Tag: cpu
No, Qualcomm is not buying Intel: debunking this week’s most ridiculous computing headline
Is Qualcomm buying Intel? I saw this question plastered over X (cough, Twitter) today, and it got me thinking: what sort of upside-down world are these people living in? Indeed, even some actual news outlets have posted headlines posing the same question, and I’m here to set the record straight.…
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AMD’s Ryzen CPUs might be slower in PC games due to a weird Windows 11 bug – and while there’s a ‘fix’ you absolutely shouldn’t use it
AMD’s Ryzen processors are seemingly being slowed down a fair bit during PC gaming sessions by a purported bug in Windows 11, and in some cases, Ryzen 9000 processors are slightly worse off. This comes courtesy of Hardware Unboxed (via VideoCardz) on YouTube, which noticed in its review of the…
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Linux embarrasses Windows 11 when it comes to games performance with AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs – but I won’t be switching operating systems just yet
AMD’s Ryzen 9000 processors run very nicely under Linux it seems, based on recently conducted testing – and indeed it’s a better OS than Windows 11 when it comes to the performance of Team Red’s latest desktop chips, based on one set of findings. PC Games Hardware (PCGH) put the…
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Intel’s next desktop CPU will reportedly be Nova Lake, leaving Panther Lake to mobile
There have been plenty of rumors surrounding the upcoming Intel Panther Lake processor launch, including that it’s set to arrive in 2025. But now new rumors are painting a different story — one that confirms prior whisperings of Panther Lake being mobile-only and that a new series, the Nova Lake,…
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Intel better watch out, as AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X has just broken a benchmark performance world record
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X processor has already shown some impressive performance in its early development compared to Intel’s Core i9-14900KS, thanks to leaked Cinebench R23 benchmark results already revealing an incredible 48,011 for multi-threaded performance. But that’s only the beginning, as Bilibili tech influencer Ordinary Uncle Tony demonstrated how far…
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Intel admits damage to unstable 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs is permanent – incoming patch is a preventative, not a cure
Intel provided a statement earlier this week on the instability problems with 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs, but some further details have come to light since then – including a clarification that any damage done to high-end CPUs is permanent. In case you missed it, Intel’s previous announcement pinned down ‘elevated…
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