This GPU generation has been quite the spectacle for the consumer. More accurately, we’re the gladiators in the ring, with pricing becoming a daily battle. ASUS, one of the premium board partners for both NVIDIA and AMD, seems to be on the upward trajectory for its GPUs in terms of pricing. For context, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 debuted with

AMD released its Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards to retail about a week and a half ago (on March 6), both of which are exclusive to its add-in board partners, meaning no reference ‘Made by AMD’ variants. Even so, we have yet to see any custom models by MSI. As it turns out, MSI is not only skipping the Radeon RX 9000 series,

If you’re not a big gamer, you may have been perplexed at the recent preponderance of portable gaming PCs in handheld game system form. We could talk at length about why they’ve exploded in popularity *now*, but that’s not why you clicked on this article. Instead, you’re here to read about Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon G Series SoCs that are tailored

A leaker on X (formerly Twitter) claims Valve is getting release a version of SteamOS for desktop systems, which if true would effectively extend the Linux-based platform’s reach beyond the realm of gaming handhelds. The rumor surfaced just before Valve released its SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview build with some key tweaks to the operating system’s

The last few weeks for AMD have been pretty remarkable. The chipmaker is firing on all cylinders: the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D have arrived to universal praise, the Ryzen AI Max “Strix Halo” processors finally launched to wide acclaim, and the Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards brought the RDNA 4 architecture and a much-needed injection

It’s fair to say that Apple’s products are not known for being super-friendly to DIY (do-it-yourself) repairs, though not without the occasional surprise, such as the iPhone 16 that scored 7/10 by the folks at iFixIt. What about Apple’s newly minted M4 MacBook Air? A fresh teardown reveals it’s largely more of the same, though there is a “surprising

Hot on the heels of Microsoft announcing its Muse AI modelm which is designed to aid the game development process, the company has introduced an additional AI tool meant for gamers. During the Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar, Corporate Vice President of Gaming AI, unveiled Copilot for Gaming. It’s being billed as something that will “save you

When it comes to the mini PC form factor, these convenient little boxes typically pack some impressive hardware (these days), with the only requirement that you need to add your own external peripherals (unless it’s a barebones, which means you may need to add RAM and storage too), including a mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Well, Aoostar’s

One by one, the barriers to gaming bliss on Snapdragon laptops are falling. Back in November, a new build of Windows brought support for Intel’s Advanced Vector Extensions to the Prism emulator that is used to translate x86-64 program code into Armv8 instructions that the Snapdragon CPUs can execute. Now, Epic Games has announced that it is

Industry insiders just claimed that Samsung could announce its first ever open-air bone conducting audio device at the Samsung Unpacked event in July. No word however on whether the mystery device will be a hook-style or around-the-back headband design, but in either case, the open wireless stereo (OWS) product could put some heat on open-air

The influx of gaming monitors sporting quantum dot organic light emitting-diode (QD-OLED) panels continues with the launch of Gigabyte’s Aorus MO27U2, a 27-inch display with a respectable specs sheet. It may not necessarily rise to the “groundbreaking” status that Gigabyte pitches in its press release (more on that in a bit), but depending

The recent release of AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D has been a notable addition to the CPU stable for buyers, one that excels at practically everything (gaming, content creation, and so forth). While it looks great in its box, you’ll need a capable motherboard to take full advantage of the CPU. ASUS has a few iconic offerings in store, with the popular

Remember the minimalist Light Phone III from last year? If you were one of the first to order one last June, you’ll be receiving your phone starting March 27. That’s a couple of months behind schedule, but no worries, Light hasn’t reneged on any of the qualities and specs that make the Light Phone III so enticing. The device, like its predecessor,

Google is making good on its promise to fix a recent issue with older Chromecast dongles that, for a period of time, made them appear either deprecated or otherwise bricked. At the time, we reported on a handful of workarounds that some users said restored their device, but if you own an affected model, you’ll want to snatch Google’s new update.

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Yesterday, Google DeepMind unveiled two new AI models — Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER — to advance robotic intelligence in multiple markets. According to Google, these models, built on the Gemini multimodal foundation, enable robots to process and respond to text, voice, and visual data making it possible for them to carry out complex

Niantic, the company behind popular mobile titles such as Pokémon Go and Monster Hunter Now, alongside several other games, will be selling off most of its gaming division for $3.5 billion. However, the company is opting to hold onto AR experiences Peridot and Ingress, which will be part of its new mission going forward. The company will now

For decades, the semiconductor industry has been laser-focused on shrinking silicon transistors, but Peking University researchers believe the future might lie in changing materials entirely. In a newly published paper, the team presents a 2D gate-all-around (GAA) transistor that they claim beats the latest silicon-based designs from Intel

It has been nearly 20 years since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released, becoming one of the best games of 2006. Like so many other classics from this era, it seems as if the time is right for this gem of an RPG to get a proper remake. At least according to well known insider NateTheHate. In what will be music to gamers’ ears, the wait won’t

SiFive HiFive Premier P550 SiFive’s latest development kit makes it easy to develop optimized software for the RISC-V platform, on real RISC-V hardware, while sporting lots of IO. Fastest RISC-V cores available for the edge Plenty of external and internal IO Standard form factor Multiple OS options Mesa driver available for graphics cards…

The last few weeks have been very eventful for AMD. The company launched the well-received Radeon RX 9070 series of GPUs for PC gamers, based on the brand new RDNA 4 graphics architecture. And just a few days ago, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D hit and proved to be an absolute beast, that’s great for both gaming and content creator workloads.

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