Latest articles by Nick Evanson
It's 2026, CES is over, and there's still no sign of Intel's Arrow Lake refresh, but one hardware channel is adamant it'll be here in the spring
News Would a no-show even matter when Nova Lake is coming?
The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error
News Who knew that PC hardware was so complicated?
Best gaming mouse in 2026: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.
Best CPU for gaming in 2026: These are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Best gaming laptop 2026: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
Portable powerhouses From our own extensive testing, rigorously benchmarking 40+ machines over the past two years, these are the best gaming laptops you can buy today.
The best gaming routers 2026: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life
High speed We found the best gaming routers to ensure you can play without delay.
This $280 DDR5 memory kit and B580 motherboard bundle is the best way to beat the RAMpocalypse at its own game
Deal At this price, you're almost getting the mobo for free.
I've put Nvidia's new DLSS 4.5 to the test: Here's how to enable it yourself and whether you should
Evolution, not revolution.
GPU prices absolutely are on their way up but I've found a bunch of decent value options, whatever your budget is
Deal Alas, AMD's graphics cards are all back over MSRP.
'It is basically DLSS. That’s the way graphics ought to be': Nvidia's Jensen Huang has a clear vision for the future of its gaming GPUs and is going to be all about neural rendering
CES 2026 I have questions, Nvidia. Many questions.
AMD suggests that FSR 4 will eventually be open-sourced, bar the core technology, as part of its 'long term plan'
CES 2026 Let's face it, modders have been doing a better job of expanding FSR 4's user base than AMD has.
Audeze slams out the new planar magnetic Maxwell 2 headset with 16 improvements over the original and still-brilliant design
CES 2026 Plus there's now a proper app. As in one that doesn't look like it was thrown out on a wet weekend back in 2003.
We might have a new contender for the best handheld gaming PC, because Lenovo's just announced a SteamOS version of its mega Legion Go 2
CES 2026 The right hardware, now matched by the right operating system. Probably not the right price, though.
You probably won't be able to afford it but Gigabyte's new Aorus RTX 5090 Infinity card is so damn ugly, you'll be demanding payment just to tarnish your rig with one
CES 2026 Because we all want a GPU that looks like a 1980s beatbox.
007 First Light reveals some pretty forgiving PC system requirements, with a couple caveats
news The minimum system requirement is basic but the recommended hardware is fairly high-end, despite only promising 60 fps at 1080p.
HP's new AI PC might look like a laptop that lost a fight with an angle grinder but it's compact and discreet as you could possibly get
CES 2026 Shame the hardware inside is a bit limited for gaming.
Set sail into the seas of streaming with Corsair's new Galleon 100 SD keyboard, with its built-in deck
CES 2026 Assuming you're happy paying $350 for the privilege, of course. Yarrr, curses!
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon X2 Plus, with up to 35% more single-core CPU performance and 29% faster GPUs than X Plus chips
CES 2026 It'd be kinda nice to see some Snapdragon X2 Elite laptops first, though.
Asus goes all out with its new ROG G1000 gaming PC: The 'world's first' to have a holographic fan system built into the case
CES 2026 For those times when RGB just isn't bling enough.
AMD launches its fastest gaming CPU yet, though the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is clocked just 8% higher than the 9800X3D
CES 2026 And AMD tells us to only expect 2 - 3% higher performance on average, 5% at best if a game really likes higher clocks.
The AMD Ryzen AI Max range gets two more entries, one of which looks perfect for the ultimate in handheld PC gaming
CES 2026 It's certainly better for gaming than the 'new' Ryzen AI 400 chips, that's for sure.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025: All the winners from a bumper 12 months of PC gaming tech
winners! We've had our hands on the absolute best PC hardware the industry has had to offer in this bountiful year, and these are the winners.
Love it or hate it, but frame generation is the one major graphics technology that really needs improving in 2026
Next gen Upscaling is almost perfect. Now it's frame gen's time.
