A 9th Gen Coffee Lake-R Processor For Under $90 Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the Intel Core i3-9100 quad-core desktop processor that was released in May 2019. Intel offers the Core i3-9100 Continue reading “Intel Core i3-9100 4-Core Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2019 at 9:43pm
AMD Radeon RX 5700 series reference cards have officially become End-Of-Life (EOL) as board partners take over with custom cards. We’ve seen a number of sites reporting that it is strange that AMD discontinued its Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 5700 Reference Cards Go End-of-Life”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 12, 2019 at 2:24pm
AMD announced today that Sandeep Chennakeshu will be leaving AMD at the end of August and will of course be relinquishing his position as head of AMDs Computing and Graphics Business Group. His replacement will Continue reading “Rick Bergman Rejoins AMD as Executive VP, Computing and Graphics Business Group”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 5, 2019 at 7:38pm
SSD prices are quickly falling, but we’ve noticed that portable SSD prices aren’t dropping nearly as quickly. That means you can build your own wicked fast portable SSD enclosure for less than buying an actual Continue reading “ORICO NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:47pm
Intel Graphics released Windows 10 DCH driver version 26.20.100.7000 and it has a good number of performance optimizations to talk about. DX11 game titles like Overwatch, Paladins and Hearthstone get a performance boost thanks to Continue reading “New Intel Graphics Driver Boosts DX11 Gaming Performance”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 2, 2019 at 3:31pm
Legit Reviews Gets To Benchmark 10nm Ice Lake Intel recently invited a small number of hardware reviewers out to Santa Clara to be the very first to get a chance to do some hands-on testing Continue reading “Intel 10nm Ice Lake Benchmarks on the Core i7-1065G7 Processor”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 1, 2019 at 1:00pm
Last night at the Intel CREATE event during SIGGRAPH 2019 it was announced that Intel plans to deliver a 1000x workflow improvement for creators over the next three years. Raja Koduri, Intels Chief Architect and Continue reading “Jim Jeffers Explains Intel Exascale Computing Will Change Everything”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 31, 2019 at 8:11pm
Can Ryzen 5 3600X For $250 Steal The Show? Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor. This chip will more than likely be one of Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 24, 2019 at 9:43pm
RTX 2080 SUPER Brings More Cores and Speed The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER just launched moments ago and so has our embargo on the performance numbers for this new desktop graphics card model. The Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Video Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 23, 2019 at 1:00pm
$250 Will Get You 6-core 9600K CPU As we wait for our AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processor to arrive for testing we wanted to and take a look at its main competitor, the Intel Core Continue reading “Intel Core i5-9600K Coffee Lake CPU Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 20, 2019 at 4:24pm
AMD and NVIDIA just got done launching new desktop graphics cards aimed at the PC gaming market. Both companies attacked the sweet spot for enthusiasts within a week of each other with cards ranging in Continue reading “AMD and NVIDIA Battle Over Graphics With Intel Getting Ready To Enter The Fray”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 19, 2019 at 8:34pm
Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as Kioxia in October Unique brand name combines Japanese word for memory and Greek word for value SAN JOSE, Calif., July 18, 2019 Toshiba Memory America, Inc. announced today that it Continue reading “Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as Kioxia in October”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 18, 2019 at 3:20pm
Most of our readers know that the vast majority of PC games are designed for your mainstream 4-8 core processors. As the processor manufacturers have been rapidly increasing core counts that hasn’t directly translated into Continue reading “Game Mode Might Boost Performance On AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Processors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 16, 2019 at 9:40pm
I noticed a number of sites and channels are reporting that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread processor can be run at full clock speeds with just 1.00V on the CPU VCore. That sounds Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core CPU Undervolted to 1.00V”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 15, 2019 at 7:46pm
AMD Goes 7nm on Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs Last week AMD Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors based on the Zen 2 architecture finally came to market. AMD launched six new desktop processors of which five Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X CPU Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 15, 2019 at 3:07pm