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Asus ROG Azoth X Review: A very different aesthetic
Asus' new flagship ROG Azoth X keyboard looks very different from its predecessor — white, colorful, and with semi-translucent keycaps for better backlighting. The new Azoth X also comes with a wrist rest and support for Asus' new web-based armoury c...
2025-06-24 17:39
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How to use Steam’s in-game performance monitor to display real FPS with DLSS or FSR frame generation active
Valve’s new in-game performance monitor can report real and DLSS / FSR-generated frames at the same time.
2025-06-24 16:58
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Microsoft fixes Windows Vista boot sound bug in latest Windows 11 Insider Build — adds Recall Homepage and customizable system indicators
Build 26200.5661 also adds Recall Homepage, customizable system indicators, and key stability fixes
2025-06-24 16:43
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Geekom 'violently' smashes its new Mini PC with a sledgehammer, drags it behind a motorbike, and spins it in a washing machine - PC still works after extreme torture testing
Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence.
2025-06-24 16:39
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Mini PC 'violently' smashed with a sledgehammer, dragged behind a motorbike, and spun in a washing machine - Geekom PC still works after the company's extreme torture testing
Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence.
2025-06-24 16:39
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Bambu Lab slices the price of its high-speed P1P 3D printer by 43% — $399 deal marks its 3rd Anniversary Sale
Bambu Lab is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with superb deals on some of its best products
2025-06-24 16:24
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Nvidia launches $249 RTX 5050, putting Blackwell within reach of more gamers — entry-level 50-series arrives in late July
Nvidia finally unveils the RTX 5050, sporting 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6, and a 130W TGP. The new GPU represents Nvidia's first new xx50-class desktop card since the RTX 3050
2025-06-24 16:01
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Rare Franken-GPU has both AMD and Nvidia branding — AMD Radeon GeForce RTX 9070 XT is the new ultimate midrange gaming champ
Redditor receives an Asus graphics card with both AMD and Nvidia branding.
2025-06-24 15:45
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Mosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robots
This tiny mosquito-sized drone was created by a team from the Hunan Province in China and is able to help in information reconnaissance missions.
2025-06-24 15:41
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Noctua’s highly anticipated second-gen NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fans hit retail at $34.90 — redesigned fan blades and hub boost cooling performance
The NF-A12x25 G2 is Noctua’s latest addition to its 120 mm fan lineup, aimed at improving airflow efficiency without increasing noise levels
2025-06-24 14:26
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Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges
Dutch PlayStation gamers are up in arms about what they call the unfair 'Sony tax,' and have decided to take the corporation to court.
2025-06-24 12:31
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Microsoft tests Xbox app with Battle.net integration — updated app brings third-party game library aggregation
Microsoft has announced a new aggregated gaming library for Xbox app on PC that will see installed games from third party storefronts show up in the Xbox app.
2025-06-23 19:01
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Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative
Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.
2025-06-23 18:50
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RTX 5070 Ti falls below MSRP in the UK — grab one for less than £700 for the first time
The Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti has fallen below MSRP for the first time in the UK.
2025-06-23 16:42
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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance — 20% uplift from setting change that even Intel employs, despite unknown security risk
Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.
2025-06-23 16:38
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Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging — will smooth over transition for notebook makers moving to the next generation
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.
2025-06-23 16:16
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Someone turned a Steam Deck shell into a DIY PC controller using 3D-printed connectors — features dual touchpads and Nintendo Switch 2-esque split design
Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too.
2025-06-23 15:57
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Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years — each image is 6.4 GB, facility has its own data center for data storage
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.
2025-06-23 15:32
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PC gaming figures fall again in Germany, down to just 13.1 million — marking a 20% decline since 2019
The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019.
2025-06-23 14:33
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