Knowing what GPU you have can be confusing, especially if you're relying on an integrated graphics card. Here's how to check ...

For gamers, a new video card has long been the king of upgrades. It began with the release of id Software's Quake, way back in 1996 -- while you could play it without a dedicated GPU, the shooter ...

These days, video cards are virtually supercomputers. When they aren’t driving your screen, they are decoding video, crunching physics models, or processing large-language model algorithms. But it ...

Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. I always love a new GPU year. When a whole new generation of graphics cards is going to drop, it energises the ...

How to select a video card for your computer? A graphics card (or video card) is small hardware designed for graphic applications. When choosing this item, you should consider your specific needs as ...

My daughter is starting to dabble in PC gaming and her interests have finally exceeded the old PC I had kicking around for media conversion duties. It is an Athlon x2 240 with 10GB of ram and a Radeon ...

Stardock is about to revolutionize the video-card market for PCs. Not only will it make high-end gaming more affordable, but it also will put virtual reality within reach of millions of consumers. In ...

In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These days, however, videocards are big and ...

One of the painful realities of buying a gaming laptop is that no matter how close to the bleeding edge you get, its graphics processor will be practically obsolete in a year or two. That’s great for ...

In a setup where you want your PC to use the dedicated GPU, you need to connect your monitor to the graphics card because if the monitor is connected directly to the motherboard, the system uses the ...

We're almost there, folks: the next generation of graphics cards is just around the corner. Intel recently sprung the Arc B580 on us, but apart from that, it feels like an age since a new GPU launched ...