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Intel teases Xe HPG GPU reveal coming next week

Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Featured Announcement, Graphics Ever since Intel hired Raja Koduri and announced plans to create new discrete graphics cards, we’ve been waiting to see what Intel can do in the gaming segment. So far, we’ve seen the Xe graphics architecture introduced in low-power DG1 discrete graphics cards, which are primarily sold… Read more

Razer Huntsman V2 Analog Optical Gaming Keyboard Review

Christina Munro 2 days ago Featured Tech Reviews, Keyboards, Reviews Razer has launched its brand-new Huntsman V2 Analog keyboard, with PBT keycaps, a wrist rest complete with a RGB lightbar, and of course optical switches that can even bind different actions to different actuation points. It comes in at a monster £249.99, but is it… Read more

Asus’ Iris Xe DG1-4G Specs Published: Compact, 80 EUs, Limited Compatibility

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel formally launched its discrete Iris Xe DG1 graphics card for entry-level desktops late in January. The company confirmed back then that the card featured a cut-down version of the Iris Xe Max GPU, with 80 execution units (EUs). And its compatibility was limited to inexpensive PCs. However, neither Intel… Read more

Nvidia’s Reflex Technology Beats AMD’s Radeon Boost Counterpart: Report

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Last year, in a bid to increase system responsiveness in competitive video games, both Nvidia and AMD released new technologies to reduce input lag for improved system performance: Nvidia’s Reflex Low Latency and AMD’s Radeon Boost. Both Nvidia and AMD say their respective technologies’ performance gains are significant, but how… Read more

MSI MEG Z590 ACE Review

Introduction After almost a decade of total market dominance, Intel has spent the past few years on the defensive. AMD’s Ryzen processors continue to show improvement year over year, with the most recent Ryzen 5000 series taking the crown of best gaming processor: Intel’s last bastion of superiority. Now, with a booming hardware market, Intel… Read more

Rocket Lake’s New Adaptive Boost Tech Dials Up Frequency, Power, and Temps

Home News In an odd disclosure that comes after Intel recently released the details of its 11th-Generation Core Rocket Lake-S processors, the company has unveiled a “new” Adaptive Bost Technology that allows the chip to operate at up to 100C during normal operation. This new tech will feel decidedly familiar to AMD fans, as it… Read more

Stress Testing Just Became a Lot Easier for AMD Graphics Cards

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) AMD’s latest Radeon driver update, Adrenalin version 21.3.1, adds several new features to team red’s graphics cards, but the biggest update is a new stress testing utility that allows you to check the stability of your overclocked AMD graphics card right from the Adrenalin software. When you install the 21.3.1… Read more

HP Spectre x360 13 review: Convertible champion

(Pocket-lint) – The HP Spectre x360 13 is a bit of a dream convertible laptop. Not much has changed in this 2020-2021 version apart from a shift to Intel’s 11th Gen processors. But these bring a significant jump in performance, especially for gaming, with no downsides. You have plenty of laptops to choose from with… Read more

‘Anti-capitalist’ Verkada hacker charged by US government with attacks on dozens of companies

A Swiss computer hacker named Till Kottmann has been charged by the US government with multiple accounts of wire fraud, conspiracy, and identity theft. The indictment accuses Kottmann and co-conspirators of hacking “dozens of companies and government entities,” and posting private data and source code belonging to more than 100 firms online. The 21-year-old Kottmann,… Read more

TSMC and Samsung Foundry Becoming Dominant Makers of Advanced Chips

Home News (Image credit: GlobalFoundries) It is well known that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Foundry dominate the market of contract chip production. They are the only companies to offer leading-edge process technologies and have the largest capacities. Meanwhile, TSMC and Samsung Foundry are on track to become the dominant manufacturers of advanced chips as nobody,… Read more

XPG SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme DDR4-5000 MHz CL19 2×8 GB Review

Introduction With memory prices falling, now is a great time to be looking for memory upgrades. Fall hardware releases are in full swing, there is competition from both Intel and AMD, and the Red brand has thoroughly fixed the memory issues of generations past. No longer do users have to worry about memory compatibility or… Read more

Intel teaser hints long-awaited Xe HPG gaming GPUs may be revealed on March 26th

Intel’s upcoming Xe HPG “DG2” discrete gaming GPUs might be close to a reveal. The company has teased a “Xe HPG Scavenger Hunt” for March 26th at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. The website was hidden in a binary sequence segment Intel stuck in its GDC 2021 presentation that briefly teased the upcoming graphics card…. Read more

Where to Buy Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs

Home News (Image credit: Future) Intel’s new Rocket Lake processors are its big answer to AMD’s Ryzen 5000 chips, and on the face of it, this is going to be a very interesting face-off once the embargo is lifted on reviews. That’s because, rather than follow the trend of more cores and a denser architecture,… Read more

AMD Expected to Become TSMC’s Second Largest Customer

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Now that AMD produces most of its CPUs, GPUs, and custom SoCs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the company may become the foundry’s second-largest customer, right after Apple (according to a report from Seeking Alpha). If this happens, AMD will have a much more favorable negotiation position with TSMC… Read more

Sapphire Announces the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Nitro+ and Pulse Graphics Cards

Home News (Image credit: Sapphire) Sapphire is back with new custom graphics cards designed around the RX 6700XT graphics card that launches today. Sapphire’s new 6700XT models come in the form of the NITRO+ and the lower-end Pulse. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Sapphire) Image 2 of 4 (Image credit: Sapphire) Image 3 of… Read more