Thiago Trevisan
Tech Editor
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is one that gamers are starting to have high hopes for, with morsels of information leaking out every so often. Now confirmed to release in March, we are seeing an uptick in leaks for the potential final makeup of the upcoming GPU. To that end, X user HKEPC recently shared a GPU-Z screenshot...
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The GPU stage is being set for one of the more interesting battles we've witnessed recently. NVIDIA has shown some of its cards by releasing the high-end GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 out into the wild. Those launches have not gone smoothly, however, with massive shortages and price increases immediately after...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU is shaping up to be a very interesting product, and we're especially curious about its pricing. After Frank Azor had corrected some rumors about the price being $899, new pricing rumors have surfaced as to what the MSRP will actually be. It appears that AMD is carefully planning its Radeon...
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Some of the most popular and long-running game franchises run quietly in the background with a loyal fan base. A good example of this is The Sims, which has been a staple for gamers for a whopping 25 years. The Sims 25th anniversary is now celebrating this milestone with new content updates and themed...
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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series products were announced at CES 2025, including the various mobile SKUs. While the desktop GPUs have already launched to the public, we're awaiting the laptop variants to release to retail. A new leak gives us some possible performance data to crunch through for one such laptop packing...
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The launch of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs has been interesting to say the least. And we're not just talking about the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and its 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM. The performance uplift offered by the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, disregarging new technologies like multi-frame gen, left some...
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We've been fully informed on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs from the GeForce RTX 5070 and up since details have been out in the wild. What we're yet to see, however, is more information on the other more affordable models, and namely the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and GeForce RTX 5060. Rumor has it these GPUs may...
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Folks absolutely love their Valve Steam Deck, which combines capable hardware in a sleek package. It also natively supports the most popular game store on the planet, Valve's very own Steam digital distribution platform. While Valve has attempted its hand at various pieces of hardware, one of the most promising rumors...
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The virtual and augmented reality space is an interesting corner of the technological world. It's at once impressive for most who experience it, but it also ends up being a challenging segment to develop a consistent user base. We thought Apple would have some special magic with its Vision Pro that would change the...
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If you've been waiting for some of Microsoft's Xbox exclusives to finally make their way to Sony's PlayStation 5 console, you're in luck. The ever fun Forza Horizon 5 is headed to the PS5 sometime this springtime, opening up the game to an entirely new group of players. With a stunning open-world design, this game is...
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Microsoft's Xbox console is having a serious introspection moment, questioning its own reason for existence (at least by those in charge of the system). We've grown accustomed to the console wars dating back decades, and the assumption was they'll always continue as such. In a recent interview with Destin on YouTube...
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If you're a gamer currently waiting in line (or camping out) for one of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, NZXT hopes you'll also be interested in browsing some accompanying battlestation accessories. Not just any accessories, but NZXT's slew of new peripherals for both gamers and streamers, aimed at top-tier...
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If you've been anxiously awaiting AMD's GPU response to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series, price is likely one major focal point. We've learned little about the upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT and 9070 since we were first made aware of them, especially compared to the information we know about its competitors. This causes plenty of speculation on
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As someone who recently got the Xbox Series X with a 1TB drive, I quickly learned that this storage amount was not enough. With multiple games that have a 100GB and above size requirement, you can quickly fill up the paltry 1TB of built-in storage. Furthermore, access to the excellent Xbox Game Pass means you'll be...
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If you're eyeing a new build with an upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPU, you won't want to forget about your CPU, too. Cooler Master has unveiled two newly designed CPU coolers for both air and liquid cooling. The Masterliquid Core II comes in both 240mm and 360mm sizes for various PC builds, and plenty of that...
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Modern PC peripherals and similar technology are often expensive, small, and put together in a complicated fashion. If you have ever broken an expensive piece of tech and found no replacement parts aside from replacing the entire product, iFixIt has a solution for you. In partnership with Logitech, which makes tons of...
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There are graphics card enthusiasts, and then there are graphics card enthusiasts. The Kingpin line of GPUs, was a staple of high-end NVIDIA cards made popular by the modder and EVGA. Sadly, we won't see the newest generation GeForce RTX 5090 get the Kingpin treatment. Vince Lucido, the man (the myth, and legend)...
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When streaming came for our copies of physical movies and knocked out Blockbuster video, we were mostly OK. Next was cable TV and its shows, which quickly pivoted into a plethora of streaming services. The last bastion of entertainment, gaming, may be facing a similar trajectory. Case in point, the first two tiers of...
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The highly anticipated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs are finally being freed from their boxes. This time, it's our very own Dave Altavilla showcasing the unboxing on the HotHardware YouTube channel. While benchmarking is underway and we won't know the data until the embargo lifts, the unboxing is fascinating...
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs will launch on January 30th, with the chart-topping GeForce RTX 5090 making a beeline for enthusiast PC systems. One of the big concerns some may have concerns the power cable, as the GeForce RTX 4090 had some incidences of burned connectors. While the main reasons fluctuated from...
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After what seems like a decade (because It almost was...) Nintendo has finally officially revealed its Switch 2 console. It draws a lot of similarities with the original Switch, with a few physical changes such as a larger size. Nintendo knows it had a good thing with its original console, as the sales numbers will...
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With CES 2025 behind us, the GPU landscape is taking on some paths that are quite exciting. For example, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series will release at the end of the month, with some stunning specs on display. AMD, NVIDIA's biggest competition in the enthusiast GPU space, so far has been quite elusive about its new...
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