Author: Nick Evanson
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The best thing about Homeworld 3 is how well it runs on a PC with its 6-year-old recommended specs
Homeworld 3 has spent many years in development but at long last, the third game in the 3D RTS series is now available. As with all such games in this genre, pitching dozens of spacecraft against each other—with missiles and laser beams everywhere—can get pretty demanding on your PC hardware, especially on your CPU. So…
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Despite being just a humble CPU socket, AMD ‘boldly suggests’ AM4 has ‘legendary status’
When it comes to grabbing headlines in technology, you normally expect it to involve new chips, architectures, power figures, or clock speeds. A graphics card, CPU, laptop or phone—those immediately garner lots of attention. But processor sockets? No, not really, though there’s one that stands out as the exception and AMD even “boldly suggests” it…
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Homeworld 3 performance analysis: Surprisingly scalable but no ultra-high frame rates
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It’s been over twenty years since the last Homeworld game was released (and eight years since the remastered versions) but at long last, the next chapter in the 3D RTS-in-space series is now upon us. Homeworld 3 has been delayed a few times so expectations have been high as to how good the game is…
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Gigabyte G6X (2024) review | PC Gamer
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Gigabyte’s G5 (2023) is our favourite budget gaming laptop, so when this Gigabyte G6X 9KG 2024 model arrived at my office, I was really looking forward to testing it out. It has a similar same price as the G5 did when it first launched but the hardware inside has been given a bunch of updates…
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Self-taught hardware engineer discovers that GPUs really are ridiculously complex and hard to design after all
Anyone who has studied electrical engineering will know that with the right tools, know-how, and a lot of perseverance, it’s possible to design a basic CPU from scratch. It won’t be anything like today’s processors, of course, but what about GPUs? Surely they can’t be any different, yes? Well, one determined software engineer decided to…
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Coffee and PC gaming ground together in perfect harmony, in this fabulous Scandi wood-sauna-themed build
Like millions of people around the world, I love coffee. In fact, just the thought of writing that made me go and make a mug. I also love computers and gaming, spending many hours engrossed in both of them. If only there were a way to combine all those passions into one handy system. Well,…
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NASA manages to fix Voyager’s garbled data problem, even though it’s more than 15 billion miles away
Back in November, NASA’s second longest-running spacecraft Voyager I began sending data that made no sense whatsoever. Instead of information about its status and what various sensors were recording, all the scientists got was a meaningless repeated pattern. Well, after much head-scratching and hard work, engineers have fixed the issue and confirmed that Voyager I…
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RDNA 3+ edges closer as AMD hints at refreshed GPU architecture in its Linux firmware
AMD has uploaded a set of new files to its Linux repository, something that it does regularly. What makes these special is the one specifically for graphics chips uses a codename that tallies with a previous update to its Linux compiler, all of which confirms that a refresh to the RDNA 3 architecture is nearing…
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Asus adds ‘Intel Baseline Profile’ to new BIOS files to combat stability issues but the TDP is still higher than Intel’s actual baselines
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With some Intel i9 users reporting issues with games crashing, Asus has responded by releasing new BIOS files for a raft of its Intel-based motherboards. The main update sports an ‘Intel Baseline Profile’ which is claimed to apply stock power limits to the CPU. However, the feature isn’t quite doing what it says it is,…
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With nine BIOS updates and a new warranty extension, Asus is trying its best to move forward from the ROG Ally’s SD card woes
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Nine months ago, we reported a problem with SD cards being ruined by the ROG Ally handheld gaming PC. Back then, Asus said that heat was the issue and released a BIOS update to adjust the fan speeds. How successful that fix was is unclear but Asus has now announced a 12-month warranty extension for…