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I played 10 of the latest games on a nine-year-old Intel CPU, and it holds up surprisingly well

Can you game on an old CPU? I dusted off my nearly ten-year-old Core i7- 7700K and played Arc Raiders, Forza Horizon 6, and more to find out.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti dives to £269 in Prime Day GPU deal, and it’s an MSI Trio card too

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Microsoft’s new 8GB Surface Pro laptops are more expensive than their 16GB predecessors

Microsoft relaunches its 2025 Snapdragon Surface Pro and Laptop devices, but the entry-level models only have 8GB of RAM.
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AOC fights on price with its new dual-mode 720Hz WOLED gaming monitor

The AOC Agon Pro AGP277QKDC offers a 4th-gen WOLED monitor, boasting up to 720Hz refresh rate at 1280x720, with an MSRP of £699.
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Valve saw no “viable way” to offer barebones Steam Machine at launch, but that could change in future

Considerations for a barebones Steam Machine, without the RAM and SSD, fell away early in the system's development for several reasons.
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AMD finally gives FSR 4.1 support to Radeon RX 7000 GPUs, thanks to its latest driver

AMD launches FSR 4.1 on RDNA 3 GPUs, promising identical image quality to RDNA 4 and better performance than the community mod.
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Valve now allows you to run SteamOS on your own DIY Steam Machine, with Nvidia GPU support in the works

Valve is releasing SteamOS 3.8 for desktop users who want to build their own Steam Machine, and is working with Nvidia to support GeForce GPUs.
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iiyama just released its first OLED gaming monitor, with a 280Hz refresh rate

iiyama joins the OLED game with its G-Master GOB2701QSC-B1 Titan Falcon monitor, powered by 4th-gen WOLED tech from LG.
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Even DDR2 isn’t safe from the RAM crisis, as legacy memory prices rocket

The ongoing memory shortage is prompting companies to seek legacy DRAM products, with huge price increases predicted for DDR2.
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This motherboard swaps its PCIe 16x graphics slot for a pair of cable connectors

MaxSun has replaced the main x16 PCIe slot on these mini-ITX motherboards with two MCIO connectors, which transmit PCIe signals through cables.
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First 1,000Hz gaming monitor shows terrible results, due to slow IPS panel

Despite having a 1,000Hz refresh rate, this gaming monitor shows slow results, as its IPS panel's pixel transition time can’t meet the required 1ms.
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Steam Controller delivery dates slip into 2027, as Valve can’t keep up with demand

If you order a Steam Controller now, Valve estimates that you'll have to wait until next year before it arrives.
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Ugreen NASync DXP4800 GT review: a stylish quad-bay NAS

Support for ECC and U.2 SSDs gives the DXP4800 GT unique appeal, and the system nails the majority of NAS fundamentals too.
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Steam Frame may support hot-swappable batteries, but with a catch

Leaks suggest Valve will offer a 'Frame Enthusiast Pack' alongside the VR headset, including a hot-swappable battery pack.
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MSI hopes to make DDR5 RAM more affordable, thanks to HUDIMM memory support

MSI adds support for HUDIMM memory, which uses a single 32-bit channel to its Intel motherboards, but there will be a cost to performance.
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The best racing games of all time

Here are the best driving games ever, from pure arcade fun and action-packed racing to highly realistic, competitive simulators.
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Next-gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs appear in official documentation, powered by Zen 6

AMD confirms its next-gen Threadripper lineup, codenamed Mustang Peak, featuring 2nm Zen 6 cores, a new TR6 socket, and PCIe 6.0 lanes.
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