Author: Nick Evanson
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Here are all of the Intel Meteor Lake gaming laptops we saw launched at CES 2024
CES 2024 is winding down now and it’s been a frantic week of computing and gadget showcases. Intel launched its laptop-focused Core Ultra series of processors at the very end of 2023, so we expected to see a good number of the usual vendors releasing gaming laptops sporting the Meteor Lake chip. In the end,…
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Intel’s Lunar Lake is on track for a 2024 appearance, along with significant IPC gains in the CPU core and three times more AI performance from GPU and NPU
Along with the promise that its next generation Arrow Lake desktop CPUs will be coming to market in the second half of 2024, Intel also announced that another new architecture will arrive this year, too. Lunar Lake will be an evolution of Meteor Lake and, although it’s squarely aimed to be as low-power as possible,…
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The PC Gamer tech team’s New Year’s resolutions
We’re sticklers for tradition at PC Gamer so as a new year dawns, it’s time for us all to set ourselves ambitious goals, born from inspired dreams: Yes, we’re making resolutions and we’re determined to get them done! For some, it might be time to do that full PC upgrade we’ve been putting off for…
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PC Gamer’s top hardware review scores of 2023, plus the five lowest we’ve issued
Call us pedantic, over-critical, picky, fussy, whatever. The simple truth is that everyone at PC Gamer not only has very high standards, but also masses of experience in a host of different fields. So when it comes to reviewing hardware, every piece of kit that passes through our hands gets thoroughly scrutinized. We only give…
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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headsets of 2023
It wasn’t all that long ago when I refused to use a headset, believing that only a full surround sound speaker system offered the best audio experience for PC gaming. My, how things have changed. Now the market is awash with headset models, from countless different brands, covering every possible budget limit and feature requirement.…
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Forget your fancy monitors and GPUs. The best hardware released this year is a mid range laptop CPU and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees
There’s been lots of great new hardware this year, from gaming CPUs to awesome SSDs and outstanding OLED monitors. Equally, there’s been a fair amount of disappointment, especially in the GPU sector. But for me, there’s one piece of PC tech that’s stood out from the rest. It doesn’t boast jaw-dropping specifications nor does any…
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PC Gamer’s biggest hardware stories of 2023: AI wars, quantum lies, ray tracing magic, storage matters, and more
Well, we’ve made it. Another year has gone by and it’s been as busy as ever, with constant changes in the world of PC hardware and software. So much has happened that it wouldn’t make sense to try and cover it all in a single article, but we don’t need to. That’s because it’s our…
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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best CPUs of 2023
Modern CPUs are all so good that we’re the winner here, not the hardware. No matter what budget you have, you’ll easily find a processor that will suit you just fine. It’s the same if you want something just for gaming, a chip that’s more versatile, or if you need a CPU to power through…
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The reveal and release dates for the new RTX 40-series Super cards have been leaked and January’s going to be a busy ol’ month
The rumours of Nvidia’s refresh of its RTX 40-series of GPUs have been steadily building for months and although the final specifications have yet to be set in stone, the dates when you can buy them all have been leaked. The RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super will reportedly be…
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This is the most absurd blend of retro-futuristic looks and server grade hardware that I’ve ever seen, and it’s all in a laptop, and I want one badly
Zhanjiang Xinjuneng Technology, a firm specialising in high-performance mobile workstations, has decided that you can fit anything in a laptop if you put your mind to it. Cue the Yunguai REV-9, sporting a 64 core AMD EPYC server CPU, a GeForce RTX 4080, a 17.5 inch 2K screen, and a custom liquid cooling system. You’ll…