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A photo of a set of Lexar Thor OC DDR5 UDIMMs, resting on top of a motherboard's heatsink

During a memory crisis do you really need fast memory for PC gaming? No, no you do not

By Nick Evanson published

Going slow Does fast DDR5 make a difference to gaming, you know what? It doesn't. Mostly.

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Going slow
A photo of a DDR5 RAM kit by Corsair, mounted in a gaming PC motherboard

Look, 16 GB of RAM is absolutely fine for PC gaming in 2026. Though there are some caveats to that...

By Nick Evanson published

Don't fret If it's good enough for consoles, surely it's good enough for a gaming PC?

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Don't fret
arc raiders

Arc Raiders is a shining beacon of hope in the darkest times of the RAMpocalypse, proving 8 GB budget graphics cards don't have to miss out on glorious graphics

By Andy Edser published

News It can be done.

News
A screenshot of the PC version of Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem PC performance analysis: Great visuals and decent frame rates all round, though path tracing's an obvious frame rate killer

By Nick Evanson last updated

Ray-traced evil Upscaling is a bit of a must-use, but that's a given these days.

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Ray-traced evil
Alma, the handler from Monster Hunter Wilds, closes her eyes and looks a little disappointed.

Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better 'the more DLC you own', and it does—but not by much on my machine

By Andy Edser published

News Your mileage may vary.

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News
A screenshot of Cyberpunk 2077, using the game's Photo Mode, with DLSS 4.5 Performance mode enabled

I've put Nvidia's new DLSS 4.5 to the test: Here's how to enable it yourself and whether you should

By Nick Evanson published

Evolution, not revolution.

Graphics Cards
Battlefield 6 beta queues, errors, issues: Soldiers running away from a collapsing building.

Three shining examples of brilliant PC game development in 2025

By Nick Evanson published

Best dev …and three not-so-shining examples. Oh dear.

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Best dev
A screenshot from Battlefield 6, showing a sweeping vista behind some dense foliage

Battlefield 6: This is what a well-optimised game looks like in 2025

By Andy Edser published

Organised chaos It's pretty stunning in motion, too.

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Organised chaos
A screenshot of the PC version of Dying Light: The Beast, using the game's photo mode

Dying Light: The Beast PC performance analysis: Decent frame rates all round, nice graphics, and stutters only on low VRAM GPUs

By Nick Evanson published

Beast mode And if you do need more fps, upscaling works wonders here.

Beast mode
A psycho in Borderlands 4 stands ready for battle.

When it comes to Borderlands 4 and its '8 cores or equivalent' requirement, it's actually core quality, not core count, that matters the most

By Nick Evanson published

Core concerns Heck, you can even run it on 4 cores and 4 threads.

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Core concerns
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