Content and news by Rob Williams

We’re following-up on our AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX launch coverage with another look at Linux performance against Intel’s Core i9-7980XE. Join us as we explore performance across 13 highly multi-threaded tests on the latest stable kernel.

The next Lara Croft-infused adventure comes to us in the form of Shadow of the Tomb Raider on September 14, and based on all that Ubisoft Montreal and Square Enix have shown us, it could prove to be one of the best games in the entire series – and not only because…..

It might be a little depressing that we’re leaving summer behind to head into September, but AMD has some good news to lighten the mood: its 2nd-gen Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is now available. As promised, it’s priced at $899, which is $100 less than the 1950X’s original price tag when it launched…..

We’ve talked a lot about Qualcomm’s Snapdragon always-on notebooks in the past, but there’s one word we’re somehow only discovering just now: nomophobia. That’s the fear of being without your mobile device, either because it was plucked from your grasp, or because the battery finally gave up on life. I shouldn’t be…..

In just a couple of weeks, the second Major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive of the year is set to go down in London. This is going to be the first Major to be held by FACEIT, and like before, it follows a 24-team format, and has $1,000,000 up for grabs. Given that this…..

At Berlin’s ongoing IFA event, Acer has a massive portfolio of new product to talk about, but the new model that speaks to me most is the Nitro XV273K, a 4K monitor that joins the small collection of 144Hz panels available. Months ago, both Acer and ASUS launched G-SYNC 4K/144 monitors, which…..

Wanting a product because it’s “cute” is probably one of the worst reasons to haul out the credit card, but Blue’s Yeti Nano speaks to me. Like pretty much everyone else on the planet, I’ve been using Blue’s full-sized Yeti for a while (two others on the Techgage team have one also),…..

Gamers might be getting anxious to hear more about an NVIDIA RTX-killer AMD might have in the pipe, but for now, it’s the enterprise market that’s enjoying the recent fruits of AMD’s labor. At this month’s SIGGRAPH, I was surprised to learn that AMD’s Radeon Pro Duo was still considered an active product,…..

Since gaming coverage isn’t a big focus of ours, I didn’t stop by too many booths at this week’s Gamescom event to chat up the staff, but I made an exception for MADFINGER Games, makers of some of the best-looking action-filled mobile games on the planet. It all started with Shadowgun, a…..

As we reported on last week, NVIDIA has unveiled its long-awaited Turing architecture for GeForce, which will debut in the upcoming GeForce RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti. Aside from general performance improvements from the mainstay CUDA cores, these cards will also bundle in special RT cores for ray tracing acceleration, as…..

The future for the mobile market is looking mighty exciting, and Qualcomm is doing its part to make sure that’s not going to change for some time. The company this week announced that it’s begun shipping its next generation mobile platform to customers, a move that’s important for two key reasons: we’re…..

SIGGRAPH’s 2018 conference in Vancouver, BC, proved to be an action-packed one. Both AMD and NVIDIA had new GPU wares to show off, and Intel threatened about what’s to come in 2020. We also saw the release of new renderers, advanced compute technologies, and found a whole lot of inspiration.

Just as we were starting to believe that 16-core CPUs were amazing, AMD has come along and dropped a 32-core bombshell. It’s called Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, a workstation chip that cuts through renderers like butter. We’re putting it up against the forthcoming 2950X, and six other unsuspecting processors.

Three months sure does go by fast. Right on schedule, AMD has released the latest Enterprise release driver for its Radeon Pro and FirePro (of olde) product stack, this one versioned 18.Q3. While there are a bunch of bug fixes here, as expected, there are some great new features, too. With this…..

In advance of a widely expected GeForce launch, AMD has decided to spice-up its Radeon offerings, and if you’re in the market for either an RX 570+ or Vega 56+, you’re going to want to pay attention to this promotion. It’s been a while since AMD has offered a game bundle, but…..

microSD cards don’t seem to get a ton of love, despite the fact that they’re better than ever. Not only can we easily get 256GB cards for our phones or cameras, the prices are pretty reasonable for that perk. You might pay an extra $50 or $100 to gain 64GB inside your…..

It’s been no secret that AMD has had plans to bring a 32-core (64-thread) processor to market, but despite the fact that it’s going to be soon happening, I still sit here in awe that this is the reality. Before last summer, 10 cores was the best you’d get from a top-end…..

In just under one month’s time, one of the biggest video game shows of the year will take place in Cologne, Germany. I’m of course talking about Gamescom, and concidentally, so is NVIDIA. The company shot us over an email to say that it will be stationed at the show between August…..

If you’ve been intrigued by Destiny 2 since its launch, but haven’t been able to pull the trigger, EVGA has some temptation to throw your way. That assumes you’re in need of a brand-new graphics card, that is, for any model GTX 1060 and higher. The starting point being a GTX 1060…..

Every two years, the Hackers On Planet Earth conference fills up the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York’s Manhattan borough. Within the walls of the hotel are multiple floors filled with some of the smartest minds. There are many inspirational and eye-opening presentations, lots of vendors and workshops, and of course, lots of Club-Mate to be drank.