Marco Chiappetta
Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: MSRP $429 The new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down below $500, to target mainstream, 1440p gamers. Blackwell Architecture Power Efficient Smaller Form Factors Cool And Quiet Tons Of Overclocking Headroom DLSS4 And RTX Neural Rendering Latest...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Laptops Starting At $2,899 NVIDIA is blitzing the laptop gaming market with an array of Blackwell RTX 50 GPUs, starting with its flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It's the fastest mobile GPU we've ever tested. Fastest Mobile GPU Ever Latest Architecture And Feature Set Upgraded...
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The last few weeks have been very eventful for AMD. The company launched the well-received Radeon RX 9070 series of GPUs for PC gamers, based on the brand new RDNA 4 graphics architecture. And just a few days ago, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D hit and proved to be an absolute beast, that’s great for both gaming and content...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699 MSRP The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache for enhanced gaming performance, higher clocks, and more overclocking headroom. Great Overall Performance No Compromise Gaming Power Efficient Price Premium AMD announced a vast array of...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA's reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good Overclocker Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 + RTX Neural Rendering...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the high volume, mid-range PC gaming market, are priced aggressively, and take the fight to NVIDIA. Competitive Overall Performance Improved Ray Tracing Aggressive MSRPs Many Software Updates...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition: MSRP $549 The final member of the initial GeForce RTX 50 series launches today, the mid-range GeForce RTX 5070, and we've got the full scoop with copius benchmarks and overclocking data. Latest Architecture And Features Relatively Low Power Small Form Factor Modest Temps And...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP A look under the hood of RDNA 4 tells us AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the midsection of the PC gaming market, where the volume is, and appear poised to make a big splash at very competitive price points. 2 x Ray Tracing...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio Review: MSRP $799 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio takes NVIDIA's GB203 GPU and gooses up its clock speeds to improve performance over standard cards. Blackwell Architecture Hot-Clocked From The Factory Easy Overclocker Relatively Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 +...
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ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: MSRP $749 The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti brings NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $749 starting price point, without sacrificing any features, but it’s not a huge upgrade over the previous gen. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Great Overclocker Relatively...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition: MSRP $999 The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition looks just like the flagship RTX 5090, and offers the same features, but packs a smaller GPU and is only half the price. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Easy Overclocker Relatively Power Friendly More Compact Form...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid: Estimated MSRP $2,199 - 2,499 The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC straps a powerful 360mm liquid cooler to NVIDIA's latest GPU for killer performance and quiet operation. Powerful Liquid Cooler Cool And Quiet Operation Increased Clocks And Power Limit Full Feautured...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: MSRP $1,999 NVIDIA's powerful but pricey GeForce RTX 5090 is the company’s latest flagship GPU and our tests show it crushing everything in AI, gaming, and content creator workloads. Fastest GPU Ever Bleeding Edge Features DLSS 4 RTX Nerual Rendering Great For AI, Creators, And Gaming...
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After months of rumors, speculation and leaks, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled the GeForce RTX 50 series based on the RTX Blackwell graphics architecture, during a mega-keynote address at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas during CES 2025. For regular readers, the initial announcements weren’t a...
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Intel Arc B580: $249 MSRP The second generation of Intel's Arc Graphics improves on the original recipe in virtually every way, delivering great performance and awesome value. Excellent Gaming Performance Strong Feature Support Solid New Software Understated Card Aesthetics Official Overclocking Support Drivers Aren't...
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Key Takeaways: Updated Xe2 GPU architecture offers increased performance, efficiency and compatibility. Intel Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards are priced aggressively and target the mid-range market . Arc B580 claimed to deliver significantly better than GeForce RTX 4060 performance. Arc B580 cards will be available...
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At the Supercomputing 2024 conference currently underway in Atlanta, AMD, in collaboration with HPE and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), announced what has been officially declared as the world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan. El Capitan is the first exascale-class machine for the National...
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: $479 MSRP The new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D pairs Zen 5 with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache to boost gaming performance, increase clocks, and enable more robust overclocking. capabilities. Great Gaming Performance Power Efficient Easy To Cool No Sacrifice General Computing Only 8 Cores Price Premium Anyone that has been paying...
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Corsair MP700 Elite PCIe Gen 5 SSD: $259 MSRP, (2TB) The new Corsair MP700 Elite PCIe Gen 5 SSD outguns previous-gen DRAM-less drives and consumes less power than flagship Gen 5 drives, to strike a great balance for a wide range of systems. Good Sequential Transfers Relaitvely Low Power No Heatsink Required (But...
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Intel Core Utlra 200S Processors: Ultra 5 245K - $309, Ultra 9 285K - $589 The new Arrow Lake-S Intel Core Utlra 200S series introduces a number of firsts for Intel desktop processors, but their performance alone may not entice current owners of 14th Gen Core systems. Big Efficiency Improvement Run Much...
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Samsung 990 EVO Plus: MSRP: 1TB - $110, 2TB - $185, 4TB - $345 The Samsung 990 EVO Plus family of solid state drives features Samsung's latest 8th Gen NAND flash memory for better efficiency and higher transfer speeds. Good Real-World Performance Relatively Low-Power PCIe Gen 4 or 5 Suitable For Almost Any Application...
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At its Advancing AI event currently underway in San Francisco, CA, AMD announced an array of new products and technologies, and provided updates on other devices that have been revealed at various events over the last year. AMD talked about its Zen 5-based “Turin” EPYC server processors and new Ryzen AI PRO 300...
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