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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
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The future isn't so bright. — China's chipmaking champion struggles —SMIC fab warns that it could see declined profits due to increasingly tense economy and geopolitics The future isn't so bright.

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AMD

AMD posts Linux patches to enabled RDNA 4 GPUs — could RX 8000-series graphics cards actually arrive in 2024?

Anton Shilov published 8 February 24

AMD's new Linux graphics drivers support IP blocks for next-generation GPUs

Shot of the NASA Voyager 1 probe, taken from the official voyager.jpl.nasa.gov site

NASA's Voyager 1 satellite is currently lost in deep space due to a critical memory error

Christopher Harper published 8 February 24

Due to an unexpected error in the Flight Data Subsystem of the Voyager 1, NASA's longest-operating satellite is no longer able to provide telemetry data needed for basic control of the spacecraft.

Google Gemini Advanced

Google announces Gemini Advanced and a new mobile app

Mark Tyson published 8 February 24

Gemini Advanced is only for Google One AI Premium plan customers.

Nvidia

Nvidia releases hotfix driver to address stuttering problems with certain GPUs and PCs — supports all current graphics cards

Aaron Klotz published 8 February 24

Nvidia has released a new hotfix driver, version 551.46, that addresses four issues mostly related to stuttering problems in web browsers and video games.

Real Deals

This RTX 4090-powered monster of a gaming PC isn't cheap, but you can save $250 on it right now

Stewart Bendle published 8 February 24

You can save $250 off of this halo-tier Corsair Vengeance i8200 gaming PC at Corsair and crank settings up to full with its powerful RTX 4090 GPU.

Images of Texas and a revolver drawn on an AMD Athlon classic CPU.

AMD's classic Athlon CPUs emblazoned with etchings of Texas and revolvers

Matthew Connatser published 8 February 24

A veteran AMD employee confirms that the original internal Athlon codenames were rethought in order to avoid a potential lawsuit from car companies.

Intel

Some Intel chips banned in Germany after company loses patent spat

Anton Shilov published 7 February 24

German court bans sales of Intel's Ice Lake, Tiger Lake, and Alder Lake processors in Germany.

American McGee's Alice (2000) is one of many classic PC games released on disc with the SafeDisc DRM that hasn't worked on Windows since 2015. With SafeDiscShim, this classic is now fully playable off disc without need to circumvent its protection.

Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers

Christopher Harper published 7 February 24

Play your old favorites without needing unstable drivers or questionable cracks

AMD Q4 2023

AMD forges ahead in server, desktop, and notebook share

Mark Tyson published 7 February 24

New data from Mercury Research makes it clear that AMD is going to be one of the major beneficiaries of the resurgent computer business and the ongoing AI boom.

Viper PV553

Patriot slaps a blower fan cooler on its new PCIe 5.0 SSD

Zhiye Liu published 7 February 24

Patriot has announced the Viper PV553, a PCIe 5.0 SSD that delivers sequential read and write speeds up to 12,400 MB/s and 11,800 MB/s, respectively.

Real Deals

This high-spec Lenovo RTX 4070-powered gaming laptop drops to $1,499

Stewart Bendle published 7 February 24

Save $570 when you grab this high-spec Lenovo Legion 5i from B&H Photo for just $1,499.

Generations of AVX from Intel's official AVX10 presentation.

Intel's Clear Linux distribution adds support for APX and AVX10, which aren't out yet

Christopher Harper published 7 February 24

Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and Advanced Vector Extensions 10 (AVX10), announced in July 2023 for future Intel CPUs, are now being implemented into Intel's own Linux distribution.

Grace CPU Superchip

Nvidia Grace Superchip loses to Intel Sapphire Rapids in HPC performance benchmarks, but promises greater efficiency

Matthew Connatser published 7 February 24

The 144-core Grace Superchip couldn't catch up to a 96-core dual-socket Sapphire Rapids server, but it may prove to be more efficient.

SMIC

China's chipmaking champion struggles —SMIC warns about declined profits

Matthew Connatser published 7 February 24

Though SMIC's Q4 results beat expectations, the foundry says 2024 could be challenging due to the economy and politics.

ASML EUV machine

Evidence mounts that TSMC won't adopt next-gen EUV chipmaking tools until 1nm debuts in the 2030 timeframe

Anton Shilov published 7 February 24

Fab toolmaker tells DigiTimes that TSMC will likely adopt High-NA at 1nm.

Zephyr X Valkyrie RTX 4080 Super

Zephyr teams up with Valkyrie for its first liquid cooled GPU

Mark Tyson published 7 February 24

The Zephyr X Valkyrie RTX 4080 Super, a premium RTX 4080 Super graphics card equipped with a 280mm AiO liquid cooler, is being teased in China.

Origin PC

Corsair to shut down Origin PC Miami operations as it relocates production to Atlanta

Anton Shilov published 7 February 24

Corsair set to relocated assembly of its boutique Origin PCs from Florida to Georgia.

Intel

Intel's Bartlett Lake-S is incoming, but not to desktop PCs — chips will debut for Intel's NEX group

Anton Shilov published 7 February 24

Intel's Bartlett Lake-S is coming to network and edge equipment, claims new leak.

Render of Intel's "AI PC" architecture, which involve a CPU, NPU, and GPU all built onto a single Intel Core Ultra CPU.

Support for Intel Core Ultra NPUs has been added to the latest Windows 11 DirectML developer preview

Christopher Harper published 7 February 24

Leveraging the NPUs present in Intel's newest Intel Core Ultra CPUs, the Windows 11 DirectML developer preview has added support for Intel's AI-tailored hardware.

Custom Raspberry Pi Pico designed to hack TPM

BitLocker encryption broken in less than 43 seconds

Aaron Klotz published 7 February 24

A YouTuber discovered that Windows Bitlocker can be hacked on systems featuring dedicated TPMs.

The future isn't so bright. — China's chipmaking champion struggles —SMIC fab warns that it could see declined profits due to increasingly tense economy and geopolitics The future isn't so bright.

Dell and HP devices could be banned, too. — Some Intel chips face impending ban in Germany after company loses patent spat — Alder Lake, Ice Lake, and Tiger Lake chips impacted Dell and HP devices could be banned, too.

Intel preps socketed Bartlett Lake-S for network and edge systems. — Intel's Bartlett Lake-S is incoming, but not to desktop PCs — chips will debut for Intel's NEX group Intel preps socketed Bartlett Lake-S for network and edge systems.

Slower but more efficient — Nvidia Grace Superchip loses to Intel Sapphire Rapids in HPC performance benchmarks, but promises greater efficiency Slower but more efficient

Claims to achieve excellent cool and quiet performance. — Zephyr teams up with Valkyrie for its first liquid cooled GPU — a silver and black RTX 4080 Super with 280mm AiO Claims to achieve excellent cool and quiet performance.

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Mobile Pixel Geminos T

Mobile Pixel Geminos T Monitor Review: Dual 24-inch Displays and Touch for Windows and macOS

By Brandon Hill published 8 February 24

The Geminos T attempts to do it all, providing dual screens, a plethora of USB ports, a 1080p webcam, Ethernet, and touch support for Windows and macOS.

Portable Monitors

Creality CR10 SE

Creality CR10 SE Review: Luxury and Speed, but the Wrong Size

By Denise Bertacchi published 7 February 24

This CR isn’t the printer you asked for, but it might be the one you need.

Silicon Power PX10 External SSD

Silicon Power PX10 Portable SSD Review: A Budget-Friendly Performer

By Matt Safford published 6 February 24

Great peak performance for a 10Gbps drive, plus good sustained writes at a nice price.

Fiio KB3 Hi-Fi Mechanical Keyboard

Fiio KB3 Hi-Fi Mechanical Keyboard Review: Where Headphones and Mechanical Keyboards Collide

By Christopher Coke published 6 February 24

The Fiio KB3 delivers a decent typing experience and sounds surprisingly good. While a “Hi-Fi keyboard” might seem a little silly on paper, it turns out to be pretty good in practice.

Mechanical Keyboards

MSI Titan 18 HX

MSI Titan 18 HX review: A wallet-crushing performer, with all the fixings

By Andrew E. Freedman published 5 February 24

The $5,400 MSI Titan 18 HX has a gorgeous screen, strong performance, and tons of RAM and storage, making for a pleasing luxury laptop. You'll still put up with very loud fans, though.

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Best Picks

Best Motherboards

Best Motherboards 2024 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

By Matt Safford last updated 8 February 24

Here are the best AMD and Intel motherboards we've tested, for all the recent CPU platforms.

Best Curved Monitors

Best Curved Gaming Monitors 2024

By Brandon Hill published 8 February 24

Here are the best curved gaming monitors for PC available in 2024.

Gaming Monitors

Best Ultrawide Monitors

Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2024

By Brandon Hill published 7 February 24

These are the best ultrawide gaming monitors available in 2023, including 240 Hz, OLED and DQHD options.

Gaming Monitors

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CPU Benchmarks

CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2024: CPU Rankings

By Paul Alcorn last updated 8 February 24

All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.

AMD Q4 2023

AMD forges ahead in server, desktop, and notebook share

By Mark Tyson published 7 February 24

New data from Mercury Research makes it clear that AMD is going to be one of the major beneficiaries of the resurgent computer business and the ongoing AI boom.

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Graphics Cards

GPU Benchmarks and Performance Hierarchy

GPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2024: Graphics Cards Ranked

By Jarred Walton last updated 8 February 24

Our GPU benchmarks hierarchy ranks all the current and previous generation graphics cards based on real-world gaming tests. Find out how the latest GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel stack up.

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X Ruan Mei Edition

Nvidia's flagship 4090 GPU gets a green and gold makeover

By Zhiye Liu published 5 February 24

RTX 4090 Suprim X Ruan Mei Edition might be a mod, but packaging and poster imply otherwise.

HDR Gaming

Nvidia RTX TrueHDR game settings found in latest Game Ready driver

By Aaron Klotz published 5 February 24

A modder has discovered a new feature hidden inside Nvidia's latest game-ready driver that can convert SDR games into HDR on the fly. The feature is accessible now through a mod.

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Laptops

Real Deals

This high-spec Lenovo RTX 4070-powered gaming laptop drops to $1,499

By Stewart Bendle published 7 February 24

Save $570 when you grab this high-spec Lenovo Legion 5i from B&H Photo for just $1,499.

MSI Titan 18 HX

MSI Titan 18 HX review: A wallet-crushing performer, with all the fixings

By Andrew E. Freedman published 5 February 24

The $5,400 MSI Titan 18 HX has a gorgeous screen, strong performance, and tons of RAM and storage, making for a pleasing luxury laptop. You'll still put up with very loud fans, though.

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Raspberry Pi

Best Rasperry Pi 2024

Best Raspberry Pi Projects: February 2024

By Ash Hill published 6 February 24

Update We take a look at the best Raspberry Pi projects that we've had the honor of featuring over the last month.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi project lets you generate AI art for your TV using voice commands

By Ash Hill published 5 February 24

DevMiser has created a Raspberry Pi-powered AI art generator that listens to voice input and creates images on the spot.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 5 HAT connects two NVMe SSDs for more storage

By Ash Hill published 3 February 24

This Raspberry Pi 5 X1004 HAT from Geekworm supports up to two NVMe SSDs simultaneously for serious storage.

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Deals

Real Deals

This high-spec Lenovo RTX 4070-powered gaming laptop drops to $1,499

By Stewart Bendle published 7 February 24

Save $570 when you grab this high-spec Lenovo Legion 5i from B&H Photo for just $1,499.

Real Deals

Logitech's G303 Shroud Edition wireless FPS mouse falls to its lowest-ever price on Amazon

By Stewart Bendle published 6 February 24

This is the lowest-ever price the Logitech G303 Shroud Edition has been on sale directly from Amazon.

Real Deals

Dell's 27-inch curved S2722DGM gaming monitor is back down to just $249

By Stewart Bendle published 5 February 24

For just under $250, you can walk away with one excellent Dell gaming monitor that comes with a host of decent specs for a fledgling gaming setup or second monitor.

Gaming Monitors

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