Reports of leaked CPUs no longer appearing in the popular Geekbench benchmark are greatly exaggerated. On Wednesday, an aptly named and saddened Twitter account called Benchleaks reported that “geekbench ded :(” The…
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Windows 11 might tank Ryzen CPU performance, AMD warns
AMD said Windows 11 can cut game performance on Ryzen CPUs by 10 to 15 percent, and the operating system may not utilize AMD’s “preferred core” technology, but a fix in the…
Tested! Here’s how much the new Windows security features hurt PC performance
Security is key to Windows 11—and also one of the reasons it’s breaking with the long-held tradition of legacy hardware support and basically dumping every PC made before 2017 overboard. Why? The…
The Full Nerd ep. 192: Alder Lake leaks, and graphics card optimism?
In this episode of The Full Nerd, , , , and discuss the deluge of Intel 12th-gen Alder Lake leaks that have hit the Internet, and whether the latest updates on the…
Next-gen Loihi 2 brain chip pushes Intel’s manufacturing limits
Intel announced its second-generation neuromorphic research chip on Wednesday, whose improved computational capabilities will continue to assist researchers who are developing applications that “think” like the human brain. Intel publicly announced the…
Shopping for an older CPU? Don’t go past this—or you’ll regret it
On the whole, the cost of computers has dropped a lot. (When adjusted for inflation, the mid-1990s equivalent of today’s basic $650 computers came in around $4,000.) But PCs still aren’t cheap—so…