Jacob Roach / Digital Trends In my 15 years of building PCs, I’ve only ever tackled one small form factor (SFF) build. If you’d asked me two months ago, I would have told you that I’d never want to try it again. But now that’s changing. Earlier this month, Nvidia unveiled a new set of …
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends We’ve known for a couple of weeks now what the ROG Ally X entails. It’s using the same Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip under the hood, the same 7-inch 1080p display up front, and an overall build that’s similar to the original model. It comes with some spec bumps, but this …
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Asus is giving up on one of the most unique aspects of the ROG Ally with its new model. The ROG Ally X is official, and as a string of teases and leaks suggested, it overhauls Asus’ handheld gaming PC in every way. In the process of upgrading the device, …
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Acer just announced three new OLED gaming monitors at Computex 2024, which isn’t too surprising. Event after event, we see a range of new Predator monitors packing a recent panel, but for a price that just isn’t competitive with the rest of the market. Pricing isn’t changing, but one of …
All the rumors about the RTX 5090 were pointing toward another ridiculous, three or four-slot GPU. But a recent rumor states that Nvidia is moving in the opposite direction with its upcoming Founders Edition card. The comment comes from known leaker @kopite7kimi on X (formerly Twitter) as a reply to a post by Overclock3D. According …
Digital Foundry Choosing between PC and console just got a little trickier because a feature that was previously reserved for PCs is now available on the Xbox Series S/X and PlayStation 5. The feature in question? Frame generation, courtesy of AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3. The tech did a superb job in the first …
Digital Trends Computex will be big this year. Coming off a seismic shift in the world of PCs just a week ago with the introduction of Copilot+, Computex is the perfect place for the rest of the industry to show off what it’s been up to. This year, I’ll be on the ground in Taipei …
Corsair One i500 MSRP $4,700.00 “The Corsair One i500 is a small PC that screams premium and exceeds expectations.” Pros Beautiful case design Surprisingly capable performance Minimal bloatware Back I/O light Upgradeable Cons Expensive CPU is a bit too hot to handle I review some of the best gaming desktops, but I’ve never seriously considered …
Noctua HOME: home, office and multi-purpose ventilation Noctua, the prolific fan company that’s slapped its owl logo on everything from CPU coolers to screwdrivers, is embarking on a new venture — desk cooling. The NV-FS1 is a desk fan that puts the NG-A12x25 120mm fan inside a stand and features a special new “airflow optimizer.” …
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I know it sounds too good to be true, but there’s a $7 app that will double your performance in any game, with any graphics card. There are some caveats, as you probably suspect, but the app works shockingly well considering what it does — and I haven’t stopped using …