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14th Gen Intel CPUs can get up to a 200 FPS boost with this little-known tool
By Sean Endicott published
How much?! Intel's new 14th Gen CPUs are the only processors to support Intel Application Optimization. That tool can dramatically increase gaming performance, as shown by a Redditor recently.
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Lenovo Legion Tower 7i (Gen 8) review: Simply powerful, and utterly easy to recommend
By Zachary Boddy published
Review The Lenovo Legion Tower 7i (Gen 8) stands at the pinnacle of Lenovo's gaming desktop lineup, ready for 4K gaming. Here's our full review.
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Intel Core i7-14700K review: A powerhouse CPU even if it's not the upgrade you might have hoped for
By Richard Devine last updated
Review Intel's 14th Gen CPUs are here, and the Core i7-14700K is the only one to get more cores this year. But this mild upgrade might not be what you hoped for.
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper is back to rip those threads even harder than before, but is it for you?
By Dan Rice published
Ripping threads AMD has listened to its consumers in bringing back Ryzen Threadripper along with two new chipsets and a focus on professional workstations.
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The best early graphics card deals for Black Friday: Top GPU discounts available now
By Brendan Lowry published
Deals Black Friday is a ways away, but that doesn't mean there aren't early deals on graphics cards.
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AMD announces fastest Radeon laptop GPU ever — meet the RX 7900M
By Sean Endicott published
So much power AMD just unveiled its most powerful Radeon laptop GPU ever. The RX 7900M is built on AMD's RDNA 3 architecture and has second generation Infinity Cache and ray tracing technology.
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Intel Core i9-14900KF overclocks past 9GHz, breaking another frequency world record
By Dan Rice published
Moar gains A group of hardcore overclockers have used the new Intel Core i9-14900KF to attain a new frequency world record.
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US further limits AI chip exports to China from NVIDIA and other manufacturers
By Kevin Okemwa published
NO CHIPS Biden's administration placed a major cap on AI chip exports to China.
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Intel i7-13700K vs Intel i7-14700K: Should you upgrade?
By Colton Stradling published
14700K vs 13700K Does the next-gen 14700K offer enough performance to make the leap or does the 13700K punch above its weight class?
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G.SKILL's new DDR5 RAM pairs perfectly with the Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and the rest of Intel's 14th Gen CPUs
By Sean Endicott published
so much speed G.SKILL just announced its new Trident Z5 RGB DDR5 memory kits that can help get the best performance for your PC running on a 14th Gen Intel CPU.
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