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RTX 5070...The Best RTX 70 Class GPU Yet?

November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM

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RTX 2070 vs RTX 3070 vs RTX 4070 vs RTX 5070: when comparing four generations of GPU, which one was the best? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjZG...

Valve's Steam Machine: Dead on Arrival?

November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM

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Our latest podcast discusses the Steam Machine, which based on what we've seen so far, needs to be PS5-level cheap (or cheaper) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwl...

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Insane DRAM Pricing Might Kill PC Gaming...

November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM

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Skyrocketing DRAM prices have already affected DDR5, but it will soon affect GPU prices too. We've done some modelling to show how expensive GPUs will get if GDDR prices increase a lot youtu.be/i38AAGggCVs

AMD Throws Loyal Radeon Customers Into The Trash

November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM

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AMD has confirmed to us in writing that RDNA1/2 will still receive game optimizations AT THE SAME TIME as RDNA3/4. So this should put the issue to rest, and if this does end up being the case they probably should have just said this and cut the BS.

November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM

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AMD should do a full reversal of their decision instead of releasing wishy-washy corporate speak (while still keeping RDNA2 in the inferior maintenance driver branch)

October 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM

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By ending driver support for RDNA1/2 GPUs, AMD are throwing loyal Radeon customers into the trash

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksjj...

Battlefield 6, 43 GPUs Benchmark @ 1080p, 1440p & 4K

October 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM

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We've tested Battlefield 6 GPU performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0r...

Best 4K Mini-LED for HDR Gaming? - MSI MPG 274URDFW E16M Review

October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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We've tested a 4K mini-LED monitor from MSI with a terrible, awful name www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-H...

Ryzen 5 Roundup: 8400F vs. 7400F vs. 7500F vs. 7600 vs. 7600X vs. 9600X (Gaming Benchmarks)

October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM

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We've tested six Ryzen 5 processors to see which one is the best at gaming youtu.be/AhxUN2kcOWM

AMD Tried To Hide This From You - FSR 4 on RDNA 3 & 2 Tested

October 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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We've tested the in-progress INT8 version of FSR 4, designed to run on RDNA3, up against full FSR4 on RDNA4, FSR3 and more youtu.be/yB0qmTCzrmI

Huge Arc B580 News! Intel Fixes CPU Overhead Problem

October 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM

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Intel has made some significant driver improvements to Arc B580 GPU performance

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Borderlands 4 vs Borderlands 3 - Why Does It Run Badly?

September 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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Today we're comparing Borderlands 4 to Borderlands 3. Why does the new game run so much worse? www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIpP...

The Ultimate Value 1440p OLED - Gigabyte MO27Q28G Review

September 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM

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The Gigabyte MO27Q28G is an excellent 1440p OLED www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-b...

Borderlands 4 Poor Optimization, DLSS as a Crutch, Can it Be Fixed?

September 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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Our latest podcast discusses the Borderlands 4 PC situation www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcm...

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Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs 9800X3D, Which Should You Buy?

September 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM

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Here's the latest data on the 7800X3D vs 9800X3D:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0oi...

Improving a Big Mess - Borderlands 4 Optimization, The Best Settings to Change on PC!

September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM

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We've tested every setting in Borderlands 4 to try and get this game running better. Here's what we recommend:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=11XZ...

Borderlands 4 "Officially Optimized" By Nvidia & IT SUCKS!

September 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM

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Nvidia and Gearbox have made some strange suggestions in their "optimized" settings for Borderlands 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMku...

40+ GPUs Tested: Borderlands 4, GPU Benchmark

September 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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Borderlands 4 GPU benchmarking right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfaN...

Our Views Are Also Down... Why?

September 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM

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Our latest podcast discusses YouTube views being down (possibly due to YT changes), future of CPU platforms, GPU rumors and more

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vov4...

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The Best Value 9070 XT Is Back! 16 Card Roundup

September 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM

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We've tested basically all the Radeon RX 9070 XTs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQU...

Is A "$500" QD-OLED Worth It? - MSI MAG 273QP X24 Review

September 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Testing MSI's $500 QD-OLED gaming monitor:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OtX...

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Deliberately Burning In My QD-OLED Monitor - 18 Month Update

September 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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The results from 18 months of burning in an OLED are here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuH...