Tag: Computing Components
Firefox engineer warns Intel Raptor Lake CPUs are ‘crashing more often because of the summer heat,’ and it’s making me worry about the future of these chips
A Firefox engineer has flagged up an apparent issue with Intel Raptor Lake These CPUs are reportedly crashing more in the summer heat in Europe There’s a greater prevalence of crashes in places where temperatures have spiked due to heatwaves, and the 14700K CPU is suffering in particular Intel‘s Raptor…
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Intel CEO reportedly admits ‘it is too late for us’ to catch AI leaders like Nvidia, but here’s how it could still recover
Intel’s CEO has reportedly addressed staff members worldwide Lip-Bu Tan seemingly laid out some very frank observations and clear goals All this indicates a focus on streamlining and also breaking into the AI arena – though not to catch Nvidia directly, but with so-called edge AI Intel‘s (relatively) new CEO…
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Windows 11 desktop PCs could soon get Copilot+ AI powers, as Intel might radically switch tactics with next-gen CPUs
Intel’s Arrow Lake Refresh is rumored for the second half of 2025 These desktop CPUs supposedly come with a much more powerful NPU This will allow them to use Copilot+ features for the first time on the desktop – but gamers will be less than impressed, no doubt Intel‘s Arrow…
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Now might be the perfect time to buy an AMD RX 9070 XT, as retailer rumors suggest it’s hit a low for the year
AMD’s RX 9070 XT is likely to be as low as it’ll get in terms of pricing Demand for GPUs (and other components) is expected to spike later in the year On top of the effects of tariffs, this could mean substantial price hikes for graphics cards, a YouTube leaker…
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AMD’s impressive free RX 9070 XT speed boosts confirmed in new benchmarks – and they make the GPU a better buy than Nvidia’s RX 5070 Ti
AMD’s RX 9070 XT is now considerably faster than it was at launch It’s 9% quicker, in fact, with the latest graphics driver compared to the initial release That’s based on benchmarking across a suite of games conducted by Hardware Unboxed, and those results are broadly reflected elsewhere, too AMD’s…
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Nobody wants 8GB GPUs from Nvidia and AMD – and this retailer just made that clear
Nvidia and AMD 8GB GPUs sales numbers are low at a German retailer The Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB models have sold significantly higher It’s a strong indication that gamers prefer GPUs with more VRAM We’re now deep into Nvidia and AMD‘s new GPU…
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