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Not even the most powerful gaming PC is going to get around Civilization 7's ridiculously variable performance
By Nick Evanson published
Ping pong perf Strategy games are supposed to be all about the CPU when it comes to performance, but Civilization 7 will just stress everything in your gaming PC

Civilization 7 PC performance analysis: Playable on lots of systems but the late game will grind down whatever CPU you have
By Nick Evanson published
Taxing turns Don't be fooled by how well it runs when you first start playing.

Intel will be keen to forget 2024 despite its products selling well because its foundries still keep on swallowing money
By Nick Evanson published
news Client, data, AI, networking, and edge were all up compared to 2023.

It looks like there will be no new Intel desktop CPUs until 2026 now that next-gen Nova Lake is officially a 2026 product
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel might give Arrow Lake a polish in the meantime, but that'll be it.

Intel says next-gen Panther Lake laptop chips on its new 18A silicon are still on track for later this year but things are more complicated on the desktop
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel's next-gen desktop CPU Nova Lake won't be pure 18A, it seems... but at least it'll have some 18A compute.

Intel's next-gen desktop CPU Nova Lake allegedly spotted and can't come soon enough
By Jeremy Laird published
news Successor to the underwhelming Arrow Lake CPU spotted.

AMD says it took four goes to get its new Strix Halo uber APU right and that included designing new CPU dies that 'put Threadripper in the palm of your hands'
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's not just a couple of Zen 5 CCDs thrown together with a new GPU die.

Core i9 14900KF CPU hits a world record 9.12 GHz and proves Intel chips are still good at something
By Jeremy Laird published
News Or an untimely reminder that Intel's new Arrow Lake chips are still second best?
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