Jess Kinghorn

Jess Kinghorn

Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending a significant chunk of that time working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not investigating all things hardware here, she's either constructing a passionate defence of a 7/10 game, daydreaming about her debut novel, or feeling wistful about the last time she chased some nerds around a field with an oversized foam sword. 

Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

A player emerges from a cloud of smoke, as another player takes aim from near a wall.
Counter-Strike 2 player dedicates Master's thesis to rooting out cheaters, creates grade A player tracking system

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Now why didn't I think of that for my dissertation?

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Amazon's weird messages on its About You page.
Amazon is roasting users with their own shopping habits, but it don't have nothin' on us

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…

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A glossy flat lay teardown of Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra.
Microsoft seems very excited about its new magnetic USB Type-C charger for the Surface Laptop Ultra, but it don't impress me much

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Not sure I'm feeling a connection, to be honest.

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SanDisk and BiWin SSDs on a Prime Day background
October Prime Day SSD deals

By Jess Kinghorn Last updated

Prime Day 2026 We're looking for the best SSD deals to weather the memory crisis.

Prime Day 2026
A collage of stills from Necromunda: Hired Gun, Shadows of New York, and Skald.
11 underappreciated games you should buy in the Steam Autumn Sale, according to some of our biggest genre sickos

By Tyler Wilde Published

deep cuts We asked 11 very particular PCG staffers what game they think everyone should buy in Steam's Autumn Sale—here's what they picked.

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deep cuts
A Secretlab Titan Evo and ThunderX3 Solo 360 gaming chair on a green background with a PC Gamer Recommended label on top.
Best gaming chair in 2026: I've tested loads of gaming chairs and these are my top picks

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Take a seat These gaming chairs have earned our recommendation over hundreds of hours of testing.

Take a seat
Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
I hate having to prove my brand loyalty just for the chance to buy hardware at full price

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News My kingdom for a reasonably priced and readily available bit of kit.

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A photo of a gaming monitor displaying the new Asus BIOS page in 1080p.
Don't fear the BIOS update: Asus has just fixed a local access vulnerability affecting older Intel motherboards

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News To be clear, it's only older motherboards for 8th and 9th Gen Intel CPUs that are affected by the issue.

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A close up of the vacant expression of Meta's Muse AI mascot, Jolly.
I want to punt Meta's Muse AI mascot back into the cursed void from whence it came

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Laser-targeted cuteness for everyone and no one.

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Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition
Nvidia says my RTX 4070 Super isn't capable of Multi Frame Gen, but I'm surprised by how smooth this unofficial unlock actually feels

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Whatever it takes to stave off that pricey upgrade for a few more years.

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Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition
How to get unlocked Multi Frame Gen working on an RTX 40-series graphics card

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Who needs an RTX 5090, right?

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My first MMO character #8: Jessica Kinghorn

By Jess Kinghorn Published

MMO
Tom Scott steering a Mars rover prototype with a modified Steam Deck. An Airbus engineer looks on.
Oh, the places you'll game: Aerospace engineers use Steam Deck to steer Mars rover prototype

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Destined for the stars.

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Various screenshot comparisons of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix+ with a DLSS 5 mod on and off.
I applied DLSS 5 to my Miku Hatsune game of choice, and I have some regrets

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Welcome to anime Hell.

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A triple image showing a character from Old School Runescape, World of Warcraft, and Toontown.
A tribute to PC Gamer's first MMO characters—may they never be forgotten

By Harvey Randall Published

FOREVER QUEST I was never a good rogue.

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FOREVER QUEST
A PC with many anime figures placed inside. It looks quite crowded and impractical. The RGB lighting really makes it pop though.
I crammed 20 anime figures inside my gaming PC to see how it affects thermal performance. Yes, you can call me a scientist now

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Plastic fantastic Asking the important questions.

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Plastic fantastic
Alan Wake 2 Northlight engine gameplay comparison screenshots
Touch grass? Not when AMD has whittled down ray tracing memory usage by 98% for these hardware-sapping bushes and trees

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I don't need to get out more.

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Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., holds up the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 graphics processor during the company's event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019.
I remember when Jensen Huang used to sell me GPUs, now he's out there having to deny that AI will cause 'the end of the world'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News And I still can't find a 50-series card at MSRP.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
Where have all the RTX 5090s gone? Stock of the high-end GPU is disappearing from US online retailers

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Not much of a mystery.

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A side by side comparison of a 3D model in VR and a 3D printed copy in real life.
Toss a project at your printer: vibe coded tool allows developer to throw stuff at his 3D printer in VR to begin printing

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Flick of the wrist.

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Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White
The Steam Deck 2 has 'not really' been impacted by the memory supply crisis, with Valve still focused on a 'very delineated performance improvement' for its next handheld

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Excuse me, my eyebrows rose up all by themselves.

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Tomb Raider Remastered graphics comparison
YouTuber gets classic Tomb Raider running on a chip that sips a mere 1 W of power

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Who needs an RTX 5090, am I right?

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Microsoft Windows 11
We tested the simple Windows 11 account bypass and it works. Just no-one tell Microsoft

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Oh, what could be.

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Framework 16 gaming laptop
Framework cancels custom low profile keyboard module for its laptops: 'We weren’t able to bring costs to a place where the product economics worked'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News When 'custom' comes at too high a cost.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
'Defying common wisdom', people have been buying more high-end graphics cards despite rising prices, with 12.5 million shipped last quarter alone

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News That's a whole lot of hardware!

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