I used to prefer gaming at 1440p, but DLSS 4.5 changed that
…Related 5 reasons the new 27-inch 4K OLED 240Hz monitors are the endgame for gamers There's a new ultimate display spec in town — 4K on 27 inches with a 240Hz…
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I switched from EmuDeck to RetroDeck for retro gaming, and the setup alone convinced me to stay
…It's possible I'm just missing something, but it would be nice to, for example, change the way Game Boy games are displayed on the fly. The default presentation simulates the…
Your old Android phone is a better thin client than most mini PCs
…If you haven't used it before, you might assume that connecting a phone to a monitor just means stretching the phone screen across a larger display, but that's not the…
Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge
Ty Sherback Mar 20, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
I disabled frame generation in three AAA titles, and it proved some games are better off without it
…While there's no decisive benchmark data linking the anti-piracy layer to poor performance, it is obvious that the additional layer does indeed introduce additional CPU overhead. As with any other…
N100 mini PCs quietly killed the Raspberry Pi for home servers
…Of course, a Raspberry Pi 5 could serve as a decent HASS unit, but you’re bound to run into performance issues as your arsenal of smart home devices scales up. Likewise…
I used Claude to create a campaign and my D&D sessions have never run smoother
…While contemplating this issue the other day, I thought to myself: what if I had Claude AI create an RPG campaign for me? The problem: not having time to create an immersive…
I replaced Adobe, Figma, and Canva with one free tool, and I'm not paying for design software again
…It was developed by brothers Thomas and John Knoll, with Thomas originally building it as a side project to display grayscale images on a monochrome monitor. Not quite — Photoshop 1.0 launched…
I turned my Raspberry Pi into a portable NAS that runs off a power bank, and now I carry terabytes everywhere
…And as unhinged as it may sound, this setup worked surprisingly well, even if the lack of a 5V 5A power adapter throttles my Raspberry Pi’s performance. One shower thought led…
Premium TVs ship with bargain-bin networking speeds, and it's getting harder to ignore
…I’m doing it because I want stable performance, fewer wireless dropouts, and one less device crowding my Wi-Fi network. A slow Ethernet port doesn’t make the TV unusable, but…