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Asus ZenWiFi XT9
Affordable mesh system that doesn't disappoint
Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi D4
Good value Raptor Lake motherboard.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6700
Strong competition for Intel's Arc
Velocity Micro Raptor Z95
Top-end components, overclocked for your pleasure
GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition
Does it measure up to the RTX 4090?
INTEL'S 13TH GENERATION
Raptor Lake looking fierce
Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition
Player 3 has joined the game
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB
More capacity. Less cash. But is there a hidden cost?
Gmail vs. Outlook
What's the best platform for managing your email?
Return to Monkey Island
Deep in the Caribbean, there's a three-headed monkey
NZXT H7
Sleek and stylish, but is it the best?
BenQ X3000i
Game big or go home?
HP Spectre x360 16 2-in-1
An outstanding OLED-powered, 16-inch all-rounder
Lenovo Legion Y25-30
This gaming panel is a nifty little number
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Insane multithreaded performance
GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
A tour de force for Nvidia's Ada Lovelace
Manage hardware with Windows 11
KEEPING TABS ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS and peripherals that make up your PC's hardware can be a time-consuming task, but Windows 11 has you covered. The operating system has long offered a myriad of tools for managing and tweaking your hardware but has traditionally struggled to make them easily accessible and sensibly organized.
Apple Watch Ultra
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Ethereum ends mining, EVGA exits GPU market
THE PC LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT TO see the biggest upheaval in years. AMD Zen 4 CPUs, Intel Raptor Lake, Nvidia Ada Lovelace, and AMD RDNA 3 are all here or coming soon. But perhaps just as big and impactful on the PC enthusiast community is the successful transition of Ethereum from proof of work mining to proof of stake minting—the very next day, EVGA announced that it would be closing down its graphics card division.
Logitech Goes Cloud Gaming
Logitech's handheld is like a customized smartphone for streaming games from the cloud.
STADIA'S DEAD
Google pulls out of cloud gaming
Nvidia's Hot New Card
Both metaphorically and literally
Nvidia's Lovelace letdown
TRADE CHAT | IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE this way. 2022 had all the makings of a stellar year for PC graphics, so good it would make up for the pandemic- and crypto-fueled bubble. Alas, Nvidia has kicked off the latest round of GPU launches with the RTX 40 Series, otherwise known as Lovelace. And it’s a crushing disappointment. It’s also worrying for AMD’s upcoming GPUs.
NVIDIA'S ADA LOVELACE ARCHITECTURE
Potentially the biggest jump in generational GPU performance ever
History of Apple
With Apple now in its fourth decade, Craig Grannell explores some of the key products from its history, the impact they had on gaming, and the sometimes surprising impact that gaming had on Apple itself
Corsair 7000D Airflow
Massive case and makes the Intel NUCs look tiny
BenQ X3000i
ARE YOU LOOKING to create an exciting and fun space in which to sit back and unwind?
LINUX IN SPACE!
With the OS now established in astronautics, Mike Bedford looks at its future prospects
WD Black SN850X 1TB
WD gives its top SSD some added X-factor
HyperX DuoCast
HyperX's midrange mic suffers from middle child syndrome