Intel’s wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2024
The good news for Intel? 2024’s almost over. Our collection of the highs and lows of Intel’s 2024 will have you reaching for the brandy. They weren’t good. I mean, aside from some of Intel’s…
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Intel’s $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we’ve begged for since the pandemic
Intel heard your screams of anguish, PC gamers. Budget graphics cards that are actually worth your money have all but disappeared this pandemic/crypto/AI-crazed decade, with modern “budget” GPUs going for $300 or more, while simultaneously…
Oops! Intel’s unannounced Arc B580 graphics card leaks on Amazon
Wellllllllll those rumors of an impending launch for Intel’s next-gen Arc “Battlemage” graphics cards in December are looking a lot more concrete now. We discussed the whispers on this week’s episode of our Full Nerd…
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: New gaming titan obliterates Intel’s best
AMD’s vaunted “X3D” V-Cache technology vaulted Ryzen processors to the pinnacle of gaming supremacy when it debuted in the legendary Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Now, it arrives with extra pressure on its proverbial shoulders: Can that…
Why I’m rooting for Intel’s new Core Ultra laptops
As far as brands go, Intel has etched itself deeply into my mind as a brand I can trust. To say I get a little excited with each successive chip release is an understatement, especially…
Warning! Most Windows power settings slow Intel’s new CPUs to a crawl
If you’re going to buy Intel’s latest Intel Core Ultra 200S or “Arrow Lake” processors, here’s an important tip: run your system in Windows’ Performance power mode, and consider avoiding upgrading to Windows 11 24H2…
Intel’s Core Ultra desktop CPUs keep AI simple to make gamers happy
Intel’s new Arrow Lake architecture, aka the Core Ultra 200S series, brings AI capabilities onto Intel desktops. But the chip doesn’t use the Copilot+ capabilities of Intel’s mobile Lunar Lake chip — its designers used…
Hyperthreading is dead in Intel’s new Core Ultra PC chips
Intel’s latest Arrow Lake processor for desktop PCs fuses its “Meteor Lake” and “Lunar Lake” architectures together, carrying over Meteor Lake’s NPU and Lunar Lake’s abandonment of hyperthreading. Yes, hyperthreading has been banned from Intel’s…
Qualcomm: Our new Snapdragon Oryon phone chip is faster than Intel’s Lunar Lake
In the ongoing war of words between Intel and Qualcomm in the low-power PC computing space, Qualcomm has fired a mammoth shot: The company is claiming that its second-generation Snapdragon Oryon CPU core is faster…
Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs offer ‘parity’ performance at half the power
Intel’s latest “Arrow Lake” desktop processor, otherwise known as the Core Ultra 200S, delivers a shocking one-two punch: significantly lower power consumption and package temperatures compared to its predecessor, while delivering comparable performance. Well, that’s…