3 reasons your monitor upgrade matters a lot more than your next GPU upgrade
… Considering the prices of current-gen GPUs, and that no next-gen GPUs will arrive before 2028, it's the right time to invest in a new gaming monitor.
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IPS monitors promise no burn-in, but they're hiding bigger problems that you can't ignore anymore
… Related OLED burn-in is overblown, but IPS is still the productivity king The OLED tax doesn't get you a better work monitor Poor contrast ratio means no real HDR IPS and OLED are not even in the same league IPS displays have always had inferior contrast ratios compared to VA panels. …
I switched to a 240Hz OLED, and I can't go back to LCD for anything
… Text clarity has always been an issue on older OLED panels due to the subpixel arrangement, especially on my first-gen AW3423DW monitor, and the lower pixel density at 1440p only made the fringing more noticeable. …
Your motherboard's USB ports aren't all the same — and the wrong ones are bottlenecking your PC
… Whether your board is old or new, you'll have at least three different USB ports in a combination of: USB 2.0: 480 Mbps USB 3.0/USB 3.1 Gen 1/USB 3.2 Gen 1: 5 Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2/USB 3.2 Gen 2: 10 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2: 20 Gbps USB4: 40 Gbps USB4 v2: 80 Gbps USB 2.0 ports are considered legacy now, a… …
USB4 is quietly replacing Thunderbolt, and your next motherboard will prove it
… That all changed when the USB-IF was drafting the next-gen USB standard. …
Your smart TV is screenshotting everything you watch, but here's how to block it
… You technically clicked through the setup, but the design of that experience worked against genuine understanding from the start. …
3 HDMI settings I always change to unlock my TV’s full potential
… This made it the go-to standard for next-gen gaming consoles and high-end displays. …
The gaming industry's biggest lie is about what your setup needs — here's what actually matters
… MSI MAG 274QP QD-OLED X24 The MSI MAG 274QP is a 1440p 240Hz 3rd-gen QD-OLED display. …
I don't use HDMI, and I never will
… This made it the go-to standard for next-gen gaming consoles and high-end displays. …
The Source engine should've died a decade ago, but Valve kept finding ways to keep it alive
… About a week before Half-Life shipped, Valve realized they needed to start on next-generation features but couldn't risk introducing bugs into a codebase about to become a retail product. So they split the source tree: a gold-master branch called GoldSrc, and a riskier next-gen branch called Src. …