Dan Rice
Dan is a tech contributor on Windows Central. A long time Xbox gamer and former partner on Microsoft's retired streaming platform Mixer, he can often be found crying into a cup of tea whilst thinking about Windows Phone. You can follow Dan on Twitter where you will find him talking about tech, Formula 1 and his latest victories in Battle Royale games.
Latest articles by Dan Rice
Best motherboards for the Intel Core i5-14600K
By Dan Rice last updated
The best Our picks of the best motherboards for the i5-14600K.
Best motherboards for the Intel Core i7-14700K
By Dan Rice last updated
The best Our picks to house your new CPU, whatever your needs or budget these are the best motherboards for i7 14700K.
Acer's latest Swift laptop refresh joins the AI boom with Intel Core Ultra and the new Copilot key
By Dan Rice published
All AI Acer unveiled its new range of Swift laptops for 2024 putting AI features front and centre, powered by Intel Core Ultra with ARC graphics and Microsoft's Copilot avaialable at the push of a button.
Football Manager 2024 review: The best gets better
By Dan Rice published
Review It's the most complete Football Manager game yet, but is FM24 enough to warrant that yearly purchase?
New Elgato capture cards on the way, touting HDMI 2.1 and support for up to 8K/60 HDR passthrough
By Dan Rice published
8K gaming? An image from TwitchCon shows Elgato is preparing to step up its capture card game with new products bringing HDMI 2.1 and true 8K/60 HDR capture.
Microsoft investing $3.2 Billion in Australia to expand AI and cloud computing infrastructure
By Dan Rice published
What recession? Microsoft sees an opportunity to expand its business in Australia with large investment in datacenters, allowing for increased cloud computing and AI infrastructure.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper is back to rip those threads even harder than before, but is it for you?
By Dan Rice published
Ripping threads AMD has listened to its consumers in bringing back Ryzen Threadripper along with two new chipsets and a focus on professional workstations.
NVIDIA RTX Video Super Resolution 1.5 update brings new features while also expanding support to GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs
By Dan Rice published
So super NVIDIA brings some great new features to its Video Super Resolution software, bringing RTX 20 Series users along for the ride.
Intel Core i9-14900KF overclocks past 9GHz, breaking another frequency world record
By Dan Rice published
Moar gains A group of hardcore overclockers have used the new Intel Core i9-14900KF to attain a new frequency world record.
Intel's upcoming i7-14700KF hits almost 6GHz in new benchmark
By Dan Rice published
Go fast! The i7-14700KF has hit nearly 6GHz in new benchmarks, showing a decent performance increase for Raptor Lake Refresh.
Ryan Shrout leaves Intel Arc marketing role just as the build-up for 'Battlemage' begins
By Dan Rice published
Moving on Another well-known figure for Intel's Arc graphics cards, Ryan Shrout, departs Intel just as they begin to ramp up for next years release of 'Battlemage'.
Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remasters likely on the way alongside new Doom, according to massive Xbox leak
By Dan Rice published
Bethesda remastered The fallout of the Xbox leaks reveals more Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Doom games are on the way from Bethesda, or at least they were a few years ago.
Not satiated by Activision Blizzard purchase, Xbox wants to buy Nintendo too
By Dan Rice published
Gaming heaven In a big new leak Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer expressed interest in the company purchasing Nintendo in the future.
New Nvidia GeForce driver brings Starfield improvements plus gets us Game Ready for Lies of P and Mortal Kombat 1
By Dan Rice published
More frames! Nvidia tries to close the gap on AMDs Starfield performance advantage and brings DLSS 2 to two new games launching next week.
F1 Manager 23 gets physical release and a recent major update means now is the best time to jump in to the real hot seat
By Dan Rice published
Physical A major patch and physical release for F1 Manager 23 puts Frontier's latest back in the spotlight.
Samsung takes the 990 Pro SSD to the next level with a 4TB option. Here's when you can buy one.
By Dan Rice published
So spacious Samsung's 990 Pro SSDs are already great, but now we're getting a larger storage option with a 4TB version arriving next month.
Starfield's photo mode produces results like I've never seen — and it comes with an added benefit
By Dan Rice published
Space photography Images from Starfield's photo mode have begun surfacing from players and they're absolutely stunning, but the really cool part is in the loading screens.
The Starfield bugs are everywhere and I'm loving it
By Dan Rice published
Bugs galore! Starfield definitely has plenty of bugs even if it's the least buggy game Bethesda has ever made, and it's a never ending stream of laughter.
Elon Musk's X is going to take on Microsoft-owned 'cringe' platform LinkedIn to make hiring 'cool' again
By Dan Rice published
So cringe? Elon Musk wants X to replace LinkedIn as part of becoming the everything app, but could the reverse be happening due to recent controversies?
Intel 'Battlemage' Gaming GPUs already in lab testing; looking to take the fight to NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon
By Dan Rice published
GPU Wars! Intel is already testing its upcoming Arc Battlemage GPUs in the lab before their release next year. But will it be able to challenge AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce?
The Razer Kitsune lands a one-two punch to traditional fight sticks
By Dan Rice published
Ready? FIGHT! The new Razer Kitsune brings many great features for fighting game enthusiasts and almost makes traditional fighting sticks obsolete.
Intel Core i7-14700K leak confirms sizeable gains for 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh
By Dan Rice published
Intel got gains We weren't expecting big performance uplifts with Intel's 14th Gen range, but new leaks show the opposite.
Fix your Radeon GPU driver issues in Windows with this new 'Detective' tool
By Dan Rice published
Drivers be fixed! To help with persistent driver issues AMD has released Radeon GPU Detective, which should help in diagnosing those pesky problems when they pop up.
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