PC upgrades that will have the biggest impact on performance

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The beauty of owning a desktop PC lies in upgradability. It’s a huge part of why I always stick to desktops, and I can’t imagine having it any other way. A desktop is a canvas, one where you can erase certain parts and paint them anew at a whim. However, … Read more

These are the best GPU board partners to buy

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Buying one of the best graphics cards is a great way to ensure that your next graphics card upgrade is a good one. But it’s not always as simple as just picking between AMD and Nvidia within your price range. You also have the third-party board partners to choose from, … Read more

Nvidia Computex 2024 keynote: how to watch and what to expect

Nvidia Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will make the company’s Computex keynote address this weekend and is scheduled to discuss “advanced developments in the fields of accelerated computing and artificial intelligence.” That AI will feature in the address is no surprise, but whether that will mean we’re going to learn about new graphics cards or AI … Read more

What Does Nvidia’s 10:1 Stock Split Mean for Shareholders?

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), in Q1 2024, posted a record 262% year-over-year jump in quarterly revenue to $26 billion on the back of its growing data centre business boosted by the Blackwell platform. Nvidia share prices jumped to record levels on the announcement, hovering above $1,100 apiece on May 28. The chipmaker also decided to … Read more

Nvidia ARM laptops may launch next year, and could be huge

Nvidia Imagine a laptop with an iteration of Nvidia’s ARM-based CPU combined with a powerful RTX graphics card, all enhanced by AI. Years ago, that would have sounded outlandish, but now it seems like it could actually happen. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Dell CEO Michael Dell more or … Read more

It’s time to stop believing these PC building myths

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends As far as hobbies go, PC hardware is neither the cheapest nor the easiest one to get into. That’s precisely why you may often run into various misconceptions and myths. These myths have been circulating for so long now that many accept them as a universal truth, even though they’re … Read more

These 5 PC upgrades are the biggest money wasters

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Upgrading your PC is a good way to give it some extra juice without having to spend money on a whole new build. Unfortunately, that’s not always a universal truth. Certain components can become real money wasters, and you’ll never know it unless you dig deeper into what’s worth it … Read more

GPU buying guide: How to choose a graphics card in 2024

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The graphics card, also known as the GPU, is arguably one of the most exciting components in any PC build. Alongside the processor, your graphics card often has the greatest impact on the overall performance of your PC. That makes it a pretty high-stakes purchase, especially if you consider that … Read more

Thermal throttling: what it is and how it affects frame rates

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends If you’ve ever been playing a game just fine and then found your fans spinning up fast and loud and your frame rate tanking, you may have become a victim of thermal throttling. It’s when your processor, graphics card, or some other component feels it’s getting too hot to continue … Read more

These are the Nvidia GPUs you shouldn’t buy right now

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Buying a new GPU in this generation is a bit of a tricky minefield of graphics cards to steer clear of. Sometimes, the performance is there, but the value is not; other times, you could get something much more capable for the same amount of money. While Nvidia makes some … Read more