TL;DR: The PCI-SIG consortium introduced the PCI Express standard in 2004, the same year the original PCI bus received its final spec revision. The two technologies are based on completely different ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

Carefully check your motherboard’s PCIe capabilities and BIOS bifurcation settings for its x16 slot before buying the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5. Those determine how many of the Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5’s four ...

At Bilibili World 2025, Colorful presented an all-white variant of its iGame Ultra Duo SSD graphics card, notable for integrating graphics processing and storage in one compact solution. The card ...

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At the Nintendo Direct: Switch 2 launch event, the Japanese video game company confirmed that the new handheld is backward-compatible with old Switch games. Nintendo also explained how this milestone ...

The Dockcase Smart Magsafe M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure offers crucial professional features, thanks to its external power connection, flexible storage expansion, and integrated SSD health monitoring. These ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

The Sabrent USB Type-C 6-Port Docking Station with M.2 Port (DS-SDNV) is designed to expand and enhance your Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and other compliant USB-C devices. This useful and stylish docking ...

The Sabrent 6-Port Docking Station is the cheaper of the two, currently on sale for $25 (down from $30). It offers pretty much all the same ports and connections as the official Steam Deck Docking ...