Content and news by Rob Williams

It might sound like an antiquated idea, but in lieu of listening to a random assortment of tracks in a listening session, I prefer to toss on full albums, listening to them straight through. On the desktop, I use foobar2000 to listen to the FLAC rips I have, and then add the…..

With the official release date of AMD’s Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics card right around the corner (June 26), isn’t it about time we get that bit of information we all want? I’m of course talking about the price, and it’s a question that components etailer SabrePC has decided to answer. On…..

For the first time ever, we have the prospect of gamers being able to play their favorite titles with their friends on different platforms. Minecraft and Rocket League are primed to become spearheads for the feature, but one stubborn holdout is happy to throttle progress. What is Sony thinking, and why is cross-play so important? We’re discussing that, and more, inside.

It’s interesting to see how E3 has changed over the years. It once used to revolve so heavily around consoles, that many PC gamers didn’t even bother tuning in. But today, hardware vendors have begun making announcements at the show. That includes NVIDIA, which announced that it’s bundling a copy of Destiny…..

Hot on the heels of me explaining the reasons Microsoft’s new-fangled Xbox One X isn’t a “true 4K” system, Xbox chief Phil Spencer fires shots at Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro, claiming the same thing. In my post, I surmised that it requires about 12 TFLOPS of GPU horsepower to earn the designation…..

Not long after the official unveiling of Bungie’s upcoming Destiny 2, hints of a delayed PC launch hit the web in full force – to the chagrin of those craving that silky-smooth 60 FPS gameplay. Now, we have some good news, and some bad news. The good is that Bungie is kind…..

Microsoft revealed its upcoming Xbox One ‘Project Scorpio’ at E3 2017, giving it the final name ‘Xbox One X’. At release, this eXtreme model will be the fastest console available, easily beating out Sony’s PS4 Pro. But, faster performance doesn’t always equate to a better experience – especially when the OS (or “hub”) is rubbish.

This November, the twenty-third title in the Need for Speed series will launch in the form of Payback. A handful of NFS titles in recent years have looked like, and in some cases, felt like, a Fast & the Furious game, and Payback pushes that to the limit. The entirety of the…..

I’ve been a fan of the Forza series since the second iteration was released almost exactly ten years ago (May 29, 2007, for the Xbox 360), and because I’m a big fan of open-world racing games (eg: Test Drive Unlimited 2, The Crew), I’ve found myself hugely drawn to the Forza Horizon sub-series…..

This past April’s Fools’, NVIDIA touted its “GeForce GTX G-Assist” flash drive, and despite its ridiculous claims, fans salivated at the thought of owning one. The current design of top-end GTX graphics cards are cool enough, but shrunk down to the size of a flash drive? It’s downright adorable. NVIDIA’s heard your…..

If it’s not obvious enough (somehow), we’re in the midst of an incredible time for processor tech. Remember when the first 1GHz chips hit the market? That was exciting. It was also exciting when we saw the world’s first dual-core chips. Fast-forward to right now, and it’s exciting because after a decade…..

Corsair’s Crystal series is named as such because of its use of tempered glass, and as the top dog in the current lineup, the 570X sports that tempered glass on all four sides. Despite its delicate frame, the chassis proved great to build with, and as we found out, its beautiful aesthetics don’t hurt its cooling efficiency.

Something that wasn’t hard to find at last week’s Computex event was super-fast RAM. It was all over the place, and what was there was downright impressive. I wrote last week about a cool showing at the Corsair suite, where I saw 8x16GB Vengeance modules running at a ridiculous DDR4-3800. For smaller kits…..

Apple’s latest iMacs are interesting in their own right, but what had me most intrigued about them is the fact that AMD once again managed to be the exclusive provider (aside from Intel IGP in the bottom models) of graphics cards. Standard iMacs, which begin at $1,099 USD for a 21.5″ configuration,…..

Here’s something that went completely under my radar. At Computex last week, many vendors showed off their wares built around AMD’s upcoming Threadripper processors, based on the X399 platform. Unfortunately, a series of timing issues prevented me from getting a close hands-on look at an X399 motherboard, and that’s something I regret, because I’ve now learned that X399…..

To say it’s been a busy 2017 for AMD would be an incredible understatement. We’ve seen the launch of the company’s hugely anticipated Ryzen desktop processors, a second generation Radeon Pro Duo, and preparations for the launch of the first graphics card based on Vega, called Frontier Edition. While we wait for…..

Qualcomm’s Hugo Swart During last week’s Computex event in Taipei, I met with Hugo Swart, Qualcomm’s Senior Director of IoT Consumer Electronics, a man who’s really keen on bringing us to a point where AR and VR become a part of every day life. During the meeting, he introduced me to the concept…..

Considering just how intense the rumors surrounding Intel’s Core X-Series processors were leading up to Computex 2017, it wasn’t much of a surprise to see that the company actually went ahead with unveiling the lineup at the show. What really did surprise me, though, was what Corsair had on display in its…..

Earlier this year, Qualcomm announced that its top-end Snapdragon 835 processor would become an ingredient in forthcoming devices that aim to deliver (beyond) all-day battery-life, and a high-performance X16 LTE modem for super-fast data transmissions. At Computex 2017, we find out that ASUS, Lenovo, and HP have all committed to the platform.…..

In the weeks leading up to this year’s Computex show, rumors of supposed Intel Core-i9 processors hit the Internet, which would include models sporting more than 10 cores and 20 threads. On the first day of the show, Intel decided to confirm those rumors. Intel’s Core X-Series processors are more than just…..