You're upgrading your PC in the wrong order, and these 3 mistakes prove it
…So if you aren't impressed by your new GPU's FPS gains, it's because you didn't upgrade your CPU alongside it. You chased frame rates you can't really…
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Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…s launch CPUs, with the latest BIOS update to enable Ultra Core 200S Plus, and the new IPPP package with updated chipset drivers, on a freshly installed Windows 11 Pro. GPU Nvidia…
I wish I realized my RAM wasn't running at full speed earlier
…If anything, I was more distracted by the CPU swap itself and how much better my GPU usage would be with the 5800X3D. It wasn't until I started paying attention to…
Intel's gaming handhelds went from a punchline to rivaling AMD, and the chip is only half the reason
…They're based on the Panther Lake architecture on Intel's new 18A process, and the Extreme pairs a 14-core CPU with the Arc B390 integrated GPU and its 12 Xe3…
I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control
…use the --n-cpu-moe flag to offload some expert weights on the CPU instead of forcing them on my graphics card, while -ngl 999 ensures my GPU gets utilized for the…
The 5800X3D is the 1080 Ti of CPUs, but I wouldn't buy one today
…5090, it won't hold your GPU back. That said, I still wouldn't buy this CPU today, especially if I'm building a new PC from scratch, because its value proposition…
AMD's rumored Ryzen 7 7700X3D could be the budget X3D CPU gamers have been waiting for
…mortgage on a new discrete GPU. What will make or break this CPU is pricing, but AMD has been pretty good with its old-but-new CPU launches. Taking aim at budget…
Nvidia's RTX Spark is a chip unlike any other, and it could change Windows laptops forever
…Asus Zenbook A16 (2026) 9.5 /10 Operating System Windows 11 CPU Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E96100 or X2E94100 GPU Qualcomm Adreno GPU RAM 48GB LPDDR5X $2200 at Asus $1700 at Best…
I change these 5 GPU settings on every new PC for maximum performance, and you should too
…A GPU undervolt is the cleanest "set it and forget it" tweak you can (and should) make on a new PC. Related I undervolted my CPU and GPU at the same time…
The Orange Pi Zero 3W beats the Raspberry Pi 5 on paper, but it can't use half its own hardware
…The CPU does the usual CPU things. Wi-Fi connects, Bluetooth pairs, and HDMI works. Run anything that needs the GPU, though, and you'll find it isn't being used. Open…