
Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its PC gaming section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open-world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?
Latest articles by Nick Evanson

The latest 100% Chinese-made GPU may still lag behind an RTX 3060 but it could be the start of something big in graphics cards
By Nick Evanson published
News One giant leap for Lisuan, one small step for the GPU market.

You deserve the greatest so treat yourself with this RTX 5080 Lenovo Legion, the best high-performance gaming laptop we've tested
By Nick Evanson published
Deal At $2,600, it's mightily expensive, but perfection never comes cheap.

If gaming laptops are just too bulky for you and you're desperate to burn an enormous hole in your wallet, the new Asus ROG NUC is surely a vision of your dreams
By Nick Evanson published
News For me, it's a vision of hell.

Tech leaker suggests that AMD has a Ryzen 7 7700X3D lined up in the wings but if the specs are correct, it'll need to be genuinely cheap to sell well
By Nick Evanson published
News Who's upgrading to AM5 these days when DDR5 is so stupidly expensive?

'The continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable': Linus Torvalds laments how people are wasting the Linux team's time with LLMs
By Nick Evanson published
News Linux's creator isn't against the use of AI tools, he's just tired of folks using them and then doing nothing with what they've discovered

Overclockers squeeze a record-topping 9.2 GHz out of a 14900KF, just 800 MHz shy of the ten gigs that Intel promised us all those years ago
By Nick Evanson published
News But since it's just 1% faster than the previous record, that lofty goal remains just as elusive as ever.

'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much
By Nick Evanson published
News Less hot snakes, more hot wheels, please Xbox. Sorry, XBOX.

Best gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks
By Dave James last updated
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

We're getting closer to a 100% ROG rig as Asus gets into the DRAM game for its 20th anniversary
By Nick Evanson published
News It might just be a one-off, though.

Hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone-in-a-laptop, Google and Intel have teamed up to give us the Googlebook
By Nick Evanson published
News No word on the hardware yet, but Panther or Wildcat Lake are the most likely options.

Intel's 270K Plus is worthy of being picked by Thermal Grizzly as a delidded option, and it's even cheaper than a stock 285K
By Nick Evanson published
News One for the serious clockers only but I still kinda want one.

Twenty years ago, copper was king for PC enthusiasts so Asus has brought it back for its ROG anniversary. Well, sort of
By Nick Evanson published
News All that glitters is not gold. Or copper, for that matter.

This gaming PC isn't just the cheapest RTX 5080 rig I've seen in ages, it's also packing the best midrange processor around
By Nick Evanson published
Deal $2,300 is a lot of money, of course, but you're getting a lot of PC here.

Even if you have an RTX 5090, I don't recommend using ray tracing in Forza Horizon 6. Not because of the performance hit, simply because it's just not worth using
By Nick Evanson published
News If I'm going to burn off some fps, then give my eyes something to go dizzy over.

Forza Horizon 6 PC performance analysis: Heavy on your CPU, with uninspiring ray tracing, but at least it all runs very nicely
By Nick Evanson published
Flying forza frames From handhelds to old gaming PCs, pretty much anything will run the new Forza.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 75% It's the most powerful gaming CPU money can buy, but you really shouldn't.

For one day only, this super-speedy external SSD has nearly 50% hacked off its RAMpocalypse price
By Nick Evanson published
Deal The perfect way to add more storage to your gaming laptop.

ROG Xbox Ally X owners can now choose between AMD's FSR upscaler or Microsoft's NPU-powered Auto SR for better performance, though only for docked gaming
By Nick Evanson published
News How long before all desktop PCs with NPUs can use it is what I want to know.

If the RAMpocalypse doesn't price them into oblivion, the next generation of hot handheld gaming PCs could well be Intel-powered
By Nick Evanson published
News Team Blue's unannounced Arc Extreme looks like a real winner for gaming on the go.

Steam Deck restocks or a pile of Steam Frames and Machines? Either way, Valve's been importing a whole heap of 'game consoles'
By Nick Evanson published
News What's in the box?

Microsoft's latest PowerToys tool brings control of your monitor into Windows: a must-have for anyone with lots of big monitors and too little time
By Nick Evanson published
News Power at your fingertips. Well, mouse button.

Power supplies might not be as exciting as CPUs or GPUs but when you can get a top-rated 1000 W unit for just $130, you really can't ignore it
By Nick Evanson published
Deal Super Flower in name, super reliable in nature.

Best gaming laptops 2026: We've reviewed the best gaming laptops of this generation and these are our favorites
By Dave James published
Portable powerhouses From our own extensive testing, rigorously benchmarking 60+ machines over the past two years, these are the best gaming laptops you can buy today.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.



