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Thiago Trevisan - Thu, Jun 19, 2025
The trilogy of PC gaming necessities includes your keyboard, mouse, and audio setup. Razer is a brand that focuses on all three (including its recently-unveiled Blackwidow V4 Pro Barebonesplank), and now it's announced a new V3 version of...
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Zak Killian - Fri, May 30, 2025
We recently posted an article that explored the idea of serious gaming on integrated graphics. In that post, we were using an older Ryzen 5 5600G chip to prove our point, but AMD's Ryzen 8000G processors are much faster. (We're about to...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Mar 25, 2025
A fresh leak from familiar self-described "PC Tech Fan" (better known as @harukaze5719 on Xwitter) has revealed details about AMDs upcoming Gorgon Point mobile APUs. The information comes from a Naver.com article covering an LG Gram Ryzen launch event, where slides detailing AMDs roadmap...
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Thiago Trevisan - Thu, Feb 27, 2025
Minecraft has been a legendary franchise that has won the hearts of gamers of all ages. Together with this popularity, comes a new collaboration for fans who crave anything related to Minecraft. As such, Razer has launched its Minecraft...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Jan 06, 2025
It has been a bit of a CES tradition for AMD to dig into its pockets and toss out a new raft of Ryzen processors, and the company is going big this year with no less than six different CPU announcements. Buckle up, HotHardwareinos, because...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Jan 03, 2025
CES is next week and you can bet that there will be a bevy of beautiful hardware announcements, including many luxurious laptops sporting the latest processor designs. Apparently, Taiwanese ODM Elitegroup (better known to the DIY crowd as...
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Thiago Trevisan - Fri, Oct 25, 2024
There is one major thing that your fancy audiophile-grade headphones don't have, and that is RGB. Does that matter to you? If so, then note that Razer, a company famous for its gamer-centric peripherals with Chroma RGB, has something in...
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Thiago Trevisan - Mon, Sep 30, 2024
There is something to be said about immersion in video games, and how it ties into accessories that you use daily. That being said, Razer has a new $299 piece of immersive kit that may make you vibrate with excitement (get your mind out of...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Aug 21, 2024
Razers iconic Kraken gaming headset is evolving once again with two new versions, the Kraken V4 and V4 X. Razer touts the new Krakens as building on a legacy spanning over 12 years since the first Razer Kraken...
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Zak Killian - Sun, Jun 02, 2024
Whether you knew you needed it or not, locally-hosted AI is the next big thing in PCs, and AMD is at the forefront of this movement. The company was first to market with consumer processors sporting AI-accelerating Neural Processing Units...
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Zak Killian - Tue, May 28, 2024
In the last seven years since the launch of Ryzen, AMD has completely reversed its fortunes, and now you'll find Ryzen processors in a huge number of hardware enthusiasts' systems. This is thanks to consistent generational improvements...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Apr 10, 2024
We were pleasantly surprised when AMD revealed that its current-generation Phoenix and Hawk Point processors would use its latest-generation RDNA 3 graphics architecture for their integrated graphics processors (IGPs.) That's because, historically, APUs have lagged behind discrete GPUs in...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Mar 29, 2024
It's been a year and a half since AMD launched its Socket AM5 platform and its Zen 4 desktop processors, so the time is nigh for a new generation. Most people are expecting AMD to announce its second series of Socket AM5 processors at...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Mar 04, 2024
AMD's current-generation client processors can be broadly divided into two groups: chiplet CPUs and monolithic APUs. Currently, both have Zen 4 CPU cores and RDNA graphics, but the integrated GPUs on the chiplet processors (like the Ryzen 9 7950X3D) are downright puny, while the integrated GPU...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Feb 14, 2024
We have a secret to reveal to you, dear readers. It's something that Intel and AMD are rather coy about, although if we're being honest it's not exactly a "secret". The truth is this: supposed "mobile" processors that end in "HX" from both...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Jan 26, 2024
Right now, AMD's mobile processors range from the lowly Ryzen 7020 series, codenamed Mendocino, all the way up to the powerful (and power-thirsty) Ryzen 7045 series, known as Dragon Range. Nestled in between, you have the Ryzen 7035...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, May 19, 2023
NASA scientists are wanting to release the Kraken on 24 test subjects, in hopes that it will provide relief to astronauts in terms of vertigo, dizziness, and nausea. The study may also benefit patients back here on Earth who suffer...
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Zak Killian - Wed, May 03, 2023
It wasn't really all that long ago that the concept of a high-end laptop sporting an AMD CPU was a laughable proposition. Now, the company is downright competitive with Intel's finest, at least on the high end. For laptops with a lower...
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Lane Babuder - Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Back in September, Razer stated it wanted a piece of that sweet sweet cloud-gaming pie. Now, it looks like the new Razer Android gaming handheld is on its way and we have to admit, it looks pretty cool. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan unveiled the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, May 30, 2022
There are about a million and one different gaming headsets on the market (rough estimate, slight exaggeration), and aside from affording you a whole bunch of different choice, it increases the chances of finding one at a discount. That's...
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Nathan Wasson - Tue, Mar 01, 2022
The United States and other countries are imposing harsh sanctions on Russia, in response to the countrys invasion of Ukraine. Some of these sanctions target Putin specifically, as well as other Russian and Belarusian politicians and...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Jan 20, 2022
You may not realize itespecially if you're an American, and younger than about 25but Hello Kitty is a cultural force to be reckoned with. The image of the feline toddler has appeared on virtually every kind of product to date, including...
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