Articles by Michael Crider
The latest Radeon drivers might undo your CPU overclock
A small number of AMD CPU and GPU owners are seeing their careful overclock work erased.
Nvidia’s next lighting tech could blow ray tracing out of the water
Path tracing, a more subtle and complex lighting technique, is now on the horizon
29 years later, classic Doom just got a stunning ray tracing mod
You can download the advanced lighting mod and play Doom for free now. Hellfire never looked so good!
Fortnite players donate $100 million to Ukraine
100% of Fortnite microtransaction proceeds are being donated to charities benefiting Ukraine for a limited time
Sony reveals its Game Pass alternative…and Microsoft has nothing to worry about
PlayStation Plus is still heavily invested in console hardware, offering little for PC-only gamers.
The SSDs of the future will be so fast, they might need active fans
An SSD manufacturer says we're hitting a wall in terms of speed and heat management and cooling fans might be necessary
Gabe Newell has been hiding in a Windows 1.0 Easter egg for 36 years
The recently-unearthed list of original Windows team members includes a few familiar names
Which Wi-Fi router looks the most like an evil alien spaceship?
Designs for gaming routers have gotten really familiar lately. It's time to break down which ones look like spaceships.
Gamers are spending $300 more on Nvidia’s GPUs, even without the scalpers
Nvidia told investors that PC gamers are spending a lot more money on graphics card upgrades based on MSRP
The future of PSUs is here: Intel’s ATX 3.0 powers monster 600W graphics cards
A new 12+4-pin power supply connection for PCIe 5 graphics cards delivers up to 600 watts on one rail.
PlayStation 5 games will look buttery-smooth on your gaming monitor soon
Sony has announced upcoming variable refresh rate support for the PlayStation 5.
Nvidia’s hackers say they’ve stolen 37GB of Microsoft code
The Lapsus$ hacking group is attacking some of the biggest players in the technology industry, including Nvidia, Samsung, and now Microsoft.
Google’s experimental new Chromebook feature could be big for gamers
Though Chromebooks lack in actual PC games, Google is preparing for them in some surprising ways.
Update your Asus router’s firmware right now or risk botnet infection
New firmware protects a range of Asus Wi-Fi routers from the emerging Cyclops Blink botnet.
Confirmed: The revolutionary Ryzen 7 5800X3D can’t be overclocked
...but not being able to overclock AMD's latest processor is less of a problem than you might think.
Watch us build The Full Nerd’s powerful new streaming PC
Our studio needs some new hardware, and who better to build it than us?
Intel wants in on cloud gaming with its mysterious ‘Project Endgame’
But Intel isn't ready to tell us what Project Endgame actually is just yet
Microsoft says we weren’t supposed to see those ads in Windows File Explorer
You won't be seeing banner ads next to your Explorer files in Windows 11, at least for the time being.