We have tested how well this works on typical home PCs. To be able to query your own documents with a completely local artificial intelligence, you essentially need three things: a local AI model, a database containing your documents, and a chatbot. These three elements are provided by AI tools such as Anything LLM and Msty. Both programs are free of charge. Install the tools on a PC with at least 8GB of RAM and a CPU that is as up-to-date as possible. There should be 5GB or more free space on the SSD.

Some software bugs mar the experience but overall, AMD's 9070 graphics cards offer such a compelling mix of performance, value, and memory capacity that it's worth accepting those quibbles. Nvidia fumbled the ball with its 549 GeForce RTX 5070, and AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT are primed to seize advantage. The RTX 5070, hitting store shelves today, is a good 1440p graphics card but a stagnant generational sidegrade at best. Enter the 549 Radeon RX 9070 and 599 Radeon RX 9070 XT, launching tomorrow. Both cards are faster than the RTX 5070, with the 9070 XT going toe-to-toe with the 750 RTX 5070 Ti in many games, and each includes an ample 16GB of VRAM.

A long time ago in a consumer market not so far away, 700 could get you a top-of-the-line graphics card. Today, 750 (or more) only gets you Nvidia's bronze medal card, the RTX 5070 Ti. But how does it compare to the GTX 1080 Ti, which launched at 700 in 2017 and is widely considered the greatest graphics card of all time? Adam and Will decided to find out in the latest PCWorld video on YouTube. Eight years is an eternity in the graphics card space, so even though the 1080 Ti was the big daddy of its time, conventional wisdom says that it should pale in comparison to the 5070 Ti four generations later.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 is the most brutally fast graphics card ever introduced, augmented by new DLSS 4 technology that feels like magic. But you pay dearly for it, and it feels like this GPU was designed more for AI researchers than PC gamers. The wait is finally over. The long-awaited GeForce RTX 5090 lands on store shelves in January -- and friends, the flagship graphics card for Nvidia's new "Blackwell" architecture is an absolute monster. It should be for 2,000, of course.

In this yearly penultimate episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray, and Will Smith came ready to brawl. Picking the best PC hardware of the year is no easy task, especially in a year that proved momentous for the future of computing. Heck, we couldn't even agree on a shared of definition of what "best" means – you know it when you see it -- but each participant brought his or her own picks for the best PC hardware and trends of 2023 before we all hashed out a single winner in each category. But considering how long it took to pick winners, it's probably best that we streamlined categories a bit this year. Note that this list is separate from PCWorld's wider best PC hardware and software of 2024 and best work from home tech of 2024; The Nerdies (as well call'em) are the opinion of our Full Nerd crew only.

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. With rare exceptions, modern video games are an extremely visual medium, and what better way to experience that than on one of the top-notch gaming monitors. Whether you want to fully immerse yourself in imaginary worlds or ruthlessly climb to the tops of competitive ladders, crisp, bright, and color-accurate visuals are a key part of that experience. The best gaming monitors can get expensive, but they last for years and can easily jump between systems or become secondary monitors as you upgrade. That said, our best overall pick, the ViewSonic Elite XG320U, should last a long, long time in your main system. There's little point in spending money on a powerful new console or PC peripherals if you don't have a screen that can actually take advantage of it. Even if you literally cannot tell the difference between 30 and 60 frames per second or 1080p and 4K (good for you, to be honest), we'll help you cut through the noise, narrow down your priorities, and match them to one of the best gaming monitors on the market.

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. If you want to completely lose yourself in a video game, an ultrawide gaming monitor is one of the best ways to expand your PC gaming setup. Standard widescreen is great, but ultrawide displays eliminate the need for a secondary display with a giant screen that stretches all the way across your field of vision. Just as with any other category of monitors, though, there are tons of options to choose from, and not all of them will get you what you need. In case you're wondering, the LG 34GS95QE is our top pick. But if you're not already suffering from TL;DR, we'll walk you through the detailed decisions that go into picking the best ultrawide gaming monitors, then highlight some of the best options available in the space. For a long time, the biggest change in PC monitors was the shift from old CRT screens to flat panel displays. In the last five or 10 years, though, they've begun to evolve at a breakneck pace.

You're not the first person who's wondered what it would be like to have a giant desktop monitor. Think of all the multi-tasking and immersive gaming you could manage if you had a 50- or 60-inch monitor instead of a standard 24-inch monitor! But you've probably noticed that as monitors get bigger, they also tend to get prohibitively expensive. You've probably already got a big screen in your house, though--a TV. While you can use a TV as a computer monitor in most cases, that doesn't mean it's the best option.

To the surprise of exactly nobody who has been following the PC industry the last six months, "AI PCs" were everywhere at CES 2024, powered by new chips like Intel's Core Ultra and AMD's Ryzen 8000 with dedicated "Neural Processor Units" (NPUs). These help accelerate AI tasks locally, rather than reaching out to cloud servers (like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot). But what does that actually mean for you, an everyday computer user? That's the question I hoped to answer as I wandered the show floor, visiting PC makers of all shapes and sizes. Most early implementations of local, NPU-processed software has focused heavily on creator workloads -- improving performance in tools like Adobe Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, and Audacity.

Finally, you can get a modern 1080p graphics card with 16GB of VRAM without spending half a grand. AMD unveiled the 330 Radeon RX 7600 XT during its recorded CES 2024 keynote on Monday morning. Describing the Radeon RX 7600 XT is easy: It's basically a Radeon RX 7600 with twice the VRAM, higher clock speeds, and a slightly higher power draw as a result. The 7600 XT also comes with DisplayPort 2.1 as standard whereas the AMD allows GPU makers to equip the 7600 non-XT with either DP 1.4 or 2.1. Other than that, everything else under hood remains identical: Same core counts, same ray accelerators, same 32MB Infinity Cache, same AV1 encoding, and – crucially – same underlying memory configuration, aside from raw capacity.