Great games for your nongaming laptop

CNET/Josh Miller There's no doubt that we're living in a golden age of PC gaming. The 4K, HDR graphics on games like Metro: Exodus and The Division 2 put their console counterparts to shame, and amazing new hardware from Nvidia and AMD, led right now by Nvidia's...

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AMD RX 580 8GB review: still the best-value graphics card you can jam into your gaming PC

The AMD RX 580 is now the smart elder statesman of the current Radeon lineup, but when it first arrived the mildly updated Polaris GPU was actually a bit of a disappointment. Not only were we hoping the 500-series cards would herald a new world of Vega-based graphics cards (which ended up being their own unique brand of disappointing), it was barely any different from the RX 480 that had landed a year earlier. But a year and a half, and one...

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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1650 is a $150 graphics card built to plug-and-play in any PC

Gamers on a strict budget can finally get a taste of the improvements found in Nvidia's Turing GPU architecture. On Tuesday, Nvidia launched the GeForce GTX 1650, a $150 graphics card built to slip easily into pre-existing PCs and start playing 1080p games with minimal fuss. It joins the more powerful GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti in the current GTX 16-series lineup. Like those cards, the GeForce GTX 1650 will be available only in custom designs by...

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The Best Graphics Cards 2019

Share. To RTX or not, that is the question. By josh norem Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. The GPU market is in a pretty interesting place right now. After what felt like eternity, Nvidia finally launched its highly anticipated RTX GPUs based on the new Turing architecture in September to much fanfare. The GTX 10-series cards? They're going the way of the dinosaurs. Stocks are drying up and Nvidia's CEO said it won't be long until...

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Best PC for Playing Anthem in 2019

Pound for pound, the best gaming PC you can buy for Anthem is the iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC. Since it packs an NVIDIA RTX 2070 graphics card, an Intel Core i7-9700K processor, and 16GB of RAM, you'll be able to play Anthem on high settings and resolutions without any problems at all. Our pick iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Huge bang for your buck Between its beefy GPU, monster processor, and excellent RAM, the iBUYPOWER...

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Up For Debate - Are You Ready for the Huge Leap in PC Game System Specs When PS5 Launches?

As surely as night follows day, the arrival of a new console generation means a big, big change for PC gamers - a dramatic rise in system requirements. The initial reveal of the PlayStation 5 and its specs will essentially set a new minimum benchmark for AAA gaming. We saw it with Gen 8, Gen 7, and Gen 6, and we’re barreling toward the same situation with Gen 9. It’s not all doom and gloom for you and your trusty rig though. This sweeping change usually takes around 6-18 months after a new console generation’s launch to really take effect....

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Best gaming PC for UK buyers

Prebuilt gaming PC manufacturers have really been stepping up their game since the dawn of the RTX era, and sorting out which is producing the best gaming PC can be somewhat of a challenge. While any of these builders can theoretically stuff a bunch of blazing fast performance parts into a case and come away with a mighty gaming rig, the devil, as they say, is in the details. You need to pair that performance with excellent heat management, for...

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Best PC for Playing Metro Exodus in 2019

Overall, the best gaming PC you can buy for Metro Exodus is the MSI Trident X. Between its beefy NVIDIA RTX 2080 graphics card, monster Intel Core i7-9700K processor, 16GB of RAM, and the included mouse, keyboard, and game codes you'll get with this bundle, the MSI Trident X is the best of the best if you're planning on exploring Metro's Russian wasteland — or any modern game for that matter. Our pick MSI Trident X...

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