Liquid coolers can often give you the thermal performance to run a high-spec CPU in a small chassis where you can only fit a weaker, small-form air cooler. How does liquid cooling work anyway? Coolant is pumped through a closed loop via a plate attached to your CPU. This coolant '...
My theory is that its more about the encoding capabilities of the GPU than its raw power. For example, an RX550 is technically Link supported even though it’s far less than the min spec for VR. I’d imagine because the RX500 line had a push by AMD to have some good encoding functi...
PUBG Lite, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' free-to-play, low-spec cousin, has been in open beta since January, but PUBG Corp has been releasing it in stages, initially just in Thailand. Next week it will get quite a bit closer to releasing globally, however, adding 52 more countries to th...
Our game testing is all done at 1440p as that is the sweet spot for gaming right now, and will highlight both the performance of low- and high-spec machines. The games we test are: Avatar: Frontier of Pandora Cyberpunk 2077 Baldur's Gate 3 Black Myth: Wukong Metro Exodus Enhanced ...
Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to...
How we test Today's top deals Searching for the best computer speakers to enhance your desktop PC? The search can feel overwhelming, especially for those who aren't hardcore audiophiles.Shopping for computer speakers often involves looking over spec sheets, price lists, and more that more often...
But, there are no PC-exclusive settings or features to help boost framerates, such as Nvidia DLSS or AMD’s FSR, but Forza Horizon 5 does include ray tracing. You must have hardware that meets the Forza Horizon 5 system requirements “Ideal” spec in order to use the game’s intense gr...
Hey Tech Gurus! I'm hoping to find some ideas on how to determine the minimum system spec for games that I have created. A little back story: I am a technology risk manager by day and game developer by night. Over the past three years I have been releasi
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So when spec’ing out that gaming laptop, be mindful of just how much total storage you have. If you go for laptop with a small SSD and large hard drive combo, expect to install your games to the hard drive. If the laptop will have an SSD only, choose an absolute minimum of 512GB...