My week with Linux: I’m dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes
Here’s what it’s like to live with Linux as my desktop OS.
First GeForce RTX 5060 Listed At Best Buy Hits A Key Price Point
On paper, the launch of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5060 family brought the price of Blackwell to below $500. In practice, the GPU situation is what it is—’frustrating’, if summing it up in a single word—but there is reason to be a bit optimistic. We’re seeing more models listed at MSRP, availability be damned, and there’s already a retail listing
Ashes of Creation heralds over 8,000 concurrent players in one realm during weekend testing
This past Saturday was an apparently busy and momentous one for the playerbase of Ashes of Creation, as creative director Steven Sharif announced on the...
Intel’s Arc B770 GPU could go head-to-head with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 – and it’s expected to be revealed at Computex
Nvidia is preparing its launch of the RTX 5060 this May, but rumors suggest Intel may join AMD in the party of disrupting Team Green’s efforts.
Sandy Bridge-era motherboard gets M.2 SSD boot support 12 years after launch — first new BIOS in a decade for decommissioned motherboard
A Chinese forum user has discovered that Gigabyte silently added M.2 NVMe SSD boot support to the 13-year-old B75M-D3H motherboard via a firmware update.
Nvidia to drop CUDA support for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs with the next major Toolkit release
Nvidia indirectly prompts developers to upgrade as Maxwell (GTX 900), Pascal (GTX 1000), and Volta (data-center) GPUs will not be supported in the next major CUDA version.
Roku Responds To Streaming Update Ruining HDR With Washed-Out Colors
Roku has been catching heat for its decision to inject ads over HDMI to TVs and other streaming clients when a user presses the pause button, an unpopular (among its users) feature that began rolling out recently. Adding insult to injury, however, some users are reporting that the latest Roku update is washing out colors on HDR and/or 4K streaming
SilverStone Hela 850R Platinum power supply review
The SilverStone Hela 850R Platinum is a high-quality ATX 3.1 PSU delivering solid performance and excellent efficiency but its premium price puts it up against fierce competition.
Elden Ring Nightreign gets a lengthy trailer ahead of PAX East panel events
If you’re somehow still unclear on what Elden Ring Nightreign is supposed to be… well, we can’t totally blame you, since it does have Elden Ring...
Asetek’s key watercooling patent expires today as the company seeks to sell its cooling business
With the expiration of its foundational patent on May 6, 2025, Asetek loses a key competitive edge in the all-in-one liquid cooling market, opening the door for rivals to innovate.