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Intel Arc B580 graphics card
Intel Arc B580 review: Hope is a dangerous thing to base a graphics card purchase on
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
If the rumour that AMD's RDNA 4 GPU is 45% faster in ray tracing than a 7900 XTX and on par with an RTX 4080 Super in raster is true I'm buying six of 'em This has got to be too good to be true, right?
A fistfight with a muscular Nazi in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Hold on to your potatoes because Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's system requirements demand ray tracing you can't disable and an RTX 4090 for highest settings Ray tracing. Why'd it have to be ray tracing?

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NZXT Relay speaker set

The NZXT Relay is a flawed set of speakers but it's also my favourite bit of hardware from 2024 thanks to its ingenious stand

By James Bentley published

Gear of the Year These aren't smart™ speakers but they are SMART speakers.

Gear of the Year
PC Gamer new products box illustration

PC Gamer's biggest hardware stories of 2024: Elon Musk, the rise and rise of AI, brilliant builds, the humbling of big tech giants, orb pondering aplenty, and much more

By Jess Kinghorn published

2024 in hardware Looking back at another year of head-turning headlines, as decided by you.

2024 in hardware
A blurred Razer DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed in the background, with "Best Gaming Mouse 2024" written in the centre

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming mouse of 2024

By James Bentley published

Gear of the year With more than 20 mice reviewed this year by the PC Gamer team, only three stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Gear of the year
IKEA Utespelare desk front view

Ikea Utespelare desk review

By Hope Corrigan published

ALL THE SPACE *Slaps Utespelare to reenact the meme because it can fit a lot* ... *feels bad for slapping such a nice cheap desk*

ALL THE SPACE
The keys of the Keychron Q3 Max appear blurry behind a clearer frame that carries the words 'PC Gamer. Best Gaming Keyboard 2024.'

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboard of 2024

By Jess Kinghorn published

Gear of the year Three keebs stand before me, but only one will be crowned the best of 2024.

Gear of the year
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle screenshot

Alan Wake 2 set such a high technical bar last year that few games in 2024 came anywhere near, but it wasn't all abject disappointment

By Nick Evanson published

Year of the patch A year of great games and some great graphics, but far too much not-so-great performance.

Year of the patch
The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro on a desk with the PC Gamer hardware awards logo in the top left.

The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro has replaced my Xbox Wireless Controller in 2024 and I couldn't be happier about it

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the year It might be expensive but I reckon it's the controller to beat right now.

Gear of the year
An out-of-focus image of a motherboard surrounded by a colorful border, with a PC Gamer Best Motherboard 2024 logo in the center

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming motherboard of 2024

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the year Last-gen doesn't mean last place as some of the best motherboards of 2024 ably demonstrate.

Gear of the year
The ROG Harpe Ace Mini side buttons

Asus ROG Harpe Ace Mini wireless mouse review

By Katie Wickens published

Smol A super speedy, stylish little rodent.

Smol
An image of a hand holding two processors, with a colorful border and a PC Gamer Best CPU 2024 logo in the center

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming CPU of 2024

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the year AMD wins, no matter what. But which chip?

Gear of the year
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