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    GIGABYTE Teams with Microsoft to Offer Game Pass Ultimate with Select OLED Monitor Purchases

    GIGABYTE and Microsoft are offering a promotion in which those who purchase a qualifying OLED monitor get a free 3-month subscription. It’s a win-win for those looking to upgrade to a new OLED display while enjoying playing some free games on it to boot. Unlike many hardware promotions that...
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    Sony Issues Email to PS4 Owners Urging Them to Upgrade to a PlayStation 5 Before GTA6 Launches

    PlayStation 4 owners have received an email from Sony telling them to get ready for the launch of GTA VI by purchasing a PlayStation 5. Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t expected for a little over six months on November 19, but that isn’t stopping Sony from putting its hopes on the game for more console...
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    Valve Updates Requirements for Steam Controller Ordering to Address “Challenges”, Aka Scalping, Ahead of Inventory Refresh

    Valve has revealed new ordering requirements for the Steam Controller following last week’s launch, when it sold out in 30 minutes. Selling out of a product is normally a good thing, but when said product becomes available on marketplace commerce sites for roughly double or triple the price...
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    A New Report Reveals That Motherboard Sales Have Plummeted amid Chip Shortages and the Absence of New Consumer GPU Releases

    A New Report Reveals That Motherboard Sales Have Plummeted amid Chip Shortages and the Absence of New Consumer GPU Releases. It’s a “water is wet” moment for those who understand the implications of having memory and storage costs double or triple, but others not involved in building their own...
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    Happy Birthday, GeForce GTX 10 Series, Pascal-Based GPUs Turn Ten

    It’s been ten years since the launch of the GTX 10-series line of NVIDIA graphics cards, which saw the release of the famous GTX 1080 Ti. Considered by many to be the GOAT (although the GTX 980 Ti deserves honorable mention), the GTX 1080 Ti brought powerful rasterized performance to a new level...
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    Google Chrome Spotted Downloading 4GB AI Model Without User’s Consent

    It’s been discovered that Google Chrome may be consuming more than just system memory, as a 4 GB AI model was found downloaded to a user’s PC. It seems that we can never have enough AI in our lives these days, and Google wants to ensure that everyone who can run it locally has it […] See full...
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    Take-Two Defends GTA 6 Console-Only Launch by Saying It Always Serves Its “Core Audience” First

    Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was straight to the point in explaining why Grand Theft Auto VI will not be on PC when it launches. Assuming that another delay doesn’t come into play, GTA 6 is expected to launch on November 19, 2026. Now, while there had been hopes it would arrive for PC and...
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    Steam Controller Sells Out in Just 30 Minutes as Scalpers Raze Inventory, but Don’t Worry, More Are on the Way

    The Steam Controller has launched and is already sold out, with Valve working to get more back in stock. One might think that a $99 controller wouldn’t sell quickly, but it didn’t stop a frantic buying period that saw Valve’s payment system crash during its launch. It only took 30 minutes for it...
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    Early Game Testing of Intel Arc Pro B720 Workstation AI GPU Shows Comparable Performance to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti

    Intel’s recent Big Battlemage GPU launch has now been tested in a handful of games, where it is essentially trading blows with NVIDIA’s mid-tier offering. Now, while Intel’s drivers do enable the Arc Pro B70 to play games, it should first be understood that the card, with a BMG-31 GPU paired...
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    Don’t Expect DDR5 to Go Anywhere Anytime Soon, as DDR6 Isn’t Planned to Arrive for Commercial Applications Until 2028

    A new report has indicated that each of the three big memory chip manufacturers has begun ramping up its development of DDR6. According to The Elec (via TechPowerUp), Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are all working with JDEC on the next standard, which could see speeds as high as 17,600 MT/s or...
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    32GB Is the New Recommended Amount of System Memory for Windows 11

    Windows 11 users are now being advised that 32 GB of system memory is the sweet spot for optimal performance. Many within the PC enthusiast community have configured their builds with 32 GB of memory for over a decade now, so it has been expected that the new recommendation was forthcoming...
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    Subnautica 2 Will Enter Early Access in Two Weeks, Following Its Long, Dramatic Path to Release

    It’s been a long road for developer Unknown Worlds in getting Subnautica 2 out the door, but that destination is almost here. An unexpected drama unfolded last year when the previous publisher, Krafton, fired Unknown Worlds’ co-founders and technical director, accusing them of an “absence of...
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    Microsoft to Enable Windows 11 Updates to Be Skipped During Install or Even Paused Indefinitely by Users

    The world must be turning upside down since Microsoft is giving users unprecedented control over Windows 11 updates. To say that Windows 11 users have had a rough time of it over the last six months would be an understatement. Since Windows 10 was deprecated in October, users have seen one...
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    The Blood of Dawnwalker, the Open-World RPG from Developers Behind The Witcher, Planned for September 3 Release

    Rebel Wolves has announced that its first game out of the gate, The Blood of Dawnwalker, will arrive on September 3 for PCs and consoles. The studio, formed by former staff from CD PROJEKT RED who worked on The Witcher 3, first announced its debut project in December 2024. Since then, there’s...
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    Capcom Confirms That the First Resident Evil Requiem DLC Will Arrive in May, in the Form of a Mini-Game

    The developers behind Resident Evil Requiem are letting fans know to be ready for its first DLC to arrive in a few weeks. Capcom’s latest entry for the 30-year-old franchise has gone on to break many sales records, all the while receiving praise from players and media reviewers alike. Here are...
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    Turtle Beach Has You Covered When It Comes to More Screens with Its Command Series MC7 Mouse Featuring a 2.5-Inch LCD

    Turtle Beach has proved that there are still more places to incorporate LCDs into the PC ecosystem with the Command Series MC7. From AIO blocks, sides of graphics cards, PSUs, and virtually any part of a chassis, there seems to be no end in sight for where an LCD screen can make an appearance...
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    Upscaling Technology Gets Put to the Coke/Pepsi Challenge, NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Comes Out as the Winner over AMD FSR 4.1 in Blind Test

    As upscaling tech continues to make strides, the question will always come up on which is better, and for now, NVIDIA is still holding the lead position. ComputerBase (via TechPowerUp) conducted its own “blind test” among its staff, but also among its community of users. The voting period opened...
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    Palit Has Officially Absorbed GALAX into Its Operations, Promises to Keep HOF and KFA2 Branding Alive Moving Forward

    It’s official, the king is dead, long live the king, as GALAX has now been completely integrated into Palit after two decade partnership. Some media jumped the gun in reporting that GALAX would be no more after a message on one of its websites indicated that all customer assistance would now be...
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    Valve and Xbox Admit to Delays with Steam Machine+Steam Frame / Project Helix Releases Due to Ongoing Memory Supply Issues

    Both Xbox and Valve are fessing up that their respective upcoming hardware releases have been somewhat derailed due to the current DRAM/NAND crisis. While this may come across as a water-is-wet statement, PC component and console manufacturers have been largely silent in addressing the current...
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    Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes Is a Tactical Roguelite Arriving for PC on May 11

    The developers behind Crying Suns have turned their talents to create Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes, a new real-time tactical combat game. Alt Shift is back with a game based on the 2004 series, giving players the opportunity to manage their own fleet in an effort to save humanity from...
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