Latest articles by Nick Evanson
AMD said it would be too expensive and of no real benefit to gaming, but if one rumour is to be believed, a dual 3D V-Cache Ryzen is actually in the pipeline
News If it does happen, it'll be the first ever CPU with 192 MB of L3 cache in a desktop PC.
Intel's new Core Ultra 120 will be DOA if stores sell them at anything like these prices
News Looks like somebody forgot to look up what cheap means.
A gaming benchmark face-off between AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme and Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V is surprisingly close, proving once more that Lunar Lake is the best chip Intel has made in years
News Even at 17 W, the Ryzen's lead isn't as big as its specs suggest it should be.
Microsoft yanks the plug on Windows 11 SE, giving school and college IT techs a little over a year to find a suitable replacement
News Windows 10 S and RT: "First time, huh?"
Can a graphics card be 2.5x faster than an RTX 5090 in path tracing and use 80% less power? Bolt Graphics claims its Zeus GPU-powered models do just that
News Don't forget: theoretical performance is theoretical. And theoretically, this ain't so hot.
The latest version of Intel's XeSS 2 now lets other GPUs run its AI-based frame generation system, throwing RTX 30-series owners a Team Blue-shaped bone
News Intel's going through a really rough time at the moment, but its GPU team keeps on churning out the goodies.
Nearly two-thirds of Brits surveyed about the UK's new age verification laws think the changes aren't effective, but even more support them being made in the first place
News Best not to survey VPN companies, then.
The first gaming benchmarks for AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme show memory bandwidth is hobbling the full potential the new handheld chip
News At low power and low resolution, though, the Z2 is a nice improvement over the Z1.
Instead of towels and toiletries, guests at one esports hotel in China help themselves to a bunch of 9800X3Ds and RTX 5070s
News Some gaming mice were pinched, too, though RAM sticks, monitors, and other parts are left alone.
TSMC's next generation of system-on-wafer packaging will make today's CPUs and GPUs look pathetically feeble in comparison
News And all because the tech world just can't get enough processing power.
Move over, GPUs and CPUs: AMD is looking into creating AI accelerator cards to improve the neural performance of ordinary PCs
News It's early days yet, so don't expect to see anything for a while.
It's the scantest of rumours but given AMD's track record, I actually believe the claim that the Ryzen 9000G series will be nothing more than an 8000G refresh
News Desktop APUs don't sell in big numbers, whereas laptops do, so it's clear which market needs the chips.
Corsair's Strix Halo mini PC will set you back $2,300 for the top model, but boring old AI productivity is the name of the game
News It's a pricey thing but no Ryzen AI Max+ PCs are cheap, unfortunately.
Best gaming mouse in 2025: 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.
Almost a full year after announcing it, Micron finally launches the world's first PCIe 6.0 SSD with up to 28 GB/s sequential read speeds
News You're not going to be sticking one in your gaming PC, though, no matter how hard you try to jam it in.
Happy birthday, Windows 10—one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems ever reaches its 10-year milestone, just three months before it gets hoofed off to OS heaven
News Will Windows 11 ever make it to being 11 years old? Probably not.
Internet Starlink satellites aren't just messing up visible light images of the universe, they're unintentionally interfering with radio astronomy as well
News Nobody can hear you scream in space, but those satellites sure are loud.
Team Group joins the mega memory kit clan, launching a set of 256 GB DDR5-6000 for gamers and creators who just never have enough RAM
News But with four DIMM slots being used, will it run properly on every desktop PC?
Robots and heavy metal should be a match made in music heaven, but this collab in China is as exciting as your grandma moshing to Megadeth on metoprolol
News Party on, Wayne. Party on, Garth. Party on, terminally dull robot dude.
Samsung's US chip fab gets a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $16.5 billion deal to supply Tesla's next generation of car processors
News Meanwhile, Intel Foundry continues to shout into the void for customers, getting only echoes as a reply.
If you've ever wondered if Japanese blossom-scented thermal paste in a weeb-inspired applicator is worth using, we have at long last the scientific answer to the greatest quandary of our time
News In short, no. In long, noooooooooo.
US government announces that its investigation into chip imports will have results within two weeks, potentially paving the way for a raft of new tariffs on all things silicon
News I need your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle, and more of your money. Please.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers gets another patch to improve performance, though the fixes appear to be nothing more than forcing on upscaling, even when it's supposed to be off
News Why more pixel when fewer pixel better?
