Intel Arc makes its Steam Hardware Survey debut
Intel has made a lot of news very quickly this week, some of it bad, some of it good. But if you’ve been watching the company’s gaming aspirations over the last few years, you might…
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Intel: We have heavily invested into Arc GPU driver issues
Intel has taken enormous pains to prevent a repeat of the driver woes that plagued its first-generation “Alchemist” GPUs inside its second-generation “Battlemage” cards, Intel fellow Tom Petersen told The Full Nerd podcast on Tuesday…
Watch Intel talk about Arc Battlemage GPUs on The Full Nerd today!
Intel’s had some rather stormy news as of late, but its new second-gen “Battlemage” Arc B500-series discrete graphics cards are a ray of sunshine for anyone who’s been holding out for more affordable GPUs. If…
Intel CEO steps down after a disastrous 2024
There is no joy in Mudville Intel’s corporate headquarters. The company has had an epically horrible year, with widespread issues plaguing its flagship chips, massive upswings from rivals AMD and Nvidia, and a stock downturn…
Tested: Intel Lunar Lake brings real gaming to thin, light laptops
Intel’s new Lunar Lake hardware is a reflection of modern chip design. It’s tempting to call it a “processor” or “CPU” — old habits die hard, after all — but it’s really a system-on-a-chip (SoC),…
Mac processor comparison: Apple silicon vs Intel
If you’re choosing between two different types of Macs or two generations of the same Mac, you may wonder just how much of a difference the processor will make. Since November 2020, all new Macs…
Apple says Mac users targeted in zero-day cyberattacks
Apple released security updates on Tuesday that it says are “recommended for all users,” after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. In a security advisory on its website,…
AMD claims Ryzen AI 300 blows away Intel in gaming by 75 percent
AMD may already have won this generation of desktop processors. But the company is convinced that you should also be turning to Ryzen processors for mobile gaming, as a series of AMD’s own benchmarks show…
Beware: Intel voids warranty for liquid metal, even for crashing CPUs
“Liquid metal” thermal paste, which replaces the usual chemical compound with a metallic alloy, can increase the thermal conductivity between your CPU and cooler. That’s why it’s popular with overclockers and other dedicated PC modders.…
Intel pledges to ‘fix’ Arrow Lake after launch ‘didn’t go as planned’
Intel’s latest “Arrow Lake” processor wasn’t up to snuff. On Friday, a key executive promised to outline went wrong, and to fix it. On a podcast with Hot Hardware, Intel vice president and general manager…