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Jacob Ridley
Jacob Ridley

Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog from his hometown in Wales in 2017. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things at PCGamesN, where he would later win command of the kit cupboard as hardware editor. Nowadays, as senior hardware editor at PC Gamer, he spends his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industry. When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find him trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping.

Articles by: Jacob Ridley

Wooting 60HE keyboard on a desk with a cable attached

One of my favourite gaming keyboards ever just got a whole lot smaller

By Jacob Ridley published

News Wooting is jumping on the 60% bandwagon.

Microsoft Windows 11 devices

Microsoft kicks incompatible PCs off the Windows 11 Insider Program

By Jacob Ridley published

News Death, or Windows 10, comes to us all.

Microsoft Windows 11 logo

Lifting the lid on Windows 11's new look: 'We looked at the Microsoft logo and turned it blue'

By Jacob Ridley published

I'm blue Microsoft's latest video explains how it thought up the new Windows 11 logo.

Nvidia Turing GPU render up-close

AMD, Nvidia, and Intel GPUs could be capable of hosting malicious code

By Jacob Ridley published

News A hacker has reportedly sold a technique for hiding malicious code and executing it on a GPU.

The Noctua NH-P1 air cooler mounted on an open-bed test bench with pink RGB lighting

Noctua NH-P1 passive CPU cooler review

By Jacob Ridley published

News Where we're going we don't need fans.

An image depicting two graphics cards, one AMD and one Intel, over the XeSS golden logo

Intel XeSS should work on AMD RDNA 2 and Nvidia Ampere, Turing, & Pascal GPUs

By Jacob Ridley published

News Intel's frame rate-boosting feature should work across many modern Nvidia and AMD GPUs, but not all.

Nvidia RTX 3090 FE graphics card in use with white lights illuminated

'Maybe' Nvidia will release a GeForce GPU that's faster than the RTX 3090 this year, leaks suggest

By Jacob Ridley published

News The rumoured RTX 3090 Super would offer max GA102 core counts and increased memory speed.

An image of various hunters all fighting in a forest in Hunt: Showdown

Hunt: Showdown's new event introduces deadly bows and throwing axes

By Jacob Ridley published

News You can choose between two paths for the event: Pierce the Shadow and Cleave the Shadow. Any guesses what they're about?

Customers shop at a Best Buy store on August 24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

A massive restock of Nvidia RTX 30-series GPUs is happening at Best Buy today

By Jacob Ridley published

News Get in line early Thursday, August 26, if you want a chance to pick up a shiny new GPU.

An Oculus Quest 2 pictured on a grey background with two controllers

Oculus is doubling the Quest 2's storage on new base models for free

By Jacob Ridley published

News The new 128GB Oculus Quest 2 should eventually replace the 64GB model.

Resident Evil Village boss scene screenshot

Struggling to boot Resident Evil Village? This incoming patch might help

By Jacob Ridley published

News Some CPUs were struggling to boot Resident Evil Village, but the game's August 24 patch should fix it.

AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU render

It's looking likely that AMD will introduce onboard graphics with Zen 4 Ryzen CPUs

By Jacob Ridley published

News Leaked document lists AMD's upcoming Zen 4 processors with onboard GPUs.

F1 2021

'There is a lot of room for optimisation' for gaming on Intel Alder Lake CPUs

By Jacob Ridley published

News Game developers could squeeze a lot more performance out of Alder Lake's architecture.

Intel Alder Lake chip render over gradient background

Intel Alder Lake contains clever silicon to boost performance on Windows 11

By Jacob Ridley published

News Alder Lake's performance will rely heavily on the new Thread Director.

Intel Alchemist GPU renders on a blue gradient background

Intel Alchemist gaming GPU release date, specs, price, and performance

By Jacob Ridley published

New Challenger Intel Alchemist, previously known as DG2, could have an outside chance of competing with the best graphics cards around.

Intel Alchemist GPU renders on a blue gradient background

Intel's Alchemist graphics cards will be built on TSMC's 6nm process node

By Jacob Ridley published

News Taiwan's premier foundry, and AMD's go-to, will be responsible for Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs.

Intel Xe Super Sampling

Intel XeSS is Alchemist's answer to DLSS and FSR, and can work on anyone's GPU

By Jacob Ridley published

News Intel's Xe Super Sampling feature is powered by AI silicon, is open to all, and aims to double your gaming performance

Intel Alder Lake core design

Alder Lake's small cores are more exciting for PC gaming than you might think

By Jacob Ridley published

News The smart scheduler silicon in Intel's next-gen CPUs will dedicate the big cores to gaming and the little cores to streaming.

Intel Xe-HPG GPU details

Intel EUs are gone! The new building block of its 'gaming first' graphics card is the Xe-core

By Jacob Ridley published

News Intel has executed the old execution unit as it unveils more details of Alchemist's Xe-HPG GPUs.

Attendees to an early access event play on an Xbox console racing game at the new Microsoft Corp. flagship store in central in London, U.K., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019.

Xbox's Accessibility Guidelines tackle the misconception that accessibility is expensive

By Jacob Ridley published

Best practice "If you start with accessibility in mind, it isn't costly and ultimately means more people can play your game."

PNY DDR5 RAM kit render on a blue background

PNY's new DDR5 RAM kit should arrive in time for Intel Alder Lake

By Jacob Ridley published

News DDR5 memory rated to 4,800MT/s and fit with ECC.

Noctua LGA 1700 Intel Alder Lake CPU cooler mounting kit in chrome and black with boxes

Noctua will offer free CPU cooler mounting kits for Intel Alder Lake

By Jacob Ridley published

News There's no need to throw away your old cooler for Alder Lake.

Gigabyte GP-P750/850GM power supplies on a gradient background

Gigabyte responds to failing PSU reports: adjusts overpower protection and offers exchanges

By Jacob Ridley published

News Gigabyte "made aware by third parties of concerns regarding potential issues of the GP-P850GM and GP-P750GM tripping at high wattages..."

PC Gamer new products box illustration

Your weekly PC hardware catchup: flashy Razer keyboard kits and adorable Nvidia GPUs

By Jacob Ridley published

Fresh goodies Check out this week's PC gaming product announcements and exciting launches.

AMD Ryzen CPU

AMD's best CPUs are back in stock at the MSRP, making them unprofitable for resellers

By Jacob Ridley published

News AMD's CPUs have brushed off the worst of the chip shortage. For now.