With the arrival of Nvidia's new RTX 50 series, we had to say goodbye to PhysX 32-bit support. This is a pain if you want to play older games that rely on the technology, as your performance will be pretty abysmal. Fortunately, a Redditor has found a solution: install a second GPU that supports PhysX and have it do all of the heavy lifting. Genius.

When you’ve armed your home with smart gadgets and IoT paraphernalia, there are several ways you can enhance their functionality. There’s Home Assistant, which offers an easy UI to manage your smart home equipment. For a full-on surveillance system, you can opt for Frigate, MotionEye, or ZoneMinder. Then you’ve got Node-RED, a visual programming tool that makes automating your living space a cinch.

If you've kept up-to-date with your GPU news, you'll know that The RTX 5090 situation gets even worse as some boards are confirmed to be defective. The issue meant that the boards would have a lower ROP count than what was expected, which harmed performance in turn. Well, it seems that the RTX 5070s are also affected by the issue, but Nvidia says that people shouldn't be too worried about it.

Our habits often define us, forming core elements of our personalities. When it comes to the PC community, bad habits are rampant, painting a somewhat negative picture of PC users in front of everyone else. Trashing on consoles, complaining about remakes and remasters, and scaring everyone away from prebuilt PCs might be the most common examples, but they're far from the worst habits you'll come across.

You might think VS (Visual Studio) Code is just for programmers. After all, it looks like a complex tool filled with cryptic code and a developer-focused interface. But that couldn't be further from the truth. This open source editor is a hidden gem for anyone who works with text. Whether you are writing a blog or novel, organizing research, taking detailed notes, or simply managing your thoughts, VS Code’s clean interface, lightning-fast performance, and incredible extensibility make it the ultimate productivity tool.

If you’ve ever wanted to build a home lab for your computing experiments, there’s a deluge of cool virtualization platforms you can choose from. But over the last couple of years, Proxmox has dominated the home server front with its hardcore features, and is considered the be-all-and-end-all virtualization platform by tinkerers and computing enthusiasts.

You can't go wrong with a docking station if you're looking to enhance your current laptop setup. This Anker Power Expand features 12 ports, and is also dirt-cheap right now at just $45 if you're an Amazon Prime member. It's the best price we've seen on this model and definitely one to get if you need additional ports and new ways to connect.

Forget about your mouse DPI or how many buttons it has on it; how does it smell? If you ever wish your mouse smelled like an air freshener, then first of all, I really want to know what kind of specs you look for in your hardware. However, most importantly, Asus has finally released the perfect mouse for you.

They say change is the only constant. Nvidia probably took it to heart when launching the RTX 40 series, as they simultaneously debuted the infamous 12VHPWR connector. Taking a break from the conventional 8-pin PCIe cables, Team Green wanted to herald a new age of GPU connectors and high-performance power delivery, but things didn't exactly go according to plan.

Developers often struggle with complex dependencies and inconsistencies between environments, while users have to deal with installing and running applications that rely on specific configurations. Docker containers address this issue by providing an efficient method for managing software. It eliminates the frustrating ‘it doesn’t work on my machine’ scenarios and offers a consistent and predictable experience for users deploying pre-built tools.

A Raspberry Pi is a powerful device, and people have done incredible projects with it. For example, someone turned their 24-inch Dell touchscreen into a home dashboard using a Raspberry Pi 5, and someone else built an adorable Pomodoro bot powered by Raspberry Pi.

For those with bottomless pits of cash, every device in the world is a must-have. For the rest of us, dropping huge sums of money on a piece of technology needs ample justification. For instance, I abandoned my dream of upgrading to the RTX 5080 thanks to third-party reviews, supply issues, and the disappointing VRAM. It just wasn't a smart decision. PC upgrades, however, aren't the only things I refuse to spend on.