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Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card from different angles
Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition review A strangely unexciting graphics card built almost entirely for the Multi Frame Gen gaming experience.
Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review A new graphics card built for silicon austerity and a new era of AI rendering.
A close-up photo of a monitor displaying the Windows 11 start icon, with the screen's pixels clearly visible
You don't need an RTX 5090 or a 4K monitor for gaming when you can play Snake on your monitor's subpixels. But you will need a microscope or a good macro lens Or just squint really, really hard.

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AMD press slide detailing the Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor.

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D CPUs are rumoured to launch at the end of March at roughly the same time as the RX 9070-series GPUs

By Andy Edser published

News Beefy CPUs are coming. Prepare your sockets.

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Civilization 7 screenshot

Not even the most powerful gaming PC is going to get around Civilization 7's ridiculously variable performance

By Nick Evanson published

Ping pong perf Strategy games are supposed to be all about the CPU when it comes to performance, but Civilization 7 will just stress everything in your gaming PC

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Acer Predator X39 OLED gaming monitor on a desktop with a PC game on the screen

Acer Predator X39 OLED gaming monitor review

By Kizito Katawonga published

OLDLED Acer delivers a big, bright, vibrant OLED that just somehow feels a little too late to the party.

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Skytech Chronos gaming PC on a blue background

Got the Nvidia 50-series and AMD X3D stock-out blues? Skip the waiting lists with this surprisingly well-priced RTX 5080 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming PC

By Jacob Fox published

Deal That's not half bad for a build with a brand new high-end GPU and CPU.

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A screenshot of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 using the game's photo mode

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 performance analysis—scalable frame rates, decent graphics, and barely a stutter in sight

By Nick Evanson published

Medieval marvel And for once, upscaling is completely optional. Wait, this is 2025, yes?

Medieval marvel
A still from a YouTube video showing a 3D printer frame over the top of someone's leg, giving them a tattoo with the attached gun.

This hacked 3D printer-turned-tattoo machine has a built-in panic lever, which I would be hammering furiously at every opportunity

By Andy Edser published

News Nope, nope, and yet more nope.

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A screenshot from Civilization 7, using the game's maximum graphics settings

Civilization 7 PC performance analysis: Playable on lots of systems but the late game will grind down whatever CPU you have

By Nick Evanson published

Taxing turns Don't be fooled by how well it runs when you first start playing.

Taxing turns
Gaming PC group shot

Best cheap gaming PC deals today

By Dave James last updated

deal Our simple advice: don't pay full price for a gaming PC.

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Spider-Man swinging from a web in Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2's PC launch woes are woe-ier than you think, as it looks like GPU-powered DirectStorage is hobbling performance

By Nick Evanson published

news Not Nixxes' finest hour, that's for sure.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds

UK retailer expects more RTX 5090 stock in '3 to 16 weeks', so, err, adjust your diaries accordingly

By Andy Edser published

News I guess it's more time to save those pennies?

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