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Intel Arc B580 graphics card

Intel's quietly buffed its GPU drivers to fix gaming frame rate issues with some older processors

By James Bentley published

News Some CPUs still need work, though.

News
A gaming PC sat on a desk with purple RGB lighting on the fans and light bar enabled.

This nearly budget gaming PC build made me realise availability is just as important as affordability when building a cheap machine

By Jacob Ridley published

Budget-ish A budget part is only as good as its price on the shelf.

Budget-ish
A Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card in front of a monitor with the Elden Ring main menu screen displayed.

AMD's RX 6500 XT runs Elden Ring far better than it has any right to

By Jacob Ridley published

Elden RDNA The cheapest and most widely available graphics card hits a steady enough 60 fps at 1080p in Elden Ring.

Elden RDNA
Beige box PC with a disk drive and black and green screen

Why 2021 was the worst year for PC gaming

By Dave James published

Darkest timeline Budget PC gaming is what marks the platform apart from the rest, and 2021 killed it dead.

Darkest timeline
All the components for a budget gaming laid out on a white background

PC gaming is becoming way harder to get into, and that sucks

By Jacob Ridley published

RIP Cheap GPUs Just when you think PC gaming is becoming more affordable and accessible.

RIP Cheap GPUs