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Can 18A save Intel from being devoured by its rivals – and Wall Street?
Intel's 18A process technology is finally ready, but will it be enough to fend off the wolves?
I'm tired of waiting for AMD's entry-level Ryzen 9000 series chips
AMD is taking too long with its budget Ryzen 9000 CPUs, and I'm starting to get impatient.
I can't say I'm surprised, but Nvidia's RTX 5070 leaked benchmark reveals up to 20% performance boost over RTX 4070
It may not live up to Nvidia's RTX 4090 performance claim, but new benchmark leaks suggest a reasonable performance uplift for the RTX 5070 over its predecessor.
Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti may be getting the competition it needs as the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT's performance leaks
It's now or never for AMD with its new GPU lineup amid Nvidia's RTX 5000 series issues, as a new leak reveals the Radeon RX 9070 XT's performance gains over previous GPUs.
What is a normal temperature for a GPU?
With graphics cards becoming more powerful, they can run hotter, but what's the normal operating temperature?
Nvidia confirms 'rare issue' with some RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs – here’s how to check if you’re affected and to get a replacement
The launch of Nvidia's new GPUs has gone badly enough already, but now there's a hardware-level glitch slowing down RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs.
AMD RX 9070 GPU spec and benchmark rumors cast fresh doubt on power usage and performance – but I wouldn’t worry about the latter
Rumors continue to fly about AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs, and here we’ve got news on power usage, and a somewhat shaky-sounding story with performance.
