AMD Radeon RX 7000 flagship graphics card will reportedly come with 24 GB of VRAM
It might launch in early December
Poorly manufactured adapter responsible for melting Nvidia RTX 4090 cables, report claims
A very bad solder job
A hot potato: As Nvidia continues to investigate incidents of burning and melting power adapters that come bundled with its new RTX 4090 graphics card, the team over at Igor's Lab believes it has found the culprit. According to the publication, the issue isn't the 12VHPWR connection itself but rather, the quad 8-pin to 16-pin adapter distributed by Nvidia. Specifically, whoever manufactured the adapter performed a very poor soldering job.
The Most Memorable Overclocking-Friendly CPUs
#ThrowbackThursday Enthusiasts have been pushing the limits of silicon for as long as microprocessors have existed. These are but a few of the landmark processors revered for their overclocking prowess.
Newegg refunds customer who received RTX 4090 box filled with weights
Gamers Nexus offered to buy it
WTF?! Paying one-and-a-half thousand dollars for a graphics card is a big decision, but those concerns often vanish when you're enjoying blistering framerates at high resolutions. What will give you buyer's remorse, however, is opening an RTX 4090 box and finding it filled only with weights. Luckily for the person involved, seller Newegg has given them a full refund.
AMD working on consumer-level CXL memory
Why it matters: A new standard to connect RAM more closely with other system components could reach consumers within the next few years. The shift should increase the efficiency and usefulness of more recent, faster storage and memory modules. However, it will require new hardware.
Nvidia investigating cases of melting RTX 4090 power cables, RDNA 3 won't use 12VHPWR
Why it matters: Nvidia's new flagship RTX 4090 is a beast in multiple aspects. On top of its unprecedented gaming performance, consumers have expressed worry over its power requirements. Those fears may now bear out weeks after warnings about the GPU's power connectors.
Project Volterra, Microsoft's Arm system for developers, is now Windows Dev Kit 2023
Redmond's latest effort in the Arm ecosystem comes full of ports and RAM
TL;DR: The Windows Dev Kit 2023 is a new Mac Mini-like mini PC aimed at developers who code Windows on Arm applications. Decent specs and a lot of RAM should please app developers while Microsoft is pursuing its world conquest through AI and cloud VMs.
Intel's entire 13th-gen Core desktop processor lineup disclosed, includes 22 SKUs
More affordable Raptor Lake CPUs are inbound
Lenovo drives form factor innovations in PCs and "extended reality"
Technical advances in devices are critical, but physical design is arguably even more attractive
Intel Core i5-13600K vs. AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
The Core i5-13600K is the most affordable model in Intel's new Raptor Lake range. Its predecessor, the 12600K was a personal favorite of ours, so we are expecting this to be a real winner.
Apple said to be testing multiple Mac Pro configurations including one with 48 CPU cores
In a nutshell: The next version of Apple's high-end Mac Pro is expected to be the first to feature Apple Silicon. Apple insider Mark Gurman believes the Mac Pro could be offered with multiple chip options that are at least two to four times as powerful as the M2 Max and has affectionately dubbed them the M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme. These chips are said to feature 24 and 48 CPU cores, respectively, alongside 76 and 152 graphics cores, and up to 256 gigabytes of system memory.
The Rise of Power: Are CPUs and GPUs Becoming Too Energy Hungry?
Every few years new processors with ever-higher demands for energy are launched. Is 250W for a CPU too high? Should any GPU need 450W? Let's peel off the heatsinks to look at the truth behind power numbers.
Nvidia is allegedly moving production of RTX 4090 GPUs to Hopper H100 GPUs
Potentially making the RTX 4090 even harder to find
GPU running hot? An aftermarket air cooler could solve your problems
An unusual but very cool upgrade
Intel Core i7-13700K Review: Ryzen 7 7700X Versus
The Core i7-13700K is a much more practical CPU compared to the 13900K, power and thermals are kept in check, and performance is pretty solid. We'd seriously consider it for new gaming PC builds.
8.8 GHz: Intel 13900K on liquid nitrogen achieves highest overclock on record
Intel takes the record back from AMD
What just happened? It's only been a few days since the Core i9-13900K was released but Swedish overclocker Elmor has already used it to break the record for the highest clock speed ever reached (and validated): an incredible 8812.85 MHz.
Updated Asus RTX 3060 Ti spotted with higher performance GDDR6X memory
Ampere isn't ready to take a back seat to Ada just yet
Silicon Photonics: 1.84 petabits per second sent through a single photonic chip/fiber optic cable combo
A new transfer record has been achieved using a single fiber optic cable
Forward-looking: Scientists from Copenhagen were able to transfer twice the size of everyday's Internet traffic through a single fiber optic cable, an unprecedented feat that could bring silicon photonics one step closer to reality with massive improvements for everyone.
Explainer: What Are Processor Threads?
Modern PCs have CPUs that can handle anywhere from 4 to 32 threads simultaneously thanks to developments in chip design and manufacturing. But what exactly are threads and why are they so important?
iPhone 14 Pro beats Steam Deck in Basemark's new GPU benchmark
Apple silicon scores rank alongside older mid-range PC GPUs in cross-platform benchmark
Gateway 2000: Gone But Not Forgotten
#ThrowBackThursday What does a cattle ranch have in common with computers? Admittedly not much, but that didn't stop two college dropouts from capitalizing on the concept and reshape PC purchases in the 1990s.
AMD set to host RDNA 3 livestream event on November 3
AMD will share RDNA 3 details in two weeks
A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?
Was it DRAM, motherboards, laptop screens or disk drives?
Intel Core i9-13900K Review: Hot and Hungry
Hot of the heels of AMD's Zen 4 series launch, here comes Intel with their highly anticipated 13th-gen Core series, codenamed Raptor Lake. Today we're reviewing the top-of-the-line Core i9-13900K.
