Microsoft refreshes Surface with Panther Lake and up to 64GB of RAM, starting at $1,500
New business laptops and a 2-in-1 lead the lineup, with a privacy screen making its Surface debut
Forza Horizon 6 Optimization Guide: Best Settings for PC Gamers
Forza Horizon 6 looks stunning on PC, but some settings deliver huge FPS gains with little visual loss. We benchmark every major option to find the best optimized settings for every GPU tier.
AMD may be preparing the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, offering 7800X3D-like gaming for less
The rumored Zen 4 chip could bring 8 cores, 16 threads, and 96MB of L3 cache to a lower price point
RAM makers are taking on massive debt to keep up with AI's chip appetite
Adata, Apacer, and TeamGroup have collectively raised over $880 million through bonds and loans
Intel may be forcing PC makers to buy its newer 18A chips by cutting off the old ones
Much of the limited Intel 7 capacity is being allocated to higher-margin enterprise products
Asus and HP unveil Intel Wildcat Lake laptops starting at $449 to rival Apple's MacBook Neo
Only available in China for now, but expected to launch globally soon
This gorgeous fanless RTX 5080 PC turns passive cooling into a thermal nightmare
A triple-radiator chimney was not enough to tame over 500W of hardware
WTF?! We've seen PC builds that prioritize performance, ones that focus on silence, and those that look like they belong in a cyberpunk art gallery. Billet Labs' latest project falls firmly into the latter – as usual. It's a custom passive water-cooled gaming PC with no fans, lots of copper, and enough heat to make its creator admit the internet might have had a point.
Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
3D CCD recycles decades-old technology to address the AI memory crunch
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT deal drops to $629 as GPU prices slowly cool off
Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC is down to $629 on Amazon as a Lightning Deal, marking one of the lower prices we've seen for the card these days. It features 16GB GDDR6 memory, triple-fan cooling, factory overclocking, and enough horsepower for high-refresh 1440p gaming with capable 4K performance in most modern titles.
The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have?
One button, two buttons... three?
Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat
University of Tokyo's antiferromagnetic spintronic switch operates at picosecond speeds
Forza Horizon 6 Benchmark: 47 GPUs Tested
1080p, 1440p, 4K Tested Forza Horizon 6 is one of the best-looking racing games yet, but max settings and RT can crush modern GPUs. We tested 47 graphics cards to see what it really takes to run well.
Dell Alienware's new $1,300 gaming laptop cuts corners by using cheap plastic and older-gen gaming hardware
The Alienware 15 is affordable by Alienware standards, launches with a Ryzen 5 220 and RTX 4050
Modder creates a fully working 16GB RTX 3070 using VRAM from a dead AMD GPU
The graphics card can switch between 8GB and 16GB modes, and the extra VRAM doubled performance in Spider-Man 2
AMD keeps gaining on Intel in servers, but desktop PCs tell a different story
What just happened? AMD has hit another x86 CPU milestone, with Mercury Research figures showing the company now holds 38.1% of overall market revenue. That sounds like another win for Team Red, especially given its huge gains in servers, but there is a surprising caveat: AMD actually lost ground in desktop PCs during the first quarter.
Forza Horizon 6 GPU Benchmark: 8GB vs. 16GB VRAM
Forza Horizon 6 looks stunning, but our testing shows modern visuals come at a steep VRAM cost. Here's how 8GB and 16GB GPUs compare across a range of settings and resolutions.
Nvidia adds GeForce RTX 5060 Ti to 007 First Light game bundle
Nvidia's mid-range card joins the promo, but First Light's 4K Ultra specs call for an RTX 5080
The humble desktop monitor is quietly having its best years, and gamers are fully responsible
Gaming monitor shipments jumped 50% in 2025, posting 11 consecutive quarters of growth
Googlebooks will feature Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek chips, and follow Google's strict hardware guidelines
Acer, Asus, HP, and Dell are all making them
Google's Googlebook is the Android laptop OS we've been waiting for
Combines Android, ChromeOS, and Gemini. Coming this fall
In brief: Years of leaks and statements from Google have teased the company's plans for ChromeOS to evolve into a more direct competitor to Windows and macOS. Googlebook represents a first major step in that direction. Centered on Gemini, the new OS brings Android's software stack into a full-blown PC environment.
Arm CEO predicts CPUs will scale to extreme core counts in AI-driven future
CPUs are going to have their computing revenge against GPUs, in a sense
Intel CEO promises partnership with Nvidia will produce "exciting new products"
The chipmakers are developing SoCs with x86 CPUs and RTX GPUs
AMD's 8GB Radeon RX 9050 could arrive soon to challenge Nvidia's RTX 5050
The rumored Navi 44 graphics card reportedly packs 2,048 cores, but lower clocks than the RX 9060 XT
Gamers Are Wrong About 1440p vs 1080p CPU Benchmarking
Here We Go Again, or: Why GPU Bottlenecks Hide True CPU Performance.
Gamers keep demanding 1440p CPU benchmarks, but higher resolutions often hide the very performance differences CPU testing is supposed to reveal. Here's why 1080p still matters most.
Steam Machine may launch soon as reservation system and four retail packages surface
The reservation system is intended to prevent scalping