Zak Killian
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It's pretty ironic, if you think about it. AMD makes desktop CPUs, then turns them into BGA chips for the high-end mobile market. Laptop vendors don't buy as many of those CPUs as AMD would like, and they start to filter into the market...
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In what is a depressingly-rare show of pre-release transparency, AMD has posted a support article concerning UEFI support on its RDNA 4-based GPUs, including the soon-to-be-released Radeon RX 9070 series. The article is surprisingly wordy...
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You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is fine, but for anything approaching...
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At MWC, Qualcomm announced that it is expanding its 5G portfolio with the Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF and the Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite platform, which is the first major product under the company's new Dragonwing branding. While AI is...
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Monster Hunter Wilds isn't perfect, but it is excellent—I spent about twelve hours playing it yesterday. It's a new main-line Monster Hunter game, with all that entails, including peak development expenditure from CAPCOM on one of its...
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When you hear "Framework", if you're familiar with the laptop vendor, you probably think of modular components and repairable PCs. Indeed, the company allowed popular repair guide website iFixit early access to the very exciting Framework...
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The latest entry in the venerable Monster Hunter game series is set to launch tomorrow. Known as Monster Hunter Wilds, it's the next mainline title and marks the beginning of the sixth generation of Monster Hunter games. Wilds brings a...
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Micron's memory technology is taking another step forward with the launch of its new 1γ (1-gamma) DRAM, pushing DDR5 speeds to 9200 MT/s and LPDDR5X to an impressive 9600 MT/s. This marks the latest step in the company's longstanding race to shrink DRAM nodes while improving both power...
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One of the controversies surrounding the ongoing launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series concerns the fact that it has dropped hardware acceleration for PhysX effects in 32-bit games. This affects the majority of titles using PhysX...
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Ever since we first saw the rumored specifications for AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors—back when they were simply known by the code name "Strix Halo"—the first thought we had was "this thing would make an awesome living-room PC." Framework...
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No, that headline isn't clickbait: in the midst of a graphics card market that continues to be an absolute disaster, ASUS is out here pitching a four-year-old GPU as “the best budget graphics card we offer in 2025 for gamers who prefer...
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Back in September, Intel launched the Xeon 6900 series, which represented the top end of the Granite Rapids family with up to 128 Redwood Cove P-cores. Now, the rest of the Xeon 6 series has officially arrived. These parts are likewise...
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Flash memory is over and done, right? It's time to move on to new storage-class memory technologies. Not so fast, says the flash memory industry, as it debuts new advancements that prove Flash has plenty of life left. Last week, we...
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The picture above is not a Photoshop job—or at least, if it is, we didn't make it. It comes from a Taobao listing for a listing that Google assures us is "RTX4090 Graphics Card Adapter 16PIN 180 Degree Graphics Card Power Steering Head...
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For years, predicting when quantum computing would become practical has been difficult, largely because of fundamental challenges that had no clear solutions. Those timelines may need to be advanced considerably, though; Microsoft has...
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Back in March of 2022, we reported on the then "next-gen" update for GTA V that brought massive tech upgrades to the game while also delivering a solid amount of new content for the Online mode. Even back then, we wondered when this update...
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The beauty of the PC platform is its backward compatibility. The whole reason that x86 and Windows have survived as long as they have is because they have largely preserved compatibility with old software. "Nuts to that," says NVIDIA, who...
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AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Powered ROG Flow Z13: Starting At $2,299.99 Our first AMD Strix Halo-based machine isn't flawless, but it impresses in many ways, including performance, AI horsepower, style and efficiency. Solid All-Around Performance Eye-Catching Stylish Looks Surprisingly Good Keyboard...
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If you read this website regularly—or even if this is your first time here—it's almost a given that you use or have used Windows Notepad at some point. It is one of the most basic text editors possible—or at least, it used to be. Microsoft...
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Despite persistent rumors that Intel's discrete GPU ambitions are dead in the water, a new rumor suggests otherwise. According to well-known leaker Raichu, Intel's upcoming third-generation Arc "Celestial" GPU is still in the works and may...
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So the Superbowl is over and Valentine's has passed. Did you watch a movie with your sweetie? How was the watch party for the big game? If either event got you thinking that it's time to upgrade your TV viewing experience, well, you're in...
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SanDisk just held its first Investor Day since being spun off from Western Digital, and while most of the event was the usual financial talk, the company also gave a glimpse into its R&D priorities. Like nearly every tech company right...
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