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Steven Walton

Melbourne

Features Editor at TechSpot

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PC hardware, technology, reviews and analysis from Steve and Tim

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  • 3 weeks ago | techspot.com | Steven Walton

    This week, we put AMD's new Radeon 9060 XT through its paces. Equipped with 16GB of VRAM, the card delivers impressive results for a mainstream GPU, offering a solid experience in modern titles at 1440p. Pricing remains a question – actual street prices have yet to settle – but purely on performance, it's a strong offering. So, happy days – we finally have a decent entry-level GPU. Well, yes and no. AMD being AMD, they couldn't just take a clean win.

  • 1 month ago | techspot.com | Steven Walton

    When AMD launched the Radeon RX 9070 XT, it was positioned as a direct rival to Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070. But in the world of graphics cards, real-world pricing often tells a different story than marketing intentions.

  • 1 month ago | techspot.com | Steven Walton

    The Nvidia RTX 5060 is based on the same GB206 silicon as the more expensive 5060 Ti series. This means the 181 mm² die contains 21.9 billion transistors – though not all are active in this model, as the core count has been reduced by 17%. Still, the RTX 5060 features 25% more cores than the previous-gen 4060. Not only that, but thanks to the use of 28 Gbps GDDR7 memory, bandwidth has increased by 65% to 448 GB/s.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Steven Walton

    3 hours agoNvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) are excellent companies, but only one can be the best in this head-to-head comparison. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 19, 2025. The video was published on May 21, 2025. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed …

  • 1 month ago | techspot.com | Steven Walton

    Doom: The Dark Ages is the latest first-person shooter developed by id Software, marking the eighth main entry in the franchise and the third installment of the modern series, following 2020's Doom Eternal. As you can imagine, we won't be reviewing the game here but rather, we'll be benchmarking the "hell" out of it, and no doubt a few configurations will be doomed.

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7 Jun 25

RT @bradeinarsen: When Steve said that AMD didn't mention 8GB on the product page... I just had to look. I thought I had it when GPU Memory…

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6 Jun 25

Which of these options is better value? A - One RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (currently $680 AUD) B - Two PS5 DualSense Edge game controllers ($660 AUD)

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5 Jun 25

If you missed it, 8GB 9060 XT testing here: https://t.co/DEbxGBGNGG Side note, I'm seeing a crazy amount of comments claiming that the 9060 XT 8GB is a 1080p card and should be tested as such. Firstly, AMD advertised the 9060 XT universally as a 1440p graphics card. Secondly, https://t.co/5J4MO5zOfP