With Nvidia GameWorks enhancements

At a special event at Gamescom 2017, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV will be coming to the PC in 2018 and since Nvidia was a partner at the announcement, it does not come as a surprise that it will feature Nvidia technologies.

Xbox man claims

Former Xbox lead engineer Boyd Multerer shocked the Develop conference by this year by warning that the PC is becoming the red-headed step-child of the processor market.

Crucial report

Research from memory specialists Crucial suggests that a quarter of UK users have a PC which has reached what the firm calls the ‘memory cliff’ – the point where the computer is hugely slowed down, or completely falls over or crashes.

And it is paying off

Acer has been focuing on flogging high-margin PCs including gaming notebooks, ultra-thin models and 2-in-1s, and it appears to be paying off. 

First time in 20 years 

Atari is making a video games console for the first time in more than 20 years and it looks like it will be a retro machine.

Latest prediction from IDC

Divination experts from IDC have been shuffling their Tarot cards and consulting the entrails of a particularly annoying toddler and reached the conclusion that the PC market will start growing again in 2019.

Huawei sees something that others don't

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is planning a global expansion into computers.

Bare bones, bare bones dem, bare bones

Premier Farnell has turned the Raspberry Pi microcomputer into a fully-fledged PC.

Better than ordinary PCs

Grey box shifter Dell said that global demand for gaming PCs is heating up and the boom will continue over the next five years.

World’s largest chipmaker

The age where Intel is considered the world’s largest chipmaker might be ending.