PC Gaming

Capcom lowers Monster Hunter Wilds system requirements ahead of launch but they’re still problematic

Lower CPU, GPU, and SSD requirements are welcome but Monster Hunter Wilds still leans heavily on upscaling and frame generation.

Valve may be working on new Steam Machines with AMD RDNA 4 GPUs

Leaks claim that Valve is preparing new hardware akin to Steam Machines of old, powered by the same GPU tech as AMD's Radeon RX 9000 Series.

Spider-Man 2 performance issues partly stem from DirectStorage

Benchmarks and performance tools reveal that DirectStorage is negatively impacting frame rates in Spider-Man 2.

Doom: The Dark Ages system requirements

You'll need a GPU capable of ray tracing to play Doom: The Dark Ages but the rest of the game's system requirements are anything but hellish.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle proves 8GB GPUs belong in a museum

8GB and 10GB graphics cards are struggling to run Indiana Jones and the Great Circle at higher settings due to their VRAM capacity.

You can’t turn off Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s ray tracing

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features mandatory ray tracing, pushing GPU requirements beyond some older cards.

STALKER 2 modders come to the rescue with performance tweaks

It seems you can always rely on modders to fix broken games as the STALKER 2 community ousts stuttering and reduces loading times.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows DRM wants to monitor your RAM

Ubisoft is once more in the spotlight due to Assassin's Creed Shadows' Denuvo DRM requiring system memory monitoring.

Portal 2 path tracing brings Nvidia RTX 4080 to its knees

A YouTuber tested a Portal 2 Path Tracing mod on Nvidia RTX 4080, showing a massive 10x performance reduction.

STALKER 2 proves too much for a surprising number of CPUs

Benchmarks reveal that STALKER 2 places huge demands on processors, creating a potential performance bottleneck that's difficult to overcome.

Avowed system requirements are welcomingly modest

Avowed is one RPG that will make few systems sweat, with a low storage footprint and relatively low demands for both CPU and GPU.