Andy Edser

Andy Edser

Hardware Writer

Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. 26 years later (yes he's getting old), he now spends his days writing about and reviewing graphics cards, CPUs, keyboards, mice, gaming headsets and much, much more. You name it, if it's PC gaming hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.

Latest articles by Andy Edser

A still of US Senator Bernie Sanders announcing the AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Senator Bernie Sanders announces bill to pause US data center construction: 'AI and robotics will impact our economy, our democracy, our privacy rights... even our very survival as human beings on this planet'

By Andy Edser Published

News 'I fear that Congress is totally unprepared for the magnitude of the changes that are already taking place.'

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Asus RT-BE88U Wi-Fi 7 router
Asus says it's confident in its 'strong product security' after FCC foreign-made router ban, also *checks notes* fixes major security hole in its routers

By Andy Edser Published

News Well, there's that principle in action I guess.

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arc raiders
Arc Raiders is a shining beacon of hope in the darkest times of the RAMpocalypse, proving 8 GB budget graphics cards don't have to miss out on glorious graphics

By Andy Edser Published

News It can be done.

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An MSI MPG Ai1600TS PSU on an orange and red gradient background
MSI's new power supplies have a buzzer that warns you if your graphics card is about to melt, which seems like a solution to a problem that really shouldn't exist

By Andy Edser Published

News It's a genuinely good idea, though.

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The Ayaneo Next II handheld gaming PC floats in a void.
'Continuing to sell this product is no longer sustainable': Ayaneo has suspended pre-orders of its uber-powerful Next 2 gaming handheld after costs approached 'twice the price we originally set'

By Andy Edser Published

News 'If storage prices return to more reasonable levels in the future, we may consider resuming the sale of Next 2', says the company.

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Doom (1993) key art depicting Doom Guy shooting at hordes of demons clawing at him from below.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Doom is the most influential game ever made, and now I really want to ask him whether he prefers the chainsaw or the BFG

By Andy Edser Published

News Important questions are left on the table here.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Nvidia's Jensen Huang confirms he was once asked to become chief executive of TSMC: 'I declined it... it's an unbelievable offer, but I simply couldn't take it'

By Andy Edser Published

News It certainly hasn't stopped him from waxing lyrical about his relationship with the chipmaking titan.

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A still from an interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the Lex Fridman YouTube channel.
'I don't love AI slop myself' says Nvidia chief Jensen Huang: 'I'm empathetic towards what [gamers] are thinking. That's just not what DLSS 5 is trying to do'

By Andy Edser Published

News What DLSS 5 is trying to do is still... rather unclear, though.

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Four budget graphics cards from various manufacturers on a wooden desk, with an RGB-lit gaming keyboard and a gamepad visible above
My real-world testing shows 8 GB GPUs are still enough for gaming in 2026, but I'm surprised at just how much faster the 16 GB versions are

By Andy Edser Published

8 GB vs 16 GB I've been testing 8 GB vs 16 GB graphics cards, and some of the results are a little unexpected.

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8 GB vs 16 GB
Nvidia's Jensen Huang showing off DLSS 5 at GTC 2026.
Nvidia DLSS 5 reveal: PC Gamer reacts... not wholly positively

By PC Gamer Team Published

So... DLSS 5 This has been one of the most controversial reveals of an Nvidia technology I can remember, and people have a lot of thoughts.

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So... DLSS 5
A screenshot of Cyberpunk 2077, using the game's Photo Mode, with DLSS 4.5 Performance mode enabled
DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation is coming to Nvidia App beta users on March 31, bringing on-the-fly 6x frame gen switching to RTX 50-series owners

By Andy Edser Published

News It worked pretty well when I saw an early version at CES, so here's hoping for a smooth launch.

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A screenshot of Nvidia's Mega Geometry foliage tech in The Witcher 4
Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry system will be sprucing up the forests of The Witcher 4, making for some lush-looking ray traced trees to go Witcher-ing within

By Andy Edser Published

News A missed opportunity to call it Tree Tech, if you ask me.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.
'We see everything': Report says Meta's AI smart glasses footage is reviewed by human contractors who see far more than they bargained for, which has led to a new lawsuit against the company

By Andy Edser Published

News 'People can record themselves in the wrong way and not even know what they are recording. They are real people like you and me.'

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A Microsoft Copilot app homepage, for Andy
Microsoft banned the word 'Microslop' in its Copilot Discord server, then began restricting access after users started posting 'Microsl0p' and other funnies

By Andy Edser Last updated

News MS takes its ball and goes home. Then brings it back again.

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Valve's new Steam Machine during a visit to Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington. The Steam Machine is a compact living room gaming PC.
In the battle for our living rooms, Xbox Project Helix and the Steam Machine make for unlikely rivals on paper—but Microsoft's new PC gaming-capable console might be raising some eyebrows at Valve

By Andy Edser Published

Console conundrum Two very different machines, perhaps closer than we initially thought.

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Console conundrum
A screenshot from vibe-coded operating system Vib-OS, showing a notepad-like text editor on the desktop
This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun

By Andy Edser Published

News I guess we should be impressed that it works at all.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
'I think the fact that everything is scarce is fantastic for us' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang '...in a world of constraint, you have no choice but to choose the best'

By Andy Edser Published

News At least someone is positive about it.

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Jensen Huang holding aloft a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card alongside a similarly powered MSI laptop at Nvidia's Computex 2025 keynote.
'The reason why we're so beloved in the videogame industry and we're so deep in it still is, in a lot of ways, we created the modern videogame industry' says Nvidia CEO Huang

By Andy Edser Published

News Strap in, folks, and save your opinions until the end.

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A police officer staring at the camera in Schedule 1.
South Korean authorities seized $5.6 million worth of crypto then accidentally posted pictures of the super-secret recovery phrase, resulting in the loss of... $4.8 million worth of crypto

By Andy Edser Published

News Aaaand it's gone. Mostly.

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Two DDR5 RAM modules lit up in pink inside a gaming PC
Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

By Andy Edser Published

News Memories, of the way things used to be...

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An angler using Google as bait.
Malwarebytes says a fake Google Account security page is distributing 'what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild'

By Andy Edser Published

News A particularly nasty RAT.

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Microsoft Windows 10 wallpaper
A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic thousands of stolen Windows 10 and MS Office keys via their Certificate of Authenticity stickers

By Andy Edser Published

News Schemes I did not know existed: Example One.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman throws up his hands.
'We shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday': OpenAI hastily amends the terms of its controversial deal with the US Department of War as CEO Sam Altman claims it's been a 'good learning experience'

By Andy Edser Published

News "We want to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise, and to fight for principles of liberty."

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Grace holds up a lighter in the dark
A redditor who found their exact gaming monitor in Resident Evil Requiem finds Reddit image of their monitor inside a monitor inside a monitor in Resident Evil Requiem and now my head hurts

By Andy Edser Published

News Arggghhhhhh.

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A dramatically lit close up of computer memory/ RAM on a motherboard-style background.
It looks like more memory price hikes may soon be on the way, as Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly inform customers of yet another DRAM price increase

By Andy Edser Published

News It's going to get worse before it gets better, that much seems clear.

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