Are you waiting for Intel’s next-generation Comet Lake-S desktop processors to be released before building your next desktop PC? Enthusiasts are really excited about the Comet Lake-S (14nm+++) processors they will have up to 10 Continue reading “Gigabyte Intel Z490 Motherboards Spotted in EEC Listings”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 13, 2019 at 9:01pm
Legit Reviews has been using Blender in our benchmarks for years and hopefully you’ve found the results worthwhile and interesting. Blender, for those that might not know, is the free and open source 3D creation Continue reading “12 Desktop Processors Tested on Blender 2.80 versus Blender 2.79b”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 13, 2019 at 8:08pm
AMD recently released AGESA 1003 ABBA to motherboard partners and they in turn have started to release BIOSes based on AGESA 1003 ABBA. The big news with this AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) build Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Max Boost Clock Fix Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:18pm
Ballistix, Microns global brand of gaming memory, today announced the addition of 4000MHz memory to their Elite series. This is the fastest Ballistix offering to date and best of all the new Ballistix Elite 4000MHz Continue reading “Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 4000MHz Memory Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 11, 2019 at 2:32am
AMD said they needed 7 days to come up with a plan to release a BIOS patch with their motherboard partners that addresses Ryzen 3000 series processors being unable to reach their max boost clock Continue reading “AMD AGESA 1003ABBA BIOS Will Help Ryzen 3000 Reach Max Boost Clock”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 10, 2019 at 4:30pm
The desktop CPU war between Intel and AMD is the most exciting its been in years. AMD has been rapidly catching up thanks to their new Zen core microarchitecture that was first introduced in 2017 Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Boost Clocks Investigated”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 9, 2019 at 4:11pm
During IFA in Berlin, Intel announced that their high-end Core i9-9900KS will be made available for purchase sometime in October 2019. Pricing was not announced on the CPU that can boost to 5.0 GHz on Continue reading “Intel Core i9-9900KS Coming October 2019”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 4, 2019 at 5:38pm
Geekbench 5 was officially released by Primate Labs today and Legit Reviews has been taking a look at this benchmark in the lab. The release of Geekbench 5 brings new machine learning, augmented reality, and Continue reading “12 CPUs Tested on Geekbench 5 and Geekbench 4”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 3, 2019 at 8:46am
The WD_Black P10 Game Drive is a pretty straight forward storage device that is aimed at gamers looking for a cool-looking portable drive to hold their game library. It solves the decades old problem of Continue reading “WD_Black P10 Game Drive Review – 5TB Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 2, 2019 at 3:18am
In our quest to find new CPU benchmarks we were told about Novabench by members of the #SiliconGang on Twitter. Novabench has been around since 2007 and is a free benchmark application that has been Continue reading “12 CPUs Tested Using Novabench Benchmark Software”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 30, 2019 at 1:31pm
To say that AMD Ryzen processors with “Zen” cores have slightly changed the mobile and desktop processor market would be an understatement. AMD’s latest 3rd Gen Ryzen 3000 series processors with Zen 2 cores have Continue reading “AMD Believes BAPCo SYSmark 2018 Benchmark Doesn’t Represent Typical Usage”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 29, 2019 at 10:17pm
We’ve been looking to try out some new benchmarks for Legit Reviews and have been taking a look at a number of them. One of the more interesting real-world benchmarks is NeatBench 5, which is Continue reading “12 CPUs Tested Using Neat Video Noise Reduction Tool w/ NeatBench 5”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 27, 2019 at 1:54pm
AMD’s new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors that are built on the 7nm manufacturing process helped close the performance gap with Intel when they launched last month. Our testing showed that AMD led many of the Continue reading “IPC Battle – AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Vs Intel Core i9-9900K”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 21, 2019 at 3:16pm
NVIDIA dropped Geforce 436.02 WHQL drivers today at Gamescom 2019 to celebrate the GeForce gaming community during the largest gaming expo on the planet. The special Gamescom Game Ready Driver brings massive performance optimizations for Continue reading “GeForce 436.02 Drivers Bring Huge Performance Gains, Ultra-Low Latency Mode and More”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 20, 2019 at 9:30pm
\Western Digital today introduced a number of WD Black external storage solutions for PC and console gamers at Gamescom 2019 in Germany. The five new storage solutions are aimed at gamers since it allows them Continue reading “WD Black Portable Game Drives Debut At Gamescom 2019”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 20, 2019 at 8:54pm