Intel Arc makes its Steam Hardware Survey debut
Intel has made a lot of news very quickly this week, some of it bad, some of it good. But if you’ve been watching the company’s gaming aspirations over the last few […]
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Valve’s new ‘Powered by SteamOS’ branding hints at new hardware
Those Intel, AMD, and Nvidia stickers on your laptop aren’t just pretty decoration. They’re part of some big (and very intentional) branding programs with huge amounts of money behind them. That’s why […]
The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2024
In this yearly penultimate episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray, and Will Smith came ready to brawl. Picking the best PC hardware of the year is […]
The best PC hardware and software of 2024/2025
The titans of the PC industry slugged things out in 2024, jockeying for dominance in the new AI era blossoming before our eyes. It was most evident in laptops: Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X […]
Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, a tireless journalist we once described as a founding father of hardcore tech journalism, passed away over the weekend after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. […]
How to future-proof your hardware for Windows 8
It’s like a special consumer-tech corollary of Murphy’s law: Your PC will inevitably die just before a new Windows OS is about to ship. You need a new laptop immediately, and you […]
How to speed up your PC games without buying new hardware
Swapping out old hardware for better, faster components is a surefire way to improve gaming graphics. But despite what stereotypes may lead you to believe, not everyone who prefers PC gaming to […]
Keep it stable, stupid! How to stress-test your PC hardware
Modern-day PCs are more reliable than ever before, but that doesn’t mean they’re infallible. Equipment failures still happen, however rarely, and even the beefiest of computer components aren’t worth their weight in […]
Let’s chat with Paul’s Hardware about Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and more
Hey, did you know there are new Nvidia graphics cards on the way? It’s a pretty big deal. Such a big deal, in fact, that we’re still processing what we saw at […]
6 big PC hardware myths, exposed
A dedicated sound card always “sounds” better than an integrated sound chip on the motherboard! A PC with extra RAM is always “faster” than a PC with less RAM! A long HDMI […]
