Author: Chris Szewczyk

Desktops with laptop CPUs are not a new concept. Over the years I’ve reviewed several examples, including NUCs and AIO PCs, but high-performance gaming PCs with laptop CPUs are something else entirely.  Lenovo has released just such a PC (H/T Tom’s Hardware). It’s not a budget tier PC with low-end specs either, this model ships…

Micron has been ordered to hand over a mega $445 million in damages for infringing on the patent rights of Netlist, a California based memory technology company that designs high-performance SSDs and memory subsystems. Micron was found to have willfully infringed on Netlist’s patents.  According to Yahoo Finance, the judge in the case can multiply…

MSI has teased a concept Z790 motherboard that features CAMM2 memory. The board is called the Project Zero Plus. We reviewed a system with the B650 Project Zero a little while back. It’s main feature us that all the major connectors are relocated to the rear of the motherboard, including the power connectors, system headers…

Apple has long been cozy with TSMC, the manufacturer of the chips that end up in ever-popular iPhone, iPad and Mac products. When you’ve got as much cash on hand as Apple does, it puts it in a favorable position to negotiate deals with the Taiwan-based chipmaker. Now it is reportedly seeking to lock in…

I’d wager that nearly every enthusiast gamer has run 3DMark at some point. For years it’s been the go-to benchmark for comparing GPUs whether on PCs, laptops, tablets or smartphones. It can be run on Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.   But no benchmark lasts forever, even if we do like to see bigger…

PC manufacturers like to throw around terms like revolutionary or transformative, but following Qualcomm’s entry into the PC market and the announcement of Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI laptops, the market is at an inflection point as significant as any we’ve seen in years. Microsoft has unveiled Copilot+ PC’s, including its own Surface family, which feature integrated…

Gaming monitor technology continues to advance. When we see new models come to market with ever higher refresh rates, they’re usually 1080p models. With the advent of OLED technology in particular, refresh rates are ticking upwards on higher resolution panels too.  1000Hz, though? That’s never been seen on any gaming panel. Screens capable of 540Hz…

Just about every other day there’s a new development in the escalating tech war between China and the US. Whether it’s blocking the servicing of advanced chip making equipment in China, or the blocking of Windows and Intel and AMD chips from Chinese government systems, it’s a never ending merry go round of tit-for-tat measures…