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Acer went all-in on the Swift Edge 16's gorgeous OLED display and forgot to balance the rest of the laptop

The Swift Edge 16 for 2024 is competitively priced despite a stellar OLED display and a lightweight design, but its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Poor battery life and thermals, iffy touchpad, and below-average speakers are some of the issues I get into in this review.

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AMD Strix Halo APU makes a splash with 5.36GHz clock speed in benchmark leak: Does it beat the MacBook?

If any AMD APU was going to take on Apple's MacBooks, it could be the Strix Halo. Let's jump into how it did with its whopping 5.36GHz clock speed.

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AMD dishes out more Zen 5 details — compact core is 25% smaller than the normal core, new SoC and chip architecture with dual CCXs

AMD followed up this week with even more deep-dive details on its Zen 5 microarchitecture, new Zen 5c cores, and SoC layout. Here are additional details on the new Ryzen 9000 series chips that are slated to launch next week.

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After Doubling Last Year, How High Can AMD Stock Rise in 2024?

After surging more than 127% in 2023, can a stronger second quarter help to push this semiconductor stock higher this year?

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AMD is already prepping a 3nm update to its new Zen 5 CPUs

4nm and 3nm Zen 5 plans are so close, they're "on top of each other".

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Core Ultra K prototype appears on CPU-Z, uses Intel 4 process node and hits 5 GHz, lacks AVX-512 support

Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake-S CPUs appear to be coming without AVX-512, marking another generation where Intel disables AVX-512 due to compatibility issues with its E-cores.

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I just spent $7 on this essential Steam app that can triple frame rates in PC games

‘Lossless scaling’ is an upscaler and a form of frame generation that is both incredible and super-cheap on Steam.

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JEDEC Plans LPDDR6-Based CAMM, DDR5 MRDIMM Specifications

Following a relative lull in the desktop memory industry in the previous decade, the past few years have seen a flurry of new memory standards and form factors enter development. Joining the traditional DIMM/SO-DIMM form factors, we've seen the introduction of space-efficient DDR5 CAMM2s, their LPDDR5-based counterpart the LPCAMM2, and…

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Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance

Dylan Browne, an Unreal Engine Supervisor and Feature Film VFX at the ModelFarm visual effects studio, posted on X that his company is experiencing a 50% failure rate for systems powered by Intel's Core i9-13900K and 14900K computers.

Tom’s Hardware

Tom's Guide Awards 2024: The gaming gear and hardware we’ve loved the most this year

Here are the Tom's Guide Awards 2023 winners in the gaming hardware category, including our favorite console, peripherals and more.

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AMD introduces a free Frame Latency Meter tool to measure mouse response time — works with all GPUs, no high-speed camera or manual frame-counting needed

AMD released its Frame Latency Meter software utility for measuring mouse click to display latency that works with all GPUs, without the specialized hardware or manual frame counting that's normally required.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD's older Zen 4 gaming flagship pounds Zen 5 in new gaming benchmarks — Ryzen 7 7800X3D was up to 23% faster than Ryzen 9 9900X

One of the first 3rd party reviews of the Ryzen 9 9900X has revealed that AMD's previous generation, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, is still the best CPU for gaming, beating the 9900X by up to 23%.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD President Victor Peng retires — SVP of AI group Vamsi Boppana will lead AMD's AI business

Executive responsible for AMD's FPGA, embedded, and compute GPUs retires from AMD.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD says its EPYC processors are up to twice as fast as Nvidia's Arm-powered Grace CPU Superchip across multiple benchmarks

AMD's EPYC outperforms Nvidia's Grace CPU in all major server benchmarks, according to tests conducted by AMD.

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We spent over 115 hours testing the battery life on this laptop... we couldn't believe how long it lasted

The new XPS 13 locked in the top spot. It dethroned the king. Let’s jump into our numerous battery life tests to see how it happened and where Qualcomm goes from here.

PC Gamer

Minisforum AtomMan X7 Ti review

A powerful mini PC with cutting-edge mobile tech, outstanding cooling, but oddly mercurial graphics performance.

Tom’s Guide

Asus ROG Ally X — 3 reasons to buy and 2 reasons to skip

The Asus ROG Ally X is now available — here are 3 reasons to buy the new handheld and 2 reasons you might want to skip it.

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Here's What to Expect From Advanced Micro Devices' Next Earnings Report

Advanced Micro Devices is all set to announce its second-quarter results this month, and analysts are projecting double-digit earnings growth.

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AMD RDNA 4 info leak confirms RT performance is getting boosted but could fall short of a major hardware redesign

AMD's GPUs are perfect at rasterization but still trail behind Nvidia when it comes to ray tracing.

Tom’s Hardware

RTX 3050 vs Arc A750 GPU faceoff — Intel Alchemist goes head to head with Nvidia's budget Ampere

The Nvidia RTX 3050 takes on the Intel Arc A750 in another budget GPU matchup, with both cards offering 8GB of VRAM. However, the two cards have very different ways of putting power to the pavement. We compare the GPUs on performance, price, features, power consumption, and more in this…

TechRadar

Nvidia RTX 5080 and 5090 may not turn up this year after all – next-gen GPUs might be launched at CES 2025

Want to get your hands on an Nvidia RTX 5000 GPU? You might be waiting longer than you thought.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD Ryzen 9000 processors prices listed by French retailer — European Ryzen 9 9900X price at nearly $750

PC21.fr lists the retail prices for the Ryzen 5 9600X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and the Ryzen 9 9900X.

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Asus ROG Ally X review: It’s a perfect mid-cycle refresh — but maybe only for diehard gamers

The Asus ROG Ally X is exactly what it should be: A fantastic mid-cycle refresh that improves what’s already there while maintaining a competitive price point.

What is Snapdragon X Elite? How Qualcomm laptop chip compares to rivals

A new processor for Windows laptops brings big potential

Tom’s Hardware

Leaked RDNA 4 features suggest AMD drive to catch up in Ray Tracing — doubled RT intersect engine could come to PS5 Pro

Leaked features document points toward boosted RT performance on RDNA 4 and likely PS5 Pro as well.

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