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An overclocked AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Vega 8 iGPU nearly matches the discrete GTX 1050 (Image source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Vega 8 iGPU overclocked to a stunning 2.4 GHz, nearly matches the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 in 3DMark Fire Strike

Leaked benchmarks over on the Chiphell forums paint a positive picture of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 4700G APU. Once overclocked, the APU’s Vega 8 integrated GPU delivered 3DMark Fire Strike performance that wasn’t too far off from th...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 20 Jul 2020 14:57

The PinePhone Community Edition for the PostmarketOS community turns your phone into a desktop. (Image: Pine64)

PinePhone Convergence Package turns the inexpensive smartphone into a Linux desktop PC

Pine64 has launched a new PinePhone model that comes with a Convergence Package. The device modestly powered device runs an Alpine Linux-based PostmarketOS that has built-in smartphone and desktop modes.

Sanjiv Sathiah, 18 Jul 2020 13:26

The Huntsman Mini is available in black and white with RGB lighting. (Image source: Razer)

Razer goes after a growing trend of gamers who want compact gaming keyboard with the Huntsman Mini

For its latest keyboard, Razer has dispensed with 40% of the keys found in the regular Huntsman. In turn, the new Huntsman Mini is more compact and should give desks a cleaner look. The Huntsman Mini is available in two colours an...

Alex Alderson, 17 Jul 2020 15:03

The Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G is expected to launch later this month. (Image source: AMD)

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G shows its value in Geekbench benchmarks

Geekbench has offered an early glimpse of the Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G, and it appears as though AMD has packed plenty of performance into its upcoming 65 W APU. Based on the company's Renoir architecture, the Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G can compe...

Alex Alderson, 17 Jul 2020 13:39

NVIDIA Ampere GA102 will sport higher clocks than the RTX 2080 Ti and may even come with a new power connector. (Image Source: creper9000 on Reddit)

NVIDIA Ampere GA102 may offer up to 195 MHz higher boosts compared to the RTX 2080 Ti; new 12-pin power supply connector rumored to debut on Founders Edition cards

Fresh rumors indicate that NVIDIA Ampere GA102 may feature markedly higher base and boost clocks compared to the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Apart from this, we also get to hear that NVIDIA could be introducing a new 12-pin power connect...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 17 Jul 2020 08:48

Henry Cavill's video of building a PC has proven a hit on Instagram. (Image source: Freegame Tips)

Henry Cavill shows off his AMD Ryzen PC; video expectedly goes viral

A video of Superman and The Witcher actor Henry Cavill is proving popular online. Having already been watched over 1 million times in under three hours, the video is accompanied by a Barry White soundtrack and highlights the many ...

Alex Alderson, 16 Jul 2020 18:08

QNAP QSW-1105-5T 2.5 GbE network switch (Source: QNAP)

QNAP launches its first 2.5 GbE network switch, namely the QSW-1105-5T

Introduced today and already available to order from QNAP's partners worldwide, the QSW-1105-5T is the company's first 2.5 GbE network switch. Its highlights include five 2.5 GbE NBASE-T RJ45 ports, plug-and-play setup, auto-negot...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Jul 2020 17:54

Death Stranding now streaming on GeForce Now alongside 9 other new titles (Image source: Sony)

Death Stranding now streaming on GeForce Now so everyone can enjoy the game in 4K on their potato computers

Nvidia has also announced 9 other brand new titles now available to stream on GeForce Now including Far Cry Primal, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and TrackMania 2 Stadium.

Allen Ngo, 16 Jul 2020 15:00

The new TicKasa headphones. (Source: Mobvoi)

Mobvoi's first pair of headphones is both ANC and wireless

Mobvoi has debuted the TicKasa headphones. Although this is only the first product in this category from the band, they have progressed directly to active noise cancelling (ANC) and wireless features. They are Bluetooth 5, have 40...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 15 Jul 2020 22:01

Audeze Penrose wireless planar magnetic headset for console and PC gamers (Source: Audeze)

Audeze Penrose: PlayStation 5-compatible wireless headset preorders now live

Announced earlier today, the Audeze Penrose and Penrose X will start shipping in early September, but those interested can place their orders already. The introductory price is US$249 — US$50 less than the MSRP of this wireless pl...

Codrut Nistor, 15 Jul 2020 16:49

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO series features four processors. (Image source: AMD)

AMD claims to put Intel to the sword with its Ryzen Threadripper PRO series

AMD is not pulling any punches with its new Ryzen Threadripper PRO series. Featuring 12-64 core processors, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO series apparently dwarfs competing Intel Xeon processors. AMD even claims that one Threadripper...

Alex Alderson, 15 Jul 2020 15:17

First consumer-grade DDR5 implementations from AMD and Intel should hit the market by 2021. (Image Source: SK Hynix)

JEDEC finally publishes DDR5 standard specs, Intel and AMD may offer consumer support by 2021

The publication of the JEDEC specifications is paving the way for the accelerated adoption of the DDR5 standard. First to benefit from the new standard are the server and HPC sectors, while the consumer market may first see DDR5-r...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Jul 2020 13:47

HP S750 SATA III SSD launching with up to 1 TB options and will weigh less than 50 grams

Produced by BIWIN for HP, the super-light S750 is looking to be a good fit for laptops and smaller PC builds where weight is crucial. The manufacturer is promising up to 560 MB/s and 520 MB/s sequential read and write rates, respe...

Allen Ngo, 14 Jul 2020 19:50

The Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Books S both run very similar Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM-based chipsets. (Image: Notebookcheck)

Apple veteran says Windows PC OEMs have no option but to drop Intel x86 for ARM

Apple’s one-time head of Mac development, Jean-Louis Gassée, has posted a blog arguing that it seems inevitable that PC makers will have to switch to ARM-based designs. However, it will require Microsoft to do a lot better with Wi...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 14 Jul 2020 14:24

The Ryzen 7 4700G and other Renoir desktop APUs may be arriving this month. (Image source: AMD via Wccftech)

The AMD Ryzen 7 4700G holds its own against the Intel Core i9-10900K in initial benchmarks

Initial benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 4700G are here, AMD's upcoming 65 W Renoir desktop APU. The Ryzen 7 4700G has been shown to offer upwards of 25% more performance than the Ryzen 7 4800H while being competitive against the likes ...

Alex Alderson, 14 Jul 2020 13:18

The rumoured app might replace Apple’s current iTunes experience on Windows 10 (Image source: Apple)

iTunes on the Xbox Series X? Report indicates that Apple plans to release new Windows 10 app and it might just run on Microsoft’s new console

Italian outlet Aggiornamenti Lumia claims that Apple will be releasing an as-yet-unspecified new app for the Windows 10 platform. This rumor seems to be in consonance with speculation last year that Apple was working on a “next-ge...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 14 Jul 2020 12:49

Intel is now rumored to bring variable cores to the desktop. (Source: Intel)

Intel will bring Hybrid Technology to the desktop with Alder Lake-S: new leak

Alder Lake is a code-name for Intel CPUs currently slated to come after their Rocket Lake counterparts. These processors' rumors allege a number of notable features, not the least of which is their 10 nanometer (nm) nature, new so...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 14 Jul 2020 00:01

Watch Dog Legion’s RTX build is locked to 1080p/30 FPS on the RTX 2080 Ti (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti performs abysmally in Watch Dogs Legion demo: preview locked to 1080p/30 FPS with ray-tracing enabled

NVIDIA’s top-end Turing card, the US$1400 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, couldn’t even run Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion at 1080p/60 FPS with ray-tracing effects turned on. This leads to speculation that users might need Ampere or Big Navi ca...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 13 Jul 2020 13:56

High-end Turing GPUs may face the axe in the wake of upcoming Ampere launch. (Image Source: Wccftech)

NVIDIA to delist high-end GeForce RTX 20 Turing cards in the run-up to rumored Ampere launch on September 17; stock shortages and inflated prices on the anvil

Rumors are coming in that NVIDIA may discontinue production of high-end Turing GPUs from the RTX 2070 all the way to the RTX 2080 Ti including the RTX 2070 Super and the RTX 2080 Super in the wake of the expected launch of Ampere ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 13 Jul 2020 09:30

AMD has four Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 chips in development. (Image source: TechRadar)

Leaked specifications confirm AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Threadripper PRO 3975WX ahead of imminent release; 3955WX and 3945WX leaked too

A leaked has confirmed the full product stack of the Ryzen Threadripper 3000 PRO series. AMD's latest Threadripper processors are expected to land on July 14 with between 12 and 64 cores.

Alex Alderson, 12 Jul 2020 22:12

HP is now #1 in the US PC market. (Source: HP)

PC shipments show positive growth for the second quarter of 2020

The latest report from Gartner on the PC market shows that it had grown by 2.8% in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q2020). This may not sound like a lot, but is more encouraging in light of 1Q2020's -12.3% performance. This change su...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 12 Jul 2020 17:38

A new Turing card is unlikely now, but you never know. (Image Souce: NVIDIA)

Incongruous NVIDIA GPU pops-up on Geekbench; does not seem like Ampere, but could it be an RTX 2080 Ti Super or a gimped Titan RTX?

A rather peculiar NVIDIA GPU has made its way to the Geekbench 5 OpenCL benchmark. According to the listing, the card has specs that would be reminiscent of an RTX 2080 Ti Super (if it ever existed) or a gimped Titan RTX. However,...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 12 Jul 2020 16:35

AMD releases a new driver to download. (Source: AMD)

AMD releases the latest Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition driver version

AMD describes its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin version (20.7.1) as one of its most extensive stability-focused update in 2020 thus far. The new download also introduces the AMD Bug Report Tool (the latest method to report bugs...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Jul 2020 17:32

The HERO8 Black can now act as a webcam. (Source: GoPro)

GoPro announces a beta update that converts the HERO8 Black into a webcam

GoPro has addressed an increasingly prevalent issue for many users who have shifted their work, learning or hobbies online in a new update under development at this action-cam OEM. It confers a new function on its HERO8 Black mode...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Jul 2020 18:19

Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin plans to enter the discrete GPU market

Zhaoxin plans to release a 28 nm discrete GPU with 75 W TDP by 2021. Judging by the specs, this may be a mid-range solution that could perform in line with the GTX 970 cards launched back in 2014.

Bogdan Solca, 10 Jul 2020 17:05

The new Dell XPS desktop. All images via Dell

Dell launches new XPS desktop with Comet Lake CPU and plenty of GPU options

Dell launched a new XPS desktop today. The desktop can be configured with high-end specs like a 10th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU and either an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT. The desktop is also designed to be upg...

Sam Medley, 09 Jul 2020 16:00

Dell has introduced new 27 and 32-inch monitors in its S-series lineup. (Image Source: Dell)

Dell introduces new monitors in its S-series lineup tailored for home entertainment

Dell has introduced new 27-inch and 32-inch monitors in its S-series lineup tailored primarily towards multimedia consumption and not-so-demanding gamers. The 27-inch lineup is comprised of 2K and 4K IPS monitors with support for ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 09 Jul 2020 16:00

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 Ampere GPUs rumored to already be in production

With the entry-level and lower-mid-range RTX 3000 GPUs already in production, we could expect a complete Ampere lineup by late 2020. This way, Nvidia can better counter AMD's RDNA2 GPUs that threaten to take over the gaming GPU ma...

Bogdan Solca, 09 Jul 2020 15:17

The GeForce GTX 1060 remains popular for gamers on Steam. (Image source: NVIDIA)

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and a 1080p resolution remains the most popular combination for gamers

NVIDIA may be on the verge of releasing its new Ampere architecture. However, the latest Steam hardware survey reveals that many gamers have yet to move to the company's Turing architecture. Instead, Pascal generation cards remain...

Alex Alderson, 09 Jul 2020 14:22

The CEO of MSI dies aged 56

Shengchang Chiang - also often known as Charles Chiang - has been reported dead. He had taken over as the chief executive officer (CEO) of MSI in January 2019, having served as the company's head of its desktop division prior to t...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 08 Jul 2020 19:37

Lisa Su has confirmed that Zen 3 processors will be released this year. (Image source: AMD)

AMD confirms that Ryzen 4000 "Vermeer" Zen 3 and 7 nm processors will launch later this year

Ryzen 4000 desktop processors will be launching this year, AMD CEO Lisa Su has confirmed. Codenamed "Vermeer", the processors are based on the company's Zen 3 architecture and an improved 7 nm process.

Alex Alderson, 08 Jul 2020 18:04

The 3995WX denomination suggests that we could see even more cores and threads compared to the 3990X model. (Image Source: Chiphell)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX CPU sample spotted in the wild, might launch next week

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPUs are supposed to integrate more business/workstation-oriented features along with server-oriented features borrowed from the Epyc-series like the 8-channel memory support for up to 2 TB of RAM capaci...

Bogdan Solca, 08 Jul 2020 16:36

The new Logitech MX Keys and MX Master 3 are custom-made for Apple's Mac and iPad lines. (Image: Logitech)

Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, MX Keys have been tailor made for Apple Mac users

Logitech is back this time with a new keyboard and mouse specifically customized for use with Apple’s Macs and iPads. The new MX Keys keyboard for Mac and MX Master 3 mouse incorporate pre-set functionality and features that even ...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 08 Jul 2020 13:11

These new GTX 1650 cards are based on either the TU116 or TU106 GPUs. (Image source: GALAX & Palit)

ASUS, Gigabyte and other OEMs release new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 variants with Turing video encoders

NVIDIA and its partners are continuing to release TU106 and TU116 versions of the GeForce GTX 1650. At least three new partners have now released new GTX GeForce 1650 models. All include the Turing NVENC encoder, which promises to...

Alex Alderson, 08 Jul 2020 12:54

The Ryzen 7 4700G is an 8 core and 16 thread APU. (Image source: igor'sLAB)

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G manages over a 300 MHz overclock on 4.4 GHz boost clock at 1.425 V

Details about the overclocking potential of the AMD Ryzen 7 4700G have been revealed online. The Zen 2 APU, which is reported to have a 4.4 GHz boost clock and a 65 W TDP, has been shown to reach over 4.7 GHz at 1.425 V. The APU i...

Alex Alderson, 07 Jul 2020 17:28

Samsung’s 8K Q900 television (Image source: Samsung)

H.266 video codec finally let you stream 8K and 4K video content without laying waste to your data cap

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz institute recently announced the new H.266 video codec standard as a successor to H.265. The new codec promises equivalent image quality at half the bit rate. This could make 8K and 4K content accessi...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 07 Jul 2020 16:21

The new 50 TB and 100 TB SSDs from Nimbus Data come in 3.5-inch form-factors. (Image Source: Nimbus Data)

Nimbus Data first to release 100 TB SSDs, but prices are way too high

Samsung promised to deliver 128 TB SSDs by 2018, but it looks like the demand for such large drives is not there yet. Nevertheless, Nimbus Data thinks that we are ready for 100 TB SSDs, unleashing this model upon us for US$40,000....

Bogdan Solca, 07 Jul 2020 16:01

Two Ampere GA104 variants were recently uncovered (Image source: iGamesNews)

NVIDIA GeForce “RTX 3070 Ti” leaks along with fellow GA104 part: two different cards or is this the GTX 1060 all over again?

Tipster @kopite7kimi leaked specs for two different GA104 cards. However, contrary to expectations, we think that these might represent the same functional SKU and not two different card tiers, considering the very slight spec dif...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 07 Jul 2020 15:49

Covid-19 workplace restrictions might be about to ease for many workers. (Source: Flickr)

66% of professionals surveyed still don't know when going to the office will be a thing again: new study

A new study conducted in June 2020 by the company TeamBlind indicates that 33% of the workers who participated in it have been given a date on which they can resume office work. This figure varied when corrected for location or co...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 06 Jul 2020 22:39

Intel launches XBox Game Bar widget alongside latest Graphics Command Center update (Source: Intel)

Intel launches its first XBox Game Bar widget alongside latest Graphics Command Center update

The widget is lacking at the moment, but it's at least easy on the eyes with direct controls for brightness, colors, power plan, and live recording or streaming. A more fully-featured version of the widget is expected to come late...

Allen Ngo, 06 Jul 2020 09:26

Google investigating new ways to reduce Chrome CPU hogging. (Image: Notebookcheck)

Upcoming Chrome browser feature promises to deliver big battery gains for laptops

A new feature update coming to Chrome 86 looks set to make serious reductions in its resource usage. The experimental feature could extend battery life considerably on laptops by shutting down certain background tasks in open tabs...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 06 Jul 2020 07:10

The Apple iMac currently comes in 21.5-inch and 27-inch size choices. (Image source: Apple)

Potential 2020 Apple iMac refresh with unknown 10-core Intel Core i9-10910 CPU and AMD Radeon Pro 5300 desktop GPU spotted on Geekbench

A possible 2020 Apple iMac refresh device has been discovered on Geekbench with some surprising components: An unknown Intel Core i9-10910 processor and an unannounced AMD Radeon Pro 5300 desktop GPU. There has been speculation be...

Daniel R Deakin, 04 Jul 2020 10:42

The Intel Core i9-10850K could do well in the CPU market if priced appropriately. (Image source: Newegg)

10-core Intel Core i9-10850K speeds past 5 GHz in Geekbench and posts rousing scores that reveal it to be a possible budget i9-10900K

An Intel Core i9-10850K processor has been spotted on Geekbench, where it was recorded reaching a maximum frequency of 5.17 GHz. The Comet Lake part also amassed strong benchmark results that stand up well against an i9-10900KF an...

Daniel R Deakin, 04 Jul 2020 08:41

Eurocom MXM-to-PCIe x16 adapter lets you put a laptop GPU inside of a desktop PC

In what is essentially an eGPU docking station in reverse, the Eurocom Riser card allows users to install laptop MXM3 graphics cards directly onto their desktop PCIe slots. The product is aimed at professionals and workstation env...

Allen Ngo, 04 Jul 2020 07:32

The tray models of the top-of-the-line Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs are apparently already up for pre-order. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD's Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs already available at Dutch retailer, tray model prices revealed

Dutch online retailer Centralpoint.nl is already offering tray versions for AMD's top-of-the-line 65 W Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs. These are Euro prices, but we can estimate that the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G 8-core / 16-thread should cost a...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Jul 2020 16:40

HBM2E chips come with capacities up to 16 GB. (Image Source: SK Hynix)

SK Hynix starts mass production for 16 GB HBM2E DRAM chips

The HBM2E memory chips offer up to 460 GB/s bandwidth, plus they are 50% more energy efficient and come in a 30% smaller package compared to the HBM2 models. With such an improved bandwidth, the HBM2E chips are expected to signifi...

Bogdan Solca, 02 Jul 2020 17:08

Subtle 3080 Ti branding (Image Source: Videocardz)

Leaked picture shows new cooler design on alleged ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ROG STRIX

The alleged 3080 Ti ROG STRIX features a triple-fan cooler with aggressive silver accents that remind of the ROG MATRIX series, plus an RGB strip at the top, suggesting that the series could potentially go into premium-grade terri...

Bogdan Solca, 02 Jul 2020 14:16

Ampere cards might leverage Samsung’s 8nm fab process (Image source: iGamesNews)

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ampere cards might be built on Samsung’s 8nm process instead of TSMC’s 7nm node

Tipster @kopite7kimi recently stated that NVIDIA’s upcoming Ampere RTX 3000 series cards will be manufactured on Samsung’s 8nm process, not TSMC’s 7nm node. While this is unlikely to have performance implications this far down the...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 02 Jul 2020 12:58

The new translucent Start menu picks up automatically on the system theme. (Image: Microsoft)

New Windows 10 Start menu design official, plus other UI tweaks in the pipeline

After hinting at upcoming changes to the Start menu, Microsoft has officially announced that it is coming to Window 10 in the near future. Currently only available in Windows 10 Preview build 20161, users can start to play with th...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 02 Jul 2020 12:29