Recent content by Psiboy69

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    News Nvidia's desktop PC chip holdup purportedly tied to Windows delays — ongoing chip revisions and weakening demand also blamed

    I work in technology retail. The current arm/Qualcomm/snapdragon machines are overpriced for what they are. A lot get returned due to compatability issues. A lot of software only runs in emulation mode taking a performance hit. Qualcomm has a history of horrible to nonexistent "support"... Good...
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    News Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9070 XT hides its 16-pin connector inside, offers cableless look

    They've just guaranteed I won't be buying their cards! Not interested in the risk of melting, fire etc.
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    Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2025: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked

    Shame you didn't have Kingpins paste in the mix! Please add it for your next roundup!
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    News Gigabyte details BIOS roll-out plan to neutralize Sinkclose vulnerability — eligible AMD CPUs should be patched by end of the month

    Gigabyte took 6 months to roll out the last big AMD security fix. AMD published the agesa in December and gigabyte have is the BIOS based on it in July. They really are pathetically slow given how important these updates are. They are making Asus support look good. 🤣
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    News Asus inadvertently lists AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D processors on microsite

    The level of Tom's Hardware writers ignorance is astounding! AMD have stated that the 9000 X3D chips will be overclockable. Please correct your ignorance now Anton Shilov!
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    News Microsoft's Copilot+ PC exclusive features are a bad joke, even for AI fans

    I get the paint thing is poor especially the need to censor (or share your creative processess with certain agencies). But the camera feature like the background blur are actually pretty good when taken in context. It;s mimicking a camera for a portrait phot NOT a web meeting! So the author...
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    News Intel says Lunar Lake will have 100+ TOPS of AI performance — 45 TOPS from the NPU alone, meeting requirement for next-gen AI PCs

    Since when does Pat Gelsinger have pink fingernails? You sure you got the right photo there? Lisa Su perhaps? The lazy toms hardware strikes again... Bahaha
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    News Alleged Zen 5 'Strix Halo' Mobile APU has more GPU cores than RX 7600 XT or PS5 — features monster RDNA 3.5 GPU with 40 compute units

    If these specs are correct...IF... There is no way something with a TDP like that would go in the likes of the steam deck or the ROG ally. I'd love something like this in 17" inch workstation (NO D-GPU) laptop with 2X M.2 ssd's and 64gb of ram for VM's. Before anyone suggests Intel be aware the...
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    News Controversial benchmarking website goes behind paywall — Userbenchmark now requires a £10 monthly subscription

    These tools have just written their own death certificate. Good riddance to bad rubbish and worse people.
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    News RX 7900M Beats RTX 4080 Mobile By a Hair In Early Benchmark

    Gamers don't care if it consumes a bit more power. Find me a gaming laptop that you don't have to plug in to game, then i might care. So long as adequate cooling is in place to endure a good lifespan.
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    News Gigabyte Rolls Out Firmware Up to Mend Firmware Backdoor

    Ah NO, a number of boards never had and still don't have options to turn it off. 2 of my 3 gigabyte boards. The x570 has always had the option the 2 B550 variants still don't despite running latest bios
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    News Windows and Surface Boss Panos Panay is Leaving Microsoft

    Good, Maybe the next version of windows won't be as crap as 11 and return to the focus on productivity instead of pretty trash?
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    News RTX 4060 Ti Beats RX 7600 In Early Generic Benchmarks

    of course it does. the target card for the 4969ti is rge 7600XT repeating uneven target comparison garvage is still garbage. wake me up when you have a 7600XT to xompare it to, This whole generation looks like a snoozefst for mainstream gamers...
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    News RTX 4060 Ti Beats RX 7600 In Early Generic Benchmarks

    You can afford a 7900xtx but not a new TV? LOL!
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    News RTX 4060 Ti Beats RX 7600 In Early Generic Benchmarks

    Cable yes! but also see: this was solved years ago. Turn off most of the unnecessary settings in the radeon graphics tab eg enhanced sync, boost and anti-lag, haven't had issues since the rx580/5700xt/6700xt/7900xt across all the rigs in a house of gamers for years!