PC Gaming
With the Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launching next week, many potential buyers have been eyeing up the more budget-oriented (okay, they’re still going to be quite expensive) cards from the 50 series and we could potentially get them as soon as February 20. However, as always before the launch of a major card,…
It’s difficult to get excited about slightly older external SSDs, but sometimes they can surprise you—the Crucial X9, for instance, certainly surprised me with its consistent performance and low price tag. Unfortunately, the SE880 is not such a pleasant surprise. It’s fine for what it is, but “fine” is all, and there are better options…
Marginally less inevitable than the relentless march of cosmic entropy and ensuing heat death of the universe is the near-certainty that scalpers will try to make a quick buck on the latest high-end GPU from Nvidia. Enter the imminent RTX 5090 and eBay listings of up to $7,000. Of course, in theory, none of the…
I’m getting a little tired of our deep-learning future, folks. While generative AI and deep learning technology isn’t inherently bad—it’s being used for folding proteins and advancing medical science, for example—the routine doling-out of slop has everyone paranoid, content trawlers are scraping through the web sucking up everything in sight, and an endless parade of…
For those who love the idea of a Mini-ITX PC but think it might be a pain to build (yours truly included), how about the Geometric Future Model O Flamingo? Aside from being charmingly named, Geometric Future says this is a ‘backpack class’ case design that doesn’t just look pretty on the outside but folds…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is one heck of a mixed bag—receiving a spread of good and bad praise from critics, some resentment from its fans, and apparently falling far from the mark financially. It’s also done now, with no plans for major DLC in the pipeline—sort of a first for the series, overall. That, according…
GeForce Now, Nvidia’s cloud streaming gaming service, has just implemented support to add even more mods to your (probably already mod-ridden) Baldur’s Gate 3 save. Baldur’s Gate 3 on GeForce Now now supports “the same curated mods from Mod.io that are available for Xbox Series X/S consoles”. Unfortunately you do need the premium subscription plan…
Epic has released a 2024 “Year in Review” of the Fortnite creator ecosystem and, surprise surprise, there are a lot of big numbers to be had. As well as an overview of the year just gone, the publisher also took the opportunity to share some of the future plans for Fortnite which, going by these…
There’s nothing more innocuous-looking than a USB flash drive. But, as anyone with some basic cybersecurity knowledge knows, they can be one of the easiest ways to infect your devices. The Buffalo RUF3-KEV might be more secure than most, though, as it boasts a whole host of security features to its name. Buffalo’s DiXiM Security…
Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Purchasing and trying out a handheld air blower. Why oh why have I been fighting with compressed air cans all these years? This thing rocks. It’s even a tiny vacuum to help me clean up cat hairs from my keyboard. This month I’ve been:…