Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus CPU has been benchmarked against its predecessor, offering a 25% boost at just $174.
Intel's Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" CPUs will be launching on the 26th of March. Ahead of the launch, a new leak has appeared within , showcasing a big performance uplift in PassMark vs the predecessor.
The Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus is the successor to the Core Ultra
It looks like the higher VRAM capacity edition for RTX 5070 mobile exists, and it's coming with the latest Lenovo gaming laptops.
Apparently, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 mobile GPU might get an upgrade, if we go by the recent reports. It's not the first time we have heard about the RTX 5070 mobile GPU featuring 12 GB VRAM, but those listings appeared to be a typo. Both ASUS and Lenovo have listed RTX 5070 with
If you are playing Crimson Desert on PC with a Radeon RX 9000 series GPU using AMD FSR 4 upscaling, you may have noticed significant issues with the game's image quality. In many scenarios, visuals are notably worse than native resolution or other upscaling solutions, occasionally introducing visibility issues that make the game almost unplayable.
As of March 20, 2026, there is no fix for the core FSR 4 image quality issues. Technical analysis suggests this is due to a
After a series of increasingly strong rumors, the new The Witcher 3 DLC looks a lot more solid in the wake of CD Projekt RED 's latest quarterly report, which . For the first time, the Polish studio has acknowledged that it does have an unannounced gaming project due "in the coming quarters" of this year . Here's the relevant quote from the press release:
At CD PROJEKT RED the year 2025 was marked by intensifying development work on ongoing projects (further details can be found in
Weirdly, the latest open-world title developed by Pearl Abyss doesn't even run on Intel GPUs.
It's really disappointing to see developers restricting the game's access on certain hardware. Crimson Desert, developed and published by Pearl Abyss, is currently the most popular title on Steam , but unfortunately, the game doesn't run on Intel Arc GPUs. Reports of the game not supporting Intel GPUs have started surfacing online, and several Intel Arc GPU owners have confirmed that the game doesn't even
Gold Bars are your gateway to riches in Crimson Desert, but buying them at the Bank to later invest will set you back a staggering 500 Silver. Fortunately, you can bypass this cost entirely by finding the Alchemy Recipe: Gold Bar . This formula is hidden at the top of the Spire of Insight , an optional tower located in Hernand .
The Spire of Insight is found to the south of Hernand, past Pororin Village.
When you reach the Spire for
Three days ago, Nintendo delivered a new Switch 2 system update (v22.0.0) that introduced a major new feature called Handheld Mode Boost . This allows Switch 2 users to run Switch 1 games in handheld mode as if they were in docked mode, thereby significantly improving visuals thanks to the higher-resolution target. However, according to user estimates , enabling Handheld Mode boost reduces battery life by around 25%. While playing DOOM (2019), the battery lasted 3 hours
Crimson Desert is officially out and, as customary with most games nowadays, developer Pearl Abyss that is around 3.1 GB in size. Do note that the update has been released for Steam and PlayStation 5 so far, with Xbox, the Epic Games Store, and the Mac App Store receiving it at a later time.
You can find the full changelog, which mentions unspecified performance improvements on both PC and consoles and various fixes and quality-of-life tweaks , below:
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Multiple iterations of the Apple Watch are not currently under a threat of an import ban into the United States, as per a new ruling by the US-based International Trade Commission (ITC) in what appears to be a satisfactory end - for now - on the part of Apple to a long-standing patent dispute with the medical-monitoring company, Masimo.
For the benefit of those who might not be aware, back in 2023, the ITC had issued an order to block the import of the
The AirPods Max 2 was one of Apple’s biggest surprises of the year, and while the product isn’t as massive as something like the MacBook Neo , it was long overdue for an upgrade over the older-generation AirPods Max, which only received a USB-C makeover after Apple ditched the Lightning port on its flagship headphones.
Now, given that the AirPods Max has yet to be discontinued and is , does it make sense to spend the extra $100 and get the AirPods Max 2?