Buying a used mining GPU rewards the people who ruined PC gaming
If you’re cruising eBay, Craigslist or Offerup looking for a “lightly used mining GPU” for your gaming PC, I’m here to tell you not to. My position isn’t new, but it is […]
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Leaks show Logitech’s cloud gaming handheld is Android-powered
Almost a month ago Logitech announced a surprise entry into the portable gaming market, with a gadget focused on streaming games from services Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Last night […]
Acer’s first gaming Chromebook is built for the cloud
Chromebooks are known for being low-powered machines with good battery life. They’re affordable, easy to use, and largely virus-free. That’s why they’re popular for educational purposes or personal productivity. I use one […]
PCWorld specs out Will Smith’s RTX 4090 gaming PC
If there’s anything more fun than building a new gaming PC, it’s building one for a buddy. That’s why the PCWorld crew invited Will Smith, prolific podcaster and game streamer and a […]
You can build a $500 gaming PC with Cyber Monday deals
Putting together a $500 gaming PC usually requires sacrifices. A creaky older graphics card is the big one, and often less memory and less storage, too. But not during Black Friday and […]
Microsoft (sorta) fixes Windows 11 gaming performance issues
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft confirmed what gamers suspected: the big 2022 update to Windows 11 was affecting the performance of high-end games. It said as much in an official bug-tracker, […]
LG’s new 240Hz OLED gaming monitor remains the cheapest yet
The floodgates seem to be opening for OLED monitors, with Dell, Asus, and of course, LG all releasing multiple models. Unfortunately they’re all rather on the pricey side—LG in particular can chop […]
The Full Nerd talks PC gaming history with AMD, Microsoft, and Falcon Northwest
In this special episode of the Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung talks old school PC gaming with Kelt Reeves of Falcon Northwest, Frank Azor of AMD and Larry Hyrb aka “Major Nelson” […]
Dell’s new gaming laptops offer colorful surprises
Despite a few interesting moves like the new XPS 13 Plus, Dell tends to favor gentle revisions rather than sweeping redesigns. But with the latest revisions to its Alienware and G-series gaming […]
AMD’s V-Cache-infused Ryzen 7000 X3D chips claim gaming supremacy
AMD is launching the Ryzen 7 7800X3D desktop processor at CES 2023 with V-Cache as the world’s fastest gaming processor—and it’s not even the fastest processor in its new family of chips. […]
