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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB loses up to 10% performance when using PCIe 4.0
When attached to a PCIe 4.0 interface, Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB video cards experience a massive performance hit in some game titles.
Firm boils storage device in salt water, then grills it as proof of durability
Storage startup Cerabyte has shared a video where it torture tests its memory media in boiling salt water and a pizza oven.
Dynatron coolers support up to 660W for Intel Diamond Rapids and AMD Venice CPUs
Dynatron's CPU cooler listings indicate "Diamond Rapids" as the codename for Intel's upcoming Xeon CPUs and "SP7" as the socket for AMD's next-gen Venice CPUs.
Minecraft runs on 8MB of VRAM using a 20-year-old GPU
Budget-Builds Official has successfully run a playable instance of Minecraft using 8MB of VRAM on a 20-year-old GPU.
Intel Arc Xe3 Celestial GPU enters pre-validation stage
LinkedIn profiles suggest that Intel Xe3 Celestial has already reached the pre-validation stage.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang scores his first base salary increase since 2015
A raise of 49 percent.
Energy use in a Kuwaiti city fell by over 50% after authorities cracked down on crypto mining
Over 100 houses are allegedly hosting crypto mining activities, with some of them using up more than 20 times the normal power consumption of the average Kuwaiti home.
Apple expects to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. factories this year
Apple plans to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. facilities in 2025 — including tens of millions from TSMC’s Arizona fab — while investing $500 billion to expand its American operations.
