Author: Chris Szewczyk

Reports of melting 12VHPWR power connectors surfaced almost immediately following the launch of the RTX 4090 back in October 2022. The issue was supposed to have been put to rest after Nvidia investigated the issue and released revised models featuring the updated 12V-2×6 connector, but it’s still rearing its ugly melted head in the year…

It seems like every other day there’s a new development in the tech cold war between China and the US. Following on from last week’s request from the US government for ASML to stop servicing the systems the firm sold to China, and the recent banning of the use of Intel and AMD chips—and Microsoft…

On Wednesday, the 3rd of April, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan. It was followed by a series of aftershocks and there were fears that many of the Taiwanese based chip makers and manufacturers would see production disruptions as a result. In the week or so since, those fears look mostly unfounded. Thankfully, most of…

Of all the issues that afflict PC gamers, whether it’s a dodgy driver, excessive fan noise, a buggy game patch or OLED burn-in, I would not have put the photodegradation of a GPU backplate in the top 100 of potential issues.  But apparently, it’s a thing. Two users on Reddit (via Videocardz) reported some photodegradation…

Describing the polarized US Congress as dysfunctional is being too kind. Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on too much in the current political climate, but one thing most people agree on is the right to privacy—particularly in the era of big tech. According to a Punchbowl News tweet (via the Washington Post), the House Energy…

There’s a new development just about every other day on the seemingly ever escalating tech war between China and the US. The latest development is a request from the US government to Dutch-based ASML that it stop servicing advanced chip making equipment the firm has sold to China. ASML is already banned from selling extreme…

PCI Express 7.0 is coming! But don’t feel as though you need to start saving for a new motherboard anytime soon. The PCI-SIG has just released the 0.5 version, with the final version set for release in 2025. That means supporting devices are not likely to land until 2026, with 2027–28 likely to be the…

The launch of AMD’s Zen 5 based Granite Ridge family of processors is clearly drawing near. Asus has begun the process of rolling out support for the next-gen chips to its latest enthusiast tier X670E motherboards. The public release of supporting BIOSes indicates the chips could be released at basically any time. The eagle-eyed hardware…

Barring an unforeseen late arrival, the Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPU families are complete for this generation. The underlying GPUs are a well known quantity at this point so now it’s just a case of seeing what fun things board partners can do to differentiate their cards from the rest of the market.  But it’s…

What comes to mind when you think of AI? ChatGPT? Skynet? Cats doing impossible things? How about making better beer? When I’m sitting around the family dinner table this easter enjoying a cold one or three, I’ll have to bring up the fact that AI could in fact be used to make beer taste better.…