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I f I were building a PC today, there's a lot I'd strive to get right. I'd pick the best CPU and GPU I could within the ...

A version of this story appeared in the July 2025 issue of Wallpaper* , available in print on newsstands from 5 June 2025, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News +.

To run through some numbers - in Alan Wake 2 at 1440p - the 9070 XT achieved an average of 39.8fps. This makes it eight percent faster than AMD's RX 7900 XTX, and even 12 percent brisker than ...

Resolution is the only notable downside. The U2724DE is a 1440p monitor, while many competitors in its price bracket offer 4K. This is often the trade-off made to hit monitor’s 120Hz refresh rate.