All three new Ryzen CPUs with 3D V-cache are now correctly detected by the software thanks to the update (2021.12.31.117) and the update brings further optimizations for hybrid (asymmetric) L3 cache designs. The update scope also includes the third 8-core model, which is supposed to be launched next month and will not be hybrid. Sandra is a [...]
The colleagues from Notebookcheck have tested the 16-core Zen4 Raphael and tried out the brand-new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo. Today’s review focuses only on CPU performance, with more details on gaming performance to follow later (although they have already released a teaser). According to the combined results, the flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX is [...]
Today we’re taking a look at the MSI Vigor GK71 with the new Sonic Blue Switches. The smooth clicky switches are the result of a collaboration between Kailh and MSI and position themselves in a rather understudied niche with short travel and low resistance, but allow for unexpectedly fast typing. Despite good equipment and interesting [...]
The saying “You can shove it!” is not new. But what does that have to do with proper power supplies? However, the new Corsair RMx Shift series now brings with it innovation that has it all: a DC connector panel positioned on the side. According to the brand, this provides a huge boost to cable management (well, it’s supposed to) [...]
Owners of GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 30 GPUs can now enjoy video content with higher image quality. This is made possible by NVIDIA’s new technology announced last month: RTX Video Super Resolution. RVSR was supposed to be released in February (nothing happened at the beginning) and this promise is actually kept now. NVIDIA released the driver [...]
The energetic crowbar is not new and some board partners like to use it to put their own top models even higher on the pedestal. GALAX had already launched the RTX 4090 HOF and the RTX 4070 Ti HOF, but the RTX 4080 has been left out for some reason until now. Now the time has also come and GALAX is introducing not one, but three models based on [...]
AMD Ryzen 7000X3D processors equipped with 3D V-Cache are said to automatically optimize performance depending on the workload. The latest chipset driver can dynamically assign which core should be used by the Windows operating system. So in other words, if the workload is cache-dependent, the operating system is adjusted to favor cores with 3D V [...]
After we recently tested the current AMD flagship from Beelink, we now have the counterpart from Intel. With a power-saving “BigLittle” architecture, i.e. a mixture of performance and efficiency cores, as well as Xe graphics and DDR5, it goes into battle against the currently fastest mini-PC in our tests. The following article will [...]
For Ryzen’s 7000X3D, there are unfortunately no hidden backdoor menus on the motherboards to unlock the “X GHz” settings. These processors were deliberately blocked by AMD for overclocking, at least in the traditional way. To get the best performance out of the Ryzen 7950X3D, you can only resort to technologies like Precision [...]
Sure, the title sounds lurid at first, but it actually contains everything that really characterized this review of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, because this is where a highly efficient and in many areas really extremely fast CPU meets smaller, self-imposed hurdles. This may sound more dramatic at first than it really is in the end, and it [...]
Graphics cards in blower design are not necessarily the standard on the market, certainly not for gamers. Manufacturers were quite fond of using this efficient method of cooling a few years ago as an efficient way to not only keep the graphics card cool while gaming, but also to be able to transport the waste heat out of the case as easily as [...]
Intel has announced the new prices for its A750 GPU, to which retailers have reacted relatively quickly and lowered their prices. The A750 is now available for just $249 in the US, around €259 in the EU and £249 in the UK. For US customers, prices are relatively constant, but EU and UK customers have not always been so lucky. Gamers in the UK can [...]
While I lie over the whole weekend in the last trains for something completely new and can therefore hardly look out of the eyes (or test something else), I leave you to today’s Sunday times quite deliberately a little perplexed. In fact, the scanning electron microscope has spit out some interesting structures, the actual use of which must [...]
GALAX has many brands, one of which is called Kuroutoshikou Galakuro, for example, and is (unfortunately) sold exclusively in Japan. The company has announced the availability of the new RTX 4070 Ti. But “new” might not be a good word here, because the same card is already offered by GALAX and KFA2 as EX WHITE model in the US and [...]
Just as the Ryzen 7000X3D series is set to launch next week, AMD has announced a new promotion for existing Ryzen 7000 CPUs. The company and its partners are offering between $75 and $125 in savings on select AM5 builds. This offer takes into account AMD discounts on current Ryzen 7000 CPUs and select motherboard/memory bundles. Gamers will also [...]
A test of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 3D V-Cache has already made it into the public, namely in an AIDA64 memory benchmark with the new High Efficiency mode. There was also a CPU-z screenshot leak to go with it. By the way, you can also see two Ryzen CPUs from our own stock in the picture, but I can already spoil that this is not an NDA breach [...]
The very first Ryzen 9 7945HX benchmark was spotted in the Geekbench database. This processor is part of AMD’s “Dragon Range” series with up to 16 Zen4 cores and 32 threads. The number of threads is just as high as in Intel’s 13th generation Core HX models. Generation, but the number of cores is lower (compared to 24). The [...]
With the update KB5022913, Microsoft has once again angered the professional users who had more or less grudgingly come to terms with the new Windows 11. Apart from the fact that many useful tools have been made worse again or quite banal things from the Windows everyday life have been moved or cutted again – with the popular Explorer [...]
Do you know the AMD Project Quantum 3D fan? This is a very special 3D design that has now been created by fans for the unfortunately never released AMD product codenamed Project Quantum. Even a few years after its announcement, some fans still liked the idea so much that they now simply made their own version. As a reminder, the Quantum concept PC [...]
Intel’s long overdue HEDT platform update is just around the corner and we already reported about it in detail. The Xeon W3400/2400 processors are thus finally about to be launched on the market for the desktop sector as well. The new series are based on Sapphire Rapids for the socket LGA4677 with optimizations for workstations. Some models [...]
