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AMD's Zen 5 APUs are mighty on paper but could've been made mightier and AI is partly to blame
By Nick Evanson published
APU dreams It's a shame that we'll probably never get to see a truly massively capable APU but I'll never stop dreaming.
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is so good at gaming, AMD might give more juice to the Ryzen 7 9700X in order to beat it
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Scotty, we need more power.
Intel denies Lunar Lake laptop chip delay but reports say Arrow Lake could actually go on sale first
By Jeremy Laird published
news Intel's seemingly intentional vagueness has the rumour mill in a tizz.
The first technical deep dive of the Zen 5 architecture is here, with preliminary benchmarks supporting AMD's IPC claims
By Nick Evanson published
news It looks like AMD's new laptop cores are going to be quite a bit less capable than their desktop counterparts, though.
Super-tiny capacitors could enable a 'whole new realm' of ultra-efficient devices, maybe even handheld gaming PCs with more than 15 minutes of battery life
By Jeremy Laird published
news Dare we hope for a gaming handheld with usable battery life?
Intel's Lunar Lake mobile CPUs reportedly delayed until the end of the year, missing the big back-to-school period
By Andy Edser published
news Back-to-school laptop shopping is a prime trading period for mobile CPUs, but Lunar Lake might be missing the boat.
Windows-powered Arm devices are compatible with 'more than 1,200 games at 30 fps or higher' and now support BattlEye and Denuvo
By Andy Edser published
news While early benchmarks seem disappointing for Arm-based Windows laptops, it looks like there are plenty of playable games at launch.
Intel clarifies what BIOS settings 13th/14th Gen CPUs should be used for power and current
By Nick Evanson published
news No fix for the instability issue yet but using the right settings will certainly help.
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