Stories by Brad Chacos

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 review: A truly modern GPU for the masses (hopefully)

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 delivers great 1080p gaming performance and modern features, if it stays in stock at a sane price.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6500 XT review: Affordable, quiet, and smart

The Sapphire Pulse delivers a whisper-quiet spin on AMD's affordable Radeon RX 6500 XT, with the company's Trixx Boost software giving performance a helping hand.

What the internet got wrong about AMD’s controversial Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD's $199 Radeon RX 6500 XT launched to mostly scathing reviews, but a graphics card like this is sorely needed right now.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT review: A weird graphics card you might actually afford

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT brings ray tracing and affordable GPUs to the masses, but doing so requires some unorthodox tweaks.

AMD’s $199 Radeon RX 6500 XT tested: 5 key things you need to know

AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT is an affordable graphics card built to trace rays, pump out solid 1080p gaming, and evade cryptocurrency miners. Here are five key takeaways from our comprehensive review.

Surprise! Nvidia’s 12GB GeForce RTX 3080 packs more memory and a bigger GPU

Nvidia launched a 12GB version of the vaunted GeForce RTX 3080 on Tuesday, with very little fanfare and no warning whatsoever.

Best of CES 2022: The most intriguing and innovative PC hardware

CES 2022 was half physical, half virtual, but the parade of PC hardware (and more!) went on. In a sea of announcements, these are the products that made us sit up and pay attention.

Why less memory means more in AMD and Nvidia’s new budget GPU battle

On paper, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 could very well beat the Radeon RX 6500 XT in gaming benchmarks. But AMD's card holds a key potential ace up its sleeve.

Nvidia unleashes the GeForce RTX 3050, RTX 3090 Ti, and new laptop GPUs

Nvidia came out swinging at CES 2022, unveiling the GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3090 Ti desktop graphics cards, along with new RTX 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti laptop offerings.

AMD outs a Radeon RX 6850M XT flagship, new power-efficient GPUs for laptops

AMD kicked CES 2022 off with a bang, revealing a swathe of new Radeon laptop GPUs designed to fit in notebooks of all shapes and sizes.

AMD’s Radeon Super Resolution makes all your games faster

AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution works great, but only in certain games. The new Radeon Super Resolution feature works in practically every game—though it requires some minor tradeoffs. Here's what you need to know.