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Lemokey G1 review

Lemokey G1 review

First, the provenance. Lemokey is Keychron’s gaming brand, offering keyboards and mice aimed squarely at the players of games…
I’ve tested Asus’ new Turbo Game Mode for AMD CPUs and my verdict is simple: Don’t use it

I’ve tested Asus’ new…

We live in some strange times. Let’s say you’ve splashed the cash and bought yourself a brand new Ryzen…
Ex-AMD fab GlobalFoundries has been fined $500K after admitting it shipped $17,000,000 worth of product to a company associated with China’s military industrial complex

Ex-AMD fab GlobalFoundries has…

Remember GlobalFoundries? AMD’s ex-fab business is still estimated to be the third biggest semiconductor foundry in the world by…
What a difference a year makes: Nvidia’s RTX 40-series share of the Steam Hardware Survey is 80% larger than this time last year but its last-gen RTX chips still rule the roost

What a difference a…

Another month, another set of results from Valve’s PC hardware survey. It’s comforting to know that some things never…
‘One million street-level deals’ worth of methamphetamine smuggled in PC case shipment

‘One million street-level deals’…

Ordinarily when we hear about a PC hardware smuggling story, it’s something like a bunch of ex-crypto mining GPUs…
Black Friday gaming headset deals 2024: discounts and deals on headsets galore

Black Friday gaming headset…

Black Friday gaming headset deals (Image credit: SteelSeries) Jump straight to the deals you want… 1. Quick links 2.…
I don’t know whether I’d wait for Black Friday when there are already RTX 4070 Super gaming PCs going for so little

I don’t know whether…

Yeyian Tanto | Intel Core i5 13400F | RTX 4070 Super | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD…
Lunar Lake’s speedy onboard memory is a one-off, Intel’s AI GPU is a flop and other news from CEO Pat Gelsinger’s latest chinwag with investors

Lunar Lake’s speedy onboard…

We reported just the other day that AMD’s AI GPU business has gone from zilch to about the same…
The AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D might seal Arrow Lake’s fate unless Intel cuts prices to compete with the 9000-series

The AMD Ryzen 9…

Jacob Fox, hardware writer (Image credit: Jacob Fox) This week I’ve been: Hardware nerd by day, philosopher by night,…
Nvidia’s ‘high-end’ Arm-based chip for PCs will reportedly go into production in 2025

Nvidia’s ‘high-end’ Arm-based chip…

The idea that Nvidia is plotting an Arm-based chip for the PC is not news. But the latest coverage…