Samuel Willetts - Page 5

With a mouse in hand from the age of four, Sam brings two-decades-plus of passion for PCs and tech in his duties as Hardware Editor for Club386. Equipped with an English & Creative Writing degree, waxing lyrical about everything from processors to power supplies comes second nature.

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar aims to transform 360Hz monitors to look like 1,000+Hz instead

Marrying Variable Refresh Rate and backlight strobing, Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar could seriously boost motion clarity on LCD panels.

Nvidia DLSS 4.5 arrives with better upscaling and paves the way for frame generation changes

A 2nd-gen Transformer model improves upscaling image quality in Nvidia DLSS 4.5, while dynamic frame generation and more are in the works.

MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 review: a sublime ultrawide gaming monitor

A substantial improvement over prior-generation UWQHD panels, MSI's MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 is an awesome gaming monitor.

MSI teases return of GeForce Lightning graphics cards at CES 2026

MSI forecasts lightning ahead of CES 2026, appearing to signal the return of its long-absent graphics card series of the same name.

Asus is reportedly making more DDR4 motherboards in response to DRAM shortage

In Q1 2026, Asus is allegedly allocating more production capacity and investment into producing more DDR4 AMD and Intel motherboards.

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D price leak suggests the CPU won’t cost much more than a 9800X3D

A retail listing for the Ryzen 7 9850X3D suggest this processor will only cost slightly more than AMD's current top gaming CPU.

Cinebench 2026 arrives, switching up how it tests your CPU and GPU

A new render engine for Cinebench 2026 comes complete with wider support for CPUs and GPUs, as well as new features.

AMD and Nvidia GPU prices will rise at start of 2026, rumours claim

As GPU manufacturers enter their next financial quarter, the price of GeForce and Radeon cards are expected to rise.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 breaks cover in multiple benchmark leaks

Preliminary performance measurements for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 turn up, but neither test pushes this rumoured CPU's extra 3D V-Cache hard.