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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.
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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
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5 reasons to buy a desktop PC instead of a laptop
Desktop PC vs. laptop: Five reasons for the former
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GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: You're gonna need a bigger boat (and power supply)
Here's when you might want a bigger PSU than what Nvidia recommends for the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
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What's ray tracing? Here's everything you need to know
Ray tracing is a technique that makes light behave in a realistic way, which makes video games more immersive.
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Dell ships a laptop stylus that can't get lost, a modular dock, and more
Dell unveiled a number of business peripherals alongside new Latitude notebooks: a rechargeable stylus with Tile capabilities, an ultrablack display, a modular Thunderbolt dock, and more.
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The Full Nerd special episode: Intel's Tom Petersen geeks out about Arc GPUs
Intel's Arc has entered the chat. Intel's Tom Peterson joined the show to talk about Intel's arrival in PC discrete graphics.
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Intel's long-anticipated Arc GPUs arrive in laptops, loaded with enticing features
Watch out, Nvidia and AMD. The graphics race is a three-way fight now that Intel's long-anticipated Arc GPUs are here, albeit in laptop form first.
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Asus is dropping prices on graphics cards, starting April 1st
Asus says that a reduction in import tariffs will help it lower prices on graphics cards by up to 25 percent.
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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
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Intel's Core i9-12900KS, the world's fastest gaming chip, lands April 5
Intel launched the Core i9-12900KS out of the blue this morning, hitting a blazing-fast 5.5GHz Turbo Boost. Game on, Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
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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.
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Playing Skyrim on a Chromebook with Steam rocks (once it's running)
We took the the alpha version of Steam for Chromebooks for a test drive and came away excited by the experience.
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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
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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.
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How to enable the blue light filter in Windows 10 and get better sleep
Want to reduce your blue light exposure for better sleep? Here’s how to turn on Windows’ built-in filter.
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PlayStation 5 games will look buttery-smooth on your gaming monitor soon
Sony has announced upcoming variable refresh rate support for the PlayStation 5.
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How to play Steam games on a Chromebook
Google has published instructions on how to play Steam games on your Chromebook. Here's a list of which Chromebooks are supported and which games you can play on them.
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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.
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