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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.
Logitech Goes Cloud Gaming
Logitech's handheld is like a customized smartphone for streaming games from the cloud.
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.
Lenovo Legion Y25-30
This gaming panel is a nifty little number
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Insane multithreaded performance
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB
More capacity. Less cash. But is there a hidden cost?
Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition
Player 3 has joined the game
HP Spectre x360 16 2-in-1
An outstanding OLED-powered, 16-inch all-rounder
GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
A tour de force for Nvidia's Ada Lovelace
Return to Monkey Island
Deep in the Caribbean, there's a three-headed monkey
BenQ X3000i
Game big or go home?
NZXT H7
Sleek and stylish, but is it the best?
Gmail vs. Outlook
What's the best platform for managing your email?
NVIDIA'S ADA LOVELACE ARCHITECTURE
Potentially the biggest jump in generational GPU performance ever
Nvidia's Hot New Card
Both metaphorically and literally
STADIA'S DEAD
Google pulls out of cloud gaming
INTEL'S 13TH GENERATION
Raptor Lake looking fierce
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.
Apple Watch Ultra
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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
The best ultraportables: Best overall, best battery life, and more
It's important to travel light.
WE TESTED 43 OLD USB-C TO USB-A CABLES1 WAS GREAT, 10 WERE DANGEROUS
HERE'S WHY YOU MAY WANT TO DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OF USB-C TO USB-A CABLES.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: Fantastically, futuristically fast
The monstrous GeForce RTX 4090 delivers luxuriously fast frame rates and futuristic features, but DLSS 3 may be the real star.
Can't find that file? These Windows Search tips can help
Use indexing, File Explorer, and even Photos to beef up Windows’ search capabilities.
Google's first Pixel Watch is also the ultimate Fitbit
The pricey smartwatch includes all of Fitbit’s most popular features, but that 24-hour battery life presents a high hurdle.
USB logos finally make sense, thanks to a redesign
For years it’s been obvious this change was needed.
WHY I SWITCHED TO BITWARDEN FOR MY PASSWORD MANAGER
BITWARDEN IS A GREAT FREE OPTION FOR PASSWORD MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME SETTINGS TWEAKS.
Windows 11 2022 Update: Subtle upgrades in weird places
Microsoft's new rollout schedule means these problems can be fixed.
Intel unleashes 13th-gen Core CPUs with more cores, face-melting speeds
Intel's Core i9-13900K offers eight more cores and GOOMHz more turbo boost speed than its 12th-gen predecessor
Testing shows SSDs are now more reliable than hard drives
Backblaze tested thousands of SSDs for four years, and the results are surprising.