AMD claims Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 is 10% faster than an RTX 2070 By Gabe Carey, Jarred Walton News But there's a catch: it was tested in Strange Brigade, a benchmark notorious for its AMD leanings.
Some systems are refusing to install the Windows 10 May 2019 update By Jarred Walton We're currently 6 for 10 in our attempts at PCG.
Windows 10 May 2019 update: the best new features By Jarred Walton Come to my Windows From performance improvements to UI features, the latest Windows 10 monolithic update has plenty to offer.
AMD and Nvidia's next fight could be over the number 3080 By Jarred Walton Tech Talk Will the real 3080 GPU please stand up?
Rage 2 patch removes Denuvo, but performance is worse By Jarred Walton News After a day-0 crack and user complaints, apparently Denuvo wasn't worth keeping. Also: benchmarks.
AMD will dive deep into the Zen 2 and Navi architectures at Hot Chips 2019 By Jarred Walton That's means both products will be shipping before August.
Intel is fighting a battle between performance and security By Jarred Walton Tech Talk Why it took more than 10 years for many of these flaws to come to light.
New Intel security flaw affects CPUs as far back as 2008 By Jarred Walton News Researchers say the new MDS attacks are 'worse than Spectre.'
Jupiter Hell is a tasty turn-based blend of Doom, roguelikes, and heavy metal By Jarred Walton News The successor to DoomRL hits Early Access in June.
Intel CPU roadmap: all the 'Lakes' from 14nm to 7nm By Jarred Walton Tech Talk Here's the rundown of Intel's past, present, and future 'Lake' CPU families and codenames.
This experimental mod adds 'ray tracing' to any game, including Crysis By Jarred Walton News But can it run Crysis ... with path tracing?
The best Apex Legends settings: How to get the best performance By Jarred Walton FPS Royale Performance is generally good, though budget GPUs may still struggle to hit 60fps without some tweaks.
What is ray tracing, and how does it differ from game to game? By Jarred Walton, Alan Bradley Photonics Our comprehensive guide to real-time ray tracing, the next big leap in graphics processing.
Grab the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 for an all-time low of $149 By Jarred Walton News Celebrating AMD's 50th anniversary and clearing inventory in advance of Zen 2.
Remembering Rage, a flawed but technical marvel By Jarred Walton Retrospective The things I remember most about Rage are megatexturing and a 60fps framerate cap.
Why actually hitting 144fps is so hard in most games By Jarred Walton Tech Talk Higher framerates can be great, but getting there requires more than just hardware.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 review By Jarred Walton Incremental Nvidia's new $150 GPU will please small PC builders and brings a modest generational boost in performance.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 coming to laptops By Jarred Walton News The new GPUs will focus on budget gaming laptops, as well as thin and light models.
The PlayStation 5 won't have much of an impact on the future of PC gaming By Jarred Walton Baby steps Next-generation consoles may help push PC gaming forward, eventually, but PCs are already well on their way.
No Man's Sky boosts AMD performance with Vulkan API support By Jarred Walton News Warp speed for AMD GPU owners, but Nvidia gamers will be far less impressed by the update.
The difference between DDR3 and DDR4 RAM By Bo Moore, Jarred Walton DDR3 has reached the end of a long run, and DDR4 is the future.
How the PlayStation 5 will compare to future gaming PCs By Jarred Walton Five is alive Sony's next-generation console features a ray tracing GPU, Ryzen CPU, fast SSD storage, and more—but not in 2019.
You can now enable ray tracing on GTX cards, but performance is low By Jarred Walton DXR on GTX Nvidia's DXR drivers bring ray tracing to the masses.
What does it mean when a game has AMD or Nvidia branding? By Jarred Walton Tech Talk Gaming is big business, and companies are looking for every potential advantage.
How to build a gaming PC By Jarred Walton, Wes Fenlon, Bo Moore, Zak Storey Elbow grease This is our easy walkthrough to building a PC for the first time, with a video showing each step of the process.
