Author: Will Judd

[ad_1] The £239/$249 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 is the long-awaited desktop equivalent of the RTX 3050 that debuted in laptops last year, bringing with it a massively expanded power envelope and double the VRAM of the mobile version. That ought to allow for much better performance on the desktop, but how much can Nvidia wring…

[ad_1] Today is a good day, as we can finally talk about Intel’s 12th-gen laptop processors and Nvidia’s new RTX 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti Laptop graphics cards. We’ve been testing the MSI GE76 Raider, a high-spec machine that includes each company’s flagship parts for this generation, and the performance on tap is nothing short…

[ad_1] The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is in many respects exactly what we’d been waiting for: a budget GPU at just $200, intended to offer solid gaming performance at 1080p. Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is a little different – the card hasn’t been widely available at that alluring price point and early…

[ad_1] Late last year, Sony finally added the ability to install your own SSD in the PS5. Before this, only external drives could be used on the PS5, and these were limited to playing last-gen games. Now, it’s easy to add gigabytes or even terabytes of storage for PS5 games in just a few minutes…

[ad_1] I’ve been lucky enough to test out a bunch of weird and wonderful tech, but I don’t always get a chance to share my discoveries in a full review or roundup. That’s why this column exists, to highlight bits of tech that might not fit elsewhere but nonetheless deserve a mention. Enjoy! When I…

[ad_1] 449 for a powerful next-gen console, no bundle required. The Xbox Series X is a powerful next-gen console with access to a massive amount of current and last-gen games via Game Pass, but finding one has proven difficult – even Microsoft couldn’t find enough units to run a Halo tournament. Now though, the Xbox Series…

[ad_1] The $359 Ryzen 7 5700G APU is an interesting prospect – essentially an AMD Renoir laptop processor given more power and thermal headroom in its new guise as a desktop CPU. It costs a hair less than the entry-level Ryzen 5 5600X desktop processor and also adds integrated graphics support, so how does it…