Highest Performance Best CPU for Gaming Specifications Architecture:Zen 5 Socket:AM5 Cores/Threads:16/32 Base Frequency:4.3 GHz Top Boost Frequency:5.7 GHz TDP:170W Reasons to buy + Fastest 16-core chip in gaming + Near-parity gaming with the 9800X3D (on average) ...
Both Intel and AMD offer great processors for gaming. Typically, Intel CPUs are the better choice if you want a processor that can handle intense gaming alongside creative work. On the other hand, AMD is known to be perfect for gamers. They are powerful processors that can handle most of ...
ASUS played it safe for the refresh, bumping the CPUs up to Intel's newer Core Ultra 7 265H or Ultra 9 285H with an NPU capable of 13 TOPS. That's not enough for Copilot+, but overall you can expect improved PC performance. The ASUS Zenbook DUO absolutely blew me away when it ...
AMD has overtaken Intel (for now):These days, you'll often get more for less with an AMD processor, including a nice in-box cooler (although not with the highest-end Ryzen 7 and 9 Ryzen 5000 models) and more cores/threads. Gaming performance has also shifted in favor of AMD for the...
It's the CPU I'd want to pair with an RTX 4090 today to know I was getting the most out of my GPU silicon, and for me that makes it the best gaming CPU around today. Though that might change when I get to test the rest of the X3D range... TOPICS Ryzen Dave James Editor-...
Read the white paper How the NXP ASK Converts the LS1043A Into a Smart NIC or Router NXP chose the OpenWRT software stack for its good traction within the industry and its alignment with how NXP creates and maintains software. Read the white paper...
Intel sells "Cores" and consumers get 2P cores and a tone of E cores, in the near future also Extra Energy efficient E cores that their only purpose is to help Intel win battery efficiency benchmarks. Yes, it feels a bit like a marketing scam. Honestly, the 4P+4E or Meteor Lake ...
I mean you can put a $35 Air cooler on a 5900X that you would not even put near a 5950X. Thankfully Thermalright has things like P.A. for $45 Canadian dollars to make the argument moot. There is no such thing as significant anymore. We just expect 30%...
filters (except xtr) with an i7-8700, at DSD512 and compared with the 2s versions and honestly couldn't hear a difference (to my ears), so will happily stick with the 2s filters. My wallet is happy with that decision too. Plus it allowed for more budget room for the new Pro iDSD....
As for the 280mm radiator, it is made from black painted aluminium, and as you can see, the dimensions are closer to 300mm in length, and near 145mm in width. 48 Looking at the header, we find a 30mm thick radiator, but the fin arrangement is only 27mm thick. We also see that ...