How will you be computing in the next 12 months? PC Authority brings you 2005's big technology stories - before they happen.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

So you want to make yourself a new gaming rig, one that’s capable of playing Crysis at more than two frames per second, but won’t blow the budget?

The Phenom II from AMD is here, and it has been billed as the company’s big comeback after a 2008 in which it was pummelled by Intel. So how does the CPU stack up against Intel's Core i7?

NVidia has launched what it’s calling the most advanced integrated notebook graphics and chipset solution in history.

So you’re buying a notebook now, and you want to upgrade to Windows 7. What kind of specs should you be looking at? And will Windows 7 be supported by your computer when you get it home?

For fans of destructible objects and terrain, realistic reactions to movement, life-like hair and other graphical goodness, news that Nvidia is pushing PhysX at the PlayStation3 should be good news.