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Introduction The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I SSD is a melding of TEAMGROUP’s T-FORCE GE PRO PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD and TEAMGROUP’s T-FORCE DARK AirFlow I active heatsink and fan into one combined SSD package. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB PCIe...

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It boggles my mind how much they penny pinch with the GeForce line, givin this. They could offer so much more to gamers at each price point.

Introduction The Acer FA200 series of SSDs is an established value-oriented model of SSD that has been around since December 2023. These QLC-based SSDs are poised to offer speed and performance at a good price-to-performance ratio. The Acer FA200 series offers top-end PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe 2.0...

I don't think it's drivers anymore; that's not the reason people aren't buying. I think it's more to do with just how huge of a hold NVIDIA has on extra features in games that people associate with NVIDIA now. NVIDIA has made sure to push its features heavily, and people associate these...

My theory/suspicion is that they ran into an issue with the chiplet design, whether that be communication or latency, or maybe manufacturing, or some other bottleneck related to that design, since that would have been required for anything above the 9070 XT's monolithic design. Chiplets aren't...

This was most definitely the right time that AMD could have made inroads in the high-end, with all the NV blunders in the RTX 50 series generation. In much the same way the CPU division hit it at the right time, with stagnation from Intel, this would have been the right time for AMD on the GPU...

I'll be finally making the switch to Win11 in a few months when Win10 is out, I'm holding on till the last minute, but... I know the time is coming, so my next computer refresh build I'll be doing later this year, it's time to finally do the switch to Win 11 :|

Introduction We’ve got an exciting early look at what kind of PCIe Gen5 performance the new Phison E28 controller will deliver to M.2 NVMe SSDs with some benchmarks and hands-on testing. Phison sent us its reference design SSD based on its new PS5028-E28 controller for PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) NVMe SSDs...

It is at least way better compared to the 4060 than the 5070 was to the 4070.

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 was launched on May 19th, 2025, from the Computex 2025 event, though it was announced earlier back in late April alongside the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launch. The GeForce RTX 5060 is NVIDIA’s lowest-tier performance-segment based video card in the GeForce RTX...

Yes there were two embargo dates based on MSRP, and this is not uncommon; also happens with NVIDIA, nothing new or odd about this practice. Always important to confirm the embargo date/time you are allowed to publish with the specific card you have. I confirmed the NDA for both cards we had.

Introduction We review the fastest performing, highest clock speed out-of-the-box video card we have tested yet, with the brand new SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB review. The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is SAPPHIRE’s top-dog, enthusiast GPU in SAPPHIRE’s lineup for...

Introduction AMD’s $349 16GB GPU is here, with the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT on June 4th, 2025, with an on-shelf date of June 5th, 2025. Well, actually, two video cards, technically the Radeon RX 9060 XT with 8GB also exists, with an MSRP of $299, and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 […] See...

Introduction We purchased an Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition to give it a thorough review in 2025. Combined with up-to-date drivers and new games six months after its launch, we will see the state of performance of the Intel Arc B580 in mid-2025. What kind of performance does it deliver now with...