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[ad_1] It would appear that Nvidia’s soon-to-be-released GeForce RTX 3050 features the company’s Lite Hash Rate algorithm, or LHR for short. This is the same technology that Nvidia introduced with the RTX 3060, and has continued to use on cards to dissuade cryptocurrency miners from buying them. While there have been workarounds and hacks of…

[ad_1] The best VR headset should whisk you away to other worlds, and definitely not bog you down with an uncomfortable strap. That’s why we look for not only technical smarts and graphical excellence in the best virtual reality headset, but comfort and ergonomics, too. With it all to play for, we’ve tested the top…

[ad_1] God of War has finally landed on PC and spoilers: it’s a decent game that has enjoyed a solid port over to our platform of choice. It looks good, plays well, and doesn’t appear to have nasty hangovers from its Playstation origins. If you want to tweak your performance to hit the perfect balance…

[ad_1] The one-time Playstation-exclusive, God of War, has finally made its way onto our beloved PCs. With the promise of higher frame rates, better visuals, and depending on your stance, better controls as well, this is the best way of playing the much-loved game. And the good news is that it does indeed play well…

[ad_1] The Corsair One i300 is the latest version of the compact high-end gaming PC. It’s been updated to use Intel’s top-end Alder Lake Core i9 12900K and comes with the kind of impressive spec list that almost makes sense of its incredibly steep price tag of $4,999 (making it the most expensive Corsair One…

[ad_1] One of the first PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers is already hitting 13GB/s in the labs, making the future bright for seriously quick transfers. Phison, the makers of the E26 controller that’s behind these numbers, already has samples with motherboard manufacturers in preparation for the big rollout later this year. Throw in the promise of…

[ad_1] DDR5 is the latest memory standard to grace our gaming PCs, with Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake being the first consumer desktop processor to support the standard. AMD is expected to follow suit with its Zen 4 architecture sometime in 2022, and in the new year, we should see low-power LPDDR5 land on laptops…

[ad_1] Games are getting bigger. And that means that storage is becoming a key element for tomorrow’s virtual worlds. Red Dead Redemption II has an absolutely stunning world to explore, but it rolls in at 116GB. DCS World meanwhile can max out at over 250GB, gulp, and there are plenty of other examples of games…