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Nvidia’s RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti rumoured to launch in May and could struggle even at 1080p
Way back in the ancient mists of February, we reported that RTX 4060 rumours were shaping up well in terms of performance. The latest news (opens in new tab) is that it and its Ti sibling are go for launch in May.Unfortunately, in the…
Tech luminaries including Musk and Wozniak beg AI pioneers to hit the brakes
Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and the CEO of Stability AI are among the leading figures in the broader tech industry who have signed an open letter calling for a six month "pause" on the development of advanced artificial…
AMD details its Nvidia DLSS 3 Frame Generation-fighting tech
For once we were right (opens in new tab). AMD has indeed revealed the first details of its upcoming answer to Nvidia's DLSS 3 Frame Generation technology (opens in new tab). Known as frame interpolation, the technology will arrive with…
A huge boost to stream quality is headed our way very soon thanks to AV1 on YouTube via OBS
AV1 promises to dramatically improve video quality when we stream while sucking up less of our internet bandwidth. The issue is you can't just switch everything over to AV1 in an instant. It takes time, dedicated hardware, and streaming…
Intel’s next-gen GPUs absolutely need to match up to these rumoured specs to be relevant
A new rumour detailing Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU has emerged. It's a pretty detailed 'leak' as these things go and would make for a properly quick Intel GPU. More importantly, whether it's entirely made up or based on actual…
Intel’s Core i9 12900K for $356 is an older CPU actually worth buying
When the new shiny thing comes out, it tends to blow the older generation stuff out of the water. For its 13th Gen, Intel increased core counts across the board and heaped more cache on its chips. Yet it wasn't a crushing defeat for the…
The perfect PC OLED just became less likely as Japanese manufacturer goes bust
One of Japan's leading OLED panel makers, JOLED, has gone bust. While JOLED didn't make any of the panels in the latest generation of OLED gaming monitors, its demise is worrisome on several levels.JOLED is a relatively new company—having…
EU proposes rules to make it harder to exaggerate how eco-friendly a product is
The EU is looking to force manufacturers to list whether a product is repairable, and for how long parts will be available, where customers can see it. And alongside the bloc's new draft rules on repairability, there are new proposals to…
Newegg’s new ChatGPT-based AI PC builder has some funny ideas about cheap gaming PC builds
Newegg, one of our go-to online retailers for acquiring PC components, has decided to integrate ChatGPT into several of its online features. Not only has it gone into the company's customer service chatbot, and into optimising search, but…
Nvidia kicks crypto to the curb: ‘doesn’t bring anything useful for society. AI does’
Nvidia has both been the benefactor and victim of cryptocurrencies' boom/bust cycle. When crypto was soaring in value, so was Nvidia's share price. When crypto crashed, often Nvidia's share price dropped with it. The company makes a…