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Qualcomm Snapdragon

Intel and AMD may have another desktop competitor - Qualcomm is supposedly working on a new Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 desktop CPU

By Isaiah Williams published

It might be time for a new addition to the PC hardware arena, with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite 2nd Gen chips reportedly heading to desktop PCs.

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A mockup of the Gigabyte RTX 4090 Windforce graphics card

Nvidia cranks RTX 5000 GPU hype machine up to full speed, teasing ‘GeForce at CES 2025’ as Witcher 4 trailer drops a big hint

By Darren Allan published

Witcher 4 trailer is powered by an ‘unannounced Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU’ apparently – which is surely the RTX 5090.

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An AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE from ASRock on a pink desk mat with its retail packaging

GPU sales have slumped badly as PC gamers wait for next-gen AMD and Nvidia graphics cards – and I don’t blame them

By Darren Allan published

Imminent Nvidia RTX 5000 and AMD RDNA 4 launches at CES 2025 mean GPU sales have slumped in a big way.

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A pair of Intel Arc Alchemist chips in front of a dark purple background

I've never taken Intel's GPU competition seriously, but the Arc B580 has left me no choice - it just surpassed the RTX 4060 and RX 7600 in Vulkan benchmarks

By Isaiah Williams published

If there was any time to give Intel's GPUs any attention, it would be now, with the Arc B580 defeating the RTX 4060 in Vulkan benchmarks.

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An AMD processor on a metal surface

AMD Strix Halo leak suggests chips are imminent, but gives me a couple of reasons to worry about the flagship laptop CPU

By Darren Allan published

Strix Halo flagship appears in leaked benchmark, but it stokes concerns that the chip may not be for gaming notebooks.

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An Intel Arc A750 graphics card on a pink desk mat next to its retain packaging

Intel unleashes XeSS 2 for Arc GPUs with huge changes to speed up PC games, borrowing a few pages from Nvidia’s DLSS playbook

By Darren Allan published

Intel reveals XeSS 2 alongside new Battlemage GPUs – packs frame generation and low latency tech to supercharge games.

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Radeon RX 770 XT and Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD announces CES 2025 launch event on January 6, 2025 – and drops a heavy hint that new RDNA 4 GPUs will be revealed

By Darren Allan published

Can’t wait for RDNA 4 GPUs to arrive? We should see them next month at CES 2025, among a bunch of other gaming goodies.

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An Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition graphics card against a purple background

Intel announces its new Battlemage graphics cards, and they might just be the 1440p budget champions we've been waiting for

By John Loeffler published

Intel announces its newest GPUs, the Intel Arc B580 and Arc B570, with pricing and specs that might make them fantastic 1440p cards on a budget.

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An AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT on a table

AMD RX 8800 XT could match RTX 4080’s performance – and easily outgun Nvidia’s GPU for ray tracing

By Darren Allan published

Has AMD fixed ray tracing with RDNA 4 GPUs? Rumor suggests RX 8800 XT could equal Nvidia RTX 4080 Super for ray tracing.

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An Intel Arc Graphics Card against a dark background

Intel confirms Arc desktop GPU launch on December 3, while Battlemage B570 leak hints that it could be a dream budget graphics card

By Darren Allan published

Leaked spec for the B570 gives us hope that Intel could pitch it as a low-end champ of a graphics card.

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