Actually, everything looked so good when I recently started the big roundup of workstation graphics cards and also published the first part with all four new Radeon Pro graphics cards. The cards didn’t perform badly, on the contrary. But I already noted things during benchmarking back then that I definitely wanted to re-test. Especially [...]
While the Tower 100 still lacked installation options for a powerful AIO and monster graphics cards like a 4090 or 7900XTX, the slightly grown Tower 200 now offers space for 280mm AIOs and 380mm GPUs. Read about the strengths and weaknesses of the stylish tower in the review. When I tested the Tower 500 a little over a year ago, I was quite taken [...]
If you were to continuously look at the development of Intel’s temporary upscaling technology, known as XeSS, you could definitely see noticeable progress. Apparently, a new version was recently released in conjunction with the current Software Development Kit (SDK). It can be assumed that this update contains a freshly revised libxess.dll [...]
Actually, after almost 2 weeks of endless benchmarks and the first roundup of the new workstation graphics cards, I wanted to quickly cover the new Radeon Pro W7000 series as a separate article and draw a preliminary line before the next cards. So, the four new cards with beautiful, unique product images (which I’ve already done) and all the [...]
Who hasn’t experienced this, one year after purchase, you take a first look at the condition of the battery and believe that everything is in perfect order. Fiddlesticks! Even though the current iPhone 14 is in the headlines because of its battery, today’s example within the family shows that excessive use of things like YouTube [...]
The NETAC NV7000-t 2TB NVMe SSD is actually a highly interesting SSD, because it combines (like the already reviewed Acer Predator GM 7) a (still) quite exotic controller (that does without DRAM as cache) with a very special Chinese 3D-TLC NAND from YMTC. In this form, it is even (on paper) one of the fastest PCIe-4 SSDs without a DRAM cache and [...]
News from SIGGRAPH 2023: NVIDIA and leading manufacturers showcase powerful RTX workstations for the era of AI and digital creativity.These powerful computers are ideal companions for creating AI applications and digital artwork. BOXX, Dell Technologies, HP and Lenovo showcased their high-tech systems here, based on NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation [...]
The latest version 1.01 of the MoreClockTool is online. With the use of the AMD Device Library eXtra Software Development Kit (ADLX SDK) RDNA3 is now also included. For older cards we still recommend the MorePowerTool MPT and the use of alternative drivers, which can be found e.g. as “resurrected” Omega drivers at . The new MCT offers [...]
The next generation APU, internally called “Strix”, will be based on a 4-nanometer process. This process promises a balanced combination of performance and energy efficiency. The APU is aimed equally at professional users and those looking for sophisticated entertainment experiences. One particularly notable feature of the [...]
I wrote today’s article less than a year ago, so it’s not really “retro” yet, but somehow it’s time to bring it back up in this section on Saturday. I receive so many letters and enquiries on the subject that I think this article simply deserves to be here, and it certainly takes some of the pressure off me because I [...]
With the next refresh of the K70 – in this case the K70 MAX – Corsair introduces the brand new magnetic switches. Thanks to the adjustable trigger point, the MGX switches are supposed to achieve the perfect balance between fast response (gaming) and maximum precision (typing). You can read whether the “wonder switches” [...]
Another OLED monitor from LG wants to be tested. Most will already know the panel from the Corsair Xeneon Flex. The two share the genes. The WOLED panel comes from LG displays and measures 45 inches diagonally and is 800R curved. Unfortunately, the display only comes with a resolution of 3440 x 1440p at 240 Hz refresh rate. Personally, I would [...]
AMDVLK 2023.Q3.1 was released this morning as the latest update for AMD’s official open-source Radeon Vulkan Linux driver. This represents the first update since mid-June and brings several new features and improvements. One of the significant changes in AMDVLK 2023.Q3.1 is the integration of support for Phoenix APUs. This will enable smooth [...]
From time to time, I like to present interesting projects ranging from community careers to startups or life stories behind the scenes of a company. Today I’m going to give you a home story of a different kind, because I’m going to let Marc Gaser tell his life story and tale of woe himself. The story of and about Liquid Extasy as a [...]
The French company nPerf, based in Lyon, has a worldwide server network that is also optimized to measure your connection speed precisely. We have included the GUI ourselves on our homepage and have been using this service for our readers for years. Today’s study is based on tests conducted by users of the nPerf mobile app, which is [...]
Intel’s 14th generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors are already scratching their hooves and it should certainly not be very long before Intel releases its new chips. The Core i9-14900K is a processor with 24 cores and 32 threads, which contains eight P-cores and 16 E-cores. It serves as a direct replacement for Intel’s Core i9 [...]
This news is based on a press release from Epomaker and thus does not represent a test. However, the whole thing could be interesting, because the Epomaker Shadow-X mechanical keyboard presents a quite innovative technology. With high-quality mechanical switches, it offers precise typing and durability. The modern design combines form and [...]
The title has already betrayed it, today it goes times in a completely different direction. Not only thematically, but also locally. Out of the quiet test chamber, out into the wide world! Well, at least into the garden. Maybe you already noticed it in the topics of my last reviews, over the hot summer I try to avoid the reviews of coolers [...]
Today I’ll take a look at a monitor that is often recommended by YouTubers as a cheap entry-level gaming monitor. The monitor only costs about 110 Euros when new. I was able to buy the monitor for 75 euros (still with foil on it) almost new via classifieds. I myself don’t need the Samsung Full HD monitor – also known as [...]
Today Bruce takes on the nasty weather and makes sure everyone is back in full contact. US Engineering FTW…
