After many rumours and much debate, the RX 5600 XT has been released. Originally slated to be a GTX 1660 “killer”, AMD re-positioned this card to compete with the RTX 2060. From the reviews, you can see that it competes well with the 2060, beating it by a tiny margin. The 5600 XT is a […]
MSI has a lineup of MAX (yes, allcaps) motherboards. These differ from the non-MAX editions in that they have a more MAXIMIZED bios, and thus can support a wider range of CPUs. Some have a slightly better heatsink.
The RX 5500 XT by AMD is their latest and smallest graphics card in the RX 5xxx series. The launch is mediocre, so this post is going to be small to match.
This is just a quick update to let you all know that four more of our previously-supported countries are now fully migrated onto the new redesigned main chart. Newly Added: Germany India Italy Netherlands
The Ryzen 9 3950X was released about 2 weeks ago, but only hit the marketplace yesterday. Do not worry about buying one: These new chips are so good that they went out of stock instantly. But why is the R9 3950X good, and what does it replace? And what other changes are coming to the […]
So many shiny new things! After over a year of development, our main site and chart just received a major makeover—with new features, new capabilities, and a new look (while maintaining all of the old functionality). NOTE: See something broken or missing? If you are reading this immediately after it went up, then you might […]
nVidia’s Turing architecture has been fantastic, with almost every card in the 16xx and 20xx range being recommended on our charts. The cards perform well and are power-efficient, so you typically get a card that hits all the main points: high performance, lower power draw, low temperatures, and low noise. Pricing is an issue for […]
We’ve got a small update here for the main chart, pertaining to our RAM and CPU recommendations.
We’re in the final phases of tinkering and fixing before the full rollout of our big redesign of Logical Increments (bringing improvements to mobile compatibility, chart functionality, article navigation, and more). But it’s actually close enough to completeness right now to invite all of you to preview—and start using—the new version!
nVidia’s new Super 1660 makes the 1660 non-Super obsolete, and gives the 1660 Ti (also non-Super) a pretty hard time. As such, it is now the new default card for both the Good and Very Good tiers, with the Ti being an alternative.