Processors
Intel Comet Lake Processor Lineup Launches: Includes First 6-Core U-Series Part
Intel officially launched 10nm "Ice Lake" mobile processors on August 1st, and today they are adding eight new 14nm "Comet Lake" SKUs to the 10th Gen lineup slated to ship...
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Ryzen 9 3900X Is RAM Tough!
We've said it before and we will say it again, the Ryzen architecture will reward you if you match it with some fast, tight DDR4. Many memory reviews show tiny increases in…
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Intel Officially Launches 10nm Ice Lake Processors
Intel introduced their 10th Gen Core processors at the end of May, and now they are officially being launched. While we won't have parts in hand for some time we do…
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The New 1.07.29 X570 Chipset Driver
AMD have just released a new X570 driver version, 1.07.29, to address concerns some expressed about the processors using too many cores, at high clock-speeds, and voltages when the user...
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Vanilla Ice Lake Benchmarks, Plus Dr. Su Drops A New Hit
Intel finally cracked the last 10nm of ice hiding the performance of the Core i7-1065G7, the replacement for their previous generation of mobile processors, Whiskey Lake. At an event in Santa Clara,…
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A Newly BIOSed Look At The Ryzen 9 3900X
The FPS Review is revisiting the Ryzen 9 3900X on their MSI MEG Godlike motherboard, now that they have the v1.3 UEFI BIOS with uses AGESA 1.0.0.3 patch AB. As...
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AMD’s Chiplet Design Is The New Ryzen Star
Not content to release only a 7nm GPU, 7/7 also saw the arrival of AMD's 7nm Zen 2 CPUs with the Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X being the most reviewed…
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X Review: Disruptive Force
Ever since receiving the details about AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs at Computex on May 27 we have been eagerly awaiting the launch of these new Zen 2 CPUs,...
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Intel will Add Integer Scaling on Eleventh Generation GPUs
When Intel releases their Ice Lake CPUs and, later, their Xe discrete graphics cards, they will support integer scaling through the Intel Graphics Command Center. Typical display scaling goes through...
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A Little CPU Nostalgia For Your Friday
TechSpot and Phoronix have been looking at the performance changes we have seen in AMD and Intel processors of days gone by as well as current generation processors and how they have…
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Battling Benchmark Leaks; Now It’s Intel’s Turn
AMD and Intel both have upcoming releases and the internet is rife with rumours about the performance we will see. The previous leak of desktop processor performance showed the Ryzen...
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Rumored Intel Price Cut Will Slash Desktop CPU Prices Up to 15% In Response to Ryzen 3000
When AMD announced its upcoming Ryzen 3000-series desktop lineup at Computex (followed by the surprise reveal of the 16-core 3950X at E3), the company touted superior core counts than...
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One-Click Overclocking With The Intel Performance Maximizer
Intel today is launching the Intel Performance Maximizer (IPM), a new utility that gives users one-click overclocking of their recent high-end processors. The Intel Performance Maximizer is targeted at new...
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NVIDIA Brings CUDA to Arm for Energy-Efficient Exascale Supercomputers
Today at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Frankfurt, NVIDIA announced that it is introducing support for Arm processors, allowing energy-efficient Arm-based systems to leverage NVIDIA’s GPU hardware for...
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AMD Raises The Bar On Price And Performance If This Rumour Is Even Slightly Accurate
While it is a little early to throw on the party hats and run through the streets praising Dr. Su and her team, these leaked GeekBench scores posted by APISAK...
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AMD Announces the 16-Core Ryzen 9 3950X Processor: Maximum Zen
AMD wasn’t content to leave their 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X as the flagship for the Zen 2 desktop lineup, and, after much speculation and questions about the potential for a...
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E3: Intel Confident It Will Retain Gaming Performance Leadership Over Ryzen 3000
E3 is happening this week in Los Angeles, and in between announcements of the latest games and consoles, the war for the PC is raging on. As the company...
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Thirdripper Shall Ride!
As Dr. Su responded when questioned about the future of Threadripper, "it's very interesting, some of the things that circulate on the internet". In an interview about the future of...
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