Though highly anticipated, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series of desktop processors arrived with a bit of a thud earlier this year. Since then, the company has been in damage control, blaming the initial…
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Tested: Intel’s Lunar Lake wants you to forget Qualcomm laptops exist
Lunar Lake is Intel’s Snapdragon killer. Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 (Lunar Lake) was specifically designed to emphasize low power, but with competitive performance. In this it somewhat succeeds, though the Core…
AMD’s Ryzen Master drops support for older Ryzens, sort of
AMD appears to have forked its Ryzen Master software, essentially placing support for its older Ryzen and Threadripper processors into a separate release that contains fewer features. Visit AMD’s Ryzen Master page,…
Intel’s next big chip won’t be ‘Intel Inside,’ either
Intel previously said that the upcoming Core Ultra chip, Lunar Lake, won’t be manufactured internally. The company is now saying the same for its next-gen desktop chip, Arrow Lake, as well. Will…
Qualcomm CEO confirms Snapdragon desktops are planned
One of the many questions surrounding Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processors has always been: Is it just a mobile processor? Qualcomm has hinted before that it isn’t, but the company’s chief executive…
Lunar Lake unveiled: Intel strikes back with new laptop CPUs
If you’re wondering why you need Intel’s latest Core Ultra laptop processors, code-named Lunar Lake, the answer isn’t a simple one. But if you want to buy a Lunar Lake laptop, however,…
Beware of counterfeit AMD Ryzen CPUs! Here’s what to look for
Tech YouTuber Roman Hartung (aka “der8auer”) just pointed out in one of his recent videos that elaborate CPU fakes are currently in circulation, and he personally came across a counterfeit AMD Ryzen…
Ryzen 9000 performance boost now available to all Windows 11 users
AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 series looked promising from its initial benchmarks, but the first reviews and user impressions painted a much more disappointing picture. As it turns out, AMD was testing with…
AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs: 8 must-know details before you buy
After a brief delay, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 hit shelves earlier this month—but to everyone’s surprise, the first processors came with caveats. Despite offering plenty to like, the $279 Ryzen 5 9600X, $359…
New Asus motherboard makes swapping graphics cards so much easier
If you’ve ever struggled with replacing your PC’s graphics card, an upcoming Asus motherboard offers some really welcome news: a new retention mechanism that unlocks the card without the need for an…