Steam has broken records in the past, seemingly surpassing its peak concurrent user count at least once a year. 2021 is no different in that regard, as Steam has surpassed its previous record, with over 27 million concurrent users over the weekend, in part thanks to the on-going Steam Autumn …

We've been hearing that Nvidia has new RTX 30 series GPUs planned for early 2022 for quite some time. To date, the RTX 3060 remains the entry point to the RTX 30 series on desktop, with the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti only releasing for laptops. That could change …

There has always been a lot of innovation in the mini-ITX case market, as case makers are constantly trying to come up with ways to ensure high-end hardware compatibility in a small package, while retaining ease-of-use for system builders. Jonsbo has a new addition to its mini-ITX line-up this year, …

By now, most of you know Intel is planning to launch the first Arc Alchemist graphics cards next year, but there are successors already planned and based on new reports this week, it looks like Intel will be upgrading fairly quickly. According to an Intel Arc community advocate, we might …

AMD officially announced the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Cooled Edition back in June, but at the time, the GPU was exclusive to OEMs. Now to cap off the year, AMD has begun supplying these graphics cards for the DIY PC market, with availability planned for retailers in Europe.  …

The Genesis Neon 600 line-up grows this week, with a new white version of the headset joining the roster. Now available in black or white, the Neon 600 RGB gaming headset aims for well-rounded audio at an affordable price, coming in at around £40.  The Neon 600 RGB White gaming …

At the moment, there are not many small OLED TVs nor OLED monitors, but that may soon change. According to reports, both LG and Samsung are planning to launch smaller OLED panels in 2022, which should lead to an influx in OLED gaming monitors. According to  TFT Central (LG) and …

Much Like Nvidia's GPUs, AMD GPUs have become equally expensive this year, selling for almost twice their MSRP. The situation may get a little worse before it starts to get better, as a source this week has claimed that AMD is planning to increase the prices of RX 6000 GPUs for board partners by 10%. 

Dark Matter, Monoprice's gaming brand, is expanding its monitor portfolio with two new products: a 49-inch superwide display with 1800R curvature and a 34-inch ultrawide display with 1500R curvature. Starting with the 49-inch monitor, it packs a VA panel with Quantum LCD technology, 4ms response time and 5120x1440p resolution, offering …

Fawzi Mesmar, head of design at DICE, is leaving the studio. Fawzi has been responsible for leading creatives on projects like Star Wars: Battlefront II, Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042 since 2019.  As reported by VGC, Fawzi has been planning to exit DICE for some time and a successor is …

We've known for a while now that Intel is set to bring its Alder Lake processors to laptops in early 2022. Now, Intel EVP, Gregory Bryant, has confirmed as much, confirming that 12th Gen Core mobile processors, otherwise known as ‘Alder Lake-P', have begun shipping to OEMs.  Gregory M Bryant, …

Intel only just launched its 12th Gen Core processors a month ago, but we're already starting to hear rumours about the company's 14th Gen Core processors. Meteor Lake is expected to power Intel's 14th Gen Core processors and according to sources, Intel will be teaming up with TSMC to manufacture …

AMD launched FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) earlier this year, with a handful of games supporting the feature. Now, FSR has arrived as a plugin for Unreal Engine 4, making it easier for developers to implement in their games.  With FSR now available as a plugin for UE4, we should see …

Earlier this week we learned about AMD's plans for entry-level RX 6000 GPUs for desktop and now, it seems we have new details on similar GPUs for the laptop segment. The latest Radeon driver code seems to contain references to two unannounced laptop GPUs – the RX 6500M and the …

We've seen multiple laptops and 2-in-1 PCs with ARM-based processors running Windows, but they've all had one thing in common – Qualcomm processors. This week, we finally found out why this has been the case. As it turns out, Microsoft and Qualcomm hashed out an exclusivity deal for Windows on …

We are a year on from the launch of AMD's RX 6000 series and Nvidia's RTX 30 series graphics cards. The on-going chip shortage has continued to keep stock low throughout 2021 and the latest pricing data shows that these graphics cards are still being sold for double the price over MSRP on average. 

Many Intel 12th Gen Core processor owners have found multiple issues when trying to play certain games protected by DRM services due to the new E-Cores they feature. These cores may lead the DRM software to trigger incorrectly, as it recognises them as a separate system, even if it's not. …

It seems the AMD Radeon 6000 series still has unreleased SKUs left in store. This week, details on the RX 6500XT and RX 6400 began to leak, both of which are said to be based on the Navi 24 GPU and feature 4GB of GDDR6 memory. The news comes from @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, …

We've seen a lot of leaks around Intel's upcoming Arc Alchemist GPUs, but the latest report focuses on the entry-level DG2-128EU GPU. According to sources this week, this particular GPU will feature 6GB of GDDR6 memory on the desktop version and 4GB of GDDR6 memory on the laptop version.  According …

It has been a while since Intel launched new HEDT CPUs and according to reports this week, we will be waiting a bit longer. Apparently, Intel's next-gen HEDT platform is codenamed “Fishhawk Falls” and will be based on the Sapphire Rapids server platform, adapted for mainstream workstations.  According to Moore's …

Samsung revealed the future of memory during Samsung Tech Day 2021. Besides talking about DDR6 and LPDDR6 memory, the tech giant also unveiled some key specifications of GDDR6+ and GDDR7 memory. From what we've gathered, DDR memory will get really fast. The DDR5-era has just begun with Alder Lake, but …

A few months after the announcement of JEDEC's LPDDR5X standard in June, Samsung introduced the first LPDDR5X modules to the industry. Samsung will have some competition in this market now, as Micron has also unveiled its LPDDR5X memory chips. Micron's new LPDDR5X memory was announced during the MediaTek Executive Summit …

Intel has already launched the 12th Gen Core/Alder Lake K and KF-series processors, but more CPUs featuring the same architecture are heading our way in early 2022. Besides more Core processors, new Pentium Gold and Celeron for entry-level users are also expected and now, those processors are beginning to appear …

More benchmark results for the unreleased Intel Core i7-12700H have popped up this week. This time around, we have results from Cinebench R20 and R23 and looking at the scores, Intel's new laptop processor is looking very promising.  The Cinebench results were obtained by Notebookcheck, and the processor appears to …

Many memory manufacturers have started to produce DDR5 memory, but not without issues. Like in many other industries, the global chip shortage is affecting DDR5 memory production, explaining the lack of stock and the pricing of DDR5 modules. According to 12chip.com, the issue resides in a shortage of Power Management …

Razer is expanding its PS5 accessories line-up with two wireless headsets and a controller charging stand. The two headsets will be the Kiara and Kiara Pro, featuring the same black and white theme as the PS5. As for the charging stand, it's available in black, red and white, allowing users to …

Gigabyte is adding a new 240Hz gaming monitor to its display portfolio – the M27Q X. This monitor seems to share the same stand and casing as the standard M27Q and G27 monitors, but makes the jump to 1440p resolution and 240Hz refresh rate. Like the original M27Q, the M27Q …

Logitech, Streamlabs' parent company, is being accused of plagiarism for copying the layout of Lightstream to create the Xbox-exclusive Streamlabs Studios website. However, that's not all, as the “OBS” naming was used without the consent of OBS' founders, leading streamers and former employees of Streamlabs to ask Logitech to solve …

SteelSeries is back with another limited edition set of gaming peripherals. Previously, we've seen SteelSeries release limited edition gaming gear based on CS:GO skins like Hyper Beast, Neon Rider, Fade Camo and Howl. This time around, we're getting a new gaming mouse, headset, keyboard and mouse mat based on the …

Rumours of Nvidia releasing a new RTX 2060 SKU have been floating around for a while, but there is finally some hard evidence available. This week, listings for several Gigabyte RTX 2060 12GB graphics cards  were spotted on the EEC database.  The EEC listings were first spotted by Twitter user @momomo_us. …