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Hardware roundup: Sugon loses its IO500 Production lead
The storage benchmark has moved SCNet's Sugon-based results to its Research list. Also in this roundup: MSI's 34-inch QD-OLED work monitor and Sharge's SSD…
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AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500F Lands on Ten-Year-Old AM4
AMD's cheapest new six-core is an AM4 part arriving ten years after the socket, and its spec sheet lists Vermeer silicon with Cezanne cache.…
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GPU Tech Demos Used to Be Everywhere. What Changed?
Dawn, Ruby, Stone Giant, Supersonic Sled and UNIGINE Heaven once showcased every new GPU generation. Here is why the standalone graphics tech demo faded…
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Three 8-Pin Cables Carried 900 Watts Into an RTX 5090
A stripped-down Galax RTX 5090 ran to 900W on three ordinary 8-pin connectors with the wires at 35 degrees C, and a second modder…
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CUDA 13.4 Brings Windows on Arm to RTX Spark
The toolkit that makes RTX Spark laptops buildable before they ship, a first Rubin preview, and a Linux install that stops carrying its own…
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Control Resonant’s 1080p Minimum Already Assumes an Upscaler
Every one of Remedy's six requirement tiers carries an upscaler preset, including the GTX 1070 minimum, and nothing in the table asks past 12GB…
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