What’s more annoying than firing up a new AAA title only to have the graphics look like a PS1 game? Grainy and pixelated graphics are often caused by setting issues like anti-aliasing, sharpening, and scaling. They can also be caused by hardware mismatches or a glitch in your graphic driver. Keeping your monitor nice and … Read more
Even a custom gaming PC designed for high FPS and high Hz can experience lag and choppy graphics. Laggy and choppy graphics can be caused by graphics settings like V-Sync, Windows Game Mode, or even your game’s settings. PC problems like thermal throttling and poorly optimized RAM can also cause problems with your game. A … Read more
Starfield is set to be the first new IP in Bethesda’s catalog in over 25 years. Even though the game was first announced during E3 2018, Bethesda has been kicking the can down the road for years with the current release date set for sometime in 2023. Starfield is another in a line of Bethesda … Read more
Is there anything more frustrating than opening up your favorite PC game only to have the screen randomly zoom in? What’s causing this problem and how can we get it fixed? The easiest way to fix a PC game that starts zoomed in is just a hit ALT+Enter which will force the game into a full-screen … Read more
Whether it’s the annoying splash screens at the start of a video game or a glitch in your sound settings, today’s games feel like they might be too loud. We’re going to take a close look at why today’s PC games are so much louder than before. Speaker technology has gotten more powerful over the … Read more
Part of building a new PC is chasing the highest possible specs. However, with great performance comes great responsibility. The quest for high stats can cause serious heating issues inside your PC. Today’s high-end SSDs and GPUs get packed in tightly on a performance motherboard. This is a recipe for overheating and the risk of … Read more
There have been a lot of high-profile cases of AAA games launching with bugs so bad you couldn’t even play. While the Cyberpunk 2077s in Fallout 76s of the world get a lot of attention, pretty much every game has its launch day bugs. Which begs the question: why?! Launch day bugs are more common … Read more
“Oh you game on a console? Enjoy 720p, 60Hz gaming, you n00b!” – Random PC gamer, 1990-Present. PC gamers definitely have a reputation for being elitist, but is it well-deserved? When we look at gaming across both PC and consoles, it quickly becomes apparent that elitism and toxicity is not exclusive to PC gaming. There … Read more
Something that has always annoyed me on Windows is just how difficult it makes playing sound. It should be simple. If you plug in headphones, it should play on there. If no headphones are plugged in, it should play through the monitor’s speakers. Simple. But it’s often not the simple, unfortunately. Windows gives you random … Read more
If it feels like the cost of gaming has been getting more expensive, it’s because it has. The price of gaming has only been going up and there’s some important reasons for these cost increases. Companies are actively trying to shift public perception of gaming cost from the $60 price point to the $70 price … Read more