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Intel's 6.2GHz uber CPU expected to launch at CES 2024 as new image emerges
By Jeremy Laird published
News Give it up for the Core i9 14900KS, the world's first CPU to beat 6GHz out of the box, for whatever that's worth.
We're on the brink of the biggest changes to computing's DNA and it's not just quantum that's coming
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Going nuclear We're not at the tipping point yet, however. The hardware is still nascent and "the thing that we haven't cracked yet is the software."
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headsets of 2023
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year Amazing audio, magnificent microphones, cosseting comfort: Three crown contenders have all these but which will win?
The spirit of PC building will keep our gaming machines from disappearing into the cloud
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Locals only "Similar to how muscle cars from the '50s haven't disappeared, the love for building your own desktop PC from the ground up... will make desktop PCs prevail."
PC Gamer's biggest hardware stories of 2023: AI wars, quantum lies, ray tracing magic, storage matters, and more
By Nick Evanson published
2023 in hardware A journey across 12 months of news that you, our discerning readers, read the most often.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best CPUs of 2023
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year What's the best gaming CPU of the year? Here are the three nominees we've selected for that honour.
Cache is king when it comes to designing the gaming CPUs of the next 20 years
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Next steps Facing a power wall and the limit of physics, chip makers are in a constant battle to reengineer and re-evaluate ways to build a better CPU.
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
By Nick Evanson published
news I might need a lap the size of an M-class star-freighter, though.
Intel's unified its Arc desktop and laptop GPU drivers 'on a technical basis' but manufacturer updates are still going to lag behind
By Dave James published
news Bringing its desktop and laptop Arc drivers together means everyone will benefit from every performance bump Intel's engineers can deliver.
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