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CD Projekt Red's boss is confident consoles will survive the RAMpocalypse
The games industry is in a precarious situation due to the RAM crisis, but CD Projekt Red's boss has faith that all will be well.
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit is $115 off right now
Memory prices are ridiculous right now, but this 32GB Corsair DDR5-6000 RAM deal knocks $115 off the price at Newegg.
Nvidia admits new GPU driver has a nasty screen flickering bug
Gamers aren't happy about the quality of Nvidia's drivers of late, and a new bug has prompted some fresh venting.
WD's 6TB Elements portable hard drive for PC & Mac drops to $260
If you need plenty of storage on the move, without any of the clutter or software you don't need, this 6TB HDD for PC and Mac from WD is an easy recommendation.
Samsung’s 'absolutely stellar' 2TB 990 Pro SSD is just $390
With read/write speeds up to 7,450MB/s and 6,900MB/s, we found it "all but maxes out what a PCIe 4.0 SSD is capable of".
TerraMaster's 4-star 4-bay F4-425 Pro NAS is an all-in-one media and business hub — and it's dropped to $680 at Amazon
The NAS device features Intel N350 8-core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 4 SATA bays plus M.2 NVMe slots, and dual 5GbE LAN, suitable for work storage and Plex backups.
Nvidia's DLSS 5 isn't what you think it is, and I tested it at Gamescom
Nvidia's DLSS 5 has come a long way since its first reveal, and the latest incarnation of the tech left me pleasantly surprised.
Nvidia DLSS 5 leak sparks a major turnaround in the opinions of PC gamers
'Remarkable difference in tone of the reactions': the negativity around DLSS 5 is melting away, it seems.
