
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

Nvidia is reportedly looking to cut gaming GPU production by up to 40% in 2026 due to VRAM supply issues, but it's not as bad news as you might think. Not yet, at least
By Nick Evanson published
News There's already an excess of RTX 50-series cards, for starters.

'Give us the chip. Give us the RAM. Let us have our fun. Let us go nuts': Sapphire's PC gaming evangelist wants AMD 'to get out of the way' when it comes to designing graphics cards
By Nick Evanson published
News 'I personally wish they would let us be the companies we are in, instead of trying to create the mold.'

ZSA Voyager + Navigator review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 78% Ultra-thin and compact, space-conscious minimalists will want to give this keyboard a look.

MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 80% Taking one of the most over-the-top, luxury-class AMD motherboards around and making it even more exclusive.

MIT electronics researchers develop a new way to fabricate transistors on the backend of finished dies, to keep pushing the limit of chip densities ever higher
By Nick Evanson published
News It's a bit like chip stacking but on the nanometre scale.

At $820, this isn't the cheapest RTX 5060 gaming PC I've seen but it does have one major plus: 32 GB of DDR5-6000 RAM
By Nick Evanson published
Deal Memory prices are going to be horrific for at least six months and possibly even a full year.

If 4K gaming is just too easy for your RTX 5090, then try it on Asus' new 5K ROG Strix display and watch it weep
By Nick Evanson published
News Or you could just use its 1440p dual-mode option and enjoy the 330 Hz refresh rate.

RAM prices might be sucking all the joy out of building PCs but four-screen AIO coolers go a little way to bringing a smile back on my face
By Nick Evanson published
News I just think it's neat.

FSR Redstone tested: AMD's long awaited AI-powered frame gen delivers the goods but it's very late to market
By Nick Evanson published
Redstone released Actually, it's not FSR Redstone. It's all just FSR now because of reasons that only make sense to AMD.

It never rains, but it pours: A security bug with a maximum severity rating is putting many of the worlds' servers at risk
By Nick Evanson published
News Fixes are available, though 'organizations should patch urgently'.

In a surprise change of heart, Nvidia's brought 32-bit PhysX support back to RTX 50-series graphics cards, though only for a select number of games
By Nick Evanson published
News At least you won't need to dual-GPU your RTX 5090 rig anymore, just to enjoy a bit of physics-heavy Batman.

Cyber Monday graphics card deals 2025
By Nick Evanson last updated
Cyber Monday Cyber Week's almost over, but there are still plenty of GPU deals around.

During Nvidia's formative years, its CEO reckons it 'had a mission statement for a company that has no chance of success' but it was fine because Sega's CEO thought 'Jensen was a young man he liked'
By Nick Evanson published
News It's easy to be whimsical about nearly ruining the company when it's now worth trillions.

Hot on the heels of Micron bailing out of the consumer RAM market, SK hynix is apparently committing over $500 billion to build four new memory fabs, with the first to be finished by 2027
By Nick Evanson published
News No guesses as to what customer all this money is really for.

Want a perfect perch but without the gaming bling? This Flexispot ErgoX office chair is the cheapest it's ever been, now just $250
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Week Wave goodbye to backache, neckache, and sweaty nethers.

Hypixel Studios releases the PC system requirements for its Minecraft-lookalike Hytale, and it's the most comprehensive breakdown I've seen in a long time
By Nick Evanson published
News And the entry bar to the blocky sandbox world is very much a voxel-shaped potato.

AMD graphics card prices could rise by $40 thanks to the RAM supply crisis, but the extra you pay could be even more
By Nick Evanson published
News Best forget about doing any upgrades for a while.

Windows 11's latest update includes a free File Explorer flashbang bug for dark mode users wanting to relive their early Counter-Strike days
By Nick Evanson published
News Just remember, we're all Microsoft's QA testers now.

I hate the stands that most gaming monitors come with, so join me in my one-man crusade to get everyone to use display arms this Cyber Monday
By Nick Evanson published
Black Friday Creaky, wobbly rubbish, begone!

Whether you're just starting off in PC gaming or need a simple second display, this $90 1080p gaming monitor is easy on your eyes and your wallet
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Monday It might be a bit big at 27 inches for 1080p, but at least the price tag isn't big.

The best value GPU is still $350 this Cyber Monday, so upgrade your old card to a 16 GB RX 9060 XT before the RAM price crisis ruins things completely
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Monday Get rekt, AI.

For $630 this Cyber Monday, you could buy a 64 GB DDR5 RAM kit or a 16-inch RTX 5050 gaming laptop. Wow, what a tough choice
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Monday It's not a shortage, it's outright scalping.

Over Cyber Monday, $260 will bag you Intel's best Arrow Lake CPU, with an AIO liquid cooler and a free AAA game to boot
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Monday AMD's chips are faster at gaming, but they're quite a bit more expensive.
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