Zak Killian
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As a software vendor, it's dangerous to be beholden to a single hardware vendor. That's why this latest move from Valve is pretty savvy; the company seems to have added some support for Intel's Arc GPUs to its customized Arch Linux...
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A couple of days ago, an old rumor resurfaced and making the rounds claiming Intel would take a page from AMD's playbook and launch "Raptor Lake Next", a new series of processors for the now-venerable LGA 1700 platform. The idea re-emerged...
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You've used a cheap laptop before, right? They're usually awful. Flimsy plastic everywhere, terrible screens, slow storage, unbearable keyboards, horrible trackpads. Intel wants to change all that by taking a hint from the phone market...
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It flew under the radar a bit, but one of the exciting announcements at Computex was AMD's new EXPO Ultra Low Latency standard for PC memory. This is, essentially, RAM that has been pre-qualified for operation at high speeds with...
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A couple of weeks ago, NVIDIA gave Linux blog Phoronix exclusive access to a Vera system to run a few benchmarks on it. Vera is of course NVIDIA's next-generation CPU intended to be paired with its Rubin GPUs, and it features the company's...
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You read that right: the latest leak claims that AMD's next-generation Zen 6 architecture could push Ryzen clock speeds beyond 6.5GHz while significantly increasing core counts across desktop and mobile products. This information comes, as...
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Intel's foundry ambitions may have just received their biggest validation yet. According to a report from The Information, Google has placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than three million Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in 2028...
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A Ryzen 9 7950X3D failure reported by a Taiwanese user is drawing attention after AMD allegedly denied the warranty claim despite the processor still being within its three-year warranty period at the time of failure. The incident first...
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If you're a hardware enthusiast, you're probably already aware that Intel's Independent Loading Mechanism or ILM, which is the retention clamp that holds the CPU in the socket, can cause CPU warping over time. Intel released a "reduced...
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Announced earlier this week at Computex, NVIDIA's RTX Spark has finally been revealed after what seems like years of leaks and rumors concerning the "N1/N1X". These chips are the consumer versions of the GB10 Superchip found in the NVIDIA...
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Essentially since the original Atom, there's been a big CPU core and a little CPU core architecture in parallel development at Intel. As a result, there has long been a weird overlap at the lower end of the market, where you could choose a...
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Intel's Arc Alchemist graphics cards were a credible effort, and the B-series "Battlemage" GPUs were fantastic for what they were. So naturally, we were looking forward to Intel's next discrete GPU release with high hopes. After all, the...
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To be frank, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is still a fantastic gaming processor to this day. You could pair a bleeding-edge GeForce RTX 5080 or Radeon RX 9070 XT with an older AM4 machine sporting a 5800X3D and lose virtually nothing in terms...
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There's been a lot of chatter recently about the fact that Intel's next-generation platform is expected to last for at least three CPU generations, and possibly four. Of course, you're still going to have to buy the next-generation...
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If you're struggling to justify new PC parts at current pricing, the top brass at SK hynix has some news for you, though you might want to take it with a healthy dose of salt. Speaking to reporters in Taipei, SK hynix Chairman Chey Tae-won...
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How's your monitor looking these days? Mine's getting pretty long in the tooth, and I'm pondering an upgrade. One such upgrade target might be the new Alienware AW3926QW, which is the company's new flagship gaming display. Dell promises...
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Intel brought along a pile of products to Computex, and while the one that got this writer most excited was the early announcement of the Arc G3 series, the company's data center group has some pretty darn big news, too. Today marks the...
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At Computex 2026, AMD isn't letting up on its recent AI-heavy message, but it threw gamers a bone with a few announcements targeting the crucial performance-sensitive but budget-conscious gamer demographic. There's also an...
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When Intel announced its Arc G3 series handheld gaming system processors yesterday, it vaguely mentioned OneXPlayer alongside the names of Acer and MSI as companies that would be launching devices based on the chips. Well, now we know what...
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MSI Raider 16 MAX HX B2WJ Laptop: Starting at $2,999, $3,499 as tested The new MSI Raider 16 MAX HX is often the fastest 16" gaming laptop we've tested, and it does it while remaining cool and quiet, too. Oustanding OLED Screen Excellent...
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It looks like LG Display is finally tackling one of the most stubborn complaints dogging the desktop OLED revolution: text fringing. In a press release out of its Seoul HQ, the display giant has announced that it has officially kicked off...
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Exactly as expected, the handheld-focused version of Panther Lake that Intel promised at CES 2026 is now confirmed to debut at Computex next week. The Intel Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme are customized versions of Intel's extant Core Ultra...
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