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Good news for Intel Core Ultra 200S gamers: some major gaming PC builders say the new Boost profile won't void your warranty
By Jacob Fox published
News Even more reason to turn on that Boost profile.

I've tested Intel's new 200S Boost mode for its Arrow Lake chips and the verdict is simple: You should enable it immediately
By Nick Evanson published
Faster arrows In one game, I saw a performance increase of over 40%, which is just wild to see.

Intel will reportedly fire fully 20% of its workforce and focus on 'engineering', a plan that sounds all too familiar at this point
By Jeremy Laird published
News New CEO, same old staff cuts?

Intel has released a free 'performance boost for low-latency workloads like gaming' for Core Ultra 200S processors
By Jacob Fox published
News Could *this* be the BIOS update to make Arrow Lake worth it for gaming?

US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out
By Jacob Fox published
News So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?

The latest rumoured AMD Ryzen Z2 processor could be used in cheap SteamOS handhelds
By Jacob Fox published
News The Steam Deck's 'Van Gogh' APU to hit the open market?

Chip tariffs could be around the corner as the US starts to probe the 'effects on national security' of foreign semiconductor production
By Jacob Fox published
News Just as cheap graphics cards are about to launch, too. They sure do know how to pick their moment.

As games become ever more multithreaded, Intel's hybrid CPU design might start to lag behind AMD's simpler but more effective architecture
By Nick Evanson published
Core concerns E-cores and the loss of hyperthreading aren't helping Intel win any future gaming crowns.
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