Things couldn’t be worse for enthusiasts looking to score one of the best graphics cards, but it appears that bandits in China have taken matters into their own hands. Chinese news outlet 浙样红TV has reported that thieves have stolen over $7,000 worth of high-end graphics cards from an Internet cafe in the city of Hangzhou.…
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When it comes to picking the best gaming CPU for your high performance build, AMD’s Ryzen chips are a good way to go , and they’re even better with discounts like this. Right now, the current-gen AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU is available for just $419 at Newegg, which is a nice $30 saving. AMD…
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Palit Microsystems’ Galax OC Lab has introduced its upcoming Galax GeForce RTX 3080 Ti HOF OC Lab Edition graphics card that traditionally brings together impressive looks and extreme performance. Being one of the world’s largest suppliers of graphics cards, and thus one of Nvidia’s biggest customers, has benefits for Palit Microsystems. The company can get more GPUs…
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According to IDC, PC sales in the first quarter were up 55% year-over-year, and since the demand for personal computers is growing, component sales in Q1 2021 were high, too. Jon Peddie Research reports that shipments of integrated and standalone graphics processing units (GPUs) for PCs increased 38.74% year-over-year in the first quarter, but Nvidia was…
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Sometimes small chips cause major problems. According to a report from Igor’sLab, Intel recently had to allow its partners to use previously uncertified USB Type-C and Power Delivery controllers from Texas Instruments with its latest Tiger Lake platforms, as well as previously-uncertified discrete Thunderbolt 4 JHL8440/JHL8540 ‘Maple Ridge’ controllers. Every personal computer nowadays uses multiple power…
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Microsoft is getting ready to announce the biggest update to Windows since Windows 10’s debut in 2015, and even though the company hasn’t officially revealed anything about this update, all signs point to it offering a significantly different experience for PC users. In fact, the update is supposed to be so radical that it could…
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Twitter user HXL has discovered the first photograph of Intel’s upcoming NUC 11 Extreme (codename Beast Canyon) system. More interestingly, although the pictures don’t show the processor, the leaker claims that the NUC features one of the chipmaker’s latest Tiger Lake B-series processors. Take this claim with a pinch of salt as it is unconfirmed,…
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AMD has officially launched its latest round of professional graphics cards, the Radeon Pro W6800, Radeon Pro W6600, and for laptop users, the Radeon Pro W6600M. Like many of the best graphics cards, these new GPUs leverage AMD’s latest RDNA2 architecture, aka Big Navi, which means they bring ray tracing hardware to the lineup, along…
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As home networks get more complicated — with more wireless devices — wired networking starts to feel almost dated. Who needs a hard-wired connection from one of the best network switches when you can get Gigabit speeds or better from one of the best gaming routers? Then again, a wireless connection can introduce many variables.…
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China might be the last country to weigh in on Nvidia’s proposed acquisition of Arm. The Financial Times today reported that Nvidia “submitted an application to Chinese competition regulators” to review the proposal ”in recent weeks” even though the $40 billion acquisition was officially revealed to the public in September 2020. It’s not clear why…
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