Items tagged with modding
Modding an Xbox 360 isn’t for the faint of heart, as the task requires knowledge of both hardware and software. This has kept it an incredibly niche use case. However, that might all change with the release of a new exploit called BadUpdate. It’s a software-only mod that could potentially make the console a modder’s...
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While EA is making AI a key pillar of how its studios make future titles, it hasn’t forgotten about its back catalog of popular games. Its latest efforts have seen the company open source code for several games from the Command and Conquer franchise. It’s a massive win for game preservation that should earn the...
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Apple’s phone designs have become safe and predictable, as the company is loath to rock the boat with its most consistent revenue generator, instead banking on AI for innovation. That's just not good enough for some passionate and talented hardware modders out there though, who often go the extra mile to do fun and...
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The original Wii console (not to be confused with the Wii U) is one of the most popular game consoles of all time, and Nintendo's fourth-best selling console ever at 101.63 million units, trailing only the Game Boy (118.69 million units), Switch family (146.04 million units), and Nintendo DS (154.02 million units)...
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It can be hard to fathom the scale of Nintendo Wii hysteria if you didn't try and fail to buy one. Nintendo's 2006 console release was so successful you couldn't reliably find a Wii in stock for more than a year after release. Many gamers still have fond memories of the device, and some like to mod the console to make...
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Need for Speed Most Wanted, a fan favorite from 2005, is getting some big visual enhancements, thanks to NVIDIA’s RTX Remix tool. The tool enables modders to use generative AI to make changes to game assets, and breathe new life into older titles that are most likely no longer under development or support by the...
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DLSS 3 modder PureDark has issued a response to pirates who cracked his DLSS 3 DRM paywall, enabling users to use PureDark’s frame generation mod for free in Starfield. The modder states that in the future, his mod will feature “hidden mines” that will make his mods buggy if the DRM is broken, making it much more...
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The Steam Deck is getting a little long in the tooth, and with Steam Deck 2 nowhere in sight (yet), some owners of the current handheld console are taking matters into their own hands. To wit, someone decided to double its RAM by soldering a new 32GB module onto the motherboard. Needless to say, this isn't your...
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A modder has managed to boost a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card from 11GB to an expansive 44GB of GDDR6. This impressive feat was achieved thanks to the five-year-old flagship graphics card sharing a common PCB with the Titan RTX pro visualization card, which has 24 VRAM module pads. Sadly, this GPU modification...
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Some enterprising modders have successfully transformed an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB into a model with 12GB of VRAM (review). Moreover, with the increased memory capacity, the memory bus width has been proportionately boosted. Thus, the modders have proven an upgrade with two beneficial effects, and in early...
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The Sega Saturn, which succeeded the 32X add-on for the Master System/Genesis, was the first standalone disc-based system Sega produced before its unfortunate hardware market demise with the Dreamcast. The console played host to some incredible titles, including Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, Tomb Raider, Sonic 3D...
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A modder is enjoying casting spells by gesturing with a physical wireless wand peripheral in the new Hogwart’s Legacy game on PC. The ingenious project is described by its originator, Redditor / YouTuber / GitHubber That’s So Mo (who we will just call Mo from now on) via his social media channels. If you are...
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Many folks would agree that NVIDIA has done a pretty good job designing its Founders Edition graphics cards, both in regards to cooling performance and aesthetic appeal. Of course, the latter is completely subjective—beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all. Even so, we think most people would also agree that a...
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If you're reading this HotHardware, chances are good that you're someone who enjoys getting information from written articles as opposed to just videos. It's also likely that have enjoyed computing as a topic in general for many years. If those two things are true, you might just be in the target audience for Celso...
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One very talented (and driven) group of engineers decided that enough is enough and built their own functional foldable iPhone in less than a year. It wasn't easy, though.
If there is any proof that iPhone users are envious of all the flip and fold phones of the world outside of the iOS ecosystem, look no further...
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Years ago I cut my teeth on a Commodore 64 that my parents purchased from a family friend. Now that I've grown equally ancient in years, I've developed a fond appreciation for attempts to tap into C64 nostalgia, whether it's a throwback t-shirt or in the form of a custom-built emulator. One thing I never expected to...
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It seems like every day there's a new thing that people are getting to run Doom. It's such a lightweight game, but still fun to play, and it's easy to get running in many things, even a scientific calculator. Additionally it's old enough that there are exploits in it that make it easy for lots of custom and arbitrary...
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Update 6-27-22:
Since publishing this story, a Steam Deck designer at Valve posted a warning on Twitter to avoid this mod because it will heat up the charger IC and "will significantly shorten the life" of the console.
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It's not every day a portable handheld manufacturer encourages you to do your...
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In gaming, people are in either one of two camps. In 2007 one camp was "Will it run Crysis?," which is still a meme to this day. The other camp is, "Can I put Doom on it?" The answer to the latter is almost always "Yes" these days.
Almost like the improv training that many actors go through, quite often the answer...
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Um, excuse me Biostar, but when did you become a case mod fanatic? Because holy high octane, your Racing Z690GTA-V8 Overdrive creation is easily one of the coolest PC mods I've ever seen. You don't even have to be into V8 muscle cars (or cars in general) to appreciate this one, the level of detail and craftsman ship...
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We, as human beings, have an obsession with tiny things. It is not hard to see when you stumble across a YouTube channel dedicated to tiny cooking—Tiny Kitchen has hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views across its videos. But we are computer geeks and nerds, not professional chefs of a small scale...
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Did you ever wish you could take Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Smash Brothers Melee, or perhaps The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on the road? Well, thanks to an enterprising console modder, now you can.
A few years ago a portable GameCube concept design began circling the internet. Unfortunately, for those of...
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