Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD review: The real EVO drive is here By Shane Downing published 28 October 24 The 990 EVO Plus is Samsung’s real answer to the DRAM-less SSD market, an improvement over the stalled 990 EVO in every way. The company is back to form with a pretty solid drive.
WD Black SN850X 8TB SSD review: The no-compromise 8TB champion By Shane Downing published 16 October 24 Worth the wait, but still expensive
Nvidia GeForce 256 celebrates its 25th birthday — company talks about a quarter century of GPU progression By Christopher Harper published 11 October 24 Nvidia touts the legacy and impact of its GeForce graphics cards, which started 25 years ago with the GeForce 256.
AMD reveals core specs for Instinct MI355X CDNA4 AI accelerator — slated for shipping in the second half of 2025 By Jarred Walton published 10 October 24 AMD officially previewed its Instinct MI355X AI accelerator, slated to go into production in the second half of 2025. It also formally launched MI325X, with production starting this quarter.
Best Prime Day October 2024 Deals You Can Still Get By Avram Piltch, Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, Andrew E. Freedman, Matt Safford, Les Pounder, Brandon Hill, Paul Alcorn, Jarred Walton last updated 10 October 24 The deal holiday is officially over but savings continue on Amazon and its competitors.
Nvidia RTX 4090 supplies are dwindling, prices skyrocketing as likely RTX 5090 launch approaches By Jarred Walton last updated 9 October 24 Making way for the new king of the hill.
Save up to $40 on Nvidia RTX 4060 and 4070 class GPUs — AMD RX 7000-series also discounted By Jarred Walton published 8 October 24 We've checked pricing on current generation graphics cards for October Prime Day 2024 to find the best deals. Mainstream GPUs look to be in the sweet spot for savings.
Phison E31T ES 2TB Review: The performance per watt champion By Shane Downing published 30 September 24 Finally, a PCIe 5.0 SSD for laptops and more
AMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 7600 GPU faceoff: Is 16GB of video memory worth it in a budget GPU? By Aaron Klotz published 28 September 24 The AMD RX 7600 XT 16GB takes on AMD's RX 7600 8GB, offering twice the VRAM but at a much higher cost. Only one card can emerge as the winner of this GPU faceoff.
Nvidia RTX 5090 rumor claims PCIe 5.0, DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20, and only a single 12V-2x6 power connector By Aaron Klotz published 27 September 24 Other rumors have said 5090 will have two 12V-2x6 connectors.
Leak claims RTX 5090 has 600W TGP, RTX 5080 hits 400W — up to 21,760 cores, 32GB VRAM, 512-bit bus By Anton Shilov published 26 September 24 The 5090 sounds a lot like a dual-chip version of the 5080.
We benchmarked Intel's Lunar Lake GPU with Core Ultra 9 — overall performance improved, though driver concerns still remain [Updated] By Jarred Walton published 25 September 24 Intel's integrated Battlemage GPU put to the test.
Final Fantasy XVI PC benchmarks: Poorly optimized and needs framegen just to hit 60 fps on a lot of GPUs By Jarred Walton published 21 September 24 RTX 4090 can break 100 fps, at 1080p and low to medium settings.
Kingston NV3 SSD Review: A solid, affordable SSD By Shane Downing published 18 September 24 Kingston’s budget SSD line returns with improvements
AMD plans for FSR4 to be fully AI-based — designed to improve quality and maximize power efficiency By Jarred Walton published 13 September 24 The team in charge has already been working on this for 9–12 months.
Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender By Shane Downing published 13 September 24 Editor's Choice SMI’s high-end SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is finally here. It offers top notch performance and does so with greatly improved efficiency, ushering in an era of better controllers and SSDs.
PS5 Pro confirmed — New PlayStation will cost $699.99 on November 5 with larger GPU and PSSR Upscaling By Jarred Walton, Andrew E. Freedman published 10 September 24 Sony announced the PS5 Pro, which will launch on November 5 with a larger GPU and PSSR upscaling as well as better ray tracing. The optical drive will be sold separately, as expected.
AMD announces unified UDNA GPU architecture — bringing RDNA and CDNA together to take on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem By Paul Alcorn published 9 September 24 Two become one.
Addlink NAS D60 SSD review: Finally a good caching NVMe SSD By Shane Downing published 7 September 24 A niche solution with interesting features.
Adata Legend 970 Pro SSD review: More pretender than contender By Shane Downing published 31 August 24 The Adata Legend 970 Pro finally delivers a PCIe 5.0 alternative to Phison E26-based SSDs for high-end PCs, but it has poor power efficiency and fails to live up to its 'Pro' moniker.
Nvidia shows off Blackwell server installations in progress — AI and data center roadmap has Blackwell Ultra coming next year with Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs in 2026 By Jarred Walton published 23 August 24 Nvidia also emphasized that it sees Blackwell and Rubin as platforms and not just GPUs.
Black Myth Wukong PC benchmarks: A tour de force for Nvidia's ray tracing hardware [Updated] By Jarred Walton published 23 August 24 AMD and Intel GPUs will want to stick to rasterization rather than full ray tracing.
AMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 6750 XT GPU faceoff: Two $300 AMD cards duke it out for mainstream supremacy By Aaron Klotz published 18 August 24 The newer 16GB card runs up against the potent previous-gen 12GB card.
How to Buy the Right Graphics Card: A GPU Guide for 2024 By Jarred Walton published 15 August 24 Picking the right graphics card for gaming is hard. We'll walk you through how to buy a GPU and get the right card for your PC without spending more than needed.
Netac NV7000-Q SSD review: A budget SSD with matching performance By Shane Downing published 15 August 24 The Netac NV7000-Q SSD is a QLC-based budget SSD that performs well enough and is very efficient. However, it’s hard to find and only available at 1TB, making it a niche solution.
