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DDR6 looks set to double data speeds over DDR5, with DDR6-21000 being the ultimate target
By Nick Evanson published
news Development is still ongoing so don't expect to see it any time soon, though.

Ubisoft's XDefiant system requirements are so low that even a manky old potato will run the game
By Nick Evanson published
news Po-tay-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a GPU.

A new form of easily upgradeable memory promising thinner laptops and low power is now available
By Jacob Ridley published
News Micron is shipping its first LPCAMM2 modules out, and they're now available to buy individually or within the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7.

Homeworld 3's latest system requirements won't fill up your SSD but you'll need all the CPU and GPU you can throw at it
By Nick Evanson last updated
news Though a Ryzen 9 7700X an RTX 4070 Ti Super, for ray traced space battles in 4K, isn't too bad.

Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse
By Jeremy Laird published
news Apple says 8GB is dandy for most mainstream tasks but that's not actually true.

Having built 500+ PCs in my time I can say this with confidence: Building is fun and rewarding but ironing out those inevitable BIOS, CPU, memory kinks is unbearable
By Nick Evanson published
PC building pains AMD, Intel—doesn't matter which one you go with, there's always something to trip you up.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is an object lesson in how system requirements pages are failing PC gamers
By Nick Evanson published
System Wrecks And that's especially true where games are released on Steam.

What are XMP and EXPO profiles and how do I use them?
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Ask PC Gamer XMP and EXPO profiles automatically set your system RAM to higher frequencies. Here's how to do it.

Running 8GB of RAM? Now's the time to upgrade, as Microsoft seems set to make 16GB the minimum for AI PCs and Copilot
By Andy Edser published
news 16GB has arguably been the realistic minimum for gaming for some time, but Microsoft looks set to make the requirement official for its new Windows features.
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