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PremiumSteam Controller interview full transcript — Valve programmer and engineer discuss design, latency, prototyping, and the joys of not having a kernel driverValve sat down with Tom's Hardware to discuss the new Steam Controller, its design, dealing with latency, and why you really need Steam to use it.
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PremiumThe GeForce RTX 30-series upgrade matrix — does your Ampere GPU need an upgrade in 2026?We go over every GPU in the RTX 30-series lineup to determine whether or not it's the right time to leave the Ampere platform for newer Blackwell and RDNA4-based pastures.
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PremiumPremium Build: Greyscale — building a custom-looped ITX PC that pushes the form factor to its limitsBuilding an ITX PC can be challenging in and of itself, so naturally, we decided to amp up the difficulty factor and see if we could build something uncoolable.
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PremiumTesting PC games using FEX on a high-end Android tablet can yield playable results — but the early tech is still not ready for prime timeWe take a brief look at FEX, the translation layer that allows PC games to run on ARM64 devices, such as Android Tablets. While the results are promising, it still has a long way to go.
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PremiumOur experts review your astonishing PC builds and setups in Rig Rundown — from wall-mounted setups to a system packed inside of a 1:6 scale RC carWe go through user-submitted PC builds and crown a winner in the inaugural Tom's Hardware Premium Rig Rundown results
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PremiumWhy we spent 50+ hours retesting Intel’s Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K PlusAlthough we’ve known for a long time that Intel planned to refresh its Arrow Lake CPUs, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus still posted results that were difficult to believe during our review period.
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PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'WD's leadership, now fully split from Sandisk, talks about its expectations for the future with industry analysts. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.
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PremiumAmerica’s AI chip rules keep changing — and the rest of the world is paying the priceWhat’s going on with Donald Trump’s attitude to AI chips, and how could it play out?
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PremiumHere’s what the FCC ban on foreign-manufactured routers actually means for consumersRouter manufacturers will now need to jump through some restrictive hoops to sell products in the U.S.
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