Category: Computing Components

Can 18A save Intel from being devoured by its rivals – and Wall Street?

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Intel has been getting banged up lately in both the press and on Wall Street. Over the last 12 months, it’s lost just under 43% of its share value as well as its CEO, Pat Gelsinger. It’s watched Nvidia and AMD make major…

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I’m tired of waiting for AMD’s entry-level Ryzen 9000 series chips

Come on, AMD, where the hell are your budget X3D chips? Actually, scrap that – where are the Ryzen 3 series, or even the 5 series? I know those aren’t exactly super-exciting top-tier product lines, brimming with insane Cinebench numbers or slightly higher frame rates than the competition in whatever…

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Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti may be getting the competition it needs as the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT’s performance leaks

A new performance leak reveals that AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT is 42% faster than the RX 7900 GRE at 4K Performance results could suggest a potential battle with the previous gen’s flagship RX 7900 XT GPU, and Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti AMD will reveal its new RDNA 4 GPU…

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Nvidia confirms ‘rare issue’ with some RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs – here’s how to check if you’re affected and to get a replacement

Nvidia has confirmed that approximately 1 in 200 of its RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs have an issue with their graphics chips The problem is a loss of ROPs, a key element of the inner workings of the GPU Nvidia says those with an affected graphics card should…

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Rumor suggests Nvidia’s had difficulties to iron out with chips for RTX 5070 and 5060 GPUs, seemingly leading to delays and possibly low stock levels

Nvidia has supposedly run into performance issues with the chips for its RTX 5070 and 5060 This has meant these GPUs have been theoretically delayed by a month As a result, initial stock levels of the RTX 5070 may be thin on the ground We’re hearing more rumors about Nvidia’s…

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AMD’s powerful Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D CPUs rumored to arrive on March 12 – but gamers will still be better off with the 9800X3D

Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D are purportedly arriving on March 12 Reviews are apparently going to be published the day before We’re still waiting for a key detail here, and that’s the asking prices of these high-end X3D chips AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D processors are rumored to be…

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