Jeremy Laird
Jeremy has been writing about technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era (Google it!) and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.
Latest articles by Jeremy Laird
Best high refresh rate gaming monitor in 2024
By Jacob Ridley last updated
How Refreshing Don't dawdle with one of the best high refresh rate gaming monitors around.
Copilot and ChatGPT iterating 'This is fine' memes perfectly captures the current state of AI: faintly alarming hilarious madness
By Jeremy Laird published
News Totally mad, utterly alien, disarmingly human, chaotically creative, subtly knowing and somehow destructively oblivious.
Meta's insatiable appetite for Nvidia AI chips could add up to $7 billion worth of H100 GPUs by the end of the year
By Jeremy Laird published
News Meta bought a huge number of H100s last year. It's going to buy even more in 2024.
Intel's new Core i9 14900KS CPU cracks 9.1GHz but still isn't remotely relevant
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's the end of an era for Intel. Hopefully.
Best CPU for gaming in 2024
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
MSI MPG 271QRX gaming monitor review
By Jeremy Laird published
Preem 1440p The best 1440p gaming OLED yet.
Yes, the Steam Deck OLED is susceptible to burn-in if you really try, but it also really doesn't matter
By Jeremy Laird published
News You have to run it for thousands of hours, while not playing games, to make it happen.
LG's new $1 billion investment should help make OLED gaming monitors cheaper
By Jeremy Laird published
News Production volumes increasing, which usually means lower prices.
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2024
By Dave James last updated
4K Vision The best 4K gaming monitor has all the bells and whistles an enthusiast could ever want or need.
Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2024
By Jeremy Laird last updated
High speed Our choices for the best NVMe SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.
Best SSD for gaming in 2024
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Speedy storage Give your gaming PC a serious speed boost with the best SSD for gaming.
So long and thanks for all the pixels: Nvidia reportedly retiring the GTX brand for good
By Jeremy Laird published
news Once existing stocks of GTX 16 series cards are sold, it's game over.
GPU sales are on the up but AMD's RX 7000-series graphics cards are its least competitive in 20 years
By Jeremy Laird published
News Though it's worth noting overall more than 2.3 billion graphics cards have been sold since 2000, worth a staggering $482 billion.
Asus ROG Strix XG27ACS gaming monitor review
By Jeremy Laird published
IPS perfection All the 1440p gaming panel you actually need.
Microsoft's new Surface laptops will be available with Arm CPUs in June
By Jeremy Laird published
news Meanwhile, Lenovo's new Arm laptop pops up in Geekbench.
Intel plots 1nm silicon for 2027 but are the wheels coming off its existing roadmap?
By Jeremy Laird published
1nm already? Forget about those five nodes in four years, here comes Intel 14A and 10A.
Intel CEO admits 'I've bet the whole company on 18A'
By Jeremy Laird published
News Pet Gelsinger resisted the idea last year, now he won't deny everything is riding on Intel's most advanced node yet.
Best ultrawide monitor for gaming in 2024: the expansive panels I recommend for PC gamers
By Jacob Ridley published
Expansive It's time to go wide... ultrawide: these gaming monitors are wider, brighter, and faster than ever.
Google's long-teased new sign-in page is absolutely the least exciting upgrade ever
By Jeremy Laird published
News Mis-type your password in widescreen format.
Nvidia's RTX HDR filter will soon be able to turn SDR games into HDR games for multi-monitor maniacs
By Jeremy Laird published
News Added visual sizzle for multi-monitor fans is coming in a future update.
Intel explains why making GPU drivers is so hard but isn't giving up
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel is keeping the optimisations coming and that makes us hopeful for Battlemage.
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2024
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Eye candy The best OLED gaming monitors deliver crazy speed and eye-popping HDR performance.
Meta's experimental 'neural' wristband controller will be a real product that lets you type just by thinking because Zuck doesn't want 'a chip that you jack into your brain'
By Jeremy Laird published
News A neural interface that doesn't require an implant or terrifying needles.