Latest articles by Alan Dexter
Nvidia's next mining GPU appears to be a passively cooled monster
News Nvidia isn't ready to give up on its cryptocurrency mining cards just yet.
EVGA explains why some of its RTX 3090s were blowing up in New World
News It wasn't the fan controller after all but some flaky soldering.
Leaked AMD 600-series mobo specs lack PCIe 5.0 support
News There are more PCIe 4.0 lanes over current motherboards though.
Nvidia sold fewer CMP mining GPUs than it expected
News But still had its best three months of sales so far.
AMD AM5 socket specs leak including info on monster 170W chip
News The successor to the long-lived AM4 socket is on the way and looking beefy.
Intel's Alchemist GPU looks promising in this gameplay video
News It's pre-production silicon, but I can't help but be hopeful about its potential.
Norton and Avast merge to form super-cybersecurity company
News The merged company lays claim to over 500 million users.
Nvidia's mining limiter hacked: LHR GPUs now 70% effective
News The light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be miners hacking GPUs.
Turn on Nvidia Reflex in Naraka: Bladepoint if you're running an older GPU
Reflexive Lowering system latency is never a bad thing, but how much difference does it make? It's complicated.
Next-gen PCIe 5.0 motherboards inch closer with Phison's new chip
News The chicken and the egg problem appears once again for next-gen storage.
This is why Valve is switching from Debian to Arch for Steam Deck's Linux OS
News It may all be hidden from view, but the underlying SteamOS 3.0 plays a critical role in the future of the Steam Deck.
High-end gaming PCs are exempt from the CEC power regulations
News Perversely, the new rules hurt mid-range PCs far more than power hogs.
Intel reveals its first chiplet CPUs are coming in 2023
News Meteor Lake represents a fundamental change for team blue.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and RX 6600 prices leak
News We could soon get the last salvo of this GPU generation.
EVGA's GPU fans are trying to hit 200,000 RPM in New World, that might explain a fried chip or two
News Ridiculously high fan speeds appear to be behind the issues with the New World beta and failing RTX 3090s.
Modder adds AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to Skyrim VR, Fallout 4 VR, and more
News High virtual reality frame rates and higher quality visuals sound like a good use of AMD's upscaling tech.
Leaked Intel Alder Lake numbers place it up to 22% quicker than AMD's finest Ryzen
News Intel's gamble on big.LITTLE architecture could be about to pay off big time.
You can't escape inflated GPU prices even on MSI's own new store
News Don't get your hopes up if you're in the market for a new graphics card.
Early samples of Intel's next-gen Alder Lake CPUs are already selling in China
News Intel's 12th-gen CPUs could arrive sooner than we thought.
AMD's Lisa Su says chip supplies will remain 'quite tight' until 2022
News It is increasing supply every quarter, though.
MTG Arena's new Dungeons & Dragons set is brilliantly nerdy and surprisingly fun
Monster mash You don't need to know your Forgotten Realms lore to enjoy turning cards sideways.
Upgrading to Windows 11 from Win7 will require a clean install
News That's not really an upgrade at all.
