Steam Hardware Survey: June 2026 — Windows 11 Surges, AMD Gains on Steam
For years, PC gaming had a kind of comforting inertia to it. Windows 10 was the default, Intel kept a…
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PC Gaming’s Quiet Rebellion: Direct-to-Consumer Sales Just Crushed the $1 Billion Mark
For years, the standard PC publishing playbook looked almost suspiciously settled. Put your game on a major storefront, accept the…
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Is Aiming at the Messiest Part of Ray Tracing
Nvidia has spent most of 2026 upgrading DLSS piece by piece, but the latest update may be the one graphics…
Bad Benchmarks, Big Demand: How Lisuan Tech Sold 30,000 GPUs Anyway
You would think a new graphics card needs killer benchmarks to make a splash. Apparently not. Chinese GPU startup Lisuan Tech has…
Ryzen 9950X3D2 Review Debacle Raises Awkward Questions
There are messy product launches, and then there are launches that make the whole review ecosystem look like someone started…
ASUS’ ROG Equalizer Cable Is the Latest Attempt to Stop 16-Pin GPU Meltdowns
The 16-pin GPU power connector saga continues, because apparently the PC industry has decided that one of its most expensive…
Steam Frame Estimator Could Turn Steam Into a Better PC Buying Guide
For years, buying a PC game has involved a little ritual of optimism, guesswork, and mild self-deception. You look at…
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Looks More Like a Workstation Flex Than a Gamer’s Dream
AMD has finally put a price tag on its upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, and it is not exactly…
Denuvo’s Nightmare: How Hypervisor Bypasses Could Change Gaming Forever
For years, Denuvo occupied a strange place in PC gaming. Publishers treated it like a security blanket. Players treated it…
Steam’s March 2026 Hardware Survey Gets Weird
Steam’s latest Hardware Survey is out, and as usual, it is part useful market snapshot, part statistical fever dream. March…