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To be fair, the card you've displayed here is the prototype Voodoo 5 6000 which never (sadly) saw the light of day, although several hundred prototypes did escape onto the market during the bankruptcy of 3dfx. It's kind-of crazy really to think that 3dfx were the top dog / market leaders at the...

Except of course that it's completely superfluous. Hit "Print Screen" on Windows 11 and a selection tool opens - one option of which is "Window". Select that, click on any program window and it'll be perfectly snapshotted and sent to Snipping Tool for you. No "Copilot+" required...

My wife's phone has been hit by this. Before the update, it'd easily get 2+ days on a single charge and worked absolutely fine. After the update, battery is flat within a few hours. The problem we have is that we decided to use this opportunity to replace the phone (given that it's out of...

Any sign of any taller monitors coming along I wonder? I don't like 16:9 screens and am currently using an older 30" 2560x1600 16:10 screen. I would dearly love to see some more 16:10, or even a 3:2 screen come along sporting faster refresh rates and better display tech than my current screen...

Yeah, the ending was a bit sudden - I felt the same when playing it. But then again, this leads nicely into the highs (and lows) of the two "Episodes" they released afterwards that nicely pluck you out from that ending and continue the story. The low I refer to is the obvious one when Episode 2...

Thank you! The font size was the main bugbear I had, much prefer the slightly smaller default, plus the options for individuals to tweak. All in all, thank you for listening to the feedback and tweaking a few things!

List view on mobile (as others have said) is a massive improvement, thank you. Unfortunately, I still feel the font size in articles is too large. I've done some actual comparison with other news sites: BBC News is 11 point Guardian is 13 point The Register is 11 point Wikipedia is 11 point...

I'd argue for CS1 that mods did improve the game. They allowed new, interesting and challenging maps, they allowed you to unlock more than 8 zones of development for bigger cities, they also allowed better control over some elements of the game - such as Traffic Manager PE which allowed custom...

Nice to see AM4 still getting a bit more support, definitely a handy way of re-invigorating an older system whilst minimising cost and e-waste. In fact just last month I gave my own 6-year-old system a little refresh - Ryzen 7 1700X replaced with a Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce 1070 Ti replaced with...

Doom was simply revolutionary when it came out. I feel privileged to have grown up in the 90s (born in 83) and enjoyed playing numerous incredible and revolutionary games during this time which repeatedly blew my mind. I loved Wolfenstein 3D when that came out (the first FPS I played), but Doom...

One of the good things in Oblivion (and most of the Bethesda games) is that the difficulty can be changed on the fly. If you get into a situation like yours, try temporarily dropping the difficulty level, getting past that annoying quest, then raising it again. Alternatively (and a bit cheaty)...

Ooh, I dunno. I've seen quite a few games with a publisher logo, developer logo, Nvidia logo, game engine logo, Havoc physics logo, big disclaimer warning etc - all of which cannot be skipped. I can accept them being none-skippable for the very first launch, but why should these logos be rammed...

A properly designed game will satisfy both however. I recently started a replay of Deus Ex Human Revolution. Every time there's a tutorial for a new skill, a little dialog pops up at the top. I can press tab to see the tutorial (with video explaining it all), or just ignore it if I know what I'm...

I don't mind an option for it, so long as it isn't enabled by default. I hate the "backwards" scrolling method on Mac OS. It makes sense on touch-screens where you are dragging the document rather than interacting with a scroll bar, but on touchpads and scroll-wheels I find it incredibly...

I really don't understand why Razer persist with Synapse. It's widely hated and has driven many people (myself included) away from buying Razer products. Their hardware isn't that bad, but it's let down by bloated, messy software with a bad reputation that is required for even the simplest...

I think you've somewhat misunderstood things. It was 3dfx that first sued Nvidia back in 1998 (source - https://www.zdnet.com/article/3dfx-legal-voodoo-means-bad-mojo-for-nvidia-others/). Yes, Nvidia also launched counter-action, but not until mid 2000 (source -...

The problem is that the Voodoo 5 6000 was a very complex card, particularly as the VSA100 chips could only directly link with one other chip. To get 4 of them to work, 3dfx had to bridge them with a PCI bridge-chip. The fact that this card has manual reworks performed on it shows that it still...

The beauty of Factorio however is it can be as difficult or easy as you want. Sure the default world settings can be a bit punishing, but by enabling "Peaceful mode", or by nerfing the size, proximity and evolution of the nests you can easily turn it into a calmer game. I respect developers...

Every inkjet I've had has worked for a bit, then has clocked and gunked up before failing and being confined to the trash after 2 or 3 years. My laser printer (a Brother one similar to the picture) is still going strong after 13 years, and in the past I've had 20-year-old laser printers that...

You are confusing company hardware with end-user. Where I work, kit is replaced every 3-4 years. At home? My PC is 5 years old (1st gen Ryzen) and my laptop is 9 years old (Thinkpad X1 Carbon). They have enough performance for my needs and the hardware is still fully functional. Why should I...