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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance
By Aaron Klotz published
Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.

Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging
By Anton Shilov published
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.

Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years
By Ash Hill published
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.

Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, but Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD is already selling for $149
By Stewart Bendle published
Deals Amazon Prime Day is on the near horizon, but you don't need to wait to get a great price on Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD.

User reports suggest Gigabyte's latest RGB firmware upgrade is bricking some motherboards, including Z790 series
By Kunal Khullar published
Users report widespread failures after installing the IT5701/5702 RGB controller update, with some motherboards refusing to boot.

Nvidia RTX 5090 beats RTX Pro 6000 in tests after shunt mod to a staggering 800W
By Mark Tyson published
An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000

Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today
By Mark Tyson published
The Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX launched 20 years ago, today, and it marked a ground-breaking achievement at the time for the green team.

Nvidia GPU owners may be losing performance because of a simple setting that's disabled by default
By Aaron Klotz published
YouTuber JayzTwoCents discovered that manually enabling ReBAR in 3DMark can provide a 10% boost in performance, particularly on Intel Raptor Lake-based machines.
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