Content and news by Rob Williams

Intel has lots to talk about at this year’s Computex. This summer ushers in the first 10nm “Ice Lake” processors, dubbed the 10th-gen Core series, with its first models bound for notebooks. Intel also divulged lots about its upcoming Project Athena, which aims to see notebooks offer the very best responsiveness, “always-on” capabilities, and all-day battery-life.

Following-up on its Snapdragon 8cx SoC announcement at Mobile World Congress a few months ago, Qualcomm has taken advantage of Computex to divulge some tasty details about the upcoming chip. With the help of a new PCMark build, we’re analyzing results from both application and gaming performance, as well as get a gauge of what to expect from battery-life.

Summer is right around the corner, so you’re probably wondering what excuse you’re going to come up with for staying inside. Welp, Valve has an answer, and it of course involves a Steam sale. It’s officially dubbed the “Spring Cleaning Event”, but I like to think of it as more of a…..

With Computex set to kick off next week, the rumor mill is on fire. Of course, it’s hard to believe everything we read, but with AMD itself acknowledging that there will be big launches there, we know we have at least that to look forward to. It will likewise be interesting to…..

There’s a lot more that can be done with a gaming GPU than just the obvious. Today’s GPUs are highly tuned for creator workloads, such as 3D design, rendering, and of course, encoding. We’re taking a look at the latest Razer Blade 15, equipped with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q, to see how it handles real workloads.

At NVIDIA’s GTC in March, it kind of felt like price-drops were in the air. At the event itself, the TITAN RTX could be found on the floor for 20% off of its original price, representing a $500 drop. Ahead of the event, NVIDIA quietly price dropped some of its top Quadro…..

It’s hard to believe how quickly new smartphone releases come sometimes, but here we are, witnessing the launch of the seventh OnePlus series. In a normal generation, today’s launch would usher in the OnePlus 7, but instead, we’re seeing the higher-end Pro variant. Rumor has it that an actual OnePlus 7, spec’d…..

Ubisoft has announced the next game in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series, and if you were a fan of the open-world co-op experience that Wildlands gave you, then it looks like you have reason to get really excited about this next release. Maybe even insatiably excited when you realize the launch date…..

Hot on the heels of AMD releasing its latest Radeon Pro Enterprise driver, NVIDIA unleashed something for the gamers: Game Ready GeForce 430.64. This driver brings day-one support for Rage 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms. One of the biggest bullet-points is the fact that Vulkan performance has also improved, representing some…..

AMD has today released the latest iteration of its Radeon Pro Enterprise driver, version 19.Q2. It might be a bit late in the current quarter to release a driver named after that quarter, but 19.Q2 comes just under three months after the release of 19.Q1. In this one, AMD is throwing some…..

We’ve run Intel’s Core i9-9980XE processor through a gauntlet of tests over the past couple of weeks, and we’re going to kick off our look at its performance with some Linux tests. Join us as we tackle Intel’s top Core-series chip across a range of workloads, from compression to encryption and rendering to encoding.

For many Windows power users, the built-in Command Prompt has been lacking. While many terminals build in basics like tab support, the lowly CMD.exe has continued to exist with minimal updates, and certainly no polish. The aptly-named PowerShell has helped rectify this issue, but ultimately, the simple command prompt is often enough to…..

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is so keen on making sure it remains on the top of the supercomputer charts that it’s announced its next one, coming in 2021. The fact we’re hearing about this one already is pretty surprising, since we only learned of the launch of ORNL’s Summit supercomputer last summer.…..

On May 1st, AMD is going to turn the big 5-0, and it’s honestly an exciting time for the company. Its CPU business is strong right now, and promises to only get better as soon as Zen 2 releases (this summer). We already know some of what the next micro-architecture from AMD…..

Vegas Pro is a popular video editor that’s been around long enough to develop a faithful fanbase – one that has asked us on multiple occasions to take a better look at performance. We’re taking care of that here, encompassing CPU encode, GPU encode, and playback performance.

Acronis seems to be one of the busiest companies on the planet, constantly expanding and adding new products and features to its portfolio. At its 15th Anniversary Celebrations last fall, we learned that the company had no intentions of slowing down, and if anything, things would only be picking up. Given the…..

Finding a solid third-party controller can be challenging, but with its Stratus Duo, SteelSeries is offering a compelling option. This pad includes a 2.4GHz dongle right in the box, and works over Bluetooth for either PC or Android mobile gaming (the latter of which is made even better through the SmartGrip add-on accessory).

When Intel debuted its 9th-gen Core series last fall, it left many price-points on the table. Since that time, a couple of more models trickled out, but today ushers in the launch of the rest of the lineup. That even includes Celerons and Pentiums, so no matter your budget, there is a…..

NVIDIA has launched a handful of items today, spearheaded by the announcement of new GTX 16-series notebooks. With models starting at $799, getting good mobile gaming performance is now possible without breaking the bank. Both the GTX 1660 Ti and brand-new GTX 1650 will be featured in these notebooks, with the GTX…..

Ubuntu users who like to live on the bleeding-edge should head on over to the official download page and grab the just-released 19.04 iteration. Unlike last April’s 18.04 release, 19.04 ‘Disco Dingo’ isn’t a long-term support release, meaning that you best be prepared to upgrade to 19.10 when it becomes available later…..