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Google says quantum computing will crack bitcoin cryptography sooner than expected, estimating a 10% chance of 'Q-Day' by 2032
By Jeremy Laird published
News The clock is ticking on cryptocurrency.

Trendforce says DDR5 RAM kit prices have fallen 'sharply' in US, Europe and China but that contract memory prices 'remain stable'
By Jeremy Laird published
News We're not seeing much evidence of cheaper DDR5 kits ourselves, though.

To the surprise of no one, running a PC without system RAM is not the solution to the memory crisis—but hey, you can always force Snake to run in the BIOS
By Andy Edser published
News We try these things not because they are easy, etc etc.

Now that you can try out Nvidia's new Dynamic Multi Frame Generation for yourself, you might want to know that there's a bit of an issue when it comes to frame rate limiters
By Nick Evanson published
News Being locked into 6x mode might sound great for performance, but it ruins the PC latency.

Geekbench says enabling Intel BOT paints an 'unrealistic picture' of CPU performance and makes Intel chips seem faster versus the AMD competition 'than they would be in typical, real-world usage'
By Jeremy Laird published
News Geekbench also says BOT is doing something different from Intel's claims.

The latest Nvidia App beta update adds DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation support and an intriguing Auto Shader Compilation feature to the green team suite
By Andy Edser published
News More frames, dynamically.

The new Crimson Desert patches are grand and all, but the Ray Reconstruction performance and lighting options are still all kind of b0rked on my machine
By Andy Edser published
News I guess it's going to take a while to fix, but Crimson Desert's visuals have some... issues left to resolve, at least for me.

Report claims OpenAI spending cuts have 'hit' memory prices but there's little evidence right now of cheaper PC components
By Jeremy Laird published
News OpenAI spending is but one element of the complex memory crisis.
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