PC Gaming
The RTX 50-series is now so close it’s practically knocking on the door, with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 being available to purchase around the world tomorrow, January 30, 2025. We’ve already seen dazzling performance from its bigger sibling, but we’ve now also tried out the lesser-but-still-mighty RTX 5080 to see what it’s capable…
You’re probably familiar with the concept of the carrot and the stick. It’s a metaphor for incentivization: You reward people who do what you want them to, and put a whoopin’ on people who don’t. Sony, having tried the stick to convince PC gamers to sign up for PlayStation Network accounts to access their games…
Campers already appeared from r/Microcenter Hardware launches are often bracing experiences. Scrambling to hit checkout on an online basket is its own rush, but there are those who really want to ensure their spot in line. Over the years, we’ve heard plenty of stories about folks camping to ensure they really are the first in-line…
When Goldilocks wasn’t breaking local wildlife laws and putting her life in peril by trying to sleep with dangerous creatures (interestingly, in an early version of the story, all the bears were male), she was probably a PC gamer. A streamer, in fact, given her choice of ostentatious outerwear. I have no evidence to back…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week: I’ve been testing out VR (Behemoth, Half-Life: Alyx and Synth Riders the most) to feel for what I want out of a dream high-end headset. I love PCVR. Standalone VR headsets do their job admirably but where VR really shines for me is in those big…
As many as three potentially new Intel Arc graphics cards based on the latest Battlemage tech have been spotted in the latest official Intel Linux patch. But are they the cheapo RTX 4070 killers we’re all gagging for? Now that’s the question. X user Tomasz Gawroński (via ye olde Videocardz) spotted a trio of purportedly…
AceZone A-Spire gaming headset | Wired / Bluetooth | Active Noise Cancelling | $319 $199 at Amazon (save $120)Pairing great sound with excellent noise cancellation and a super clear mic, this headset is a bit of a wonder, held back mostly by its price, mic design, and limited connectivity on PC. It still sounds and feels superb, and…
Helldiver’s 2’s former CEO, now CCO, made headlines earlier this week—including ours—by announcing he’d be on a sabbatical following years of hard work. As for why that’s a big deal, well, Pilestedt has been particularly vocal as far as creative leads and directors go, speaking directly to the people on game balance, review controversies, and…
Yuya Tokuda, director of the upcoming slay-a-thon Monster Hunter Wilds, is very proud of the terrifying Oilwell Basin and the critters within it. The basin itself is styled as a ‘what if we made the deep ocean on land and then set it all on fire’ zone. For context, it’s home to that horrible “affront…
As Ferris astutely observed, life moves pretty fast in chatbot land. So, forget that ancient news about DeepSeek’s cheap and powerful LLM tanking Nvidia’s share price. Because here comes another Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, with its own new AI model that surpasses the lot. Well, it does according to Alibaba. Qwen 2.5-Max, for it is…