Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in 1981, with the love affair starting on a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and a book on ZX Basic. He ended up becoming a physics and IT teacher, but by the late 1990s decided it was time to cut his teeth writing for a long defunct UK tech site. He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping 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 gaming and hardware 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 and over 100 long articles on anything and everything. 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
NASA creates cat meme history with a space laser blasting a clip of Taters over 30 million kilometres
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news If this doesn't become an Easter egg in future games, I'm going to be really disappointed.
Well, that didn't take long: FSR 3 mod released that replaces DLSS 3 frame gen in any game
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news It's not perfect but pretty much anyone can now enjoy a handy frame rate boost.
This is the most absurd blend of retro-futuristic looks and server grade hardware that I've ever seen, and it's all in a laptop, and I want one badly
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news I might need a lap the size of an M-class star-freighter, though.
Intel could be heading towards an AI-powered frame generation future, thanks to a research group's work, dubbed ExtraSS
By Nick Evanson published
news Wonder what it would be called, though: XeExSS? Umm, maybe not.
The first Intel Core Ultra handheld gaming PC has been unveiled, and it's an oddly massive 11-inch beast
By Nick Evanson published
news Shame we know so little about the actual device, though.
Get ready to see frame generation everywhere as AMD finally releases its FSR 3 tools and source code into the wild
By Nick Evanson published
news Modders are especially happy but you might want to temper your expectations a little.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood-themed Noctua PC builds?
By Nick Evanson published
news I honestly wood do it too, if I had the skill.
The latest round of PS5 Pro hardware rumours suggest that AMD's RDNA 4 could lift Radeon ray tracing up to Nvidia's level
By Nick Evanson published
news Let's just hope that it doesn't result in even worse PC ports, no matter what the new hardware is like.
Leaked 3DMark score puts Intel's mid-tier Meteor Lake on par with AMD's best handheld PC processor, for gaming at least
By Nick Evanson published
news Benchmarks don't always show you the whole picture but it does look promising for gaming on an integrated Intel GPU.
It looks like the RTX 3050 is finally going to be discontinued only to be replaced by a worse RTX 3050. Because…umm, reasons?
By Nick Evanson published
News Less VRAM, less performance, less chance of it being worth buying.
A Chatbot from the 1960s has thoroughly beaten OpenAI's GPT-3.5 in a Turing test, because people thought it was just 'too bad' to be an actual AI
By Nick Evanson published
News It also turns out that we're not especially good at figuring out if real people are humans, either.
What's the better gift for a student: a handheld PC or this sweet gaming laptop for just $699?
By Nick Evanson published
deal The answer is easy when you consider what you're getting for your money.
There's no technical reason Rockstar can give for why a PC version of GTA 6 isn't arriving with the console release
By Nick Evanson published
Opinion We don't need all the bells and whistles, just the ruddy game, thanks.
AMD's new chiplet GPU patent could finally do for graphics cards what Ryzen did for its CPUs
By Nick Evanson published
news RDNA 3 was just the start but will this be the turning point that the graphic card market needs?
Nvidia's Ampere GPUs continue to dominate Valve's monthly hardware survey, though Ada is slowly building in number
By Nick Evanson published
news AMD and Intel might want to look away, though, as it's not a great read for them.
Nvidia is still committed to its stalwart RTX 3060, making the prospect of a truly budget Ada card ever more distant
By Nick Evanson published
news The good ol' mid-range marvel keeps on keeping on.
You think you have imposter syndrome: Nvidia CEO is worried his trillion dollar company might go bust overnight
By Nick Evanson published
News Epictetus: "Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems."
Modder shrinks PS5 Slim into PS5 Teeny Tiny, runs only slightly warmer than Sony's attempt
By Nick Evanson published
news Shame they couldn't shrink the price while they were at it.
PC gamers in China to get new RTX 4090 cards after all, just not the versions they might have hoped for
By Nick Evanson published
News Like Nvidia was ever going to not sell one of its most profitable gaming cards in a market that big.
Wireless headset gets modded with a battery from a baby monitor for a substantial upgrade in battery life and substantial change in looks
By Nick Evanson published
news It's like a blend of Fallout 4 weapon modding and 1990s sportswear fashion.
Microsoft Paint jumps on the generative AI bandwagon, with DALL-E taking the fancy-footed horses' reins
By Nick Evanson published
news It actually works surprisingly well but it could do with a little more guidance on usage limits.
Ayaneo's first mini PC looks absolutely gorgeous but that beauty is only skin deep, unfortunately
By Nick Evanson published
News With a retail price of $199 for the cheapest version, it might be a neat project PC for someone.
RTX 4080 and 4070 Ti are reportedly getting a production freeze to make room for the forthcoming Super variants, while the RTX 4070 will soldier on
By Nick Evanson published
news Meanwhile, there's still no sign of a desktop RTX 4050 for the sub-$200 market.