheaper hardware on offer via his job at a PC store. To afford more LN2 he began moonlighting as a reviewer for VR-Zone before jumping the fence to work for MSI Australia. Since then, he's gone back to journalism, enthusiastically reviewing the latest and greatest components for PC & Tech Authority, PC Powerplay and currently Australian Personal Computer magazine and PC Gamer. Chris still puts far too many hours into Borderlands 3, always striving to become a more efficient killer.
Latest articles by Chris Szewczyk
![Graphics cards on a green background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Udf2Ky5RKR7pC2NJSaXSPU-320-80.jpg)
Hackers could steal your data via an unpatched GPU pixel-stealing attack. Though that 'could' is doing some real heavy lifting
By Chris Szewczyk published
News All GPUs are affected.
![MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X NV Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N4Bbeqa5XRCkT8hUTFfvti-320-80.jpg)
MSI's green themed RTX 4060 NV Edition graphics card is perfect for showing the world just how much you love Nvidia
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Limited to 6,000 units.
![Selection of graphics cards on a multicoloured background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JTZLoWEJDnxFUNZDZ4gbV4-320-80.jpg)
Newegg announces a hassle-free GPU trade-in program
By Chris Szewczyk published
News But don't expect to get big bucks for your old GPU.
![Scott Herkelman](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wP2PxcohNYx6t4epTF2jiF-320-80.jpg)
Radeon boss Scott Herkelman will leave AMD at the end of the year
By Chris Szewczyk published
News He hopes the company beats 'the final boss'.
![Aerial view of MS Datacenter in Holland .](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e2yptrkzRVgkgVwvb4YyVi-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft's data centers of the future could be nuclear powered
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Now that's a power up!
![Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. wafers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XuGHfLVi8kZrZqBZtkFyp9-320-80.jpg)
US to introduce 'guardrails' to ensure that companies benefitting from CHIPS Act funding spend it where they should be
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not a penny for China.
![Intel Meteor Lake up-close in assembly.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gmG5E9wZQLCy6TBXvUpT8o-320-80.jpg)
Intel's Meteor Lake chips are coming to desktops after all
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Intel's executive VP confirms.
![Belgium, Brussels, European Commission, European flags at Berlaymont building](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/badQ9sPRQwXWz9SFzvHTBR-320-80.jpg)
The EU says 'prove it' to companies that are dubiously claiming their products are environmentally friendly
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Slapping a 'sustainable' sticker on packaging is not enough.
![Basim showing off his hidden blade](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GZKU994Jzrz4T5H4sfBUSW-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Mirage will support DLSS and FSR after all
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not just XeSS.
![ProArt Cinema PQ07 Micro LED display showcased at Computex 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B4UR5coxnMnMg82FD6dYVc-320-80.jpg)
Asus' 135-inch Micro-LED display is utterly ridiculous yet utterly lustworthy
By Chris Szewczyk published
News What a bargain.
![Intel CPU wafer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dWH6HztFZ6cmcAdPbaKjYX-320-80.jpg)
Stacked 3D cache is coming to Intel CPUs, and gamers should be excited
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not imminently though.
![OpenAI logo displayed on a phone screen and ChatGPT website displayed on a laptop screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 5, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQ4QvnT5n24R9f4nQNq5MP-320-80.jpg)
A new survey finds the public are growing increasingly wary of AI
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Calls for a regulatory framework are ramping up.
![Microsoft logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HchoE6ZfGxN78XFxrBd84j-320-80.jpg)
Oops, Microsoft left 38TB of sensitive data exposed for 3 years including internal Teams chats
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Seems like the wrong box was left ticked.
![ChatGPT text box with the word redacted covering the response](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wc6EUppheWKAiAJPQZJt3D-320-80.jpg)
UK market authority lays down guidance for principled use of AI
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Helping you help us all.
![Futuristic glowing blue wi-fi symbol on black dark background with blurred reflection](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QQMnQ7q9mFbRsnRAetGdFM-320-80.jpg)
Intel quietly launches its speedy Wi-Fi 7 chipsets
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Motherboards with WiFi 7 are imminent.
![Threadripper](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cfrY2FF9EJR3DiizHQBPab-320-80.jpg)
AMD's next gen Threadripper Pro 7000-series chips come with up to 96 cores, and I long for consumer versions
By Chris Szewczyk published
News We need a proper HEDT platform.
![AMD Radeon RX 7600 logo closeup](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c62Mvyohr6KnToteE5eHTa-320-80.jpg)
We thought AMD's RX 7000-series was complete, but now the RX 7600 XT has broken cover
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Someone's been waiting in the wings.
![Intel Core i5 13400F CPU in a motherboard socket](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DKrBF5SxfH9BXhHNvdaYi9-320-80.jpg)
Start saving, because Intel's 14th Gen CPUs are reportedly launching in just a few weeks
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The K SKUs will come first.
![Nvidia Resizable BAR](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2ALnCY5QCZcqrfd9YaCD4A-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia owners can get a big FPS boost in Starfield with this manual ReBAR tweak
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The secret is enabling Resizable BAR yourself.
![Microsoft Paint Background removal tool being demonstrated.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uSAhUbcrN8kqkXwqU3htPe-320-80.gif)
Microsoft Paint is getting updated with one of Photoshop's most commonly used tools
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Background removal is coming to MS Paint, and it's free!
![AMD Phoenix 2 APU die shot showing Zen4 and Zen 4c cores](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DupNa8fs9umYgmf7MTuUJ9-320-80.jpg)
AMD's upcoming hybrid APU smiles for the camera
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Big and little cores are coming to AMD chips.