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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
At some point in the future, I look forward to telling my grandchildren that their new holo-GPUs are nothing like the wonderful hardware I experienced as a child. No, our graphics cards were spiky, robust bits of technology—and they came in boxes covered in art featuring robot frogs, or scantily clad cyber elves, or the Terminator if his wife left him and he was having a rough time of things.
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
Sometimes it seems that PC case design has more in common with the fashion world than anything else. After all, it's easy to look at shiny new rigs posted online by creative types, glance over at your ageing case, and wonder whether you should get with the times and do something different. We've noticed that novel venting is starting to emerge as a trend, and this Asus chassis has me considering an upgrade of my own.
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
In "news to make your teeth itch", a Gamestop store in Staten Island has reportedly been stapling receipts to boxes containing brand-spanking-new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. Ordinarily this wouldn't be much of an issue, but thanks to a lack of protection between the outer layer and the LCD screen inside, midnight launch attendees at this particular store have complained that some of their Switch purchases have ended up with holes punctured in the screen.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Andy Edser
Nintendo Switch 2 launch day is finally here, and it hasn’t been pleasant for many of the hardcore fans. Many of the new Nintendo Switch 2 owners …
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
It's not often a GPU cooler design makes me do a double-take, but here we are. The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 8G Cyclone OC has made my head involuntarily rotate for two reasons this morning—firstly, because it looks wildly different to what you might think of when it comes to graphics card designs, and two, because I saw a prototype version of this cooler at Computex with a screen in the middle of the fan.
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
You'd be forgiven for thinking that gaming headset audio has reached something of a standstill. After all, tear apart most models and you'll find a pair of traditional do-it-all drivers, which are essentially two small speakers pointed directly at your lugholes. Expensive planar magnetic units (like those used in the magnificent Audeze Maxwell) are the hot thing, but other than that it's mostly been variations on that one particular theme.
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is, I think it's fair to say, one of the most anticipated graphics cards of this generation. Gamers on a tight budget have had a tough time of it in recent years, and AMD's new entry-level card feels aggressively designed (and priced, no less) to hit Nvidia where it hurts.
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3 weeks ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
Razer DeathAdder Essential | Wired | 6,400 DPI | 5 buttons | Right-handed | $29.99 $22.99 at Amazon (save $7)Yes, it's only rated to 6,400 DPI, and yes, it's a little light on features. But the fact you can get one of Razer's much loved DeathAdder mice for around the cost of takeout for one is undoubtedly impressive. For this kind of cash, if you've been making do with a no-name budget wonder that's in need of retirement, it's a bit of a no-brainer.
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1 month ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
MSI MAG 341CQP | 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 175 Hz | QD-OLED | Curved | $779.99 $659.99 at Newegg with promo code CYGES27297 (save $120)OLED gaming still isn't as affordable as we'd like. But it's getting there. This 34-inch ultrawide QD-OLED beast is a great deal at this price, however.
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1 month ago | 
pcgamer.com | Andy Edser
I got the chance to sit down at a roundtable discussion with AMD's senior vice president and general manager of the computing and graphics group, Jack Huynh, not long after he spoke on stage at Computex 2025. I asked him about AMD's competitive pricing for the RX 9000-series, in particular the newly-announced RX 9060 XT:"It's part of strategy, building scale. We want to be as aggressive as possible, right? And offer a tremendous value proposition to all our fellow gamers.
