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Valve is looking into “improved upscaling” for Steam Machine, while pricing remains in flux

FSR 3 may not be the upscaler of choice for Steam Machine, when it hopefully arrives during the first half of this year.
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Asus pushes refresh speed higher with its ROG Strix XG27UCG Gen2 dual-mode monitor

Asus treats its ROG Strix XG27UCG Gen2 monitor to a faster 4K162 dual-mode panel, making it ideal both for PCs and consoles.
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Intel Core Ultra 200K Plus Series ‘Arrow Lake Refresh’ appears in retail alongside an F variant

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Plus CPUs show at Romanian retailer alongside iGPU-less variants, slotting as direct replacements of their predecessors.
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AMD confirms next-gen Xbox will arrive in 2027, and says Steam Machine will launch soon

We should expect new Xbox hardware next year and the Steam Machine imminently, according to AMD Chairman and CEO Dr Lisa Su.
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Western Digital shows off 570MB/s HDDs thanks to novel dual-actuator design

Western Digital aims to 8x the performance of HDDs thanks to its dual-pivot technology, which increases the parallel access of the drive.
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AMD will prioritise 8GB Radeon graphics card production and raise prices by up to 10%, according to rumour

The ongoing memory crisis is apparently causing AMD to increase the cost of Radeon GPUs, while focussing manufacturing on 8GB SKUs.
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Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus benchmark leak shows 10% speed boost over 285K

Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Arrow Lake Refresh CPU appears in the Geekbench results browser, showing a 10% uplift over its predecessor.
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Beware of this fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD – it’s slower than a USB 2.0 flash drive

This highly convincing Samsung 990 Pro SSD counterfeit turned out to be 99.7% slower than the real thing, barely scratching 20MB/s.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and 5070 suddenly boom in popularity among PC gamers

For the first time, all top five GPUs on the Steam Hardware Survey have dedicated ray tracing and AI hardware, as RTX 5070 and 5060 storm the charts.
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