Zak Killian
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If you watched The Game Awards last week, you'll already know that legendary game developer Hideki Kamiya, known for the Bayonetta series as well as the inception of Devil May Cry, is once again back working with Capcom under a new studio named 'Clovers'. This, and the company's first game—a sequel to PS2 cult classic...
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A new study that analyzed 9,855 American children first at ages 9-10, and then again two years later, has unusually taken great pains to account for both genetic differences in intelligence as well as the effects of socioeconomic status. Wealthier people are typically healthier and more educated, which leads them to...
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Dbrand, the accessories maker famous for its cheeky marketing, has potentially spilled the beans on one of the most hotly anticipated gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2. Known for crafting cases and skins for phones as well as gaming devices like the Steam Deck and the original Switch, Dbrand has now unveiled a new...
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A new report from Italian tech news site DDAY.it suggests that the HDMI Licensing Authority (HDMI LA) is preparing to announce HDMI 2.2 at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. According to the site, the reveal is scheduled for January 6th, and the updated specification promises a substantial boost in bandwidth and capabilities...
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Team Green seems to be saying "alright, everyone else has had their fun; time to get hyped for new GeForce cards." NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops to promote the launch of what are assuredly its next-generation graphics cards with a full-on hype campaign featuring a live hype meter running 24/7 on Twitch.
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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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One of the things that makes a performance test a good "benchmark" is repeatability, both in terms of "getting similar results every time" and also how easy it is to repeat the benchmark. For example, there are some games that simply aren't suited to being used as benchmarks, either because they aren't consistent, or...
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It isn't every day that a major chipmaker launches a whole new class of product. Intel arguably did this with its "Lunar Lake" processors, the first consumer x86 chips with on-package memory. AMD's now set to do it too, but instead of on-package memory, the company is launching an absolutely massive "APU."
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Typically, graphics cards use PCI Express x16 slots. That's a PCIe slot configured with sixteen individual data lanes. These data lanes are physical connections, and that's why an "x16" slot is so long. There's nothing mandating that GPUs have to use x16 slots, though; many GPUs in the past have used x8 or even x4...
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You may recall that, just last Thursday, we cast a dubious eye toward the story reporting that Intel's 18A process yields were on the order of 10%. The numbers simply didn't add up; Intel had already reported a defect rate of less than 0.4 defects per square centimeter. As we said back in September, those are quite...
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Historically speaking, even when it wasn't the absolute fastest option, Intel has always been 'competitive' with longtime rival AMD in terms of CPU gaming performance. That is actually still the case for the company's 14th-generation Core processors, but its latest desktop CPUs, the Core Ultra 200 series, can...
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If you read that headline and thought "okay, what's the catch," we'll spoil it for you: the "catch" is that the battery can only provide a very small amount of power, on the order of milliwatts. It's still very exciting, though, because the new diamond battery technology can provide this power for, without...
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Let's talk about Intel's process woes, folks. Intel basically got where it is now by having the combination of bleeding-edge processor designs and also a world-beating in-house foundry. However, the company stumbled when its first-generation processors on its 14nm process were six months late. Then came troubles with...
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Well that's a new one, isn't it? You don't normally hear about tech products being ahead of schedule. That's apparently the case for NVIDIA's Rubin GPU architecture, though, which the GPU giant previously stated would launch in 2026 alongside updated Vera CPUs. It may not turn out that way if a new report from...
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Let's get right to the point with this one: AMD's SVP & GM of Computing & Graphics, Jack Huynh, tweeted yesterday that AMD will be holding a press event on Monday, January 6th next year. This is interesting, both because we largely know what AMD is going to show at the event, and also because it's a "media event" and...
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Let's talk about super-portable gaming PCs. Yeah, alright—it's another handheld post; we just got tired of writing "handheld." But seriously, these things are cool, and if you haven't had the chance to put your hands on one, you should really try it out. It's hard to fathom, if you're of a certain age: a full-on...
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This year has brought some pretty darn decent deals on potent new PCs and powerful parts. We hope you aren't planning to hook up that new thousand-dollar graphics card to your terrible ten-year-old 1080p monitor, though. There's nothing wrong with an FHD screen, but display technology has come a long way even since...
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Hey, if Black Friday can start early, why not Cyber Monday? If you (or maybe your kids) are dying for a gaming laptop, right now is a decent time to pick one up, as new-generation hardware inches toward the market and sellers are desperate to move last-generation machines. We have some pretty great deals here, and...
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You know the drill! It's Black Friday and we're bringing you the best deals from Best Buy. The nation's only remaining nationwide big-box tech store is marking down items to move inventory for all the new stuff that's assuredly already arriving for the Holiday season, and you can reap the benefits.
ASUS ROG Ally Z1E...
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MSI's maiden Claw handheld was competent, but likely less compelling to cautious consumers when confronted by AMD-powered competitors boasting beefier performance and better battery life. That largely mirrors the reality of comparing Intel's Meteor Lake against AMD's Phoenix in gaming laptops. What about Lunar Lake...
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We've already reported on the idea that Rockstar's next magnum opus will feature cutting-edge graphics, but we didn't have many details at that time. Now, we know a bit more: GTA VI will definitely feature ray-traced global illumination as well as some degree of procedural generation, according to a Linkedin post that...
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Regular HotHardware readers will of course be aware of Colorful's Colorfire Meow series of components, as we've covered them before. However, the series had been limited to Intel processors until now. With the release of the Colorfire B650M-MEOW WiFi, AMD fans can also enjoy the quirky, cat-themed aesthetics of the...
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