Author: Jeremy Laird
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These are the absolute best Memorial Day PC gaming monitor deals starting at just $120
It’s Memorial Day deals time, folks, and I can’t think of a better upgrade for your PC than a new monitor. Unlike CPUs and GPUs, monitors don’t tend to date overnight when a new model with twice the performance appears. What’s more, while the price of so many PC components has been going up of…
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MSI MPG321URX review | PC Gamer
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At last, MSI’s take on the brave new generation of 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitors has landed. Why have we been so keen to get our filthy paws on the MSI MPG321URX? Simple. It’s by far the cheapest available. At least it is when there is actually availability. We’ve seen it offered for around $849…
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Reddit hawks your posts to our AI overlords again, this time to OpenAI
We reported back in February on a deal Reddit had done with a then unnamed AI outfit to open up access to user posts for AI training in return for some $60 million annually. That deal turned out to be with Google, but now Reddit has inked another arrangement with OpenAI. In a blog post,…
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A match made in heaven for gamers on RTX 30-series GPUs: AMD’s frame generation and Nvidia’s DLSS together at last
Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling. AMD’s frame generation technology. On the same GPU at the same time. Really? It’s cats and dogs living together! Or just the first game to enable that combo, namely Ghost of Tsushima, originally a Playstation 4 title and released just yesterday on PC. That Nvidia leans into AI isn’t exactly news. And…
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A Windows XP machine’s life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PC
How long do you think it takes an unprotected Windows XP box to fall foul to malware? To be clear, this is a machine sitting idle, no internet browsing required, just connected to the internet. One YouTuber, Eric Parker, decided to find out (via XDA). Using a virtual machine, Parker set up a Windows XP…
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Watch out Intel and AMD, more Arm chips are coming to the PC
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip is one of the more intriguing prospects for the PC over the next 12 months. Now Arm’s head honcho has revealed that there will be more PC-optimised CPUs incoming over the next few years. One immediately intriguing option for a new entrant into the Arm CPU for PC market could…
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AMD’s gaming graphics business looks like it’s in terminal decline
I hate to say I told you so. But back in October I pondered whether AMD might give up on gaming graphics chips for PCs. Now, AMD has released it’s latest financial results and things only look more ugly. For the first quarter of 2024, AMD said that its gaming revenues were down a massive…
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The AI PC grudge match begins as Nvidia dismisses ‘basic’ AMD, Intel, Apple and Qualcomm NPUs
You know how we were literally just talking about how Nvidia’s GPUs massively outstrip the AI performance of the NPUs in upcoming CPUs (that’s enough ‘PUs)? Well, whaddya know, Nvidia has spotted that, too. According to Chinese site Benchlife (via Tom’s Hardware), Nvidia has been bigging up the AI processing chops of its GPUs, apparently…
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The first official AI PCs are just about to land but they’re not what you’re expecting
AI, everywhere, all at once. The AI boom is utterly overwhelming and the PC, inevitably, is not immune. About a month from now, you’ll be able to buy a machine that officially qualifies as an “AI” PC, according to no lesser an authority than Microsoft. But you might be surprised what’s powering it. Of course,…
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Intel CEO claims Core Ultra laptop chip is ‘hot’ but the company’s near-term outlook still isn’t exactly on fire
Intel’s Core Ultra laptop chip is hot. So says Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. No not that kind of hot, but instead selling like hotcakes, apparently. Despite that Intel’s latest forecasts were below expectations as the firm continues the battle to turn its fortunes around. During its latest earnings call (via Seeking Alpha) with analysts, Intel…