$500 fiber optic HDMI cable delivers flawless 48 Gbps performance across a staggering 990 feet — crushes 8K at 60 Hz and 4K at 120 Hz over long distances By Hassam Nasir published 28 March 26 An expensive HDMI cable that's not snake oil?
Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPU prices shot up to 17% above MSRP just 48 hours after launch — dynamic pricing trumps manufacturer's recommended pricing By Hassam Nasir published 28 March 26 The Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus is the least affected, with just a $15 price hike.
Microsoft's new gaming boss axed 'This is an Xbox' campaign because 'it didn't feel like Xbox' — Xbox brand undergoes transformation to redefine its identity By Hassam Nasir published 28 March 26 Many changes are coming to Xbox.
Lucky PC builder scores brand new RTX 5060 Ti worth $420 for just $80 at Walmart — clearance sale find saves buyer hundreds upgrading from a GTX 1060 By Hassam Nasir published 28 March 26 It wasn't a pricing error, apparently.
Sony increasing PlayStation 5 prices across all consoles, starting April 2 — PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition receive $100 hikes, while PS5 Pro will now sell for $900 By Hassam Nasir published 27 March 26 The PlayStation Portal is also affected.
Samsung Display debuts 'QuantumBlack' coating for QD-OLED monitors — screen tech boosts ambient black levels while reducing glare By Hassam Nasir published 27 March 26 It will be available on every QD-OLED monitor this year.
Intel's upcoming 'Wildcat Lake' low-power series breaks cover in Geekbench listing — 'Core 3 304' is twice as fast in single-core performance versus last-gen By Hassam Nasir published 26 March 26 And about 50% more powerful in multi-core tests.
AYANEO's upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming console shelved due to rising component prices — company stops preorders for the $1,999 Strix Halo device By Hassam Nasir published 24 March 26 AI takes yet another victim.
Huawei unveils new Atlas 350 AI accelerator with 1.56 PFLOPS of FP4 compute and up to 112GB of HBM — claims 2.8x more performance than Nvidia's H20 By Hassam Nasir published 24 March 26 Built on the Ascend 950PR silicon.
Microsoft says, for once, Windows update isn't to blame for Galaxy Book4 laptops losing access to C: drive — the Galaxy Connect app was the culprit, and it's been taken down from Microsoft Store By Hassam Nasir published 24 March 26 Windows Update is not the culprit.
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads — 1,200 W/m-K "Vapor-Pad" from Xerendipity designed to replace traditional TIM in a CPU By Hassam Nasir published 24 March 26 A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.
Intel's long-rumored Core Ultra 3 205 CPU finally appears for sale at French retailer — priced at $182, early listing confirms previously-known specs for the chip By Hassam Nasir published 23 March 26 No units in stock, though.
RTX 5060 in a house fire suffers melted shroud and fans, but survives with PCB intact — scorched GPU just needed a cleanup and a new cooler for full restoration By Hassam Nasir published 23 March 26 This RTX 4060 survived with flames all around it.
New Fortnite 'Rivalry' includes chance to win RTX 5080 — top five players will be awarded GPU hardware in Chapter 7 Season 2 competition By Hassam Nasir published 20 March 26 You can also win a PS5.
AMD releases FSR 4.1 for RX 9000-series GPUs — new update delivers better Ray Regeneration, finer upscaled detail, and higher FPS By Hassam Nasir published 20 March 26 Ultra Performance Mode gets a slight FPS boost, too.
Arctic's $1,400 AMD Strix Point fanless mini-PC hides under your desk — Senza AI 370 features Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD By Hassam Nasir published 19 March 26 It costs more than you'd think.
Save $350 on the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop with an OLED display — Acer's excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S AI with 32GB of RAM is just $1,549 right now By Hassam Nasir published 19 March 26 Deals And a Core Ultra 9 275HX processor.
8BitDo launches $40 Nintendo 64-inspired wireless controller with 2.4 GHz connection — dedicated wireless receiver even works with the original N64 By Hassam Nasir published 19 March 26 You can buy a Bluetooth receiver separately, too.
Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release By Hassam Nasir published 19 March 26 Support doesn't extend to Alchemist for now.
Intel's new Core Ultra 200HX Plus mobile CPUs include 290HX, 270HX Plus flagships — 8% faster gaming claims fall short of 15% boost promised by desktop Arrow Lake Refresh By Hassam Nasir published 17 March 26 No performance metrics for the 270HX Plus yet.
Airflow enthusiast 3D-prints 15 tiny fans to fit inside a custom, domed Noctua NF-A12x25 frame — bizarre 'Fanhattan Project' cools the CPU just as well as a regular fan By Hassam Nasir published 17 March 26 "Now I am become airflow, the destroyer of CPUs"
Global chip supply chain under threat as US-Iran conflict enters third week — Strait of Hormuz blockade is days away from crippling Taiwan's semiconductor industry By Hassam Nasir published 17 March 26 The world depends on TSMC's chips.
Chinese GPU vendor Zephyr has cancelled its single-fan RTX 4070 Ti Super due to VRAM price hikes — memory shortage is forcing a pivot to an SFF RTX 4070 Super instead By Hassam Nasir published 16 March 26 A single-fan 5070 Ti is also under consideration.
Flabbergasted GPU repair wizard highlights dangers of liquid metal after leak kills entire RTX 5070 Ti — user-applied TIM spread to every crevice of the PCB, physically cracking and shorting out the core By Hassam Nasir published 16 March 26 The liquid metal was applied by the customer.
Save over $100 on this feature-rich Asus AM5 motherboard with Wi-Fi 7, USB4 & DDR5-8000 support — TUF Gaming X870-Plus is on sale for just $170 By Hassam Nasir published 15 March 26 Deals A great board at a great price.
