Tag: hardware

Emulation proves the inevitable Achilles’ Heel of Qualcomm’s new PC chips when it comes to gaming

Emulation proves the inevitable…

Two weeks ago I was in a hotel in downtown Taipei prodding some of Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite…
The solid-state AirJet cooler ‘not bound by the limitations of mechanical devices’ aims to double its thermal performance every two years

The solid-state AirJet cooler…

Frore Systems caused something of a stir back in 2023 with the announcement of its fanless AirJet cooler. It's…
Amazon eero Max 7 review

Amazon eero Max 7…

Wi-Fi 7 has its benefits, sure, but at $600 per unit, which each covering over 200m², you still need…
Intel found a bug in its high-end CPU microcode is ‘potentially contributing to instability’ though ‘is not the root cause’ of those long-reported game crashes

Intel found a bug…

It's been months since the first reports of Intel's Core i9 processors being unstable in Unreal Engine games, but…
Gigabyte A620I AX review

Gigabyte A620I AX review

I love a good Mini-ITX motherboard. As someone who tests tech for a living, I'm fortunate to play with…
Hyte Thicc Q60 AIO cooler review

Hyte Thicc Q60 AIO…

Take a look at the Hyte Thicc Q60 and you might come to the conclusion that this is an…
Qualcomm touts Intel-beating gaming performance for its Snapdragon X Arm chip, promises gaming app plus monthly GPU driver updates

Qualcomm touts Intel-beating gaming…

With the first examples of laptops powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X chip landing with actual buying customers, Qualcomm…
Turtle Beach Atlas Air review

Turtle Beach Atlas Air…

Out of the box the Atlas Air is an underwhelming affair. It's an open-back wireless gaming headset with much…
Pay no attention to AMD’s horribly misleading benchmarks for its ‘new’ Ryzen 5000 XT CPUs

Pay no attention to…

Remember those “new” Ryzen 5000 chips AMD launched last week alongside its actually new Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Turns out…
Retesting Ghost of Tsushima with a fresh Arc A770 shows that Intel has a mountain to climb to compete against AMD and Nvidia

Retesting Ghost of Tsushima…

Last month, I put Ghost of Tsushima through a benchmarking meat grinder, testing every graphics preset across multiple CPUs…