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Intel is reportedly forcing PC builders to buy its latest, most expensive 18A CPUs and I'm wondering what that means for Arrow Lake desktop chips
By Jeremy Laird Published
News There are no Intel 18A desktop CPUs, so what are we meant to buy?

Overclockers squeeze a record-topping 9.2 GHz out of a 14900KF, just 800 MHz shy of the ten gigs that Intel promised us all those years ago
By Nick Evanson Published
News But since it's just 1% faster than the previous record, that lofty goal remains just as elusive as ever.

Advanced Shader Delivery banishes long loads and shader stutter on first time launch, but only for certain games and there are a number of other caveats too
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News I don't have this problem on PS5, I'm just saying.

Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips
By James Bentley Published
News This is after Trump turned up in China to increase AI trade.

Intel's 270K Plus is worthy of being picked by Thermal Grizzly as a delidded option, and it's even cheaper than a stock 285K
By Nick Evanson Published
News One for the serious clockers only but I still kinda want one.

AMD now owns 38.1% of the overall x86 CPU market according to new research but actually lost ground in desktop PCs
By Jeremy Laird Published
News The CPU market giveth, and the CPU market taketh away...

The US has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to 10 Chinese firms, but sources say they're still waiting for the go-ahead from China itself
By James Bentley Published
News Nvidia said it had 0% market share in China mere months ago.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review
By Nick Evanson Published
Score: 75% It's the most powerful gaming CPU money can buy, but you really shouldn't.
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