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Alienware's budget OLED monitor is almost all the gaming screen you need
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (1115+ words) It just so happens I've been daily driving an old school VA panel this week. It's a budget 34-inch ultrawide and, funnily enough, it provides the perfect foil for Alienware's new 27-inch QD-OLED monitor, the Alienware AW2726 DM. This, too, is a…...
Ubuntu's web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack"
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (289+ words) A whole range of Ubuntu sites and services seem to be affected. May 1, 2026: Added some extra context about repository downloads. Even if Ubuntu's official repos are down, you should be able to download from mirror repos by selecting a different…...
Graphics card price watch: We're tracking the lowest prices and the best GPU deals for Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (357+ words) We've done the hard yards sourcing the best graphics card deals for the GPUs worth putting in your gaming PC. This is our regularly updated list of the best graphics card prices around. We faithfully track down the best GPU…...
April's top 5 robots: they fail, they flail, they play ping pong and poop NFTs
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (397+ words) Robots may someday dominate our world. Let's keep an eye on them. Robots: they're basically just computers that walk around, so we're going to start covering them more regularly here at PC Gamer. And there's a lot to cover: hardly…...
The new 'Xbox mode' for Windows 11 has arrived, but don't get your hopes up for performance improvements: it's just a new UI
14+ hour, 23+ min ago (505+ words) The "dedicated gaming experience" for WIndows 11 is now rolling out in "select markets." Microsoft announced in March that the new Xbox mode for Windows 11, a full-screen "dedicated gaming experience," was set to go live in April. And on the very…...
More than 50% of PC Gamer readers use AI, but only 27% are using it for upscaling
20+ hour, 20+ min ago (369+ words) Are you guys really not using upscaling in your games? And when it comes to PC gaming specifically, most of us are very much against the idea of either us or the devs using AI in games. You only have…...
I won't say 'no' to another budget gaming headset, but Glorious hasn't yet perfected the formula
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (1181+ words) There are a number of reasons to pick up a wired gaming headset over something wireless. Price is definitely a factor, but add to that greatly reduced latency, plus the obvious fact you'll never have to worry about keeping your…...
'Our demand fulfillment rate is now at a record low' says Samsung
20+ hour, 50+ min ago (387+ words) High demand, high prices, it's basic economics. The world's largest memory maker is, it seems, doing very well despite what it says is "record low" demand fulfilment: "We also have very tight inventory and available supply is far short of…...
This limited edition $4, 000 RTX 5090 from Asus consumes way more power for just a little extra performance
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (632+ words) Modest performance uplift for a significant increase in price and energy. Earlier in the year, I got a look at what I called the ideal GPU physique in the form of the Asus ROG Matrix Ge Force RTX 5090. This card…...
Manage all your monitors a little bit easier with Microsoft's latest Power Toys tool
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (492+ words) Power at your fingertips. Well, mouse button. PC enthusiasts might feel that Microsoft has been slowly stripping customisation control options out of Windows, but the truth of the matter is that they haven't actually gone. They've just been moved into…...