CPU bottlenecks are holding back modern GPUs more than you think
…Even at 4K, competitive games still expose CPU limits The RTX 5090 shines in AAA games, but CPU-bound titles tell a different story There's no doubt that most modern games…
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My RTX 4090 proved that chasing 4K gaming was the wrong goal all along
…And the smoothness gap became even more obvious after I bought a 360Hz OLED monitor specifically for competitive gaming . I had no intention to use it as my primary display, but my…
Intel's New Arc Pro GPUs show what the consumer cards should have been
…Impressive VRAM allocation, strong throughput, and highly competitive pricing. Their absence from the gaming market does indeed, however, signal a shift in priorities, and that was to be expected. For enthusiasts, the…
This GPU driver setting cut my frametime variance in half, and competitive FPS games feel completely different now
…The number that actually determines whether a game feels smooth or not is frametime, or more specifically, how consistently your hardware is delivering frames. I've already written an article on Smooth…
Claude is better than Gemini for Python, but it's unusable until Anthropic fixes this one problem
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
Your X3D CPU cares less about RAM speed than you do
…Faster RAM still matters for competitive gamers But then again, you're chasing a 5-10% improvement at best Competitive gaming at very high refresh rates is one area where faster RAM…
This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off
…did, there was a bigger and better competitor on the market that just dominated. An era which we left behind DisplayPort has dominated the game HDMI Alt Mode is a relic of…
This hidden Gemini feature does something Claude still can't, and I use it every single day
…They're suited to more specific tasks tailored towards a definite goal which you can specify at the time of creation. Towards that end, you can also specify how the model behaves…
When AAA game developers block entire GPU brands, PC gaming loses its biggest advantage
…Almost every hardware enthusiast who has been watching the market is aware that competition in the GPU market keeps prices in check and drives innovation. AAA game developers, in that respect, have…
I stopped looking for the perfect Stream Deck alternative and built one instead
Jasmine Mannan Apr 19, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…