Aaron Klotz
Tech Reporter · Texas, USA
Aaron is a tech journalist and computer enthusiast with over five years of experience writing computer hardware news. His passion for hardware began at an early age, building computers and later helping people on computer forums. He specializes in CPUs, GPUs, and gaming, enlightening readers on the latest tech and gaming news geared towards the enthusiast community. In his off time, you can find him reading up on the latest overclocking methods for new CPUs or playing video games.
- 124 news posts
- since March 2026
Editorial responsibilities: technology news
PC specs
- Motherboard
- MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC
- Storage
- Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
September 2026
- News007 First Light gets path tracing performance fixes for GeForce RTX graphics cards
- NewsWindows preview update KB51224010 is reportedly crashing Battlefield 6, WARDOGS and other titles with anti-cheat support
- NewsDiscord introduces updated age verification that allegedly can guess with 90% accuracy how old you are
- NewsSteam Remote Play gets new DIY Pyrowave codec made by one person for high-bandwidth low-latency game streaming
- NewsGPU-Z adds support for RTX 50 series hotspot sensor and unreleased RTX 4070 10GB
- NewsNVIDIA launches Game Ready driver for Control Resonant and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
- NewsTests show Ryzen 7 9800X3D gains only 2% more performance in games jumping from DDR5-4800 to DDR5-8000
- NewsGeForce RTX 5080 allegedly dies after running DLSS 5 for just over a day in GTA V
- NewsYouTuber straps RTX 4090 cooler onto an RTX 3060 dropping temperatures by up to 9C but failing to improve performance
- NewsPro X2 Superstrike buyer gets unreleased X3 Superstrike shipped to them instead
- NewsIntel rumored to be replacing Core i5-14600K with a 'Raptor Lake Next' successor with eight P-cores and eight E-cores
- NewsAlienware reportedly testing CPC toggle for AW3926QW to address brightness uniformity issues
- NewsValve is slowly making progress on NVIDIA GPU support for SteamOS, NVIDIA driver now in the main SteamOS tree
- News007 First Light's new Path Tracing update tanks performance on an RTX 5080, turning on path tracing drops frame rates by 62%
- NewsHKC releases world's first 43.8-inch 4K ultrawide display with unorthodox 24:9 aspect ratio
- NewsNew entry-level Ryzen 5 5500F outperforms Ryzen 5 5500 by up to 16% in new gaming benchmarks
- NewsCooler Master officially launches its 16-pin GPU Shield Adapter in the US
- NewsThree 8-pin connectors melt on Thermal Grizzly Wireview monitoring device connected to an RX 7900 XTX
- NewsManli launches RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti with anti-sag sensor to prevent damage from GPU sagging
- NewsModders get DLSS 5 to run on faster NVFP4 format, but performance improves by just 2% on RTX 50 series cards
- NewsIntel backs Hypertune overclocking tool that reportedly boosts FPS by up to 60%
- NewsYouTuber runs DLSS 5 in two-pass mode in Rise of the Tomb Raider, improving image quality but tanking performance
- NewsGeForce Game Ready driver 616.92 features monitor flickering bug fix from previous hotfix driver
- NewsOptiScaler modders release FSR 4.1.1 update for RDNA 2 with shimmering and ghosting improvements over FSR 4.0.2
- NewsNew GeForce RTX 5070 version coming with larger GB203 die
- NewsDLSS 5 is officially coming to RTX 40 series GPUs after optimizations are fine tuned for RTX 50 series
- NewsDLSS 5 now works on RDNA 4 GPUs through a mod, RX 9070 XT runs DLSS 5 in Cyberpunk 2077 at abysmal frame rates
- NewsDLSS Multi Frame Generation works on RTX 40 series GPUs with new mod for Cyberpunk 2077
- NewsNew DLSS 5 Swapper tool can mod DLSS 5 into games that don't support DLSS at all
- NewsDeck verification program reaches over 30,000 playable games for the Steam Deck
August 2026
- NewsNVIDIA's latest 616.56 driver reportedly delivers up to an 8.1% performance improvement in path tracing workloads
- NewsDLSS 5 mod also works on RTX 40 series GPUs, RTX 4090 tested with Control using custom-patched DLSS 5 DLL
- NewsModder implements DLSS 5 into Control using DLL from NBA 2K 27, mod drops performance from 71 FPS to 35 FPS on an RTX 5070 Ti
- NewsSamsung announces new 1100Hz Odyssey G7 gaming monitor
- NewsLow-profile RX 9060 XT benchmarked, performs 7% worse than RX 9060 XT 16GB in 3DMark TimeSpy and Steel Nomad
- NewsGeForce Game Ready driver 616.56 has been released with Star Wars Zero Company and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam support
- NewsResizable BAR controls coming to the NVIDIA App with upcoming GeForce Game Ready driver
- NewsZen 4 and 5 receive up to 12% performance boost thanks to new GCC compiler patch
- NewsBodycam develops in-house optics shading technique for scopes in Unreal Engine 5 with no performance loss
- NewsBIOS modded single-slot AMD Pro GPU from 2016 can play Cyberpunk 2077 at up to 60 FPS at 1080p
- NewsFSR 4 Frame Generation suffers from frame pacing issues causing the tech to be borderline unusable
- NewsSTALKER 2 receives massive performance boost with new 2.0 update, game gets upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.5.4
- NewsSteamOS now works on the Intel Arc B580 without workarounds on the latest beta
- NewsNoctua has no plans to introduce RGB lighting or screens to its coolers, instead it wants to focus on raw performance
- NewsGPU Tweak III can now detect and shut down a PC when a 12V-2x6 graphics card goes over a certain current limit
- NewsLinux support is coming to the reworked Epic Games Launcher, new app will run on Tauri instead of Unreal Engine
- NewsGIGABYTE launches two new B450 motherboards as demand for AM4 stays high in 2026
- NewsNew tool enables crossbar overclocking on RTX 5090, user reports show gains of up to 142MHz
- NewsSteam Machine achieves up to 183% higher frame rates with an RX 9070 XT hooked up to an eGPU dock
- NewsModder builds liquid cooling system for Steam Machine reducing CPU and GPU temps by up to 30C
- NewsRedditor upgrades Steam Machine with an RX 9070 XT using an external GPU dock, sacrificing the console's M.2 slot to do so
- NewsModders figure out how to enable Windows taskbar in GeForce NOW session
- NewsBenchmarks show direct water on die cooling with no heat spreader outperforms AIO liquid cooling on a GPU
- NewsYouTuber benchmarks RTX 4060 on Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop using RTX Spark developer driver
- NewsModders create Steam Machine faceplate that charges the Steam Controller with its own magnetic puck
- NewsBattlefield 6 Season 4 update fixes RTX 50 series crashing without requiring an NVIDIA driver update
- NewsArc Raiders' developer introduces new Elytra anti-cheat to The Finals for testing
- NewsPer-chip VRAM temperature monitoring arrives on AMD Navi GPUs with new HWiNFO64 pre-release version
July 2026
- NewsValve officially announces FSR 4.1 support for the Steam Machine through Proton Experimental
- NewsRX 9050 4GB confirmed by AMD to be real, and is being sold to just one system integrator
- NewsOverclocker gets hold of never released E-coreless Core i9-14901KE and achieves 7.4GHz using sub-zero cooling
- NewsNVIDIA GeForce driver 610.88 launches without a resolution for Battlefield 6 Season 4's crashing issues
- NewsTCL debuts Ultimate Pro 32X3B and 27X3B gaming monitors with LG's 4th-gen WOLED panel
- NewsColorful and MSI RTX 50 graphics card prices spike in China as GDDR6 and GDDR7 memory costs rise
- NewsLisuan LX7G100 GPU achieves playable FPS in system with no Intel AMD or NVIDIA hardware inside
- NewsGIGABYTE adds CXMT DDR5 support to AM5 motherboards, supporting speeds up to 8200 MT/s
- NewsSnapdragon X Elite laptop runs Cyberpunk 2077 using an RTX 4060 eGPU with the help of an RTX Spark development driver
- NewsNVIDIA hotfix driver 610.82 fixes performance problems in Halo: Combat Evolved and Path of Exile 2
- NewsChinese GTX 750 'Ti' with 8GB of GDDR5 runs Cyberpunk at over 30 FPS
- NewsKB5121767 out-of-band Windows Update fixes shutdown bug on affected Dell PCs
- NewsDer8auer strips the AIO out of a $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning and replaces it with a custom loop, achieving 55C at 800W
- News$30 Quadro M4000 8GB from 2015 plays Cyberpunk 2077 at almost 60 FPS with an overclock
- NewsRyzen 7 7700X3D outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D with just one stick of DDR5, making AM4 a terrible option for your next build
- NewsKB5101650 Windows 11 update is causing some Dell PCs to shut down unexpectedly
- NewsMSI introduces 'V1' RTX 5060 graphics cards with larger GB205 Blackwell die
- NewsWindows 11 tested on Steam Machine, provides nearly identical gaming performance to SteamOS
- NewsRumors claim Logitech already working on G Pro X2 Superstrike 2 with improved magnetic switches
- NewsRyzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition hits fourth place on Amazon best sellers list, less than a month after release
- NewsOpen-Source Windows alternative ReactOS runs Half-Life 2 on a GTX 960
- NewsYouTuber shows Vega GPU running FSR 4 with experimental build of OptiScaler and leaked Proton version of FSR 4.1.1
June 2026
- NewsSteam Machine loses up to 20% of its performance with its out-of-the-box single 16GB DDR5 SO-DIMM
- NewsMetaPCs launches first SteamOS 3 prebuilt gaming PC with Ryzen 5 9600X, RX 7600 and 16GB of RAM
- NewsRadeonTuner enables unofficial FSR 4 driver injection in games with RDNA 3.5 iGPUs
- NewsValve engineers claim release cadence for future Steam Machine versions will be shorter than the Steam Deck
- NewsValve silently removes 4K 60 FPS marketing claim from the Steam Machine, console is now only rated for up to 4K
- NewsAdrenalinn hotfix driver 26.6.3 fixes Windows 10 bug preventing 26.6.2 driver from running on Windows 10
- NewsOLED buyer becomes victim of Amazon scam, receives broken 240Hz OLED screen instead of 540Hz OLED they initially ordered
- NewsFSR 4.1 support for RX 7000 GPUs arrives ahead of schedule with new Adrenalin driver update
- NewsEnthusiast attempts to install second 12V-2x6 connector on RTX 5090, is rewarded with a hole punched through the PCB
- NewsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 modded with 8GB of GDDR6 memory doubles performance in God of War and Unigine Superposition
- NewsMSI adds HUDIMM DDR5 memory support to its 600, 700 and 800 series Intel motherboards
- NewsNVIDIA fixes frame pacing issues with G-Sync monitors and RTX 40 series GPUs with GeForce driver 610.62
- NewsPanther Lake Arc B390 iGPU on SO-DIMM memory performs worse compared to using LPDDR5X, 16% slower in 3DMark
- NewsAMD marketing chief brags on X about dominating Amazon's best seller CPU list, top 15 slots solely include Ryzen CPUs
- NewsRedditor buys RTX 2080 Ti Super engineering sample on eBay, has the same number of cores as an RTX Titan but half the VRAM
- NewsYouTuber tests SteamOS on an Intel-based MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld, SteamOS now supports Intel handheld gaming PCs in new beta
- NewsASUS demos RTX 5090 with 16-pin connector running on a 48V system at Computex, GPU can push 1000W through a single cable
- NewsNVIDIA adds 240 FPS ShadowPlay recording at up to 4K resolution in the NVIDIA App
May 2026
- NewsYouTuber shows 007 First Light running on a GTX 1650 with software ray-tracing at playable frame rates
- NewsHitman devs show off new engine tech in 007 First Light including new real-time global illumination and software ray-tracing
- NewsForza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam
- NewsPCMR Redditor builds insane 'GIF PC' that displays over 15,000 GIFs across nine different screens
- NewsThe Steam Controller is no longer restricted to playing just Steam games thanks to SDL library integration
- NewsAMD launches Ryzen 9 Pro 9965X3D and Ryzen 7 Pro 9755X3D, the world's first Pro-series Ryzen chips with 3D-VCache
- NewsNoctua announces Chromax black version of its high-performance NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fan 10 months after launch
- NewsXbox Mode on Windows 11 does not support multiple monitors, full screen gaming mode disables secondary screens when active
- NewsAndroid gets Vulkan-base Lossless Scaling frame generation, allowing Android devices to achieve triple-digit FPS in PC games
- NewsAuto SR on the ROG Xbox Ally X improves performance by around 30% in several games when upscaling from 720p to 1080p
- NewsCoreboot port almost complete for MSI Pro B850-P AM5 motherboard, current implementation almost boots into Linux
April 2026
- NewsSynthetic DDR5 'HUDIMM' testing suggests gaming performance won't be seriously impacted by new modules
- NewsROG forum member confirms X670 and B650 series motherboards will be getting EXPO 1.2 in the future
- NewsWorld's first Panther Lake gaming tablet tested, achieves over 60 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 high settings without frame-gen
- NewsValve introduces 30-day average framerate graph for developers to better gauge Steam Deck performance problems
- NewsNVIDIA adds labels for Xbox Game Pass and Ubisoft+ games to GeForce Now
- NewsThe Framework Laptop 16 is getting OCuLink support later this year, enabling compatibility with eGPUs and PCIe cards
- NewsYouTuber proves Snapdragon X2 Elite has the performance chops to run well in a theoretical handheld gaming PC
- NewsMSI launches two new QD-OLED 4K 240Hz 31.5-inch gaming monitors with 4th Gen Samsung panels
- NewsYouTuber gets Cyberpunk 2077 to run at playable frame rates on just 1GB of VRAM
- NewsRedMagic 11 Pro and Pro+ phones banned on 3DMark for artificial boosting mode that can't be shut off
- NewsCore Ultra 7 270K Plus outperforms Ultra 9 285K in Cinebench R23 after a delid and a hefty 5.8GHz overclock
- NewsWitcher 4 RTX Mega Geometry Foliage demo runs at almost 60 FPS on an RTX 4070 and 80 FPS at 4K on a RTX 5090
- NewsAUO has announced the 'world's first' 24-inch 1080p gaming monitor capable of 800Hz
