News

Valve is “hard at work” on Steam Deck 2, learning from Steam Machine and more

Valve is making progress on Steam Deck 2, and points to progress from the original Steam Controller to today's Valve devices, to set expectations.

It’s official: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU now has 12GB of VRAM, and it’s about time

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 mobile GPU won't be languishing with just 8GB of memory any more, as 12GB model gets officially confirmed.

Valve confirms why Steam Controller is out before Steam Machine – it “doesn’t have RAM in it”

Valve has just explained the key reason why it's already launched the Steam Controller, but there's still no sign of its Steam Machine, despite...

This fake Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 looks scarily convincing, with laser-engraved chip numbers

There's some frightening attention to detail here, with a dead Ampere GPU being skimmed and re-engraved with an RTX 4090 model number.

Happy 45th birthday, Xerox Star, the computer that brought us a full GUI well before Apple and Microsoft

Building on Xerox PARC's ground-breaking work on SmallTalk, this computer's OS had a full working GUI with icons, scrollbars, and menus in 1981.

Intel cancelled Arc Celestial GPUs “long ago” and Druid successor is unclear, leaker claims

The Xe3P architecture will apparently live on across mobile and data centre, but Intel reportedly has no plans to launch gaming GPUs with it.

Valve Steam Controller details leak ahead of launch

Komodo Station’s Steam Controller page goes live before the official launch, revealing this pad's final design and how it fits in your hands.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced system requirements need an RTX 4090 for top settings, plus DLSS

Ubisoft unveils the system requirements for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, demanding at least an RTX 3060 for 60fps gameplay at 1920x1080.

Intel says software is holding back your CPU performance by up to 30%

Enthusiasts are underestimating the role software plays in demonstrating the full performance of a CPU, according to Intel.