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AIB vendors getting the RTX 5080's memory config wrong could mean 50-series Super cards have more and faster VRAM
Yeah, it's a little early to be talking Supers, but just call me an optimist.
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Early Radeon RX 9070 benchmarks are positive, though don't bank too much on them
I'm hoping further tests prove just as strong.
Monster Hunter Wilds is getting more open beta tests before launch—but they'll be missing Capcom's latest performance improvements
The second beta will feature a new hunt against a returning monster and a new reward for the full game.
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Hyte's new $20 processor frames are yet another way to customise your gaming PC
Finishing touch or unnecessary add-on?
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D&D's revised Monster Manual is tackling one of the game's biggest hangups—and adding a new menu of BBEGs: 'We wanted the Tarrasque to have some fighting buddies'
They did the monster re-hash.
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Ken Levine never expected Take-Two to shutter Irrational after Bioshock Infinite: 'The decision was made at a corporate level'
"Take-Two did a BioShock remaster: That would have been a good title for Irrational to get their head around."
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Valve is changing the way it updates Deadlock 'to help improve our development process', so you can say goodbye to the regular biweekly posts
"We look forward to fleshing out the game in the new year."
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Colorful PC cases are so in this year
Thermaltake and Hyte are serving up pastel pink and purple at CES 2025.
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Corsair's new 'personalised RAM' gives you the option to pick the look and speed of memory you hide in the case anyway
It does look pretty though.
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AMD says there are no technical reasons for not having an X3D processor with 3D V-Cache on both CCDs, but we probably won't see such a dual-stacked chip anyway
Doubling the cache, in this case, probably wouldn't improve gaming performance.
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The 2025 Asus ROG NUC looks epic and has some mighty specs but a desktop gaming PC will probably be far better value for money
That or a decent gaming laptop.
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Final Fantasy 14 data sleuth gathers more info on the game's script, finds Alphinaud is the king of yappers—though Wuk Lamat's in the top 3 after just 1 expansion
Urianger's most-used word is also "tis", which feels right.
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SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April
It's not gonna be May—that's when the officially licensed Lenovo Legion Go S launches.
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All Kell's Fall organ puzzle codes in Destiny 2
Enter each organ melody to get the intrinsic upgrades for Slayer's Fang.
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'It's simply impossible to make a difficulty level that's just right for all players': How Final Fantasy 14's lead battle designer has been playing a precarious balancing game for Dawntrail's dungeons and raids
Pleasing everyone ain't easy, and Masaki Nakagawa's team is still learning how to fine-tune the fun for everyone.
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League of Legends' new season trailer is basically an epilogue to Arcane with 6 new Fortiche champion redesigns in it—so if it's not a preview of the upcoming Noxus show, I'll eat my hat
Just boys being boys, wrestling in the tundra.
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MSI's spangly MEG Vision X AI desktop PC is just the ticket for anyone wanting to recreate that Scotty scene in Star Trek IV
'Hello, computer? Why is everything all AI? I just want transparent aluminum.'
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This $2000 Dual OLED screen laptop with 'outstanding computing power' has been spotted at CES but I'm unconvinced
There's a lot to unpack.
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Jen-Hsun reckons Nvidia has driven the 'cost of computing down by 1,000,000 times'
Comparing the relentless performance increase of the GPU to the original economic ethos behind Moore's Law.
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Will there ever become a point with AI where there are no traditionally rendered frames in games? Perhaps surprisingly, Jen-Hsun says 'no'
Then goes on to speak rather poetically about inspirational pixels.
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