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Samsung officially reveals GDDR7 memory for GPUs, which is great news for gamers
Samsung's new GDDR7 memory for GPUs, officially unveiled, will be perfect for PC gaming.
AMD could release faster versions of last-gen Ryzen CPUs that are perfect for budget builds and upgrades
Are Ryzen 5000XT CPUs inbound? It looks that way, and refreshed last-gen chips might be great value for money.
Fresh leak is the first we’ve heard about Intel Battlemage in some time – complete with a suggestion that 2nd-gen GPUs will be worryingly late
This could be a glimpse of mid-to-lower-end Battlemage graphics cards – so how do they shape up?
An excellent AMD budget gaming CPU is now on sale for less than $200 at Walmart
If you need a budget gaming processor, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is currently under $200 at Walmart right now.
The best hard drives 2024
Buying Guide From a little extra storage space to a beefy NAS, these are the best hard drives for the job.
AMD RX 7900 GRE gets a free performance boost – is this now the best mid-range GPU you can buy?
AMD’s new driver fixes a bug that prevented overclocking, so enterprising gamers can now get the most out of this GPU.
Microsoft underlines how DirectSR tech will bring upscaling to many more PC games – but there’s a catch
Microsoft stokes hype for DirectSR – faster frame rates for all, but what about the timeframe?
Microsoft has a potentially genius idea to make ray tracing work better even with lower-end GPUs
Your GPU can’t handle ray tracing? 8GB of VRAM isn’t enough? Microsoft could have a solution up its sleeve.
