GPU prices and availability (Q4 2023): how much are GPUs now

GPU prices and availability (Q4 2023): how much are GPUs now

The GPU shortage is over, and gamers around the world can breathe a sigh of relief. For those in the market for one of the best graphics cards, we looked closely at graphics card prices and availability to determine where the GPU market is headed and the best time to buy. If you’re looking for … Read more

Graphics terms every PC gamer should know

Graphics terms every PC gamer should know

PC gaming is filled with jargon that mixes together marketable names with scientific descriptions to create a pile of terms that are next to impossible to decipher. Knowing the vocabulary of graphics terms is important for optimizing your performance, understanding your games, and tweaking your graphics menus, and we’re here to define all of the … Read more

3 easy ways to quickly improve Fortnite performance

3 easy ways to quickly improve Fortnite performance

Jon Martindale / DigitalTrends If you’re a competitive Fortnite player, then making sure your game is running as fast as possible can be a great way to improve your win rate — although it’s no guarantee, as I recently discovered. Our tips and tricks guides for Fortnite are a great way to improve your gameplay … Read more

Best GPU Black Friday deals: Save on Top Graphics Cards Now

Best GPU Black Friday deals: Save on Top Graphics Cards Now

If you’re building a PC from scratch for gaming, then one of the most important parts of the whole thing will be the graphics card. Unfortunately, the prices of GPUs in the past few years has skyrocketed, with the latest and greatest costing well over a thousand dollars. Luckily, there are some great Black Friday … Read more

23% of PC gamers probably can’t play Alan Wake 2. Here’s why

23% of PC gamers probably can’t play Alan Wake 2. Here’s why

Remedy Entertainment We’ve known for months that Alan Wake 2 will be one of the most demanding games on PC, but new details show just how taxing the upcoming title from developer Remedy will actually be. According to a now-deleted tweet from a Remedy employee, somewhere around 23% of PC players won’t be able to play the … Read more

Why AMD’s biggest competitor is no longer Nvidia

Why AMD’s biggest competitor is no longer Nvidia

Both AMD and Nvidia make some of the best graphics cards, which, naturally, puts these two companies in a position where they’re always competing. It’s not just any old rivalry, though. AMD is the constant underdog, and Nvidia is the market leader that always comes out on top in some way. But is Nvidia truly … Read more

AMD FSR 3: everything you need to know

AMD FSR 3: everything you need to know

AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is growing up. The new FSR 3 feature promises to generate frames and multiply your performance, finally providing Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) tech with a challenge. The feature was announced nearly a year ago, but we’ve just seen the first games to support FSR 3 arrive. To bring … Read more

Nvidia is cheating with its laptop GPUs, and we all win

Nvidia is cheating with its laptop GPUs, and we all win

Nvidia is a big, old cheater. And I couldn’t be more happy about it. Its latest RTX 40-series mobile GPUs are very powerful — especially if you jump up to the RTX 4090 in a machine like the Asus Strix Scar 17. But it’s the low-end options where Nvidia is really pushing ahead. That isn’t … Read more

What is DLSS 3: everything you need to know

What is DLSS 3: everything you need to know

Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) has been a staple of PC gaming for several years now, but DLSS 3 turns the tech on its head. It promises impossibly high frame rates in demanding games like Portal RTX by using AI to generate frames all on its own. It’s a simple concept, but DLSS 3 is … Read more