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A Zowie XL286X+ gaming monitor

After gaming on pro-level panels I can tell you now that 360 Hz is the sweet spot for gaming monitors

By Jacob Fox Published

Refreshing And I just don't think I can go back to anything below 240 Hz.

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Screenshots of NordVPN, Windscribe, and Surfshark VPN windows overlapping on top of a pink and purple background.

I spent a full week testing different VPNs and I'm changing my no-VPNs-while-gaming advice

By Jacob Fox Published

Ping or privacy VPN gaming isn't the pointless endeavour I assumed it was.

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Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse

This tool tells you exactly how much your latency could improve by changing your mouse's polling rate

By Jacob Fox Published

News 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 8 kHz: Hopefully, we can soon settle the score.

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A WD Black SN8100 solid-state drive on a desk and ready to be installed.

These glorious little animations offer the best visual explanation of the benefits of SSDs over hard drives I've ever seen

By Jacob Fox Published

News Great for visual learners.

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Nvidia showcasing its new GeForce Now RTX 5080 upgrade

I got my hands on Nvidia GeForce Now's new RTX 5080 upgrade and I couldn't tell the games weren't running locally, but 4K with frame gen was a little laggy

By Jacob Fox Published

News I was impressed with the low latency for competitive shooters.

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What are latency and ping and what do they mean for gaming?

By Jonas DeMuro Published

Ask PC Gamer Quality over quantity.

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