Do You Really Need a New Graphics Card. Every year a new graphics card launches, and every year the same feeling shows up online. People look at benchmark charts, see a big jump in numbers, and start wondering if their PC is suddenly behind. But a graphics card upgrade is one of the most expensive…
Every gamer knows the feeling. You watch a benchmark video, see a shiny new graphics card pushing huge numbers, and suddenly your perfectly good PC feels ancient. We have been there too. But the more hardware we test, the more one thing keeps coming back: the upgrades that change how a setup feels day to…
AMD’s Ryzen 5 7500 is now a released Zen 4 desktop processor, rather than an unconfirmed product rumor. It features six cores, 12 threads, boost speeds of up to 5.0GHz, and basic integrated Radeon graphics. Its key advantage over the Ryzen 5 7500F is that it can provide display output without a dedicated graphics card….
AI-capable laptops and repairable laptops address two different buying priorities. AI-focused models include dedicated hardware such as a neural processing unit (NPU) to accelerate supported on-device tasks. Repairable laptops, meanwhile, are designed to make components such as batteries, keyboards, storage, and other parts easier to replace. You do not necessarily have to choose one priority…
The ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace is a 24.5-inch Full HD esports gaming monitor designed for competitive players who prioritize speed and motion clarity. It features a Tandem WOLED panel, a 540Hz refresh rate, and an ultra-fast 0.02ms gray-to-gray response time. Unlike traditional high-refresh-rate TN monitors, this model combines esports-focused performance with OLED contrast,…
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition launched with a US MSRP of $1,999, but finding a card at that price has been difficult during periods of limited supply. In September 2026, NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access program offered selected buyers an opportunity to purchase RTX 50-series Founders Edition cards at MSRP during PAX West in Seattle….
Xbox Cloud Gaming Unlimited is coming to an end. Beginning in November 2026, Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential customers will receive 15, 10, and 5 hours of cloud streaming per month, respectively. You can either wait until the next billing period or purchase additional time via the Xbox Store after that bank is zero….
The Intel Arc G3 Extreme shows a substantial gaming-performance advantage over AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme in some published handheld benchmarks. Intel claims up to 42% higher gaming performance at 35W, while independent testing has reported larger gains in selected games. However, the size of the advantage depends on the game, power profile, device cooling, drivers,…
The premium handheld gaming PC market in 2026 offers several competing designs, including the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, Acer Predator Atlas 8, and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20. These devices combine modern processors with high-refresh-rate displays, built-in controls, and Windows-based gaming features, but they differ in display technology, memory configuration, cooling design, and software…
DLSS 5 on AMD GPU Someone got Nvidia’s DLSS 5 running on an AMD graphics card. It works. It’s also barely playable. In a project titled DLSS-NR-on-AMD, a modder going by the handle danielblnc loads Nvidia’s neural rendering DLL onto RDNA 4 hardware, such as the RX 9070 XT. Cyberpunk 2077 ran at less than…