
Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion 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 PC gaming 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 covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. 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

MIT electronics researchers develop a new way to fabricate transistors on the backend of finished dies, to keep pushing the limit of chip densities ever higher
By Nick Evanson published
News It's a bit like chip stacking but on the nanometre scale.

If 4K gaming is just too easy for your RTX 5090, then try it on Asus' new 5K ROG Strix display and watch it weep
By Nick Evanson published
News Or you could just use its 1440p dual-mode option and enjoy the 330 Hz refresh rate.

RAM prices might be sucking all the joy out of building PCs but four-screen AIO coolers go a little way to bringing a smile back on my face
By Nick Evanson published
News I just think it's neat.

FSR Redstone tested: AMD's long awaited AI-powered frame gen delivers the goods but it's very late to market
By Nick Evanson published
Redstone released Actually, it's not FSR Redstone. It's all just FSR now because of reasons that only make sense to AMD.

It never rains, but it pours: A security bug with a maximum severity rating is putting many of the worlds' servers at risk
By Nick Evanson published
News Fixes are available, though 'organizations should patch urgently'.

In a surprise change of heart, Nvidia's brought 32-bit PhysX support back to RTX 50-series graphics cards, though only for a select number of games
By Nick Evanson published
News At least you won't need to dual-GPU your RTX 5090 rig anymore, just to enjoy a bit of physics-heavy Batman.

During Nvidia's formative years, its CEO reckons it 'had a mission statement for a company that has no chance of success' but it was fine because Sega's CEO thought 'Jensen was a young man he liked'
By Nick Evanson published
News It's easy to be whimsical about nearly ruining the company when it's now worth trillions.

Hot on the heels of Micron bailing out of the consumer RAM market, SK hynix is apparently committing over $500 billion to build four new memory fabs, with the first to be finished by 2027
By Nick Evanson published
News No guesses as to what customer all this money is really for.

Hypixel Studios releases the PC system requirements for its Minecraft-lookalike Hytale, and it's the most comprehensive breakdown I've seen in a long time
By Nick Evanson published
News And the entry bar to the blocky sandbox world is very much a voxel-shaped potato.

AMD graphics card prices could rise by $40 thanks to the RAM supply crisis, but the extra you pay could be even more
By Nick Evanson published
News Best forget about doing any upgrades for a while.

Windows 11's latest update includes a free File Explorer flashbang bug for dark mode users wanting to relive their early Counter-Strike days
By Nick Evanson published
News Just remember, we're all Microsoft's QA testers now.

Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 94% It's probably not for you but that doesn't stop it from being utterly brilliant.

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first SSD
By Nick Evanson last updated
I've been buying and using SSDs for over 20 years, and here's my quick guide to making sure you get the right one for your gaming PC.

Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming CPU
By Nick Evanson published
New CPU guide I've been buying and using CPUs for PC gaming for over three decades, so now you can learn from the mistakes I've made in the past.

Super-fast gaming mice that weigh less than a feather are all well and good, but what the market really needs are more options for fit and feel, just like the Orbital Pathfinder
By Nick Evanson published
Do it your way Mousing it your way.

Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James last updated
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.

Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James last updated
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

Best CPU for gaming in 2025: These are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.

The glorious sound of silence: Researchers have developed the 'world's first spatial active noise cancellation', which uses the power of a GPU to deaden whole rooms
By Nick Evanson published
News I'm going to buy one for every room in my house.

Going ham with RAM: Adata and MSI max out DIMM capacities thanks to clock drivers and SK Hynix stacks flash with DRAM for the ultimate memory chips
By Nick Evanson published
News Like we'll be able to afford any of it, the way things are going right now.

While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago
By Nick Evanson published
Back with a bang Good ideas just need more time in the oven to bake properly.

Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB Plus review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 92% The best ergonomic gaming keyboard is now that little bit better.

'Once gamers try it, they won’t want to go back': The curse of wonky high-FOV graphics may be a thing of the past with this single plugin
By Nick Evanson published
News Ultrawide monitor owners, rejoice!

'This is cool and everything, but don't do it.' Sage advice for anyone hoping to copy the success of one Redditor's attempt at using Nvidia's $4,000 DGX Spark AI box to play Cyberpunk 2077
By Nick Evanson published
News Doom and Crysis are joined by a new game in a holy trinity of 'Will it run?'
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