Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
…In terms of competition, there's quite a lot, and chips like the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme are hitting the market in a range of other handhelds. The problem is that while…
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The most useful upgrade for my gaming rig wasn’t inside my PC
…Rapid trigger provides you with an absolute competitive edge as these keyboards allow for near-instant resets on key presses, giving you a physical advantage in movement-heavy games. This is a…
Linux gamers have dealt with hidden input lag for years, and someone finally figured out why
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
Anthropic has revealed Claude Opus 4.7, and you can use it right now
…companies pouring huge amounts of investment into working as fast as they can, the competition has to move as quickly as possible, or else they'll be left behind. Anthropic knows this…
I replaced my 12-core with an X3D CPU for high-refresh gaming, and the difference was bigger than I expected
…I can say that from experience because I tried to use DLSS to improve my FPS in Battlefield 2042, but it barely moved the numbers. Besides that, some competitive games like Valorant…
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
…The implications of Team Red's latest move go a little beyond the desktop RX 7000 and RX 6000-series owners, as RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 silicon powers some of the…
The Legion Go 2 needs more than a Z2 Extreme to make me drop the Steam Deck
…For the ones looking for a no-compromise experience on the form-factor, though, AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme doesn't have much of a competition right now. But is raw throughput…
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
…Even those within the industry believe the Steam Machine is poised to be the biggest competitor to the PlayStation. When you look at the real value proposition of Valve's SteamOS box…
I used frame generation wrong for months - here's what helped
…Every time I toggled it on, I was just underwhelmed with how the game felt while moving around, and turned it back off within minutes. Sure, the FPS counter looked impressive and…
Nvidia's real gaming move isn't faster GPUs, it's the software that lets you skip buying one
…Sign in to your XDA account If you've been paying attention to how Nvidia has been moving as a company lately, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether it still cares…