GPU BRANDS | COOLING, POWER & WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET

When you buy a graphics card, you are not simply selecting a chip from NVIDIA or AMD, but a fully engineered product that defines how that chip behaves in real-world gaming conditions. The GPU silicon itself is only the base layer of performance, while the actual experience is shaped by the add-in board (AIB) partner who designs the cooling system, power delivery, PCB layout, firmware tuning, and even the acoustic profile of the card. This is why two GPUs...

PUBLISHED | O2.O7.IIO26

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PCD REVIEW RECAP | 5 HIGHEST REVIEW SCORES | FIRST HALF [2026]

Six months are enough for a pattern to appear. Reviews come in different shapes, from massive RPGs and serious PC hardware to smaller games that quietly do more than expected, but the score table eventually tells its own story. This first pcd review recap brings together the five highest rated products covered in the first half of 2026, mixing games and hardware under one simple rule: only the strongest scores make the cut. It is not a replacement for full revie...

PUBLISHED | 23.O6.IIO26

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COMMODORE 64 | THE MACHINE BETWEEN CONSOLE AND PC

The Commodore 64 has always lived in a strange place in gaming history. For many people, it felt like a console because that is how they used it. You connected it to a TV, plugged in a joystick, loaded a game, waited longer than anyone today would tolerate, and then spent the afternoon inside something that felt magical. It was simple, direct, and built around play for a huge part of its audience. But that only tells half of the story. The Commodore 64 was not just a...

PUBLISHED | II6.O5.IIO26

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EXTERNAL GRAPHICS CARD | ONE CABLE, MANY COMPROMISES

An external GPU still sounds like one of the smartest PC ideas ever put on paper. Keep the laptop thin, light, and quiet when you are moving around, then come home, plug in a proper graphics card, and suddenly that same machine becomes a gaming or creator setup with real muscle. No full desktop tower, no second PC, no complicated upgrade cycle every few years. Just one portable system with optional power when you need it. The concept is clean...

PUBLISHED | I6.O5.IIO26

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NVIDIA VS RADEON | TWO BRANDS, TWO PHILOSOPHIES

For many PC gamers, graphics cards are not just components you install and forget. They become part of your identity as a player, part of your memory of when games finally started running smoothly, when you first saw a world rendered with detail that felt almost unreal. People do not argue about NVIDIA and Radeon only because of performance numbers. They argue because these brands are tied to personal experiences, to the first PC that truly felt powerful to...

PUBLISHED | 16.O5.IIO26

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THE FUTURE OF DESKTOP PCs | IN A MOBILE & CONSOLE WORLD

The idea that desktop PCs are slowly becoming irrelevant has been repeated so often that it has started to feel like an accepted truth, a quiet assumption that no longer needs to be questioned. Everywhere you look, the signals seem to point in the same direction. Smartphones dominate daily interaction, reducing entire workflows into tap-based simplicity. Consoles have eliminated friction to the point where gaming feels almost instantaneous, predictable and...

PUBLISHED | O9.O4.IIO26

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MAINGEAR RETRO98 | REMEMBERS WHAT OTHERS FORGOT

Maingear Retro98 doesn’t try to belong to the current PC landscape, and that’s exactly why it stands out. It steps into a space most companies avoid entirely, choosing familiarity over spectacle and memory over innovation as its starting point. It does not pretend to be cutting-edge in how it looks, and that is exactly what gives it weight. Instead of chasing the usual expectations glass panels, RGB layers, aggressive shapes it moves in the opposite direction with...

PUBLISHED | II5.O3.IIO26

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