Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Routers don't grab headlines like graphics cards but having a good one in your home can make a world of difference to your digital life
Wi-Fine Wi-Fi 7 is no longer the preserve of the wealthy, too.
The best gaming routers: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life
High speed We found the best gaming routers to ensure you can play without delay.
TP-Link Archer BE9700 review
Score: 90% Never judge a book by its cover, they say. Or a Wi-Fi 7 router.
TP-Link Deco BE68 BE14000 review
Score: 92% All the mesh you'll probably need, at least until wireless devices catch up.
Best gaming laptop 2025: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
Portable powerhouses From our own extensive testing, rigorously benchmarking 40+ machines over the past two years, these are the best gaming laptops you can buy today.
Cheap graphics card deals this week
Pixel pushers We've done the hard yards sourcing the best graphics card deals for the GPUs you should build into your gaming PC.
OLED monitors are the perfect match for any speedy gaming PC and if you're eyeballing a new ultrawide, we've just crowned a new champion for you to consider
Ultra OLED Ultra wide, ultra speed, but thankfully, not ultra expensive.
ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review
Score: 70% Lots of features, lots of compromises.
Panther Lake revealed: Intel's pocket powerhouse is a big step up from Lunar Lake, with performance and efficiency gains all around
Little big cat But is the cost of multiple tiles and Foveros the answer to AMD's monolithic approach?
It's not Celestial, but Intel's new Xe3 GPU architecture looks like it'll be ideal for the next generation of handheld gaming PCs
news It's Intel's largest ever iGPU and big enough to put some basic dGPUs to shame.
Intel announces XeSS 3 with multi-frame generation, putting it ahead of AMD in the AI-powered graphics performance race
News Though Intel would probably prefer its GPU sales to be ahead instead.
Amazon October Prime Day UK PC gaming deals
Prime Day Deals Amazon's next sales event, Big Deal Days, is finally over, but there are still some deals worth paying attention to.
Amazon October Prime Day graphics card deals
Prime Day Deals Big Deal Days is over but Amazon isn't the only place to find graphics cards at a discount.
Amazon October Prime Day SSD deals
Prime Day Deals An SSD can do wonders for your load times and we're still seeing some great deals on them even though the October Prime Day sales have officially ended.
New MIT research opens the door to faster-charging and longer-lasting batteries, and it could be implemented right away
News This isn't some lab-only stuff, it's the real deal.
Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.
While we're still waiting for games to use Nvidia's RTX IO tech, data centres get another bit of hardware to remind us they've been using it all this time
News Like a Scooby Doo reveal, RTX IO is GPUDirect with a mask on. Well, it was.
'Are we going to bet the company's road map on chiplets?' AMD's CEO Lisa Su reminds us how fortunate it was that its executives all said yes
News 'I really do believe for tech companies, the key is you have to be best at something.'
Trump administration is reportedly planning to tariff US tech firms that don't source equal numbers of imported and American chips
News How the US chip-making industry is supposed to ramp up to the scale required doesn't seem to be part of the plan.
Tired of shader compilation screens? Microsoft is rolling out its own solution, but we won't feel the benefits immediately
News We're probably in for a long wait before it's available on Steam, GOG, and other online stores.
Raspberry has only just launched its new Pi 500+ but one modder has already improved it, making it support an external RX 7900 XT graphics card for top-tier gaming
News If it can be done, a modder will do it. If it can't be done, a modder will do it anyway.
