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Not worth your time: The average Intel Core i7-9750H is just 6 percent faster than the Core i7-8750H

If you already own a Core i7-8750H laptop or are planning to upgrade from an older model, don't even bother with the 9th gen Core i7 series. The raw performance benefits are as minor as they can get between the two generations bas...

Allen Ngo, 24 Jul 2019 19:06

Intel's 10nm Ice Lake CPUs seem to offer great single-core performance. (Source: Intel)

10th gen 'Ice Lake' Core i7-1065G7 Geekbench score reaffirms Intel's hegemony in laptops, offers single-core performance on par with an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

A Geekbench score of the Intel Core i7-1065G7 'Ice Lake' running on the HP Spectre x360 convertible laptop is now available and seems to indicate very strong single-core performance that can rival processors much higher TDP such a...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 22 Jul 2019 15:19

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER does not offer a huge jump in performance over its predecessor. (Image source: NVIDIA)

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER falls well short of the RTX 2080 Ti in gaming and synthetic benchmarks; only just beats the RTX 2080

NVIDIA has discontinued the GeForce RTX 2080, having replaced it with its SUPER successor. However, some synthetic and gaming benchmarks show that the RTX 2080 SUPER offers hardly any performance improvements over its predecessor,...

Alex Alderson, 19 Jul 2019 22:06

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X has very good overclocking potential. (Source: B&H)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X pushed to 5.9 GHz along with DDR4 RAM at 5,774 MHz on LN2, seems to have good potential for an all-core overclock record

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X managed to achieve an impressive 5.9 GHz single-core overclock on LN2. Pro-overclocker 'TSAIK' achieved this on an MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard and also managed to overclock the DDR4 RAM up to 5,774 MHz. ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 17 Jul 2019 08:10

Intel Comet Lake can potentially offer more performance than AMD's top mobile Ryzen chips. (Source: PC Perspective)

Intel Core i7-10510U 'Comet Lake-U' beats AMD Ryzen 7 3750H in Geekbench, signals impending arrival of the XPS 13 7390

A new Geekbench score of the 10th gen Intel 'Comet Lake-U' Core i7-10510U has surfaced online. While the new score is definitely higher than what an AMD Ryzen 7 3750H can achieve, it still is on par with the previous gen Whiskey L...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 06 Jul 2019 14:58

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X could turn soon turn out to be an enthusiast's favorite. (Source: PCWorld)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X's leaked Cinebench OC score shows that there's no stopping this juggernaut

A Cinebench R15 multi-core score of an overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has leaked online indicating that the CPU can obliterate literally anything in its way. The result looks to be that of an engineering sample that has been overcl...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 04 Jul 2019 14:44

Smartphone market analysis chart June 2019 (Source: Canalys)

Canalys: 5G phone shipments will overtake 4G in 2023

According to Canalys mobile VP Nicole Peng, 5G smartphones will see a rapid adoption in China thanks to the strong government roadmap and the financial capabilities of the local operators. Global 5G phone shipments are expected to...

Codrut Nistor, 01 Jul 2019 18:41

AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Apparently, there's more to it than meets the eye. (Source: El Chapuzas Informatico)

Early review of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 shows why it could be one of the most sought-after CPUs for gaming

An early review of the much talked about AMD Ryzen 5 3600 more or less confirms all the leaks we've been seeing about this CPU so far. While we do see higher latency, the Ryzen 5 3600 is shown to have posted excellent single-core ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Jun 2019 08:28

Intel Ice Lake brings the benefits of 10nm to ultrabooks. (Source: Intel)

Computex 2019 | Intel offers a deep dive into 10nm Ice Lake, will also be available in a new 9W multi-chip package

At Computex 2019, Intel announced the arrival of 10nm Ice Lake processors that will find home in most ultrabooks and non-gaming laptops this year. Ice Lake is based on the Sunny Cove architecture and bring improvements in IPC, AI ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 May 2019 08:00

The Snapdragon 8cx provides a viable alternative to a 15W Core i5-8250U. (Source: Qualcomm)

Computex 2019 | Qualcomm shows off first benchmarks of the Snapdragon 8cx

Qualcomm demonstrated some of the advantages of the new 7W passively cooled Snapdragon 8cx over Intel's 15W Core i5-8250U by running a few benchmarks in PCMark 10 and 3DMark. The Snapdragon 8cx posted overall better scores than th...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 27 May 2019 09:00

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G Zen+ APUs show up in SiSoftware database. (Source: AndroidPCTV)

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G spotted in SiSoftware database along with the B550 chipset

Entries pertaining to the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G have been spotted in the SiSoftware benchmark database. The new 'Picasso' Zen+ APUs are similar to their previous generation counterparts in most aspects save for sligh...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 21 May 2019 09:15

The first Intel Tiger Lake CPU shows up on SiSoftware. (Source: PCGamesN)

First 10nm Intel Tiger Lake processor shows up on SiSoftware — Dual-core with 1.8 GHz boost

The first 10nm Intel Tiger Lake processor has landed on the SiSoftware benchmark database. From the entry, we get to see that this particular CPU is a dual-core ULV part with modest base and boost clocks. Not much information can ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 May 2019 06:47

AMD will turn up the heat with its Zen 2 processors. (Image source: GND Tech)

12-core AMD Ryzen engineering sample rips through UserBenchmark and scores over 99%

An engineering sample of an upcoming AMD processor has been spotted on UserBenchmark. This particular chip has visited the benchmark before, back in January, but it seems it has received some improvements in the meantime. The samp...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 May 2019 01:49

Intel Xeon processors are often used in enterprise-level workstations and servers. (Image source: Trade Me)

Alleged Intel Xeon W-3275 CPU records massive score in Geekbench multi-core test

An entry for an Intel Xeon W-3275 processor has been discovered on Geekbench that shows a pretty remarkable result at least in the multi-core benchmark. While the single-core score for the CPU was still decent at 5,211 points, the...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 May 2019 12:00

Somewhere there is an 18-wheeler missing an engine. (Image source: Twitter/Death)

Terrifying-looking system with two Titan RTX cards in an SLI configuration tears up the Time Spy Extreme Hall of Fame

A titanic score of 16,956 points has been recorded on 3DMark’s Time Spy Extreme benchmark recently. Pictures of the PC build that achieved the amazing result were shared on Twitter, and if you’re a fan of RGB lighting and perfectl...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 May 2019 08:36

The Redmi 5A is marketed as the smartphone for everyone. (Image source: Xiaomi Redmi)

Report claims the Apple iPhone X was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2018 with Xiaomi's Redmi 5A being the best-selling Android device

A report from market analyst company Counterpoint Research has stated that Apple’s iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone in the world in 2018. Top 10 charts for both the world and China were shared online and while Apple has do...

Daniel R Deakin, 02 May 2019 12:56

Clevo barebones are used by system builders like Sager, Schenker, and EVOC. (Source: Sager)

Updated | Alienware Area-51m scores 26,435 points in 3DMark Fire Strike and gets immediately outgunned by a couple of Clevos

An Alienware Area-51m owner has managed to score a very respectable 26,435 points in 3DMark’s Fire Strike test (1.1). The laptop was fitted with an Intel Core i9-9900K CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU. But it seems a couple of ...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 Apr 2019 07:31

The Max-Q variant of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti allows for usage in slimmer gaming laptops. (Source: Nvidia)

3DMark Time Spy benchmark pits Asus FX505DU with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti against Asus GU502DU with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

A benchmark comparison between an Asus FX505DU laptop with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU and an Asus GU502DU laptop fitted with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q design GPU has been spotted on 3DMark. Both devices also ...

Daniel R Deakin, 24 Apr 2019 03:38

If you have a recent Huawei or Honor phone, chances are that you'll receive EMUI 9.1 (Image source: Weibo)

Updates for all: Huawei has announced the release roadmap for EMUI 9.1

Huawei has been slowly rolling out the latest version of its OS to the Mate 20 series, and now it has announced plans for it to release EMUI 9.1 to a slew of other Huawei and Honor smartphones too. The list is extensive and stretc...

Alex Alderson, 24 Apr 2019 00:56

World War Z was chosen to test numerous graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD. (Source: AMD)

AMD's Radeon VII and RX Vega 64 LC crush Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti in World War Z GPU benchmark

AMD’s Radeon VII, RX Vega 64 LC, and RX Vega 64 have managed to defeat Nvidia’s top-end GeForce RTX hardware, the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti, in a World War Z GPU benchmark. In one specific test, the Radeon VII was measured offering...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Apr 2019 11:33

It appears a laptop from MSI's GF series was used for the benchmark. (Source: MSI)

Alleged mobile version of Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 tested on UserBenchmark; beats out AMD's RX 550 and RX 560 desktop cards

A record for an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU has been added on UserBenchmark’s database, and there is convincing evidence pointing to this being the mobile version of the upcoming graphics card. The average bench score of 45.6% put...

Daniel R Deakin, 18 Apr 2019 10:10

Star Wars: Fallen Order is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this Fall (Image source: The Daily Telegraph)

Multiple leaks fuel speculation about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order release date

Several sources have seemingly confirmed the release date of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hours before its official unveiling at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. Respawn Entertainment will g...

Alex Alderson, 13 Apr 2019 17:20

The HTC U12 Plus. (Source: Digital Trends)

A Snapdragon 710-powered HTC mid-ranger is apparently in the works

A new HTC device was recently spotted in the Geekbench and AnTuTu databases. The device, which bears a model number 2Q7A100 seems to be powered by a Snapdragon 710 SoC and is equipped with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB of storage. Further d...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 13 Apr 2019 11:19

The 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K is apparently selling well. (Source: Forbes)

Uptake of i9-9900K only bright spot for Intel as AMD outsells its rival two to one in Mindfactory sales data for March

Sales data from Mindfactory, a large German computer hardware retailer, has shown that CPUs from AMD are outselling Intel’s processors by more than two to one. Leading the charge for the red team are two CPUs from the Zen+ Pinnacl...

Daniel R Deakin, 12 Apr 2019 07:45

AMD has enjoyed a popularity increase in March's Steam survey. (Source: MakeUseOf)

AMD manages to take a nibble out of Intel's share in Steam processor survey

AMD has taken a bite out of Intel’s overall share in Steam’s monthly survey in the PC processor usage category. The red team was up to 18.1% for March, rising 0.5% from 17.6% for February. AMD took share away from Intel for system...

Daniel R Deakin, 09 Apr 2019 10:58

The GeForce RTX 2060 has made a positive impact in its first month in Steam's survey. (Source: Nvidia)

Latest Steam hardware survey suggests GeForce RTX 20 series sales are on the up

The March 2019 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has been posted by the software distribution platform, and as usual things look rosy for Nvidia in the video card usage category. Three of the top six places in terms of percentage i...

Daniel R Deakin, 09 Apr 2019 10:00

Gaming laptop market has grown from $1 billion to over $12 billion in the past five years (Source: Nvidia)

Gaming laptop market has ballooned from $1 billion to over $12 billion in the past five years

Nvidia will offer at least 45 different Max-Q laptops or configurations this year up from 19 in the previous year. The fast-growing gaming laptop market stands in contrast to the contracting Ultrabook market.

Allen Ngo, 30 Mar 2019 00:39

The Intel Core i9-9900KF could offer slightly better overclocking potential than the 9900K. (Source: Tom's Hardware)

Intel Core i9-9900KF could offer a slightly higher overclocking potential than the 9900K

Famed overclocker 'Splave' tried out a small experiment to find out whether the newly announced Intel Core i9-9900KF offered any potential advantages over the 9900K when it came to overclocking. The results showed that the 9900KF ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 24 Mar 2019 22:35

It may have taken almost 18 months, but Cuphead is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch (Image source: StudioMDHR)

Cuphead is coming to the Nintendo Switch, and it is bringing Xbox Live with it.

Switch owners rejoice. Cuphead, the popular side-scrolling run and gun game, is coming to the console next month. You can pre-order the game now on the Nintendo eShop before its worldwide release on April 18. StudioMDHR is also br...

Alex Alderson, 22 Mar 2019 13:13

The Spartan demigod Kratos is the main character in God of War. (Source: Mashable)

God of War wins the Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year

God of War has won another “Game of the Year” title to add to its growing collection. This time, it was the Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year that was given to the acclaimed action-adventure game. God of War, which...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Mar 2019 07:10

The Alienware Area-51m laptop can utilize desktop processors. (Source: Dell)

Alienware Area-51m with GeForce RTX 2080 and i7-9700K achieves amazing score in 3DMark Fire Strike

An Alienware Area-51m laptop with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU and an Intel Core i7-9700K processor has recorded a very impressive score of 25,039 in 3DMark’s Fire Strike 1.1 test. According to the chart details for the run, thi...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 Mar 2019 05:59

The Xiaomi Redmi AirDots, a US$15 alternative to the Apple AirPods, for those who live in China at least (Image source: Xiaomi)

Xiaomi Redmi AirDots: The AirPods alternative that cost less than US$15

Xiaomi only released its first set of completely wireless headphones a few months ago, but it has now followed them up with the even more affordable Redmi AirDots. The headphones will be available in China from April 9 for CNY 99 ...

Alex Alderson, 19 Mar 2019 21:47

Myspace has lost all the music that once made it the world's most visited website. (Image source: Myspace)

Myspace has corrupted and lost 12 years of music uploaded to its website

In an embarrassing admission, Myspace has confirmed that it has lost every piece of music that users uploaded between 2003 and 2015, which equates to over 50 million files. The company reports that there is no way to recover the l...

Alex Alderson, 18 Mar 2019 22:36

Flagship processors from either Intel or AMD seem to be the gamer's choice. (Source: Hexus)

Intel maintains massive lead over AMD in Steam survey for processors in both Windows and Linux

Intel has kept its huge lead over AMD in Steam’s survey for processor usage. The blue team has even managed to slightly increase its share in systems utilizing a Windows OS, but AMD has taken a nibble out of Intel’s share on machi...

Daniel R Deakin, 14 Mar 2019 11:11

The Oculus Rift VR headset was released in 2016. (Source: PCMag)

Oculus Rift is the most popularly used VR headset on Steam

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has been surveyed as the most popular VR hardware utilized by Steam users. The rival headset from HTC, the Vive, also has a commanding share of users, but it has seen the gap between itself ...

Daniel R Deakin, 14 Mar 2019 07:46

0.50% of users in the Steam survey now have a GeForce RTX 2070 in their system. (Source: Nvidia)

Growth for GeForce RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti in Steam's GPU survey, but RTX 2060 is MIA and AMD’s RX Vega falters

Steam has published its hardware and software survey for February 2019, and once again Nvidia dominates the PC video card usage charts. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti have all enjoyed growth over the month. However...

Daniel R Deakin, 14 Mar 2019 06:55

Will there be a new Core i7 and Core i5 MacBook Air?

Intel confirms the existence of the Core i7 processor in last year's mysterious MacBook Air-like device

A device codenamed AAPJ140K1,1 appeared on Geekbench last year running macOS Mojave and the hitherto unknown Intel Core i7-8510Y. Now, a recent product change notification document has seemingly confirmed the processor's existence...

Alex Alderson, 11 Mar 2019 20:44

Intel Gen11 raises the bar for integrated graphics. (Source: Intel)

Intel Gen11 GT2 GPU outperforms the Vega 10 and closes in on the Vega 11 in leaked benchmarks

GFXBench results of Intel's upcoming Gen11 GT2 graphics have leaked online and the scores seem to be pretty impressive. The Ice Lake Gen11 GT2 is a significant improvement over Skylake's GT9 and promises 1 TFLOP GPU performance fo...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 23 Feb 2019 01:56

Our Core i9 verdict: It’s just not worth it on laptops

With almost a dozen Core i9-8950HK laptops under our belt, we have a pretty good idea about how these unlocked CPUs can perform. Average CPU performance is just 8 to 9 percent faster than the average Core i7-8750H laptop for a dis...

Allen Ngo, 22 Feb 2019 18:46

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ was praised for its bokeh simulation. (Source: DxOMark)

DxOMark | Samsung Galaxy S10+ equals Huawei's Mate 20 Pro and P20 Pro's Mobile scores but takes third place in the rankings

Samsung’s Galaxy S10+ flagship smartphone has amassed 109 points in DxOMark’s Mobile test for its rear-facing triple camera setup. This puts the device on equal footing with Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro and P20 Pro in terms of points, but...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Feb 2019 08:13

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ also scored more points than the iPhone XS Max and Mi MIX 3. (Source: DxOMark)

Samsung Galaxy S10+ tops DxOMark's selfie charts, surpassing the Pixel 3 and Note 9

The independent benchmark DxOMark has given the Samsung Galaxy S10+ first place in its rankings for smartphone front cameras. At the moment, there are only 13 devices in the new selfie chart but Samsung has beaten out contenders f...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Feb 2019 05:48

The Samsung Galaxy S series from the original to the S9 models. (Source: DroidMag)

Impressive infographic details how the Samsung Galaxy S series has evolved, from S to S10+

Gadgetsdeck has produced a handy infographic that shows how the Samsung Galaxy S series of smartphones has evolved over the last decade. The chart covers the model variants too, including the Edge devices, the Plus versions, and a...

Daniel R Deakin, 18 Feb 2019 23:45

The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC Edition. (Source: Videocardz)

NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti falls just short of the GTX Titan X in FFXV benchmark, to be priced at US$279 MSRP

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti featuring the non-RT 'Turing' TU116 core has made an appearance on the Final Fantasy XV benchmark scoring just short of a 'Maxwell' Titan X and not too far above the GTX 1070, which it is expected to...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 17 Feb 2019 16:43

Despite almost halved gaming GPU sales, Nvidia's revenues for 2018 turned out to be on the plus side. (Source: PCMag)

Nvidia explains disappointing RTX 2080 / 2070 sales, year-over-year gaming GPU sales down 45%

Nvidia's investors can now breathe easy, as the latest fiscal year report shows decent gains throughout 2018. Things are not looking good for gaming GPUs, though, since the report shows sales in this sector were almost halved comp...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Feb 2019 20:53

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060 is the most popular GPU among Steam users. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 tops Steam's GPU survey while RTX cards and AMD's RX Vega make an appearance

Steam has released the details of its hardware and software survey for January 2019. In terms of PC video card usage, Nvidia absolutely dominates the chart with 74% of users having a GPU from the green team. The GeForce GTX 1060 i...

Daniel R Deakin, 14 Feb 2019 07:46

The AMD Radeon VII excels in content creation but doesn't really displace the RTX 2080 in gaming. (Source: Anandtech)

AMD Radeon VII turns out to be competitive, but does not surpass the RTX 2080 in first reviews

The first reviews for the 7 nm AMD Radeon VII GPU are out and they all seem to give an impression that AMD has managed to take the fight to the RTX 2080's pavilion. With a whopping 16 GB of HBM2 VRAM and a 1 TB/s memory bandwidth,...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 08 Feb 2019 12:50