Brad ChacosSenior Editor, PCWorld
Brad Chacos spends his days digging through desktop PCs and tweeting too much. He covers gaming and graphics for PCWorld, and spends his mornings running the news desk for PCWorld, Macworld, Greenbot, and TechHive.
Acer woos desktop gamers with 360Hz G-Sync and a gaming chair that rubs your neck
Acer unveiled several new G-Sync monitors and Orion gaming desktops under the Predator flag during its Next@Acer event—and a gaming chair with massage functions built in.
Acer overhauls Predator gaming laptops with 10th-gen CPUs, RTX Super GPUs, and ultra-fast displays
Acer's bringing new Intel 10th-gen processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX Super GPUs to its Helios, Triton, and Nitro gaming laptops, pairing the faster parts with blisteringly fast screens.
The best CPUs for gaming: Ryzen XT pushes AMD CPUs to faster speeds
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.
Why now is a bad time to buy a high-end graphics card
They aren't announced yet, but high-end, next-gen graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia appear right around the corner. You don't want buyer's remorse on an $800 purchase.
Windows 10: The best tricks, tips, and tweaks
Windows 10 is chock-full of handy, hidden new features worth exploring, especially after the recent May 2020 Update. Check out the best tips and tricks here.
How to check your PC's CPU temperature
Is your PC's processor too hot? Here's how to monitor your computer's CPU temperature, and lower it if needed.
For Pac-Man's 40th birthday, Nvidia uses AI to make new levels
Nvidia's GameGAN technology created fully functional Pac-Man levels after watching 50,000 matches. Nvidia hopes the tech will eventually help developers make games faster.
The Origin PC EON17-X crams Intel's 10-core desktop CPU into a laptop
The Origin PC EON17-X laptop comes loaded with Intel's newest desktop processors and Nvidia's best graphics gear.
Adobe flips on GPU-accelerated encoding for Premiere Pro, and wow it's fast
Adobe's Premiere Pro finally supports hardware encoding support for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, letting your render H.264 and HEVC videos much faster than on the CPU alone.
AMD pivots: B450, X470 motherboards will support Ryzen 4000 after all
AMD is changing its mind about cutting off B450 and X470 motherboards from future 'Zen 3' Ryzen chips after the Internet raised a ruckus.
The best graphics cards for PC gaming: Nvidia's new Ampere GPUs aren't for gamers yet
These are the best graphics cards that PC gamers can buy today from Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon.
Don't panic: Microsoft's phaseout of 32-bit Windows won't kill 32-bit software
Microsoft's Windows 10 May 2020 Update won't be available in 32-bit form for new computers, but the change shouldn't affect you or your software.
Chrome will block ads that drain your resources: How to turn it on now
Some nasty ads hammer your CPU, battery life, and data cap. Chrome will start blocking them in August, but you can swing the banhammer today.
11 cheap or free ways to make your old PC run faster
If your old workhorse of a PC is starting to slow down in its old age, these low (or no-) cost tricks can help put some pep in its processing step.
Nvidia releases 5 more free ray-traced Minecraft worlds
Minecraft is the surprising new standard-bearer for real-time ray tracing and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0 technology. Today Nvidia released 5 new worlds to showcase the luscious lighting effects.