Zak Killian
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How's your monitor looking these days? Mine's getting pretty long in the tooth, and I'm pondering an upgrade. One such upgrade target might be the new Alienware AW3926QW, which is the company's new flagship gaming display. Dell promises...
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Intel brought along a pile of products to Computex, and while the one that got this writer most excited was the early announcement of the Arc G3 series, the company's data center group has some pretty darn big news, too. Today marks the...
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At Computex 2026, AMD isn't letting up on its recent AI-heavy message, but it threw gamers a bone with a few announcements targeting the crucial performance-sensitive but budget-conscious gamer demographic. There's also an...
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When Intel announced its Arc G3 series handheld gaming system processors yesterday, it vaguely mentioned OneXPlayer alongside the names of Acer and MSI as companies that would be launching devices based on the chips. Well, now we know what...
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MSI Raider 16 MAX HX B2WJ Laptop: Starting at $2,999, $3,499 as tested The new MSI Raider 16 MAX HX is often the fastest 16" gaming laptop we've tested, and it does it while remaining cool and quiet, too. Oustanding OLED Screen Excellent...
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It looks like LG Display is finally tackling one of the most stubborn complaints dogging the desktop OLED revolution: text fringing. In a press release out of its Seoul HQ, the display giant has announced that it has officially kicked off...
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Exactly as expected, the handheld-focused version of Panther Lake that Intel promised at CES 2026 is now confirmed to debut at Computex next week. The Intel Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme are customized versions of Intel's extant Core Ultra...
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Qualcomm Inc. has reportedly secured a multi-million unit agreement with TikTok parent ByteDance to supply custom artificial intelligence chips for its data centers. The deal could represent a landmark victory for the San Diego-based...
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Intel's Core Ultra Series 300 processors, better known by their code name "Panther Lake," already come in a variety of configurations thanks to their tiled design. That trend is likely only going to expand with its next-generation Nova...
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Don't worry, you haven't missed a big release. AMD's next-generation Zen 6 chips are launching later this year, although they're only coming to servers, most likely; gamers and other consumers will probably have to wait until next year...
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Epic Games has officially teased Unreal Engine 6 for the first time, using a brief new trailer for Rocket League shown during the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) 2026 Paris Major. The reveal was surprisingly low-key for what is arguably the gaming industry's most important engine...
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A new report from GF Securities (via SeekingAlpha) claims NVIDIA is gearing up to use its June 1st Computex keynote to pitch its upcoming Arm-based Vera CPU as an x86 killer. The financial analysts claim NVIDIA will boast that Vera...
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This week, well-known hardware enthusiast and occasional leaker Алексей (@wxnod on Xwitter) spotted something unprecedented: a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory module packed with Chinese-made ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) DRAM chips...
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Intel's next-generation desktop platform is apparently going to persist for approximately three and a half full CPU generations if you include the mobile-only Titan Lake. That's just one of the major details released by serial leaker...
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AMD had a number of announcements today in the lead-up to Computex, but the one we're most excited about is the announcement of the Ryzen AI Max 400 series processors, code-named Gorgon Halo. "Excited" might be the wrong word; these are, fundamentally, a refresh of the Ryzen AI Max 300 series...
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You think your 4K TV is high-resolution? If you've read our article about monitor specifications, you'll already know that it's probably pretty low DPI in the grand scheme. Desktop displays are typically relatively low DPI in comparison to...
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With a massive influx of terrifyingly convincing counterfeit Samsung 990 Pro drives hitting third-party marketplaces earlier this year, buying a high-end SSD lately has felt a bit like navigating a minefield. Now, one of the most essential...
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Technologies like NVIDIA's Reflex and AMD's very similar Anti-Lag 2 provide real input latency benefits by modulating the timing between game render frames and game simulation frames. On Windows, anyway; on Linux, these features have...
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If you've followed any coverage of Intel's Core Ultra 200S "Plus" processors, you'll be well aware that they're a significant improvement over the original recipe in most tasks, and especially gaming. The upgraded chips feature raised...
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ASUS and XREAL have opened pre-orders for the new ROG XG Mobile... wait, wrong expensive gaming accessory. The companies' new ROG XREAL R1 gaming glasses are now available to pre-order for $849, promising a virtual 171-inch display with a...
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Gamer frustration with AMD has been high over the last few months as the company continued to introduce new graphics technologies that were exclusive to its latest-generation Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs while leaving buyers of its popular...
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If you thought your shiny new 192GB DDR5 rig was bleeding-edge, it's time to take a seat. Micron just announced that it is sampling 256GB DDR5 RDIMM modules pushing a blistering 9200 MT/s. Yes, that is indeed a single stick of memory...
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