… Below are Intel's Core Series 3 configurations: Processor Cores/Threads P-core Turbo NPU TOPS GPU Core 7 360 6 4.8GHz 17 2 / 2.6GHz Core 7 350 6 4.8GHz 17 2 / 2.6GHz Core 5 330 6 4.6GHz 16 2 / 2.5GHz Core 5 320 6 4.6GHz 16 2 / 2.5GHz Core 5 315 6 4.4GHz 15 2 / 2.3GHz Core 5 305 edge only 6 4.3GHz N… …
… The flagship feature for this PC is the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which Maingear claims is the first CPU to feature dual AMD 3D V-Cache technology on both core chiplets. This means the processor has a whopping 192MB of L3 cache, which Maingear says is the biggest cache you can get on a consumer CPU. …
… A single 1080p transcode can pin multiple CPU cores for an extended period, and if multiple people are streaming simultaneously, the bottleneck becomes very real, very fast. An old gaming GPU will be able to harness a hardware encoder to take on the brunt of the encoding work. …
… There was a time when a $250 GPU and $150 CPU were enough to enjoy the latest games of the time at reasonable framerates. Today, you can barely run the most demanding titles on budget GPUs. …
… The highlight of the show is the ThinkStation P4, which Lenovo claims is the first workstation in the world to feature both an AMD Ryzen Pro 9000 series processor and an Nvidia RTX Pro 600 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU, with a thermal design and expandability for future hardware releases. …
… It couldn't prepare frames as quickly as my RTX 4090 could render them, so the GPU would end up waiting for the CPU to catch up. That's why my GPU usage wouldn't even stay above 80% despite having more performance left in the tank. …
… Razer claims that this swap to Intel's Ultra 9 range should make the CPU 60% more battery-efficient while delivering 33% better performance, which sounds like a win-win if you ask me. Other than that beefy CPU, we're also looking at up to 64GB of LPDDR5X-9600MHz RAM, soldered onto the board. …
… Allocating plenty of system resources and tweaking the CPU settings definitely improved the experience, but something was still amiss. …
… Even Jellyfin, which requires GPU acceleration for transcoding tasks, pairs well with my NAS, as I can just pass the integrated graphics to my NAS and get solid performance when running a couple of 4K streams simultaneously. …
… Just don't use it to mask CPU bottlenecks or poor native performance, and you'll be happy with the results, at least in slower, single-player titles. …
