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Intel is having a really rough time right now, but it's bad news for CPUs as a whole if the company fails.
| Jacob Roach | August 11, 2024 |
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| Jacob Roach | July 26, 2024 |
AMD says that AI will "dream up" parts of your PC games in the future. I asked the company how we get there and what that looks like.
| Jacob Roach | July 15, 2024 |
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| Jacob Roach | June 16, 2024 |
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| Jacob Roach | June 2, 2024 |
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| Jacob Roach | May 19, 2024 |
The CPU has left the conversation for PC gamers over the last few years, but with the demands of modern games, it's time to reexamine its role.
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| Jacob Roach | April 21, 2024 |
Intel's unique APO feature showed some big improvements in our testing, but it still needs some big changes before it's a selling point for Intel CPUs.
| Jacob Roach | April 7, 2024 |
After spending the week at GDC, here are my big takeaways from advancements in the world of PC graphics and tech.
| Jacob Roach | March 24, 2024 |
HDR in PC games has been the source of problems for four years now, and we've made shockingly little progress. But there may finally be a way out.
| Jacob Roach | March 19, 2024 |
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| Jacob Roach | March 15, 2024 |
AMD's latest graphics cards have been a turning point for Team Red, but there's still one lingering issue that needs to be addressed in the next generation.
| Jacob Roach | March 10, 2024 |
The Steam Deck is a massive hit, but one game changed the trajectory of the device, and Linux gaming as a whole, in a major way.
| Jacob Roach | February 27, 2024 |
After a year of backlash over lackluster GPU releases, Nvidia and AMD are finally owning up to mistakes with a new range of graphics cards.
| Jacob Roach | February 16, 2024 |
Even a few months after release, FSR 3 isn't in a ton of games. And AMD's frame generation compromise isn't filling the gaps enough.
| Jacob Roach | February 16, 2024 |
The need for constant innovation in gaming displays have pushed them to the peak, and that means things are going to start slowing down.
| Jacob Roach | January 14, 2024 |
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