Why AMD’s Ryzen 5000 X3D CPUs need to make a comeback We’ve looked at the memory pricing situation, and it’s bad. DDR5 memory prices have skyrocketed, and this is just the beginning. Building a new PC has become significantly more expensive, which is why AMD needs to bring these CPUs. DDR5 pricing has seen PC […]

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Steam Replay confirms that PC gamers prefer playing classic games over new titles Valve has released Steam Replay 2025, allowing players to view their favourite 2025 games and see exactly how long they played them on Steam. Alongside this data are some interesting tidbits of player habits on the platform. On average, a Steam user […]

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ARC “Big Battlemage” evidence mounts as Intel’s XPU manager gains “BMG-G31” support Intel cannot stop hinting at its ARC Battlemage “BMG-G31” graphics card. As part of a fresh XPU Manager update (via Haze2K1), Intel has officially confirmed that the software supports BMG-G31. This software is a GPU management and monitoring tool for data centers. This […]

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G.Skill blames AI for rising memory prices G.Skill has been forced to raise its memory prices; everyone has. Why? It’s not because DRAM has become more expensive to produce. The AI industry has expanded and has greedily consumed the world’s supply of memory. Now, DDR5 memory pricing is through the roof. When we analysed this […]

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Intel pushes forward with the world’s first commercial High-NA EUV lithography machine installation Intel has confirmed that it has installed ASML’s Twinscan EXE:5200B, the industry’s first High-NA lithography tool for commercial chip production. The tool has now passed “acceptance testing”, and will be used to develop Intel’s next-generation lithography nodes. Intel’s 14A node could be […]

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Just Cause 3 has received its first PC update in over nine years Over a decade after the game’s launch, Square Enix has released a new PC update for Just Cause 3 to remove Denuvo from the game. This was an undocumented change to Just Cause 3. However, change logs on SteamDB confirm that significant […]

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Chinese scientists build a working EUV prototype, striking a major blow against America’s semiconductor leadership The US has placed heavy restrictions on tech exports to China, hoping to slow down the nation’s progress and limit the growth of its tech sector. Specifically, the US wants to prevent China from making cutting-edge semiconductors, keeping its chips […]

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Microsoft ushers in a new era of Windows Server storage performance with Native NVMe support Microsoft has officially added Native NVMe support to Windows Server 2025, an opt-in feature that can deliver boosted storage performance when using modern NVMe SSD storage solutions. Until now, Microsoft’s storage stack considered all storage devices as SCSI (Small Computer […]

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Sapphire’s Radeon RX 9070 XT Phantom Link has been unboxed in China Sapphire has created a new RDNA 4 flagship, the Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Phantom Link, which has now been unboxed in China. This GPU is an enhanced version of Sapphire’s existing Nitro+ model, offering users both 12V-2×6 and GC-HPWR power inputs. This […]

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Monster Hunter Wilds newest PC update is a godsend to 8GB GPU users Monster Hunter Wilds has just received “Title Update 4”, the first of a trio of planned PC optimisation updates for the game. Following the release of this update, PC gamers have reported significant improvements to the game. This includes lowered VRAM usage […]

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