Recent content by cknobman

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    Back in stock, this MSRP-priced RTX 5080 OC is the 2nd most powerful GPU available and is now just $999 for the overclocked variant.

    Personally I am holding out for 9070 xt models to be available at $599 before I buy anything. Maybe black Friday. I see stock levels going up up up right now but prices not coming down. Something will give eventually.
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    News Luxury PC company Maingear launches '90's style Retro95 beige PC — company known for flashy rigs with custom cooling and automotive paint brings ol...

    Went and built one for right at $2400. If that build was using a 5070ti instead of a 5070 then I would buy. Very cool though.
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    Review MSI Katana 17 HX gaming laptop review: 1080p gaming with Nvidia’s RTX 5070

    I love my steam deck and 720-800p gaming on it. But its also priced appropriately with a screen small enough to make the resolution a non issue. But $1300 for 1080p gaming? 8GB vram? For a laptop? Hard pass.
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    Review MSI Katana 17 HX gaming laptop review: 1080p gaming with Nvidia’s RTX 5070

    Seriously in 2025 they are selling $1300 gaming laptops with 1080p displays? Seems like we are on replay from 2018.
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    Steam OS as a desktop? I used the Legion Go S as my work PC

    I use my Steam Deck as a desktop PC all the time. I didnt even have to buy a dock, just plugged in an HP thunderbolt dock I already had and everything just worked right out of the box! Its so nice to use an OS that is fast, responsive, and does not annoy the crap out of you with a bunch of bs...
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    News There is no way a Borderlands game is that demanding' — Borderlands 4 users furious as PC requirements reveal RTX 3070 minimum GPU, 3080 recommended

    If people keep buying expensive trash optimized games they will keep making them. Simple solution is dont buy it until it the game runs better.
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    Review Nintendo Switch 2 tested: new internals are a major power-up

    @Author interested to understand how you say that todays top iGPU's top out around 4Tflops? The z2 extreme has over 11 tflops and the z1 had around 8. The SoC in this Switch is at last 2 generations behind todays iGPU's from what I can see.
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    Review Alienware AW2725Q 4K 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Serious value and high performance

    True but when there are dozens of OLEDs at the same size costing $3-400 less thats what makes this terrible "value"
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    Review Alienware AW2725Q 4K 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Serious value and high performance

    Over $800 for a mere 27 inch display is not "value" LOLOLOL
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    Review Corsair Vengeance a7500 review: High performance blended with high style

    $2800 and only a 5070ti!? Is that serious?