It’s fairly common for vulnerabilities to emerge in hardware components, and it usually affects a large number of people in the technology industry. A recent example is the recently disclosed Intel’s Downfall vulnerability, which compromised thousands of the company’s CPU users. This time, however, GPU users, regardless of [...]
Similar to urban planning, you also have the problem on the desk that there is not unlimited space available on the X and Y axes. In addition to living space, roads, infrastructure and perhaps even a park have to be built. The situation is similar on the desktop at home, because without a mouse, keyboard and monitor, you don’t have much fun [...]
After yesterday’s review of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition (and the other so-called MSRP cards without factory OC), today I have one of the cheaper OC cards for you in the form of the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Super Jetstream OC, which has an RRP of 699 euros. Of course, I’m not going to repeat the whole thing about the AD104 [...]
According to a user on the Hardwareluxx forum, motherboard manufacturers have released new AGESA BIOS updates for their AM5 motherboards rather unnoticed. The latest BETA BIOS comes from ASUS, who were the first to release 1.1.0.2a for their product range. This update provides improved support for AMD Ryzen 8000G APUs. The two main changes include [...]
Today it’s getting super again. NVIDIA is officially launching the GeForce RTX 4070 Super in the form of the so-called MSRP cards. With a starting price of USD 599 or an RRP of EUR 659, the new Super-Susi is not that far off the street price of the RTX 4070 Non-Super, which starts at just under EUR 600. Today’s test will have to prove [...]
Today in the afternoon, they start again, the exciting Super weeks of NVIDIA, and of course, I will fully report on each of the appointments again. Therefore, 3:00 PM is the new 6:00 AM. But why “Super”? In the wonderful, sometimes confusing world of computer hardware, the word “Super” has taken on a graphical, completely [...]
CAMM is a new memory standard that makes conventional DRAM modules smaller, more compact and enables higher capacities. The second generation LPCAMM2 has already been introduced for notebooks and thin/light PC designs. The LP in CAMM standard stands for low energy consumption, based on the LPDDR5 or LPDDR5X standards with speeds of up to 9.6 Gbps [...]
Last year, there were reports that AMD was working on processors with lower clock speeds within its Dragon Range-HX CPU series. These processors for laptops retain the powerful Zen 4-core architecture and offer up to 16 cores, but at a slightly lower clock speed. The goal is to utilize all Dragon Range CPU chips for gaming laptops and offer more [...]
Before I focus on the new flagship models with OLED panels in 2024, let’s take a look at one of the cheapest entry-level gaming or home office/second monitors that you can currently buy. The ASUS VA24ECE comes with a 24-inch 1920 x 1080p Full HD IPS panel and a maximum refresh rate of 75 Hz. I can’t tell you which manufacturer the [...]
Last week, NVIDIA announced the release of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER graphics card. The data sheet stated a 20% increase in core count compared to the RTX 4070, although the L2 cache was still stated as 36 MB. NVIDIA has now confirmed that the 36 MB figure was an error and has updated the product pages with the correct cache size of 48 MB, which [...]
AMD has unveiled the Ryzen 8000G “Hawk Point” AM5 desktop APUs at CES 2024, combining Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU cores. These chips are equipped with the latest Ryzen AI “XDNA” NPUs (8700G & 8600G) and are aimed at a budget or mainstream audience who want to play casual or AAA games without having to upgrade a discrete [...]
With the SGK50 S3, SHARKOON is expanding its portfolio with another compact keyboard that is not only fully hotswappable, but also compatible with the open-source QMK/VIA software. Read on to find out whether the keyboard, which is available in several versions, is convincing. It’s no longer a secret that I have my problems with keyboards [...]
It is well known that you can use tools such as MSI Afterburner to increase or decrease the maximum power consumption of a graphics card (within the specifications). In addition, the 12V-2×6 connection (formerly 12VHPWR) also offers different power levels. But what are the differences between the two options and what happens if you use both [...]
According to XPG, the upcoming hybrid design is a patented dual-fan CPU cooler that integrates many functions into a single unit. It is important to note that this product is still far from its final design and should be considered an early prototype. Therefore, the final design may change drastically. The hybrid CPU cooler from XPG initially [...]
Having recently tested several small systems equipped with top-of-the-range mobile processors, today we are once again looking at the other end of the spectrum. Packaging and scope of delivery The box couldn’t have been much more generic. After all, it is made clear to us umpteen times that there is a mini PC inside. The sticker on the back [...]
Just in time for CES, ASUS presents the new ROG SWIFT OLED and QD OLED gaming monitor range, featuring the latest 3rd generation OLED technology. These monitors offer a 30% brighter display, clearer pixel edges and extremely low motion blur. The monitors are available in a range of sizes including 27-inch, 32-inch, 34-inch and 39-inch. In [...]
Once again, I was faced with the task of buying my lovely wife a replacement keyboard for her iPad. But with the requirement to convert the tablet into a notebook. She wants to write her book on the train and that doesn’t work with the simple models. What’s more, 2 different ones have gone in just under 2 years and none of them were [...]
NVIDIA’s ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) is an impressive technology that has yet to be seen in action. However, with the latest announcement from Team Green, we’re getting closer. The company has today unveiled its production microservices for ACE technology. These enable game developers, tools developers and app developers to seamlessly [...]
Today, an hour before midnight, I was able to free the GeForce RTX 4070 Super-Susi from its outer packaging in advance and with great publicity. The timing is, of course, reserved for my US colleagues, but a little hardware striptease at this time of night can never hurt, even if I don’t really like such unboxing events. But since half of [...]
Getty Images, a global creator and marketplace for visual content, today unveiled at CES Generative AI by iStock, an affordable and commercially safe image generation service trained on the company’s creative library of licensed, property-ready data. Based on NVIDIA Picasso, a foundry for custom AI models, Generative AI by iStock provides [...]
