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AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series of gaming CPUs might not have provided the hefty uplift in performance that we expected, after the revolution that the AM5 socket chips first brought, but they’ve nonetheless proven to be more efficient and slightly quicker options than the Ryzen 7000 chips they replaced. Slap bang in the middle of this range of options is the Ryzen 7 9700X, an eight-core and 16-thread processor that can be had for decent money. It’s currently $265 from Amazon US in the Spring Sale, working out to a genuine reduction on a decent option for most folks that makes…
Glass mouse pads are back. Nearly 20 years since they last fell out of fashion, the durability, easy-cleaning ability, and ultra-fast-gliding appeal of this sort of mouse surface has seen them make a resurgence. Not wanting to miss out on the trend, Corsair has unveiled its own version, in the shape of the imaginatively-titled Corsair MM Glass. Hoping to wrestle its way onto our best gaming mouse pad guide thanks to its huge size, sound dampening, and super speedy gliding surface, Corsair’s latest joins the likes of Attack Shark, Qpad, Razer, Superglide, and Wallhack in adding a glass option to…
The critically acclaimed Mewgenics may be coming to Switch 2 and PS5 soon.Ports running on both systems were posted on social media on Wednesday, suggesting it’s only a matter of time before they’re officially announced and dated.Mewgenics artist and co-designer Edmund McMillen posted a video on his X account showing a pre-release build of the game running on Switch 2, with the caption “oh hi Switch 2!”This was then replied to by Tyrone Rodriguez, who is credited under ‘special thanks’ in Mewgenics and previously helped with porting The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to consoles.Rodriguez responded with “oh yeah?”, showing a…
It looks like the Duffer brothers have struck gold again, as just over three months after their hit sci-fi show Stranger Things came to an end, the duo’s new project has hit Netflix to positive first reviews.The Duffer-produced horror series, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, follows a young bride and groom in the week leading up to their disastrous wedding. The complete first season dropped onto the streamer in the early hours of March 26, 2026, and not long after, reactions from critics and audience started to roll in.Digital Spy’s Laura Jane Turner called the new body horror…
Up until Bethesda’s announcement that it’ll be getting some robot army DLC next month and the yassification of its faces by Nvidia’s DLSS 5 tech, I’d not thought about seeing how Starfield’s modding scene is getting on for a little while. That’s now changed, because they’ve finally gotten seamless custom animations working.
I’m not necessarily a care bear. Nor am I bloodthirsty, or a rat for that matter. I’m not really sure I fit into any of the labels that the Arc Raiders fanbase has created to determine whether someone loves fighting or not. I’d say my excursions topside are mainly vibes-based. Well, as vibes-based as you can get when dealing with soulless robots and, sometimes, soulless people. The Arc presence is sometimes an issue, especially if I’m running a free loadout. There’s also still that element of panic when I come across one of the FPS game’s most recent additions -…
If you want to unlock every available monster in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, then you’ll need to take out all of the Invasive Monsters in the game.That’s easier said than done, because even if you’re end-game powerful, Invasive Monsters will require you to solve in-battle puzzles in order to overcome each fight.In this guide, we’re breaking down the location of every Invasive Monster in MHS3 and how to beat them.What are Invasive Monsters in MHS3?Invasive Monsters in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection are essentially puzzle bosses that require specific strategies to overcome. Your actual damage output or…
I’m not remotely surprised that more Indie developers are pushing back against DLSS 5 and Nvidia’s gen AI graphics card tools. However, New Blood, a publisher with a focus on retro-style games, is urging devs to push back on the tech while comparing the situation to the rise (and fall) of NFTs and crypto, all while providing player insights that I wholeheartedly agree with.In a conversation with PC Gamer, New Blood’s CEO Dave Oshry and David Szymanski, the developer behind Dusk, Gloomwood, and Iron Lung, delve into their concerns with DLSS 5. The full, unedited comments have since been shared…
Players and developers should boycott Nvidia’s AI-stuffed DLSS 5 tech, with hopes that it’ll force the compny to “think about going back to giving us what we want”. That’s the appeal being made by Dave Oshry, CEO of indie studio New Blood Interactive, who’s been asked for his take on the neural rendering gubbins Nvidia exec Jensen Huang’s recently been adopting a multitude of tones as he’s tried to convince critis that they’ve just got it all wrong.
Verdict A hard sell when it first launched, a few months later the AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D is even less convincing an option for most buyers. It excels at gaming in general, and is particularly good for CS2 and other very high frame rate gaming situations, so it’s certainly still a solid option. However, it’s so weak elsewhere that it falls well short of an outright recommendation for most right now. Pros Consistently good gaming performance Particularly good for high frame rate esports gaming Runs cool and doesn’t draw much power Gets you started on the AMD AM5 platform Cons…