Is Your Older Ryzen CPU Fast Enough for the RTX 4080?
Today's mission is to work out how suitable the Ryzen 5600 is to use with a modern high-end GPU, such as the RTX 4080. Will the upgrade to a more powerful GPU require an entire platform upgrade?
The Best Mouse for Work and Play
A quality mouse is the most cost-effective way to improve your experience using your PC. The best mice today are lighter, more sensitive, and more durable than before. Here are all our favorites.
CD Projekt Red rules out microtransactions for single player games
Take that, Dragon's Dogma
CD Projekt Red starts The Witcher 4 in earnest, shifting two-thirds of its resources to preproduction
Sharpen your swords: It's getting to be about that time. That time when The Witcher fans start saying, "I think I'm ready to play through The Witcher 3 again." I've been considering this myself. So maybe it's not a coincidence that CDPR just confirmed it has its Witcher 4 (or whatever they plan to call it) team in place several months ahead of schedule.
Indie developers say the Game Pass and Epic Games Store gravy train is over
Comments come via Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon developers
Game patch notes recommend downclocking high-end Intel CPUs for the sake of stability
Another game affected by Intel CPU power draw crashes
AMD Ryzen 7800X3D vs. 7900X3D vs. 7950X3D: Gaming Benchmark
With recent price changes, the Ryzen 7800X3D can now be had for as little as $370, the 7900X3D is just $20 more, and the 7950X3D is down to $580, a hefty discount since launch.
Take-Two buys Gearbox from Embracer Group for $460 million
Also confirms active development of a new Borderlands game
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Arm SoC is capable of running Baldur's Gate 3 at 30 frames per second
Is 30 FPS a "perfectly playable" rate for the PC gaming crowd?
GameStop continues to struggle in face of digital downloads: cuts jobs, misses earnings estimates
GameStop's share price has tumbled, again
Game developers think most Xbox exclusive games are going multi-platform soon
Third-party publishers are reconsidering their support of Xbox
Blizzard just gave us a hint of how many World of Warcraft subscribers remain (and it's still in the millions)
Estimated at around 7.2 million subscribers
Forgotten Tetris sequel "Tetris Reversed" resurfaces after a decade
"Tetris for 300 IQ people," says original creator Alexey Pajitnov
This functional NES game doubles as an NES console
A whole new meaning to plug-and-play
Overview: Multi-function NES game cartridges aren't exactly a new concept. In the late 80s, for example, Nintendo released the Action Set bundle in North America which included Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt on a single cartridge. Two games on a single cart felt like magic at the time, but what if you could play your entire NES library on a single cart (without ROMs)? That's exactly what one YouTuber recently set out to accomplish.
Can Snapdragon X Elite finally make Windows on Arm a gaming champ? Qualcomm thinks so
Qualcomm may be about to pull an Apple
Gaming PC shipments dropped 13.2% in 2023 while gaming monitors saw growth
Monitors are getting cheaper as gaming PCs become more expensive
Larian is walking away from Baldur's Gate 3, no DLC, no expansions, no sequel
Wow! Larian Studios stunned the crowd during a panel discussion at the Game Developers Conference. Founder and CEO Swen Vincke revealed that the studio has no interest in expanding upon its massively popular Baldur's Gate 3 RPG. He clarified that fans shouldn't get their hopes up for any DLC, expansions, or a Baldur's Gate 4.
Fortnite will finally get a first-person mode later this year, but it's not coming to Battle Royale just yet
All the rumors are finally coming true
AMD promises upscaling quality improvements with FSR 3.1 update, adds Vulkan and Xbox support
AMD says FSR 3 is now supported by 40 games, current and upcoming
Unreal Engine 5.4 revealed running Amy Hennig's new Marvel game
Nanite tessellation and motion matching introduced, and Fortnite creators can now use MetaHumans
Stardew Valley's long-anticipated 1.6 update breaks own Steam records
Modders should check the provided compatibility list
Highly anticipated: Stardew Valley has remained popular since its initial release in 2016, but this week's 1.6 update has sparked more interest in the game than ever before. Its massive changelog describes several added features, lists dozens of adjustments, and confirms a fan theory.
More GeForce RTX 5090 rumors emerge following Nvidia's unveiling of its Blackwell AI GPUs
The GB202 GPU underpinning the RTX 5090 could use the same node as the datacenter B100
This company aims to offer a new gaming OS to compete with SteamOS and Windows
An alternative to balance the freedom of PC with a console-like interface