What gift do you get this holiday season for the computer builder in your life? Well, first of all, probably not computer parts! Unless they’ve asked for a specific component, there’s a good chance you’d be giving them something redundant or unwanted. But don’t worry! There are still plenty of things that the average PC […]
Posts in Category: pc gaming
What Logical Increments Tier is Required to Run the Most Popular Steam Games?
- Nigel Delmore
- 17th Nov 2023
- Guides
Back in January 2020, I crafted a neat little piece discussing the Logical Increments tier needed to enjoy each of the top games on Steam at the time. Fast forward to now, and oh, how the scene has shifted! Back around that period, we were seeing trade tariffs causing a good bump in prices for […]
Graphics Cards are Expensive in 2023 – Can Used GPUs Come to the Rescue?
- Daniel Dromboski
- 2nd Nov 2023
- Hardware Sales
Today we’re taking a look at used vs. new GPU prices, and whether buying a used graphics card is worth your while.
ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck – Hardware Comparison
ASUS announced a potent Steam Deck competitor May 11th and released the spec sheets for two models that vary in more ways than the different Steam Deck options from Valve. We’ll be looking at the official tech specs for each device and comparing them side by side. There’s some juicy differences ahead, so let’s get […]
Building an Insane Gaming PC with the i9-12900KS
- Daniel Podgorski
- 9th Sep 2022
- PC Builds
The i9-12900KS is now among us, and it computes its way across the land like a fearsome giant. Until the next generation of chips releases in the (not-too-distant) future, this is the best CPU for gaming that is available. It is also a CPU with a massive power draw and large thermal requirements . . […]
Should You Buy a Gaming Laptop or Build a Gaming Desktop?
The prices for building a gaming desktop PC have improved over the past few months, but they might still be too high for you. In fact, they even be so high that you consider purchasing a gaming laptop instead. As the name suggests, a gaming laptop is a laptop made with gaming in mind; […]
The 7 Best Controllers or Gamepads for PC Gaming in 2022
When you think of gaming on a PC, you probably think of a mouse and keyboard. Controllers have long taken the back seat in PC gaming history but, believe it or not, there’s a handful of games out there that play better with a controller than mouse and keyboard. Yeah, I said it, and I’m […]
The State of VR Hardware in 2022
- Sameer
- 13th Apr 2022
- Internet Technology
Consumer VR has only been around for a few years, but that hasn’t stopped it from improving (and sometimes failing) at breakneck speeds. We’ve come a long way from the early days of 2016 VR being limited to expensive, tethered-only HMD’s and room-placed trackers as the only option. Now more than ever, we’re witnessing a […]
Top 5 CES 2022 Gadgets and Peripherals to Look Forward To
CES 2022 has come and gone. And with it being the first in-person CES after an online-only hiatus (with a new Covid-19 strain, at that), it is not surprising to say that CES had a rocky year, presentation-wise. Lots of issues cropped up, including everything from big tech companies canceling their attendance to the entire […]
Building a VR-Ready PC with the Intel i9-12900K
Virtual Reality is an amazing thing. It lets you temporarily escape whatever mortal problems you grapple with in life: politics, expensive GPUs, your in-laws… the list is endless! But in order to power an entire virtual universe for you to freely explore and withdraw into, you’ll need quite a beefy computer to handle it. That’s […]