Tagged: CPU

Intel Raptor Lake destroys Alder Lake in an early benchmark

An upcoming Intel Raptor Lake processor has just been spotted in a very early benchmark. It was then compared to its predecessor, Intel Alder Lake, as well as AMD’s current-gen Zen 3 chips.
Although the review can’t be considered fully accurate, the li…

Razer Blade firmware update could improve GPU performance

Razer is introducing two new configurations to its Blade 17 series gaming laptops for 2022, as well as bumping performance on some existing units through a firmware update.
The new Razer Blade 17 models will now include options for up to Intel Core i9-…

AMD’s RDNA 3 APU will serve up graphics power to rival Nvidia

According to a new leak, the next generation of AMD APUs might offer unprecedented graphics performance — and this applies even to the low-power version made for thin and portable laptops.
The APU in question, dubbed “Phoenix,” may come with an integra…

Intel is preparing to launch a beastly new 16-core CPU

The specifications of the upcoming Intel Alder Lake-HX mobile processors leaked ahead of their release, granting some insight as to what kind of performance we can expect from the new CPUs.
Intel Alder Lake-HX will be the first laptop platform with 16 …

AMD Ryzen 7000: Everything we know about Zen 4 CPUs

AMD kicked off 2022 with the debut of its new Ryzen 6000 mobile CPUs, and its upcoming Ryzen 5000 3D VCache refresh is incredibly exciting. But the true next-generation AMD processors use its Zen 4 design. With a new architecture, new process node, hig…

Will AMD really launch Ryzen 7000 with no DDR4 support?

AMD is expected to launch DDR5 memory support with the release of Ryzen 7000-series processors, but new rumors suggest that this upgrade will come at a price.
According to various sources, AMD may release the next generation of its processors with supp…

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Intel Core i9-12900K

The battle for the best CPU for gaming is on. AMD’s hot new Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel’s Core i9-12900K are two CPUs with very different approaches to high-end gaming performance, but both are equally impressive.

With eight cores and several hundred do…

Why AMD Zen 5 chips are going to be such a huge deal

AMD’s Zen 4 chips aren’t even out yet, and the hype for Zen 5 has already started. New details about the Zen 5 architecture that have leaked foretell big changes and huge performance leap over Zen 4.
Leaker RedGamingTech said in a YouTube video that AM…

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D shines in gaming benchmarks, beats Intel

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D continues being tested in gaming ahead of the embargo lift, and the results are very encouraging — the CPU manages to keep up with the Intel Core i9-12900KF.
The processors were matched up in a variety of titles. In one of the tests…

The new AMD socket may support up to 12TB of memory

The upcoming SP5 socket for the AMD EPYC Genoa processors has just been leaked, showing the board in its full glory, complete with 12-channel DDR5 support and 128 PCIe Gen 5.0 lanes.
This means that the motherboard will support a whopping 12TB of syste…

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D just beat one of Intel’s best gaming CPUs

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D was just tested in a gaming setting, and this time around, the results were positive: It managed to beat Intel Core i9-12900K by over 21%.
Previously, only synthetic benchmarks of the processor have been leaked. In those tests, the …

Future computer chips may be made out of honey

According to researchers at Washington State University (WSU), the future of neuromorphic computer chips may lie in … honey.
Scientists involved in the study claim that this technology could be paving the way for sustainable, bio-degradable, and overwh…

Gigabyte releases a strange driver for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

AMD’s upcoming gem, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, has just received a surprising driver from Gigabyte, called the 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver.
What’s surprising is that AMD hasn’t said anything about this driver, nor did it mention that such an opti…

AMD app may be changing your CPU settings behind your back

A recently released AMD graphics driver is seemingly capable of modifying a PC CPU’s BIOS settings.
The worrying observation was initially spotted by technology insider Igor’s Lab, who reports that AMD’s GPU software and its latest driver, Adrenalin 22…