A lot of you have requested that we run power consumption tests for gaming on CPUs, so we've finally done that! And alongside fulfilling that request, we also wanted to tackle a comment from Greg, our recurring antagonist commenter, who "requested" CPU efficiency testing. These benchmarks look at the efficiency and raw power...
Experience a finely curated selection of renowned European cities in this latest addition to the Microsoft Flight Simulator experience. Microsoft and its partners carefully selected five exemplary urban regions throughout Europe for this update: The Hague (Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium), Košice (Slovakia), Zagreb (Croatia),...
In this episode, we were on location for a secret, not-yet-released video (guess where in the comments!) and decided to set up and film HW News. The news last week included a follow-up to the alleged NVIDIA RTX 4090 Dragon (and other cards) with the US Government telling NVIDIA, basically, to 'deal with it.' We also cover the...
This review & benchmark of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X CPU tests it vs. the TR 7980X, Threadripper 7970X, and mainstream parts like the Ryzen R9 7950X & Intel i9-14900K. The Threadripper 7960X CPU is a 24-core part, putting it closer to the 7950X in core count, but still different in I/O capabilities. Aside from the I/O...
This hardware news recap talks about Amazon GPU pricing scams, "eternal life" scams -- a classic -- on a USB key, RTX 4090 harvesting for AI farms, the NVIDIA RTX 4090 Dragon rumors, and more. We'll also be covering a full set of dystopian stories for maximum entertainment, like a secret mining operation, counterfeit HDMI...
It's December! And while that usually means Christmas LGR things, these two Duke Nukem Evercade Collection cartridges were just released and there was no way I was gonna miss out on covering remasters of some of my favorite games. Especially since I got to be involved in their creation, just a little bit at least!
This video talks about our new GN Mega Charts pages, which provide all of our vetted data for a component category in one place. The initial launch includes a CPU Power Consumption mega charts set and CPU cooler set. The permanent pages provide reference points for more data than we typically can cram into a video and should be...
Intel released a series of slides in a presentation attacking AMD -- and bizarrely, it was an actually publicly available presentation. The bitter, out-of-character attack reeks of the glue era of Intel. We're not sure why the company is talking about "snake oil," showing used car salesmen, and contradicting its position of...
Founded by ex-StarCraft developers, Frost Giant Studios is developing a brand-new real-time strategy game - Stormgate - that layers Unreal Engine 5 with its own engine to create a fascinating new project. Studio Engineering Director Andrew Sabri talks with Tom Morgan and Alex Battaglia about this unique, new game.
We've got an early holiday gift for you! Cookie Cutter is coming out December 14, 2023! And guess what? It's releasing on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series ...
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Intel takes place on Thursday November 30 at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET and will be presented by Frankie Ward, regular host of the PC Gaming Show and international esports events.
This special report covers the ongoing legal battle between Lian Li, Phanteks, and Thermaltake. The lawsuit was a complaint filed by Lian Li against Phanteks and Thermaltake for what it alleges to be patent and intellectual property infringement upon its UNI Fan patent and products. The UNI Fan SL series interlocking ("daiy...
Welcome back to Idiot Reviewers! Today, we're diving into the mysterious world of Alan Wake 2. 🌑🎮 Join us as we explore the thrilling return to darkness, u...
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of SimCity 2000 with an LGR retrospective review! The sequel to the classic Maxis city builder was a true game changer in 1993, improving nearly every part of the game and adding so many things that would become staples of the genre. So let's take a look at the MS-DOS version, the many ports and...
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life we reunited the original development team to share their memories of creating Valve's first game....
In this video we explore the Irithyll of the Boreal Valley map from Dark Souls III, brought into Unreal Engine 5. I'm learning Unreal Engine at the moment and figured a good way to familiarize myself with the ins and outs of this game engine would be to start porting Dark Souls III to Unreal Engine 5.