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Should You Care if Your Monitor Is Certified G-Sync Compatible?

By Scharon Harding published 7 January 21

We talk to Nvidia and gaming monitor vendors to determine how important G-Sync Compatible certification actually is.

Can Wireless Gaming Mice Really Be Trusted?

By Scharon Harding published 23 October 20

Execs from Bluetooth and Razer weigh in on how to make mice with Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz dongle connections more reliable for gamers.

Minecraft RTX Performance: You're Going to Need a Beefy GPU

By Jarred Walton published 16 April 20

We tested Minecraft RTX with and without DLSS on a variety of GPUs and CPUs to see what sort of performance you can expect.

Gaming Desktop vs. Gaming Laptop: Which Is Better For You?

By Andrew E. Freedman published 11 April 20

We compare gaming desktops and gaming laptops to see which is better for PC gaming.

Doom Eternal Graphics, CPU Testing: id Shows How to Optimize for Performance

By Jarred Walton published 25 March 20

We've tested Doom Eternal on 20 GPUs and 10 CPUs to find out what sort of PC it requires to run it at 60 fps or more.

How to Play Doom Eternal on Integrated Graphics

By LowSpecGamer Alex published 24 March 20

What can you do if you want to get extra performance on Doom Eternal? With a few console tweaks you can squeeze the most performance out of this anticipated game.

The RGBaby: How We Built a Mini ITX RGB Gaming PC

By Andrew E. Freedman published 24 March 20

The RGBaby build has lighting in almost every component, which made it difficult to put together and to wire. But with a Ryzen 3900X and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, it’s a powerful light show.

Building a $2,000 1440p Gaming PC

By Zak Storey published 13 March 20

With a budget of $2,000 and a focus on aesthetics and 1440p gaming performance, our latest PC build came together nicely.

Oculus Link Tested: Awesome, But Don’t Sell Your Rift Yet

By Kevin Carbotte published 8 December 19

A standalone headset gets into PC virtual reality gaming.

How Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Plays on Different Graphics Cards

By LowSpecGamer Alex published 22 November 19

We tested the latest Star Wars game on everything from integrated graphics to a GTX 1080.

Best Gifts for Gamers 2019: Presents for Players of All Levels

By Andrew E. Freedman published 16 November 19

Our favorite controllers, mice, keyboards, accessories and more.

Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Performance On AMD and Nvidia GPUs

By Yannick Guerrini published 5 April 19

DiRT 4 Performance Review

By Yannick Guerrini published 8 July 17

Codemasters recently released the 12th title in its Colin McRae Rally series, called DiRT 4. Let’s see how it performs across eight mid-range graphics cards.

Prey Performance Review

By Yannick Guerrini published 27 May 17

After releasing Dishonored2, Arkane Studios hits it out of the park again with Prey, a first-person shooter published by Bethesda as a reboot from 11 years ago.

Mass Effect Andromeda Performance Review

By Yannick Guerrini published 1 April 17

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Performance Review

By Yannick Guerrini published 18 March 17

How well will Ghost Recon Wildlands run on your PC? We test eight graphics cards across two versions of the game (launch day and patch 1.1.5) in order to determine what you need for a smooth 60 FPS.

Ryzen Versus Core i7 In 11 Popular Games

By Paul Alcorn published 14 March 17

We put all three Ryzen SKUs to the test against Kaby Lake and Broadwell-E CPUs in a wide variety of popular games.

For Honor Performance Review

By Yannick Guerrini published 26 February 17

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Benchmarked

By Yannick Guerrini published 4 February 17

Watch Dogs 2 Performance Benchmarks

By Igor Wallossek published 30 December 16

You'll need serious gaming hardware to play Watch Dogs 2, so we put about 30 graphics cards through two taxing sequences to help determine how your PC will fare.

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