Brad Chacos
Senior Editor
Brad Chacos spends his days digging through desktop PCs and tweeting too much. He covers gaming, graphics, and explainers for PCWorld, and spends his mornings running the news desk for PCWorld, Greenbot, and TechHive.
The best CPUs for gaming
The best gaming CPUs will help your PC pump out as many frames as possible, as quickly as possible. We pick the best for every budget.
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The best graphics cards for PC gaming: GeForce RTX 3050 and 3080 Ti inbound?
These are the best graphics cards that PC gamers can buy today from Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon.
New GeForce drivers reveal Nvidia's next crypto mining counterstrike
Nvidia's new Game Ready 466.27 drivers should the company preparing a second round of Ethereum hash rate limiters for GeForce graphics cards.
Oops! Unannounced Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs outed by Samsung
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti haven't been announced, but apparently they'll be in Samsung's Galaxy Book Odyssey laptop.
EVGA's free Elite Priority Access offers first dibs on a new graphics card
EVGA just added "Priority Access" to its free Elite membership, giving you the chance to queue up for graphics cards and other PC hardware before the masses.
Microsoft yanks a Windows 10 update that was wreaking havoc with PC gamers
Windows 10's April update is causing issues with PC games, and now Microsoft is using a new feature to quietly pull it from your system.
Go get Alien: Isolation and Hand of Fate 2 for free on the Epic Games Store
Alien: Isolation and Hand of Fate 2 are two very good, very different games with one thing in common: You can score both for free on the Epic Games Store this week.
Why PlayStation Now's new 1080p streaming is great for PC gamers
PlayStation Now is the best way for PC gamers to play exclusive Sony classics, and it's finally adding support for 1080p resolution.
Call of Duty: Warzone adds Nvidia DLSS for a massive speed boost
The latest Call of Duty: Warzone patch finally adds DLSS support for Nvidia's GeForce RTX GPUs, promising up to 70% faster performance.
AMD's huge Radeon Software update is designed to make your life easier
Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 21.4.1 adds a slew of helpful features, from major AMD Link upgrades to the addition of Ryzen performance metrics.
Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming launches on PCs, iPad, and iPhone this week
No graphics card? No problem. Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming expands to PCs and iOS devices as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on April 20.