Are you finally ready to ditch that aging LCD monitor that's on its last leg and jump into the wonderful world of OLED? Well, now is a good time to make the plunge. We took a look on Amazon and found several gorgeous OLED displays on sale, and in a variety of sizes from multiple name brands (Samsung, LG, and others)...Read more...
Nintendo unveiled its upcoming Switch 2 during itsDirect event earlier this week. There were a lot of pleasant surprises, with the console being capable of delivering 4K gaming thanks to the inclusion of NVIDIA technologies such as DLSSamong them. The Switch 2 and game pricing, however, left a lot to be...Read more...
It should come as no surprise that the best-selling CPU on Amazon is AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a fantastic chip for gaming and one that managed to earn our Editor's Choice award when we reviewed it last November. And maybe you wouldn't be shocked to discover that the Ryzen 7 7800X3Danother Editor's Choice recipient...Read more...
It looks as though ASUS is readying a new flagship socket AM5 (LGA 1718) motherboard for AMD's Ryzen 9000 series processors based on Zen 5 (as well as previous gen Zen 4 chips based on the same socket). Either that or somebody meticulously crafted convincing-looking renders showcasing the front and pack, as well as...Read more...
Amazon's Big Spring Sale ends tonight, so now is a better time than ever to find some solid deals on some of the best consumer headphones from Bose (and more). We've compiled some of our favorites from the audio brand plus threw in some nice alternatives, becauseyou knowoptions are good. Without further...Read more...
Back when AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors first came out, enthusiasts theorized that the extra-thick heatspreader used on Socket AM5 CPUsrequired to maintain AMD heatsink compatibility that extends all the way back to Socket AM2would harm cooling performance. Enthusiasts quickly popped the top on some AMD chips and found...Read more...
Nintendo is planning to launch its next-gen Switch 2 console on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the day after April Fools' Day and the same day Nintendo will hold a special Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 event, according to a Best Buy Canada blog post that went live ahead of schedule. Best Buy has taken the blog post down, but...Read more...
Nintendo is nearing its big event to usher in the Switch 2 era, but the company wanted to host one final Direct showcase for the original Switch. As expected, most of the games shown off were smaller experiences because the company wants to hold off on any big reveals until the Switch 2's Direct event. However...Read more...
Google is making a big shift in how it manages the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which it has been maintaining for over a decade, alongside its internal branch. AOSP has allowed for a lot of flexibility with how third parties could make use of the operating system. Moreover, it took in code from outside...Read more...
The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is going to be a huge event for the games industry, and even perhaps culture at large. Hype levels are stratospheric, and there's no question that the release of Rockstar's magnum opus will be a "canon event" for the game industry at large, no matter how good the actual game is. One...Read more...
AMD was quick to debunk a recent report claiming it revealed combined Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 shipments had topped 200,000 units. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. Either way, AMD never shared an actual specific tally. In the days since, however, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su did provide an interesting figure...Read more...
When you read that headline, it probably sounds like former Intel CTO and CEO Gelsinger's got a case of sour grapes. Of course, the man's far more mature and experienced than that. His comments came while speaking to the Acquired podcast as an invited guest at NVIDIA's GTC 2025 conference, where the GPU vendor...Read more...
Remedy Entertainment has been on a hot streak these last few years, releasing Control and following it up with the critically acclaimed Alan Wake 2. After putting out these stellar single player experiences the studio is now looking to replicate that success in the multiplayer space, with its cooperative first-person...Read more...
Video games and their accompanying hardware have been a big part of mainstream entertainment for decades with billions of gamers worldwide partaking in the pastime. This segment is also not immune to the slings and arrows of fortune, and thus plummeting sales at certain times. To that end, video game hardware spending...Read more...
Update 3/19/25, 8:44PM ET - AMD representatives have reached out to us here at HotHardware to note that nothing in the previously reported Benchlife articlewas factual with respect to quantities shipped, and at no time did AMD claimspecific quantities shipped in its AI PC Innovation Summitpresentation. Further...Read more...
One of the neat aspects of graphics cards is in the vast variety of models that release with varying levels of design. To that end, Acer has introduced some interesting custom GPUs of its own, based on the freshly-minted AMD Radeon RX 9070 family. The Acer Predator BiFrost sounds menacing from its name alone, and is...Read more...
A leaker on X (formerly Twitter) claims Valve is getting release a version of SteamOS for desktop systems, which if true would effectively extend the Linux-based platform's reach beyond the realm of gaming handhelds. The rumor surfaced just before Valve released its SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview build with some key tweaks to the operating system's Read more...
The influx of gaming monitors sporting quantum dot organic light emitting-diode (QD-OLED) panels continues with the launch of Gigabyte's Aorus MO27U2, a 27-inch display with a respectable specs sheet. It may not necessarily rise to the "groundbreaking" status that Gigabyte pitches in its press release (more on that in...Read more...
SiFive HiFive Premier P550 SiFive's latest development kit makes it easy to develop optimized software for the RISC-V platform, on real RISC-V hardware, while sporting lots of IO. Fastest RISC-V cores available for the edge Plenty of external and internal IO Standard form factor Multiple OS options Mesa driver...Read more...
New information has emerged about Microsoft's plans to partner with an OEM on an official Xbox handheld. Originally reported as being called Project Keenan, Tom Warren at The Verge says it's actually called Project Kennan, and that ASUS is the one Microsoft has partnered up with to build the device, which is part of a...Read more...
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT both launched recently after much anticipation from gamers. Notably missing were any AMD Reference Edition models, something AMD has released in the past for its various GPUs. Similar to the NVIDIA Founders Edition cards, AMD's Reference Edition cards are manufactured for AMD and...Read more...
It took a few months, but Intel has found its next chief executive officer in Lip-Bu Tan, an industry veteran with decades of semiconductor and software experience, and founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures. He succeeds Pat Gelsinger, who abruptly retired from Intel last December amid reports he was...Read more...