https://www.techspot.comhttps://www.techspot.com/images/techspot-rss-logo-small2.pnghttps://www.techspot.comen-usCopyright 2026 TechSpot, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.https://www.techspot.com/article/3139-the-reason-nvidia-abandoned-gamers/https://www.techspot.com/article/3139-the-reason-nvidia-abandoned-gamers/Nvidia's shift away from PC gaming wasn't driven by AI alone. Slowing GPU gains, rising manufacturing costs, and longer upgrade cycles made gamers a far less attractive business.

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]]>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3113-replace-windows-default-apps/https://www.techspot.com/article/3113-replace-windows-default-apps/Windows comes with a set of default apps that cover the basics – but for most of them, that's exactly their ceiling. Here are 11 better alternatives worth switching to.

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]]>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:03:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/phones-26/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/phones-26/The best phone for you in 2026 isn't necessarily the most expensive one. Whether you're spending $199 or $1,199, there's a strong case to be made across every budget.

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]]>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:16:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/laptops-26/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/laptops-26/The first half of 2026 has been defined by a memory shortage that pushed laptop prices sharply higher – and by a $599 Apple laptop that somehow defied all of it.

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]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:32:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3134-tech-predictions-and-quotes-v2/https://www.techspot.com/article/3134-tech-predictions-and-quotes-v2/Tech leaders love predicting the future. Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they miss spectacularly, and sometimes they leave behind quotes that only get better with age.

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]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:20:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3118-displayport-21/https://www.techspot.com/article/3118-displayport-21/Your DisplayPort 2.1 monitor and graphics card may support UHBR20, but that doesn't mean you're getting it. Here's how a seemingly harmless cable choice can change everything.

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]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:05:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/review/3133-amd-radeon-9070-gre/https://www.techspot.com/review/3133-amd-radeon-9070-gre/The Radeon RX 9070 GRE arrives outside China, but a year-old GPU with 12GB of VRAM and a $550 price tag struggles to justify its place in AMD's increasingly crowded lineup.

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]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:06:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/review/3123-dell-alienware-aw2726dm/https://www.techspot.com/review/3123-dell-alienware-aw2726dm/The Dell Alienware AW2726DM makes OLED gaming more accessible than ever with its aggressive $350 price point, while still delivering excellent motion clarity, deep contrast, and 240Hz refresh rates.

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]]>Sat, 30 May 2026 07:26:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/guides/3131-nvidia-app/https://www.techspot.com/guides/3131-nvidia-app/The Nvidia App has evolved far beyond basic driver updates. From monitor tweaks, to DLSS overrides and recording tools, these are the settings PC gamers should actually be using.

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]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 05:20:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3126-ray-tracing-scam/https://www.techspot.com/article/3126-ray-tracing-scam/Eight years after Nvidia promised ray tracing would revolutionize gaming, most gamers still disable it. So what happened, and did RTX buyers get sold a fantasy instead of the future?

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]]>Mon, 25 May 2026 06:08:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/review/3130-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-vs-radeon-rx-9070-xt/https://www.techspot.com/review/3130-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-vs-radeon-rx-9070-xt/We benchmark the Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti across 52 games, testing rasterization and ray tracing performance at 1440p and 4K.

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]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 05:31:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3127-forza-horizon-6-optimization/https://www.techspot.com/article/3127-forza-horizon-6-optimization/Forza Horizon 6 looks stunning on PC, but some settings deliver huge FPS gains with little visual loss. We benchmark every major option to find the best optimized settings for every GPU tier.

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]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:01:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/mouse-26/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/mouse-26/The best mice for work, gaming, and everything in between – tested and ranked across every category, from budget picks to flagship wireless.

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]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 06:18:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3128-forza-horizon-6-benchmark/https://www.techspot.com/article/3128-forza-horizon-6-benchmark/Forza Horizon 6 is one of the best-looking racing games yet, but max settings and RT can crush modern GPUs. We tested 47 graphics cards to see what it really takes to run well.

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]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 07:10:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3125-forza-horizon-6-vram-gpu/https://www.techspot.com/article/3125-forza-horizon-6-vram-gpu/Forza Horizon 6 looks stunning, but our testing shows modern visuals come at a steep VRAM cost. Here's how 8GB and 16GB GPUs compare across a range of settings and resolutions.

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]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:30:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3116-gamers-wrong-cpu-benchmarking/https://www.techspot.com/article/3116-gamers-wrong-cpu-benchmarking/Gamers keep demanding 1440p CPU benchmarks, but higher resolutions often hide the very performance differences CPU testing is supposed to reveal. Here's why 1080p still matters most.

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]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:08:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3097-how-apple-pay-works/https://www.techspot.com/article/3097-how-apple-pay-works/Apple Pay makes contactless payments feel effortless, but behind that two-second tap is a surprisingly sophisticated chain of cryptography, tokenization, and real-time authorization.

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]]>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:21:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/ultrawide-monitors-26/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/ultrawide-monitors-26/From affordable 34-inch LCDs to flagship 45-inch OLEDs, these are the best ultrawide gaming monitors you can buy right now, tested and recommended by us.

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]]>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:17:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/article/3121-frame-gen-wont-fix-performance/https://www.techspot.com/article/3121-frame-gen-wont-fix-performance/Frame generation is supposed to make good performance better, not hide the fact that a game is running at 15 FPS. Lego Batman's spec sheet just crossed that line.

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]]>Wed, 06 May 2026 05:21:00 -0500https://www.techspot.com/bestof/cpu-26/https://www.techspot.com/bestof/cpu-26/The CPU market looks very different from six months ago. Intel's back in the conversation, AMD's X3D chips still rule gaming, and there's genuine value at every price point.

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