Windows is learning Linux's best tricks, while Linux is learning Windows' best tricks
Ty Sherback May 11, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
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I replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
Ayush Pande Jun 3, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Your old GPU can still run big LLMs – you just need the right tweaks
…In fact, with a little bit of fine-tuning, you can get reliable performance without lowering the accuracy of the outputs. Related 7 things I wish I knew when I started self…
XDA's top picks from Computex 2026: The most exciting tech of the year
…the market by storm, both retro-focused devices and compact portable PCs that can handle modern games. Both require high-performance chips to power through all the demanding scenes while making the…
Owning the latest GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD made me realize that software matters more than hardware in 2026
Ty Sherback May 8, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
Your network switch is probably the wrong one, and here's how to tell before you buy
…That'll give you a solid backbone for your network to grow, without performance bottlenecks, and with access to advanced features like VLANs. Related Network segmentation is the smart home security step…
Intel's Arrow Lake just got a lot better, and most people missed it
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
Claude is better than Gemini for Python, but it's unusable until Anthropic fixes this one problem
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
Rich Edmonds Apr 29, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Lossless Scaling does 5 things DLSS and FSR simply can't match
Ty Sherback May 23, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…