Valve adds DLSS 3 to SteamOS backend, but don’t expect an Nvidia Steam Deck

Valve adds DLSS 3 to SteamOS backend, but don’t expect an Nvidia Steam Deck

Valve has made a significant update to its Proton compatibility layer, which is the basis of the Linux-based SteamOS operating system on the Steam Deck. The update brings several improvements and bug fixes, but it also adds support for Nvidia’s coveted DLSS 3 Frame Generation. The update for Proton Experimental rolled out on November 12, … Read more

Asus ROG Falchion Ace HFX review: too expensive for plastic

Asus ROG Falchion Ace HFX review: too expensive for plastic

Asus ROG Falchion Ace HFX MSRP $200.00 “Asus’ first Hall Effect keyboard is a winner, but not at $200.” Pros Solid typing and gaming feel out of the box Rapid trigger and speed tap features Unique media controls 8,000Hz polling rate Cons Pricey for all-plastic construction Armoury Crate is a slog For the past year, … Read more

This fps-doubling app is now even better than DLSS 3

This fps-doubling app is now even better than DLSS 3

Lossless Scaling is a $7 Steam app that’s flipped the idea of frame generation on its head this year. Similar to tools like Nvidia’s DLSS 3 and AMD’s FSR 3, Lossless Scaling offers frame generation. However, it works with any game, and with any graphics card, and it can triple or quadruple your frame rate … Read more

How the Blue Screen of Death became your PC’s grim reaper

How the Blue Screen of Death became your PC’s grim reaper

There’s nothing more startling than your PC suddenly locking up and crashing to a Blue Screen of Death. Otherwise known as a Blue Screen, BSOD, or within the walls of Microsoft, a bug check screen, the Blue Screen of Death is as iconic as it is infamous. Blue Screen of Death is not a proper … Read more

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7800X3D: a close call

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7800X3D: a close call

AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already one of the best processors you can buy. It delivers productivity and gaming gains across the board, though not in equal strides. Despite the improvements AMD made, the last-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still potent competition, particularly when it comes to gaming. These are two of the go-to … Read more

Scalpers are jacking up the price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Scalpers are jacking up the price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Blink and you missed it — the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is sold out everywhere. As you can read in our Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, it’s one of the best processors you can buy, and just minutes after the first listings went live, the CPU went out of stock. Scalpers on eBay are already capitalizing. Dozens … Read more

Your next gaming PC could be fully built by Nvidia

Your next gaming PC could be fully built by Nvidia

Nvidia might be at the heart of your next gaming PC, not just through a graphics card, but also through your processor. Team Green is working on an Arm-based PC platform that’s built around a CPU and GPU designed by Nvidia and that is reportedly set to launch in September 2025, according to DigiTimes. According … Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D shakes things up in a big way

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D shakes things up in a big way

We all knew it was coming. A string of rumors over the past several months has pointed to AMD releasing the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on November 7, but the company itself just confirmed the new CPU. It’s looking for a spot among the best processors, packing 3D V-Cache on top of an eight-core Zen 5 … Read more

Gamers are finally flocking to Windows 11 after 3 years

Gamers are finally flocking to Windows 11 after 3 years

Windows 11 is getting a lot more popular lately. In the latest Steam hardware survey, Valve clocked that 51.97% of its user base is now using Windows 11, which is a 4.28% increase compared to last month and the highest share the operating system has ever seen, despite being readily available for over three years. … Read more

Intel Battlemage GPU: everything we know so far

Intel Battlemage GPU: everything we know so far

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Despite a rocky start, Intel’s Arc GPUs are now among the best graphics cards you can buy. Targeting budget PC gamers, Intel has established itself as a major player in gaming graphics cards, and all eyes are on Team Blue with its next generation of GPUs, codenamed Battlemage. We know … Read more