Benchmarks are not an conclusion-all-be-all for graphics card or computer system processor general performance, but they can give customers a good concept of what they’re getting into ahead of possibly dropping a couple grand on new system elements. Now, new benchmarks look to tease that Radeon RX 7900 XT benchmarks […]
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The Five Best PC Upgrades to Improve Performance
Keith Homan/Shutterstock.com Upgrading a PC? Your choices range from installing more RAM to custom building a case designed for a DIY liquid cooling system. Which upgrades are the best depends on your PC. What specs does it have right now? Are you gaming, editing 4K videos, or just browsing the […]
Processor cores and laptop performance: What you need to know
The laptops hitting store shelves in 2022 will have a lot of cores. Intel’s 12th-gen Core processors for mobile, revealed at CES 2022 and starting to hit the streets now, pack up to 14 cores, and the desktop variants pack up to 16. This isn’t a record (AMD’s Threadripper desktop […]
AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 ‘Big Navi’ performance tease reveals an RTX 3080 rival
Today’s AMD event may have been Zen 3’s big reveal, but the company tossed a juicy bone to the Radeon faithful, too. After announcing the beastly Ryzen 9 5900X (among others), CEO Lisa Su then showed off gameplay footage of Borderlands 3 running on the CPU at 4K resolution with […]
The HP Pavilion 15 offers Ryzen 4000 performance for as little as $600
The HP Pavilion 15 may be just in time to scratch the public’s itch for budget Ryzen 4000 laptops, which are so far selling out as fast as vendors can make them. Announced Tuesday and set to go on sale in October, Pavilion 15 prices will start at $600 on […]
Tiger Lake CPU performance: How Intel makes up for past clock-speed shortcomings
Intel promised ”dramatic” clock-speed increases in its 11th-gen “Tiger Lake” Intel Core CPU. It delivered. In August, Intel surprised us by promising that its new SuperFIN transistor would push Tiger Lake to a greater-than-generational improvement in CPU performance. While that claim will have to wait for actual testing, the numbers […]
Lenovo launches ThinkPads with high-octane Ultra Performance Mode
Lenovo unveiled the third generation of its 15-inch ThinkPad X1 Extreme laptop on Wednesday morning, boasting an Intel 10th-gen Core CPU, upgraded graphics, and a brighter display option. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 spearheads a range of Lenovo’s new mobile workstations, built around Intel’s “H” series processors. Lenovo announced […]
The Dell G5 15 SE features Ryzen, Radeon and Smart Shift’s ‘free performance’
The mystery of just how well AMD’s laptop “Smart Shift” technology will perform just got a little less mysterious on Thursday. First, AMD formally shed a little more light on the first laptop to use the Smart Shift feature, Dell’s G5 15 SE. Calling it kind of a “free performance” […]
The Dell G15 15 SE features Ryzen, Radeon and Smart Shift’s “free performance”
The mystery of just how well AMD’s laptop “Smart Shift” technology will perform just got a little less mysterious on Thursday. First, AMD formally shed a little more light on the first laptop to use the Smart Shift feature, Dell’s G5 15 SE. Calling it kind of a “free performance” […]
Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 debuts: An ultraportable tablet with significantly more performance
Microsoft’s Surface Go 2, announced Wednesday, offers an updated take on Microsoft’s ultralight, ultraportable Surface tablet, together with an updated processor, better display, and LTE options right out of the box. Two years ago, Microsoft launched the original Surface Go, a small, relatively inexpensive 10-inch Surface tablet optimized for on-the-go […]