PC Gaming
As reported just yesterday, if you’re a proud owner of a Radeon RX 5700-series graphics card, you’ve got little chance of being able to play Alan Wake 2. That’s because the game uses a feature of DirectX 12 called mesh shaders and that particular GPU doesn’t support them. And yet the GPU’s architecture is only…
If the constant talk about AI these days only leaves you confused then this visually satisfying video may be just the balm you need. Using a neural network and reinforcement learning, YouTuber Yosh set out on a 3 year journey to train an AI to supersede his own 17 years of Trackmania experience. The premise…
Around halfway through one of the greatest episodes of television of all time—Frasier season 1’s “My Coffee With Niles”—our hero asks his brother if he truly loves his wife, Maris. “Of course I love her,” replies Niles, “but it’s a different kind of love… Maris and I are old friends. We can spend an afternoon…
Final Fantasy 14’s London Fanfest 2023 might be over, but it’s still produced a lot of great moments—like confirmation that Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise, has cleared some of the hardest raids in the game. Those are some impressive chops. With the game’s director Naoki Yoshida also being an active raider (on…
Those of you in the market for a new monitor may already be aware of the almighty AW3423DWF, an OLED ultrawide that continues to sit at the top of gaming monitor recommendation lists including our very own best gaming monitor guide. Given its continued success it’s no surprise that Alienware are looking to take advantage…
The x86 CPU architecture has dominated the PC market since dinosaurs roamed the land but there’s been a flurry of rumours concerning efforts by AMD and Nvidia to battle Qualcomm head-on, preparing Arm-powered CPUs for Windows computers in 2025. As things currently stand, Qualcomm has an exclusive deal with Microsoft, ensuring that any computer using…
Two of the largest NAND flash manufacturers are eyeing up a mega merger, reports suggest. Kioxia, once part of Toshiba, is said to be nearing a deal with Western Digital that would see the two companies combine to become a new SSD storage entity to rival market share leader Samsung. According to Kyodo News, the…
As a dedicated fan of all things Mini-ITX, I love it when manufacturers think outside the box, or perhaps more appropriately inside it, by shrinking a graphics card this way or that. That’s why I was very pleased to see Colorful is working on a single slot RTX 4060 Ti 16GB card. It’s the only…
Give your daily Wordle game a boost with our tips and tricks, helping you make the most of every guess. In need of something more specific? You’ve got it. There’s a clue for the October 24 (857) puzzle right here and ready to go, and if you need something more direct, today’s Wordle answer is…
Over a decade after announcing Star Citizen, mastermind Chris Roberts has finally declared that its Squadron 42 singleplayer campaign—just a piece of the bigger Star Citizen “persistent universe,” which has raised over $600 million in crowdfunding—is feature complete and entering the “polish” phase. No release date has been announced, and polishing may take “some time,”…