Tech & Gear

1440p gaming sounds pretty straightforward until you start shopping for a graphics card. One GPU costs $450. Another costs $650. Then you find one for $800, and suddenly you’re wondering whether spending another $200 is going to make your games look noticeably better. That’s the problem I wanted to solve with this article. I’ve been using an AMD RX 6700 XT for: Gaming Streaming And recording It’s an older card now, but it’s still capable of playing plenty of games

I’ve been gaming on my AMD RX 6700 XT for quite a while now, and it’s been a pretty good graphics card. I’ve played: Competitive shooters Story-driven games Streamed on YouTube Recorded gameplay And spent more time messing with OBS than I’d like to admit But I’ve also started thinking about upgrading and weighing my options. And wow, some of these prices are ridiculous! You can spend a few hundred dollars on a GPU, or you can spend more than

I’ve been gaming and streaming on an AMD graphics card for a while now. My PC has an RX 6700 XT, and for the most part, it’s been a solid card. I’ve done: Competitive shooters Story-driven games Streamed on YouTube Recorded gameplay, & put the thing through plenty of work. But I’ve also thought about switching to NVIDIA. Not because I suddenly hate AMD. I’ve just gotten to a point where I’m asking more of my PC than I was

Since upgrading my microphone, I’ve spent way too much time looking at audio mixers. Right now, I’m using my FIFINE AM8 PRO-T over USB. It works It sounds good And after plenty of messing around with OBS filters, I’ve gotten it to a place I’m pretty happy with. But the AM8 PRO-T also has an XLR connection sitting on the back of it. Moving to XLR opens the door to mixers and audio interfaces that give you more control over

I’ve been streaming with a roughly $30 Amazon ring light for almost two years. It still works. Which is important to say before I recommend a bunch of more expensive lights. I don’t suddenly need a key light because my cheap ring light stopped doing its job. Turn it on and my webcam looks significantly better. Turn it off and my OBSBOT immediately reminds me why lighting matters. The reason I’m finally considering upgrading is because I’ve started wanting more

I’ve been using a cheap Amazon ring light for almost two years. Nothing fancy. I think it was around $30. And you know what? It still works. The stand has definitely seen better days. It’s getting a little wobbly, and I wish I had more control over where I could position the light. But the actual reason I bought it (to make my webcam look better) hasn’t changed. Turn the ring light off and my OBSBOT Tiny 2 Lite immediately

If you search for what you should upgrade first in your gaming setup, somebody will probably give you a nice little list. Upgrade your GPU first Then your monitor Then your mouse Then your keyboard. Then your headset …I don’t really think it works like that. What if your games already run perfectly fine, but your headset gives you a headache after an hour? What if you’ve got a ridiculous graphics card hooked up to a crappy monitor? What if

I bought my Stream Deck because I wanted to make stupid noises. Seriously. I had gotten comfortable streaming. I was playing ARC Raiders pretty much every day. I was talking to chat more. & I thought adding sound effects would be another fun layer to the stream. More than six months later, I barely use the sound effects. Instead, the thing I probably use my Stream Deck for more than anything else is changing OBS scenes. Very exciting stuff. But

I didn’t switch from a gaming headset to IEMs because I was chasing better footsteps or some competitive advantage. My glasses were pissing me off. I’d been using my HyperX Cloud III Wireless for more than a year, and I actually really liked them. They sounded good. The microphone worked fine. They were wireless. & I never had some major problem that made me want to replace them. But after about an hour and a half, I’d start noticing them.

I’ve been using a cheap ring light for almost two years. Not an expensive creator light. Not some crazy studio setup. A roughly $30 ring light I bought on Amazon. I’ve used it for: Livestreams Recordings Shorts & pretty much everything else I’ve made over the last couple of years. And seriously… It’s been completely fine. Turn it off and my webcam immediately looks terrible. It’s dark. The picture gets worse. & I look like I’m streaming from somewhere you