Latest articles by Jarred Walton
Why crypto mining wasn't the only culprit for wild GPU prices
Blame Game Looking back at the great graphics card shortage.
What do you get from a $1,300 SSD?
Un-Optane-able Intel's Optane 905P is extremely fast but not a contender for best value.
Forget Nintendo Labo, we built a PC using a cardboard box
Labo of love Flammable and flimsy as hell, and it required some sharp tools, but it works.
Is the great graphics card shortage finally ending?
Why wait? GPU prices are returning to normal, but we're not there yet.
Samsung 970 Evo review: we're close to maxing out PCIe x4
Third Gen Samsung's latest 500GB and 1TB models deliver small but consistent gains over their predecessors.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X is better than its predecessors in every way
Round Two Price, speed, and a new, more stable chipset make second gen Ryzen a tempting offer.
Intel's team-up with AMD produces the fastest integrated graphics ever
Stranger Things But outside of laptops and NUCs, you're still better off with a dedicated graphics card.
New Ethereum ASICs could help reduce the mining demand for graphics cards
News Gamers rejoice! Bitmain is taking pre-orders for dedicated Ethereum miners, shipping in July.
MSI 6-core gaming notebooks are available for pre-order
News More cores to boost your non-gaming workloads.
Far Cry 5 performance analysis and settings guide
Performance Preview We've tested Far Cry 5 on dozens of GPUs and CPUs to determine the best graphics settings for your PC.
Nvidia CEO says "we're not anywhere close" to meeting the demand for its GPUs
News It's a combination of factors, including cryptocurrency, gaming, and supercomputing.
Nvidia's Far Cry 5 Game Ready drivers are now available
News The new 395.35 drivers are Game Ready and WHQL certified.
Cryptocurrency is coming to gaming
News Could this be the next evolution of the free-to-play model?
Get ready for the high seas with AMD's latest 18.3.3 drivers
News Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
Nvidia talks ray tracing and Volta hardware
News Volta GPUs will offer improved performance with DXR and RTX.
What Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing means for gaming
Holy Grail Physically based graphics rendering could simplify and improve the way games look.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 settings guide: demanding for both CPU and GPU
Performance Analysis We've tested a huge number of configurations and hardware to see how the game runs.
Xbox One S and One X are getting AMD FreeSync 2 support
News Welcome to the variable refresh rate club.
Intel's Optane SSD 800p is fast, expensive, and too small
Stuck between a rock and a hard drive.
How to get the best framerate in Rainbow Six Siege
Performance Analysis From minimum to maximum quality, we show how the game runs on a large suite of hardware.
The best game recording software
Action! Take video and screenshots of any game you like with our favorite tools.
Hardware seller Massdrop says Nvidia predicts graphics card prices "will continue to go up" through the year
News Without a big cryptocurrency bust, it looks like prices may continue going up.
What the fallout of a cryptocurrency collapse might mean for graphics cards
Future Proof With or without the coinpocalypse, GPUs remain a growing business.
