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Cheap graphics card deals this week
Pixel pushers Yes, once more there are cheap graphics card deals.
Early Prime Day PC gaming deals
Prime Day Deals Prime Day 2024 will soon be upon us, but the rival retailers are going to go early to get the jump on Amazon.
Best cheap gaming monitor deals today
Deals We've scoured the internet for the best deals on gaming monitors, so you don't have to.
Best Amazon Prime Day gaming laptop deals
Prime Day Deals The big summer sales event should see some special deals on these silicon slabs of gaming loveliness.
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
Deals Our regularly updated list of all the best gaming laptop deals you'll find today.
It's been a frustrating 18 months since launch but we'll finally be getting PCIe 5 SSDs worth a damn this year
news SiliconMotion's new controller is finally ready to roll out to SSD makers.
Nvidia loses $500 billion in the biggest short term loss in company value in all of recorded history. A year ago that would have killed it yet today it will barely notice
news After briefly becoming the world's most valuable company Nvidia has now experienced the biggest three-day loss in value of any company ever.
Best Buy has jumped the gun on Amazon Prime Day by launching its Member Deals Days and here are four good reasons to avoid it
news All the retailers are keen for your cash, but ideally, I'd want them to put in more effort than Best Buy.
Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
Prime Day Deals There are always some tasty gaming PC deals on the table.
Best gaming laptops in 2024: I've had my pick of portable powerhouses and these are the best
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Best gaming chairs in 2024: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
Emulation proves the inevitable Achilles' Heel of Qualcomm's new PC chips when it comes to gaming
news In a result that should shock no one, gaming performance comes off worst in the world of x86 emulation.
Unprecedented memory, frame rate boosting eye tracking features, and an ambitious ethos: In a surprising twist Adata had the most interesting handheld gaming PC at Computex 2024
news Bet you didn't see that coming.
Gigabyte's 'Next-gen' Intel motherboard shows off the new Arrow Lake CPU socket for the first time alongside AMD's X870E
news Gigabyte had both new AMD and Intel boards in its VIP suite, and also marked the return of its Project Stealth design.
Qualcomm's new Windows PC chip supports AMD's FSR… and I'm not sure AMD had any idea about it
new The new Snapdragon X Elite processors, the vanguard for the AI PC boom, makes great use of the red team's upscaler.
NZXT's doing something that makes so much damned sense I don't know why it's not been done before
news Yet there are still niggling fears of being first to market with something no-one has done before.
Drop wins the most satisfying sound of Computex 2024 award with its 24 carat brass keeb frame
news The Drop CSTM80 is getting a whole load more customisation options soon.
The reason Framework laptops just keep getting better: 'We're blind to none of the feedback and we absorb it all'
news And when it comes to the AI PC trend, Framework wants to "make sure that there are as many options as possible and we will continue to scope out new partnerships."
I was feeling a little needy so I sought reassurance from Jen-Hsun Huang and he told me it's all okay: 'I love PC gamers'
news After a Computex keynote that missed any of the big Nvidia gaming announcements from the show, I was worried he might not love us anymore.
Qualcomm CEO says 'you should expect to see Qualcomm in every PC form factor: From desktop to mini PCs, to tablets'
news Are we getting closer to a Snapdragon-based gaming PC? Maybe, just maybe.
AMD's broken Computex AI demo again proves you can't trust everything an AI tells you
news OpenAI's Wanderlust, powered by AMD's Instinct MI300X GPUs, completely made up the location of Computex 2024.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su on the role of artificial intelligence in gaming: 'Not everything has to be rendered'
news Game creation is one thing, but AMD's CEO believes that AI is going to be increasingly used by developers to get games onto your screen without necessarily rendering everything.
Nvidia's launching a new and... er... very generous small form factor GPU/chassis standard to simplify building your new mini rig
news Though it does bear saying the standards are very generous, and enthusiast-focused, too, which has me wondering if we ought to be expecting powerful dual-slot GPUs in the next gen.
