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Every Custom GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card Revealed So Far

NVIDIA JUST UNLEASHED what it calls the “ultimate GeForce card,” and the blisteringly fast GTX 1080 Ti (see our full review on page 49) indeed delivers unparalleled levels of gaming performance. But the version you can buy today isn’t truly the apex of graphics technology, even if the core graphics processor itself is.

Nvidia Supercharges Geforce Directx 12 Performance With New Game Ready Driver

WHEN IT COMES to performance, most people think that Radeon graphics cards hold an edge over Nvidia’s GeForce army in DirectX 12 games on account of the dedicated asynchronous shaders lurking inside AMD’s hardware. That’s never been the universal truth that some people think it is—async compute is just one, not-always utilized feature of DX12—and now Nvidia’s busting the myth even more with a driver update designed to supercharge GeForce performance in DirectX 12 games.

You Can Now Send And Receive Money Right In The Android Gmail App

IF YOU’VE EVER been writing an email on your Android phone and wished there was a way to send or request money without switching to the Venmo, Square, or Google Wallet apps, your prayers have been answered. Rolling out today via a Play Store update, Google will now allow you to easily attach payments (go.pcworld.com/gmailpay) to Gmail messages.

Creative's Super X-Fi Headphone Audio Holography Demo Blew My Mind

If the shipping product is as good as what the company is demoing at CES, it will forever change your perception of headphones.

AMD Reveals Ryzen 2, Threadripper 2, 7nm Navi, And More In CES Blockbuster

On top of APUs and a mobile discrete GPU, we have the next two years of CPUs and GPUs.

Huawei's Matebook X Pro Is A Svelte Surface Book With A Hidden Webcam For The Paranoid

An upward-facing webcam is easily the most controversial feature of the Huawei Matebook X Pro.

Intel Expects PCs With Fast 5G Wireless To Ship In Late 2019

PC makers including Dell, Lenovo, and Microsoft are already laying plans to offer high-speed wireless late next year.

Intel 800p Optane SSD: Bleeding-Edge Pain Without The Bleeding-Edge Gain

We love the potential of Optane, but current products aren’t competitive price- or capacity-wise with NAND-based offerings.

Titan V Revealed: Nvidia's Monstrous Volta GPU Finally Comes To PCs

But the wait continues for PC gamers. 

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD: One Of The Fastest TLC Drives You Can Buy

TLC NAND has been a performance drag, until now.

Five Hidden Features Of Android 8.0 Oreo You Should Be Using

Not all the cool features get top billing.

What Still Isn't Clear About The Future Of Windows After Build 2018

A simple statement of support, or a glimpse into the Windows roadmap, would go a long way. 

Nvidia Kills Controversial Geforce Partner Program Due To 'Conjecture And Mistruths'

But will graphics card makers still offer exclusive GeForce and Radeon brands?

Google Drive Is Being Replaced By Backup And Sync: What To Expect

For consumers, the switch should be straightforward. G Suite customers have a confusing decision to make, however.

Google Chrome Will Start Blocking Noisy Auto Play Videos In January

Sites you watch videos on often won’t be affected.

The Timing Is Perfect For A New Chrome Book Pixel

Android apps for the win.

amd shows how zen-now renamed ryzen-is its best chip family in a decade

amd's zen is finally here.

Intel Revealed The Core i9 Ship Dates, But You Won't Like Them

Tech and trends that will affect you today and beyond

AMD's FreeSync 2 Tech Debuts In A Wild 49-Inch Samsung HDR Monitor

SAMSUNG JUST ANNOUNCED the world’s first FreeSync 2–enabled PC monitors, the 27- and 32-inch CHG70 and the utterly massive 49-inch CHG90 ultrawide display—which is essentially a multi-monitor setup without multiple monitors.  

The $60 A10 Headset Is Astro's First Budget-Priced Audio Gear

HEADSET PRICES HAVE come down drastically in the past couple years, but one company has ignored that trend: Astro, known still for its $200 A40 and $300 A50 even as the competition’s raced to the bottom. It appears the tides were too strong to resist though, as recently Astro announced its budget-friendly A10 headset. At $60, it’s both Astro’s least expensive headset and instantly one of the cheapest in the entire industry. 

Any Website Can Crash Your Windows 7 Or 8 PC With These Four Characters

A website with an image directory that uses $MFT in its name is enough to crash Windows 7 and 8 PCs.

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus FAQ: Everything you need to know about Apple's new phones

APPLE’S ANNUAL iPHONE event was jam-packed with information, but between the lingering look at the new jet black finish and all the business about AirPods, you may have missed some important details about the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

Why Google plans to stop supporting your Chromebook after five years

Google’s End of Life Policy sets a schedule for retiring older Chromebooks, but the details are murky.

Moto Z Play: Long-lasting, Affordable, and Modular Too

WE LIKE THE Moto Z (go.pcworld.com/motozrev) and it’s bigger, bulkier cousin the Moto Z Force (go.pcworld.com/motozforcerev). They’re speedy, elegant phones with a good approach to modular addons—as opposed to the LG G5 (go.pcworld.com/lgg5rev), whose “take the whole phone apart” approach to modules doesn’t sit well with us.

Microsoft Halts Minecraft Updates For Windows 10 Phones

MICROSOFT HAS PUT another nail in the coffin of Windows 10 Mobile, confirming that it has stopped development of its hit game Minecraft for Windows phones.

4 Ways To Keep From Sleeping Through Your Android Alarm

I LIKE TO think of myself as a reasonably punctual, conscientious guy who shows up when he says he’s going to show up.

Windows 10 Creators Update FAQ: Everything You Need To Know

MORE THAN FIVE months after its grand unveiling last October, the Windows 10 Creators Update is finally here—and the wait was worth it.

Ryzen Cpus Explained: Everything You Need To Know About AMD's Disruptive Multicore Chips

AFTER A DECADE of fielding ho-hum FX-series processors, AMD’s finally released its highly disruptive Ryzen chips, throwing down the gauntlet and challenging Intel’s supremacy in high-end computing.

Intel's Speed-Boosting Optane Memory Won't Work With Celeron And Pentium PCs

INTEL’S REVOLUTIONARY NEW non-volatile Optane Memory wants to make hard drives as fast as SSDs, but apparently not if you bought a PC on the cheap.

Dell's Wild 8K Monitor Goes On Sale With A Just-As-Stunning Price Tag

THAT FANCY 4K display you just bought is already obsolete. After teasing it at CES, Dell put its monstrous 32-inch, 8K monitor up for sale for the whopping sum of $5,000 (go.pcworld.com/dell8kmon).