This useful Windows 11 app finally solved my USB cable confusion
…When he's not in tech, you'll probably find him gaming. Sign in to your XDA account I used to think USB cables were simple. If the connector fits into my…
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007 First Light showed me why DLAA is the native 4K upgrade high-end GPU owners are sleeping on
…Sign in to your XDA account Unlike DLSS, DLAA never really seemed worth it in the kind of AAA games that I played. The whole appeal of DLSS is that it gives…
FSR 4.1 will be the best thing to happen to handheld PCs this year, and the timing couldn't be more perfect
…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…
VRR flicker is the monitor problem nobody warns you about
…This is the main downside of OLED gaming Many people believe OLED monitors are perfect for gaming, and to be fair, they do come really close. But after years of using not…
These old gaming CPUs are costing you frames you didn't know you were losing
…This is twice as true when it comes to gaming performance, as modern games are being built for modern architectures in more ways than one, and no amount of tweaking or overclocking…
Google may finally have the right laptop OS, but it picked the messiest possible path to get there
…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 PS5 is probably plugged into the wrong HDMI port, and it's killing your gaming experience
…VRR helps the TV stay in sync with the game's frame output in real time, so that instead of visible tearing or uneven motion, when the performance drops in high-intensity…
I tested VRR on and off for a week, and I'm keeping it off
…stays visible long enough for your eyes to catch it. But at 360Hz, the monitor refreshes so quickly that those tear lines become much harder to notice during actual gameplay. Another thing…
Your TV's contrast problem isn't the panel, it's the wall behind it
Jasmine Mannan Apr 7, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
I upgraded to an RTX 4090 and only got half the performance boost I expected
…While that gives you a general idea of performance, it doesn't tell you how your PC actually feels while gaming. You could be getting 100+FPS in a game, and still…