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Introduction Lexar is well known for its memory components, including memory cards, USB flash drives, portable drives, card readers, RAM, and SSDs. We’ve evaluated two Lexar SSDs, the Lexar Professional NM800 Pro SSD is geared for professionals, and professional applications and we’ve also...

Beyond security updates, bug fixes, wear leveling optimization, and controller or protocol optimizations, firmware updates can also just flat-out improve performance in some areas. For example, I've had this Teamgroup 4TB MP34 SSD on my primary system, as my primary drive for about 9 months...

Introduction The speed of PCI Gen5 NVMe SSDs marches on, and we’ve got one of the newer breeds of SSDs today that tops out at 14GB/s (14,000MB/s) sequential read speeds, and 12GB/s (12,000MB/s) sequential write speeds. MSI is launching a new Gen5 SSD onto the market, this one sits above the...

Introduction We have reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, and now it is time to overclock the new video card and see what it can deliver in gameplay performance when pushed to the max. We will evaluate it at 4K, with Ray Tracing, and DLSS Upscaling. If you are not familiar with the...

Introduction At CES 2024, NVIDIA announced its SUPER series refresh for the GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. The new SUPER series is comprised of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. We’ve recently reviewed the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and GeForce RTX...

Introduction Intel is pushing the frequency boundaries once again, and the Intel Core 14th Gen gets a “KS” SKU. As has been common in Intel’s latest desktop CPU releases, the special “KS” SKU indicates its highest, most extreme, and most enthusiast part, pushing power and frequency as high as...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB model was announced at the same time as the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB model, however, the 16GB model was available two months after the 8GB version was released way back in the summer of 2023. The 8GB and 16GB GeForce RTX 4060 Ti are identical, save...

Introduction AMD recently made the Radeon RX 7900 GRE a global release, and add-in-board partners (AIBs) are stepping up to the plate, offering unique custom options with factory overclocks. Among those is the new PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE video card, strap-in for this Radeon RX...

Introduction The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT was launched on September 6th, 2023 providing RDNA 3 graphics performance for gaming on the PC aiming at the 1080p gaming experience. The Radeon RX 7700 XT is a partner-driven video card, meaning there is no made-by-AMD card, it is up to add-in-board...

Introduction The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE is not a new video card, but we wouldn’t be surprised if you have not heard about it. Up until now, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE has been a China-only available video card, but that all changes as of February 27th, 2024. AMD will be making the Radeon RX 7900...

Introduction In this head-to-head CPU benchmark review, we test the new Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APUs versus the Ryzen 7 5700G APU. This CPU benchmark-focused review will take a look at how the new Ryzen 8000G series APUs compare to the previous generation in terms of CPU uplift, as an...

Introduction AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APUs iGPU performance tested in 17 games at 1080p between Low and High game settings, as well as FSR performance, all versus the Ryzen 7 5700G! Welcome to our full game performance review of the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APUs, testing the...

Introduction The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT was announced at CES 2024, early this January. The Radeon RX 7600 XT sits between the Radeon RX 7600 and Radeon RX 7700 XT on pricing, but comes closer in spec to the Radeon RX 7600, except in one major way, it doubles the VRAM. We detailed this launch in...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER refresh GPUs were announced at CES 2024, early this January. The GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER series consists of three new video cards in NVIDIA’s lineup, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. We...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER refresh GPUs were announced at CES 2024, early this January. The GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER series consists of three new video cards in NVIDIA’s lineup, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. We...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER refresh in the GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU lineup was announced at CES 2024, early this January. The new GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER has an MSRP of $599 and has improved specifications compared to the GeForce RTX 4070. The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER will be...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER refresh GPUs were announced at CES 2024, early this January. The GeForce RTX 40 Series SUPER series consists of three new video cards in NVIDIA’s lineup, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. We...

Introduction SLIM is in the name, and the name of the game, with the new MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING SLIM 12G video card. MSI has improved its cooling design and build and is now offering a slimmer and smaller model of video card based on the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPU, which was released […]...

Introduction CES 2024 is underway, and we are on the ground floor finding you all the latest, hottest news updates for launches. Today, Intel is making some announcements with new high-performance 14th Gen HX Mobile Series processors for laptops. It is also announcing a new Intel Core Mobile...

Introduction CES 2024 is underway, and we are on the ground floor finding you all the latest, hottest news updates for launches. Today, NVIDIA is making many announcements, with AI at the forefront this year, you will see a lot of new software developments from NVIDIA in this area.  In addition...