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Thinking of buying a new PC? You might want to move soon, as a perfect storm looks to be brewing for component price hikes
China's introducing new export controls on rare-earth elements - and that's bad news for the price of a raft of PC components.
Intel reveals XeSS 3 with Multi-Frame Generation - and unlike Nvidia's MFG, it works on older GPUs
Taking a page from Nvidia's playbook, and doing things better to boot - now AMD is the only GPU maker not to have MFG on the menu.
Intel promises Panther Lake graphics will ‘set a new standard’ – and I think that could be good news for future handhelds
Just hope it doesn't lead to ludicrous pricing...
I'm eyeing up Razer's new external GPU dock for my handheld, and maybe it'll give my desktop gaming PC a break - but I have some concerns
I'm always looking for ways to improve performance with my Lenovo Legion Go S handheld - enter the Razer Core X V2 eGPU dock.
Excited for Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super GPUs? Prepare yourself for disappointment as new rumor suggests they aren't close to launch
Rumor about imminent arrival of Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super GPUs is wrong, apparently - they won't be here anytime soon.
The best DDR5 RAM in 2025
Updated I've rounded up all the best DDR5 RAM kits available for current-generation AMD and Intel desktops using more than 100 hours of extensive testing and benchmarking.
The best cheap processor in 2025: my top picks based on dozens of hours of testing
Updated After dozens of hours of rigorous testing, I've narrowed down the best cheap processors for every budget and platform.
AMD’s next-gen ‘Redstone’ AI upscaling tech looks imminent – and a big clue has been spotted in the latest drivers
AMD's preview driver has potentially spilled the beans on a new AFMF 3 update, and indicates that its 'Redstone' AI upscaling tech overhaul may be here sooner than we expected.
