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Best of CES 2021: The most intriguing and innovative PC hardware

CES 2021 was virtual, but the parade of PC hardware went on regardless. Big names AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all made splashy announcements, and PC manufacturers followed in their wake with new products, many coming soon.No time to sift through all our … Continue reading

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PCWorld’s January Digital Magazine: How much scalpers make selling the hardware you want most

Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights the best content from PCWorld.com—the most important news, the key product reviews, and the most useful featur… Continue reading

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2021 PC predictions and eating our words from 2020 | The Full Nerd ep. 163

Now that the gang’s picks for the best PC hardware of 2020 have been crowned, it’s time to gaze into the crystal ball. In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray make bold predictions about w… Continue reading

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Best hardware of 2020: PCWorld’s favorite products of the year

Whatever else you might say about 2020, it’s been a banner year for PC hardware. For enthusiasts, AMD claimed the desktop CPU performance crown from Intel for the first time in over decade. Both Nvidia and AMD released blazing-fast next-gen graphi… Continue reading

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The PC games that helped us survive 2020

Gaming never went out of style, but in 2020, it evolved from a fun hobby into an essential lifeline. Staying sane isn’t easy when you’re stuck in isolation for months on end. You can only watch so much Netflix before your brain starts dripping o… Continue reading

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The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2020

It’s that time of year once again. In this episode of the Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray, and you—the live Full Nerd audience—engage in fierce debate (and occasional swooning) to crown the best PC … Continue reading

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The Full Nerd ep. 148: GeForce RTX 3090 rumors, Intel Xe info, GeForce Now on Chromebooks

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Willis Lai dig into an episode all about real-time ray tracing in gaming. Well, not really—but it’s worth noting that everything discussed today supports the cutting-edge lighting te… Continue reading

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The Full Nerd ep. 147: 2nd annual PC Hardware Hall of Fame selections

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dress up nice to fight over a new batch of potential inductees in our very PC Hardware Hall of Fame!Last year, the Intel 8086/8088 processors, Nvidia GeFo… Continue reading

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PCWorld’s August Digital Magazine: Dell XPS 15 9500 reviewed

Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights the best content from PCWorld.com—the most important news, the key product reviews, and the most useful featur… Continue reading

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The Full Nerd special episode: Sapphire’s Ed Crisler talks GPU development, PC gaming, and nostalgia

In this special episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by special guest Ed Crisler! Ed’s been a PC geek since the seventies and currently spearheads gaming evangelism and North American PR for Sapphir… Continue reading

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