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The best zombie games of all time

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Here are the best zombie games ever released, from open-world survival adventures to close-quarters co-op horde bashing, seasoned with a dose of gore.

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Kingston leads global memory revenue chart, with colossal 62% market share

DRAM module revenue surges 59% year-on-year as demand strengthens, reaching $21.2 billion in 2025, with Kingston growing 48% in that time.
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NZXT’s new S5 RGB cases offer dual-glass panels, and a unibody 360mm fan frame, for a surprisingly low price

NZXT introduces the S5 RGB and S5 RGB Deluxe cases, focusing on clean aesthetics and showing off your hardware, with prices starting from just $49.99.
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AMD’s new Radeon GPUs could use GDDR7 VRAM, hints driver update

AMD has released a Linux driver patch that specifically adds GDDR7 as a VRAM name for its GPUs, suggesting RDNA 5 cards may finally move beyond GDDR6.
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Next-gen Nvidia GPUs could use 4GB and 6GB GDDR7 chips, with potentially huge total capacities

A rumour claims that memory makers will release GDDR7 chips with denser capacities than 3GB in 2027 or 2028, offering 4GB or 6GB per module.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 60 “postponed” until 2028, says tech leaker, as AI datacentres eat up all the RAM

Tech leaker kopite7kimi states that Nvidia's GR20x Rubin gaming GPUs won't see the light of day in 2027, despite recent rumours to the contrary.
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AMD’s Radeon RX 9050 4GB delivers poor performance due to hamstrung memory configuration

AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB game benchmarks show a 27% performance deficit compared to the 8GB variant due to its reduced memory pool and bandwidth.
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Noctua even has a camera in its roster now, and it’s designed to prove your photos aren’t AI slop

A 40mm Noctua fan sits in front of the CAIM1's sensor heatsink to keep it cool, while the camera cryptographically stamps your work to prove its origin.
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Sapphire celebrates its 25th anniversary, marking decades of PC hardware innovation

Sapphire is 25 years old, marking a quarter of a century of AMD/ATi partnership and innovative products, from graphics cards to mini PCs.
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Sandisk just released a compact, drop-resistant portable SSD, offering up to 2TB of fast storage

Sandisk officially launches its Portable SSD (V3), offering capacities from 500GB to 2TB with read speeds reaching 1GB/s via USB-C.
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Modder pushes Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 laptop power limit to 250W, raising frame rates by up to 30%

Vibe-coded software gave a YouTuber the power to push an Nvidia RTX 5090 Mobile GPU to new performance heights, with a higher TDP.
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Windows XP’s famous ‘FCKGW’ pirate key story revealed, as former Microsoft programmer spills the beans

Microsoft's former Windows Product Activation author says the famous pirate key may have been leaked by someone at Dell or Intel.
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Philips’ new 34in 280Hz gaming monitor sports 5th-gen QD-OLED tech and a built-in KVM

The Philips Evnia 34M2C8600P is a curved 34in WQHD gaming monitor. powered by 5th-gen QD-OLED panel, and boasting a 280Hz refresh rate.
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Nvidia GeForce GPUs now work on SteamOS, says Valve, but full support isn’t quite there yet

Valve enables early Nvidia driver support on SteamOS, but performance is still behind what GeForce GPUs can achieve on other systems.
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AMD will soon increase CPU, GPU, and motherboard prices by 10%, according to rumour

TSMC is apparently raising its prices by 10%, with AMD passing the buck to partners, likely resulting in consumers absorbing the cost.
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Intel Z990 Nova Lake motherboards are shipping, revealing ASRock model names

ASRock Z990 Challenger, Steel Legend, Taichi, and Pro models all appear in shipping records, suggesting the Intel Nova Lake launch isn't far off now.
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