Items tagged with PC gaming
If you read that headline and you thought "wait, I thought DLSS 5 hurt your FPS", you're right. The idea here is that NBA 2K27 has been updated with the new DLSS 5 Neural Rendering that NVIDIA announced prior to the RTX Spark platform...
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Not only has Epic released its Linux client, but Valve is also updating Steam For Linux to 64-bit. This is a welcome change for some users, since the initial 32-bit version of Steam For Linux launched over 13 years ago, on Valentine's Day...
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A PC gamer got a nasty surprise when the computer they purchased from someone on OfferUp ended up being a stolen system. Luckily, there’s a happy ending to this story. After posting about their ordeal on the pcmasterrace subreddit they...
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Game hitching and stuttering is the enemy of a good experience. It's a plague on modern gaming, though it's far from exclusively a modern affliction; we just notice it more because we have higher expectations and lower frame times. A...
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AnyPS5, the Proton-inspired, open-source translation layer for porting PlayStation 5 games to the PC has developed rapidly in the last couple of weeks since it was initially announced. In fact, the AnyPS5 project has already achieved 100%...
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It's October, and you know what that means: time to get ready for the holiday shopping season. Amazon makes it easy, if you've got Prime; the site's "Prime Big Deal Days" started today, and it seems like half of the site is on deep...
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Fans of the classic MMORPG RuneScape have much to be excited about, but chief among them is the formal announcement of RuneScape 4 at the 2026 RuneFest. Besides the base RuneScape, which had brief periods where it was renamed to RuneScape...
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Over on the X platform, prominent account @DiscordPreviews has spotted an upcoming Discord feature called "Game Mode," which is intended to activate automatically when Discord detects you're in-game. Functionally-speaking, the current...
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PlayStation 5 emulation on the PC is an ongoing effort. The most noteworthy of the current emulators are KytyPS5, SharpEmu, and perhaps AnyPS5. AnyPS5 is somewhat different than the others, however, because it is technically not a...
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DuckStation, one of the more popular Sony PlayStation 1 emulators, received a major update that significantly boosts performance and enhances the user experience. The developers of DuckStation have incorporated multi-threaded shader...
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In bittersweet news for fans of emulation everywhere, prominent Nintendo Switch emulator & Yuzu successor Suyu is shutting down with version 0.04, but not before introducing a limited static recompilation mode for emulated titles. While...
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Valve's highly anticipated Steam Frame standalone VR headset is finally here after being revealed alongside the new Steam Controller and Steam Machine back in November.
The Steam Frame just launched with two models (one with 256GB of...
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Are you an overclocker? If note, you may be the exactly the audience for "Hypertune", a subscription service that promises to improve your PC's gaming performance "with one click." While some of the claims made by the company don't quite...
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PC gamers of a certain age will fondly remember the days when physical copies of PC games came in oversized boxes known simply by enthusiasts as "big boxes." These so-called big box games used oversized packaging so that they could fit...
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SteelSeries has stepped into the luxury gamepad market with the Aeon Pro controller, a high-end option tailored specifically for gamers who frequently switch between PC and Xbox platforms, and perhaps more importantly, have money to blow...
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NVIDIA's DLSS 5 neural rendering offers a stunning upgrade in visual realism but the performance hit is substantial, to the point that some, including this writer, feel it doesn't justify the cost. What if you could slash that performance...
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Amid the ongoing Sony PlayStation physical media controversy, the developers behind the renowned RPCS3 emulator have achieved a milestone in the preservation of PlayStation 3 games.
With its latest update, any system with a mainstream...
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SteamDB, the oh-so-useful community-driven database that tracks concurrent players, pricing histories, and backend updates for PC gaming's largest storefront, has been acquired by modding titan Nexus Mods. But what does that mean for the...
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Acer just announced its Predator Atlas 7 gaming handheld at IFA 2026, along with an intriguing device dubbed "Project DualPlay" that is just a concept at this time. Like its Predator Atlas 8 big brother, the Predator Atlas 7 is built atop...
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Ahead of the launch of RTX Spark-based laptops, NVIDIA is showcasing the gaming performance of its elite mobile AI workstation chip. As we always emphasize when covering the NVIDIA RTX Spark, this chip isn't directly targeted at gamers...
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Gamescom 2026 has been a whirlwind of gaming news, but we're HotHardware, not HotGaming, so let's talk about the cutting-edge gear on display at the show. The Republic of Gamers brought more than its fair share of legitimately innovative...
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Despite the ongoing drive to polish and stabilize Windows 11, Microsoft's efforts are occasionally detoured by severe bugs. The latest known issue to stall Microsoft's progress is a problem where certain games become unresponsive, close...
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