RTX 5090 fire burns motherboard, CPU cooler, and SSD On August 10th, while playing the Battlefield 6 Beta, a pre-built PC containing an Nvidia RTX 5090 suddenly caught fire mid-match. The system’s graphics card, a Zotac RTX 5090 AMP Extreme, burned and spat flames onto the system’s motherboard and the CPU’s liquid cooler. This left […]

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It’s the end of an era – dial-up internet will soon be no more AOL (originally known as America Online) is shutting down its dial-up internet service. This service was hugely popular during the 90s, delivering users internet connectivity using phone lines with its iconic chirpy start-up noises. Many internet users will remember the days […]

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Battlefield 6’s Open Beta had a peak player count of over 520,000 players on Steam The first phase of Battlefield 6’s Open Beta has ended, and it has been a huge success for EA and Battlefield Studios. The game reached a peak player count of over 520,000 players. That was enough to make the beta […]

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ASUS’ RTX 5080 Noctua Edition GPU is now available to pre-order in the UK ASUS’ RTX 5080 Noctua Edition OC graphics card is now available to pre-order through Scan UK. This graphics card was co-engineered with Noctua, featuring three Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 fans and a custom heatsink. This new graphics card features several major upgrades […]

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AMD’s last X3D CPU on socket AM4 will soon disappear from the CPU market According to a report from Tweakers, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700X3D Gaming CPU has reached “End-Of-Life” status and will soon disappear from retailers. Tweakers claims that this report has been confirmed by several online retailers, though AMD has not commented on the […]

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Silicon Motion plans to start mass production of a client PCIe 6.0 SSD controller in 2028 At the Future Memory and Storage Conference (FMS) 2025, Silicon Motion has unveiled a range of next-generation client SSD controllers. On the high-end, Silicon Motion has its PCIe 6.0 “Neptune” controller, which promises 25+ GB/s speeds, 3.5 million IOPS, […]

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AMD and Nvidia agree to pay 15% fee to the US government for Chinese AI chip sales AMD and Nvidia have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their Chinese AI sales revenue to secure export licenses. The US previously banned the sale of this hardware to China, leaving both AMD and Nvidia with […]

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DOOM Eternal players now have access to over 650 community-made mods on PC Last year, id Software launched their DOOM Eternal mods program with an open beta branch for the game on Steam, the Windows Store and Xbox PC App. Today, over 650 community-made mods are available for the game. Now, DOOM Eternal mod support […]

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AMD’s getting ready to give FSR 4 a major upgrade AMD has launched FSR 3.1.4 and has released updated FSR plugins for Unreal Engine 5.6, paving the way towards the release of FSR 4 “Redstone” and its suite of AI technologies. FSR 3.1.4 promises “improved upscaling quality” and an “easily upgradable DLL” that supports AMD’s […]

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Ashes of the Singularity 2 is coming to PC in 2026 Stardock and Oxide Games have announced that Ashes of the Singularity 2 is in development, and that the game will be released in 2026. Like the original, this game will feature armies of insane size and scale. However, PC gamers have been told to […]

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