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Future Publishing When it comes to pure gaming power, two of the best systems the world has ever known are the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Both platforms deliver brilliant 4K HDR performance, on top of terrific internal storage, great designs, and web-connected features.  While these systems are made by two different companies, the peripherals have many things in common. But they also have a few key differences, and we’re going to cover them all in this side-by-side comparison of the Series X and PS5. Specs…

NVIDIA It might feel like AI and all the advancements that come with it is a very new invention. In reality, it’s been around for many years, with NVIDIA being one of the key leaders in running AI in an accessible way. The number might surprise you, but over 100 million people can run AI locally with GeForce RTX and NVIDIA RTX GPUs — and many haven’t even really thought about what that means. It’s a concept that has gained much publicity in recent times, but it’s far from abstract as you’re using such tools every…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I know, I know. It sounds ridiculous. Preposterous. Antithetical. Apple sure isn’t going to make a gaming laptop, and the current range of Qualcomm-based Windows laptops aren’t exactly performers. But after doing some gaming on a MacBook Pro, I can’t help but fantasize about how excellent ARM-based gaming laptops could be — and how frustrating the current technology is right now. We may be a few years away, but a guy can dream, can’t he? The problem with gaming laptops Jacob Roach /…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The never-ending battle between AMD, Nvidia, and Intel doesn’t just involve their graphics cards — it also stretches to their respective upscaling solutions. It’s not all about performance, either, but also the number of games that support them. Microsoft aims to streamline and unify these upscalers, making it easier for game devs to add support for every GPU vendor. The main issue with having three different upscaling solutions lies not just in how well they all perform in relation to…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends / Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Gaming laptops used to all look the same. For the most part, they were thick, loud, and ugly. Not so today. There’s a huge range of diversity in gaming laptops, which range from elegant portables to bombastic heavyweights. Considering the complexities of balancing performance, portability, and good looks makes it a hard enough decision to start with. Throw in the fact that, increasingly, people are also using their gaming laptop for work and school — and you…

The PC graphics card market witnessed notable growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Jon Peddie Research. With shipments climbing by 6% to reach 76.2 million units, this surge marks a significant 24% increase year over year, representing the most substantial gain in over 25 years. Projections indicate a continued upward trend, with an expected 3.6% annual growth rate from 2024 to 2026, potentially culminating in a total installed base of 5 billion units by the end of 2026, with discrete GPUs comprising…

Intel’s engineers once again managed to introduce significant improvements in the latest driver update — but this time, it’s not the discrete graphics cards that received a boost. Instead, the recent patch targets integrated Intel Arc GPUs found in Intel Core Ultra processors, which are some of Intel’s top CPUs for laptops. This update adds support for a couple of games, but more importantly, it boosts gaming performance by as much as 155%. For starters, the new 31.0.101.5333 WHQL driver adds support for Last Epoch …

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD’s former senior vice president and general manager of Radeon has come out with some strong words against Nvidia. Scott Herkelman called Nvidia “the GPU cartel” in response to a story from the Wall Street Journal in which Nvidia’s customers claim that it delays GPU shipments in retaliation for those customers shopping with other suppliers. The accusation in question comes from Jonathan Ross, CEO of AI chip startup Groq, who said, “a lot of people that we meet with say that if Nvidia…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Nvidia’s Goldilocks GPU this generation has been the RTX 4070. For PC gaming in 2024, with the cost of building a PC moving upward, it hit the perfect balance of performance, price, and features. It’s a GPU that can do anything, delivering that premium gaming experience in flagship titles like Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and Alan Wake 2 without costing as much as a used car. But it’s falling behind. The RTX 4070 was a Goldilocks GPU, but the $500 to $600 market has become hotly…