Author: Jeremy Laird
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Thermaltake TGM-I27FQ gaming monitor review
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Thermaltake isn’t the first brand that pops into your head when you’re thinking gaming monitors. So, it’s perhaps no surprise that the brand is playing to pretty safe with its first two gaming panels, which are both medium-spec 1440p models. Specifically, we’re taking the Thermaltake TGM-I27FQ for a spin here, which is the new 27-inch…
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Intel CEO laments Nvidia’s ‘extraordinarily lucky’ AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has taken a shot at his main rival in high performance computing, dismissing Nvidia’s success in providing GPUs for AI modelling as “extraordinarily lucky.” Gelsinger also implied that it would have been Intel, not Nvidia, currently coining it in AI hardware had the company not killed one of his pet projects…
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RTX 4090s reportedly being stockpiled as China ban looms
Within picoseconds of news landing of the US government’s impending ban on RTX 4090 sales to China, prices of the world’s fastest gaming graphics card ticked up sharply. Now come reports that traders-come-scalpers are buying up 4090s en masse with intentions to ship the cards into China. X user I_Like_NV (via Tom’s Hardware) has posted…
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Nvidia sells half a million AI chips and bags $14.5 billion in just three months
It’s all too easy to forget that Nvidia’s AI-accelerating uber-GPUs started off as little more than an experimental offshoot from graphics chips for gaming PCs. So, if we do end up as slaves to artificial overlords, we really will only have ourselves to blame. With that in mind, the latest news is that Nvidia has…
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Unannounced 6.2GHz Intel monster CPU spotted in pre-built rigs
If Intel’s feeble 6GHz Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake refresh CPU ain’t doin’ it for you, don’t panic. A new and as yet unannounced variant, running at an all important 200MHz faster, has been spotted. Give it up for the Core i9 14900KS, that critical “S” indicating that this is a 6.2GHz chip. At least,…
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LG UltraGear 27GR93U gaming monitor review
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Let’s begin with the sordid matter of money. The cheapest you can currently acquire the new LG UltraGear 27GR93U for is $630. Youch. That’s quite a lot for a 27-inch gaming monitor, even if this new LG is the full 4K and knocks out 144Hz. It’s notable that the 32-inch version of this panel, the…
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AMD claws back 5% market share from Intel as CPU sales continue to recover
AMD owns about 20% of the desktop CPU market and nearly a quarter of servers according to new figures for the third quarter of 2023 from Mercury Research. That’s up by about 5% in both cases compared to AMD’s share this time last year. Mercury also says that for the market as a whole, both…
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We just died of not surprise at rumoured pricing for Nvidia’s upcoming Super GPUs
GPU silly season continues with a new round of claims from serial ‘leak’ outlet Moore’s Law is Dead. This time it’s the pricing and full specs for Nvidia’s rumoured RTX 40 Super GPUs. Namely, we’re talking RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Super, and the word salad that is RTX 4070 Ti Super. All of what…
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Alienware’s new all-Intel Arc A770-powered gaming rig is a feeble punchline for $1,949
This is what can only happen after 67 corporate Teams meetings, 208 slide deck revisions and input from at minimum 38 “stakeholders” (barf). It’s a new Alienware gaming rig with an Intel Arc A770. And it’s yours for the hilarious price of $1,949. We give you the latest Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop, from Dell.…
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When it comes to OLED burn-in what you do with your monitor matters more than whether it’s an LG or Samsung panel
Burn-in remains the great worry when it comes to OLED panel technology. Now a new investigation by Ars Technica claims that what you do with your OLED monitor matters more than the panel type or brand. That makes a lot of sense. What it doesn’t do is help you choose an OLED monitor if you’re…