Intel Alder Lake Mobility CPU benchmarks leaked: Faster than the Apple M1 Max, AMD’s 5980HX and Intel’s 11980HK are downright eaten up

I have something very interesting for my readers today and I am taking over the article from my friend Usman Pirzada more or less in the original, so I have also put him as the actual author. After all, it’s his work and not mine. Surely a simple quote and the usual paraphrasing of a news story wouldn’t have been fair enough there [...]


The 12 best reasons to really switch off!

After all the stressful days (and nights), here’s some lighter fare today for a change. But this can be not only relaxing, but also instructive. And that’s how you can sum up the first product recommendation of the day: The new heat-conducting protective film for CPUs helps against scratching and nasty paste. Always looking like new [...]


On bang and drop – power failure as a power supply killer

Who doesn’t know it, that moment of unbridled hatred when the power generally goes out. So when not only the fuse does its work, but the whole place suddenly goes dark? Storm or no storm, it doesn’t even have to be a direct lightning strike, which then gives the domestic electronics the final neck break. This is exactly what happened [...]


Need for Speed Underground 2 Replayed in 32:9 – with WideScreen-Patch, Reshade, a Samsung Odyssey G9 and my Profile Creator

You can love it or hate it, but NfS Underground 2 was and is a milestone of the Need for Speed series. And as original CD version current unfortunately no longer playable. But there is a remedy, because various packs have solved this problem elegantly. Today’s weekend article is meant to be a little encouragement for you to maybe dig out the [...]


Windows 11 and TPM – So easy and mostly free for all via BIOS!

First of all, I can actually reassure everyone with some newer hardware, because the discussions about the compatibility with TPM 2.0 and especially the exploding prices for external TPM modules have virtually expoded in the last few days since Microsoft’s announcements about Windows 11 and the availability of such modules is now close to [...]


USB ports and latency measurements – myths and reality | Practice

After the last article about system latency (NVIDIA Reflex & Boost vs. Radeon Boost and ZERO vs. AMD Anti-Lag), we should urgently discuss a few things about testing. So today we’re going to take a look at NVIDIA LDAT in terms of the USB ports it uses. For this I tested two different possibilities regarding the use of LDAT. The AMD [...]


Is the next shortage coming soon? Four chinese container ports with partial shutdown and a possible Intel laptop component shortage

The fact that China’s most important container ports are only operating at half power and that we are probably heading for the next global supply disaster is extremely worrying, but it is not even the reason for the component problem discussed here in the second part. But first let us come to the general situation. Due to a recent outbreak [...]