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AMD Announces Global Retail Availability of Threadripper Pro

Home News (Image credit: Newegg) AMD announced today that the Threadripper Pro desktop processors, which top out with 64 cores and 128 threads with the Threadripper Pro 3995WX, are now available for purchase worldwide. These chips were previously exclusively available in Lenovo’s ThinkStation P620 workstation that we recently reviewed, but the chips and the accompanying… Read more

Samsung Reveals First AMD FreeSync Premium Pro TVs, Mini LED Gaming Monitors

Home News Samsung’s 2021 The Frame TV has AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. (Image credit: Samsung) Samsung just leveled the playing field a bit in the battle between TVs and gaming monitors. PC monitors have long held an advantage over TVs for gaming, largely due to speedier refresh rates and response times. The best gaming monitors… Read more

Intel Reportedly Confirms March 30 Release Date for Rocket Lake-S CPUs

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Intel might have finally set an official release date for its Rocket Lake chips that will soon vie for a spot on our list of Best CPUs. HardwareLUXX editor Andreas Schilling today reported that “the sales embargo for 11th Gen Desktop processors (Rocket Lake S) is March 30, 2021, at… Read more

Cooler Master ML360 Sub-Zero Review: Frigid Temps for LGA1200

Our Verdict The Cooler Master ML360 Sub-Zero appeals to enthusiast system builders burdened with deep pockets, seeking sub-ambient temps and ease of installation. It does well, but also comes with some distinct caveats. For Easy install Single digit (or lower) idle temps can be possible New high-flow pump Against Expensive Supports only LGA1200 Under sustained… Read more

Images Surface of Asus’ Radeon RX 6700 XT Cards Ahead of Launch

Home News (Image credit: VideoCardz) AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT announcement is still a few days away, but it seems that Videocardz has managed to source images of the latest cards from Asus. Until we get the official announcement on March 3rd, take this news with a grain of salt. We believe the Radeon RX… Read more

Intel 8-Core Tiger Lake-H CPUs Claw Their Way Into Lenovo’s Legion Laptops

Home News 11th Generation Tiger Lake CPU (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s 11th-Gen eight-core Tiger Lake-H 45W processors for mobile devices are expected to land in the first quarter, and, judging by the latest retailer listings (via momomo_us), the 10nm chips shouldn’t be far off. Intel has launched several Tiger Lake chips that adhere to power… Read more

You Can Mine Ethereum With Apple’s M1: Here’s How, but You Probably Shouldn’t Bother

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Ethereum mining is most profitable on high-end graphics cards, but enthusiasts are often willing to use whatever they have on-hand, especially as the cryptocurrency’s value continues to rise. Now they’ll have another option: Apple’s new M1 chip. Zensors software engineer Yifan Gu found a way to make the ethminer utility… Read more

ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F Gaming II Review

Introduction Last year, AMD released the Ryzen 5000 series desktop processors in one of the most monumental hardware launches of the modern era. This final step completed the Red brand’s ascent back into the forefront of the desktop processor market that began with the launch of the first generation of Ryzen CPUs. With the Ryzen… Read more

Lenovo Shows Off Radeon RX 6900 XT, 6800 XT Legion Edition GPUs

Home News Radeon RX 6800 XT Legion Edition (Image credit: Lenovo) Lenovo (via HXL) has teased the Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 6800 XT Legion Edition graphics cards on the company’s Weibo account. The graphics cards are likely an exclusive for Lenovo’s Savior Blade 7000P 2021 gaming PCs, though. It’s unknown if Lenovo… Read more

U.S. Retailer Lists Rocket Lake CPUs, Core i9-11900K For $599

Home News 11th Generation Rocket Lake-S CPU (Image credit: Intel) Milwaukee PC (via Harukaze5719), a retailer that has been around since 1988, has shared the pricing for Intel’s 11th Generation Rocket Lake processors that will soon vie for a spot on our list of best CPUs for gaming. The company didn’t reveal the launch date… Read more

Nvidia starts boosting frame rates by up to 10 percent on 30-series GPUs

Nvidia has started to roll out support for Resizable BAR, a feature of PCI Express that can boost frame rates in certain games by up to 10 percent. The new RTX 3060 graphics card is the first to include Resizable BAR, which allows certain CPUs to access the full graphics frame buffer, instead of being… Read more

Nvidia Intros Resizable BAR Support with RTX 3060 Cards and 30 Series Laptops

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Nvidia today announced that Resizable Base Address Register (BAR) support is now available for RTX 3060 graphics cards and RTX 30 Series laptops. That’s earlier than the company anticipated, but it comes with a caveat, because its other desktop GPUs aren’t expected to receive drivers that support the technology until… Read more

A $329 Nvidia RTX 3060 was impossible to find, but you could give Newegg’s raffle a try

Nvidia supposedly launched a $329 graphics card today, the GeForce RTX 3060, but I’ve yet to see much proof. Orders began today at 9AM PT / 12PM ET for a card whose listed prices ranged from $329.99 all the way up to $629.99, averaging $471. Those aren’t scalper prices, mind you. They’re the retail prices… Read more

AMD Will Announce the Radeon RX 6700 XT On March 3

Home News Radeon RX 6000 Graphics Card (Image credit: AMD) AMD will reveal a new Radeon RX 6000 graphics card during Episode 3 of its “Where Gaming Begins” event on March 3 on 11 AM US Eastern. Although the chipmaker didn’t specify which model, it’s likely going to be the much-awaited Radeon RX 6700 XT…. Read more

Nvidia made $5 billion during a GPU shortage and expects to do it again in Q1

Nvidia has shared its Q4 2021 earnings, and despite the company’s GPUs being in extremely low supply, it didn’t seem to hurt how much money the company made. In fact, it reported a record $5 billion in revenue, which is up 61 percent year-over-year. What’s more impressive is that Nvidia expects to make another $5… Read more