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Satellite snaps Starlink passing underneath while taking candid shots of Chinese airbase: 'a very rare instance, but not impossible!'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Even with more stuff in orbit, the chances of this happening are extremely low.

'Even with a 9800X3D and a 5090 it runs like absolute buttcheeks': 2K Games posts Nvidia's Borderlands 4 optimised settings guide, but the community is already in open revolt
By Andy Edser published
News 4x MFG and DLSS Balanced for 60 fps+ on an RTX 5080 at 1440p? Ouch.

AI, take the wheel: Gigabyte's latest motherboards will 'intelligently dynamically' improve performance of Ryzen chips by up to 25% in games through a built-in AI model
By Jacob Ridley published
News Bot boosted.

I've tested Borderlands 4 on a minimum spec PC and a monster RTX 5090 rig, and it runs just as 'Borderlands-at-launch' as you'd expect
By Nick Evanson published
Borderline forked It's a big, bold world of stutters and disappointing frame rates, even on the best PC hardware money can buy.

Upgrading an RTX 4090 to 48 GB of VRAM is (slightly) easier than I thought, thanks to a custom PCB, some second-hand GDDR6X, and a leaked Nvidia BIOS
By Andy Edser published
News Yet another episode of: "Andy learns things with you."

Asus ProArt Case PA401 review
By Jacob Ridley published
Score: 72% Mysterious and lovely, but not for most high-end builds.

Acer Predator Helios 18 AI gaming laptop review
By Kizito Katawonga published
Score: 79% This Predator lives up to its name and will absolutely murder anything you throw at it.

Oracle's $300 billion deal with OpenAI briefly knocked Elon Musk off the world's richest person spot, replaced instead by the company's head honcho, Larry Ellison
By Andy Edser published
News Spare any change, guv?
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