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Anyone holding out for a good processor should look at this offer on theIntel Core i7-13700K CPU. This powerful CPU has been discounted to its lowest price—just $259 instead of its recommended $419. This is a good deal and one of the best we’ve encountered in the current market for a previous generation processor. TheCore i7-13700KCPU is a 16-core, 24-thread processor with eight P-cores and eight E-cores. The Raptor Lake chip features a boost clock speed of up to 5....

Intel just released a graphics driver update that reportedly improves FPS performance by around 10% for Intel Core 200V (Lunar Lake) chips. According toIntel Gaming Access, Intel graphics driver 32.0.101.6734 optimizes the CPU’s power management, which allows the integrated Intel Arc 140V and 130V GPUs to deliver better performance while remaining at their default power setting of 17 watts.The company tested the update on the MSI Claw 8 AI+ with nine different titles, and the results were promising....

On Tuesday, Intel notified Tom’s Hardware that it officiallycut the suggested retail price (SRPs) of its boxed Core Ultra 7 200-series processors for desktops by around $100. It is common for CPU developers to cut the prices of their products, but it is uncommon for companies like Intel toformally confirmsuch moves. However, there is a small catch: since we are dealing with SRPs, actual prices may vary. Effective immediately, Intel’s Core Ultra 7 processor 265K has a suggested retail price of $299 (previously $399), whereas the Core Ultra 7 model 265KF carries an SRP of $284 (previously $384)....

Two days ago, on July 18, Intel released version 1.3.1 of the Intel XeSS SDK ontoGitHub. This latest version of the Intel XeSS SDK only lists “Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements” verbatim, so we won’t get much meaningful information from analyzing the newest release by comparison. TheXeSS SDK 1.3.0 releaseback on April 4 introduced new AI models, new Ultra and Native image quality presets, and increased resolution scale on every existing preset, as well....

Update - 1/31/24 1:50 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the W9-3495X had 58 cores. The story has been updated to reflect that the W9-3495X has 56 cores, not 58. Rumors of a W-3500 series HEDT refresh are apparently legitimate. A new Geekbench 6 listing was spotted byBenchleaks on X (formerly Twitter), featuring benchmark results of a mysterious new Xeon HEDT part: theXeon W9-3595X(with 60 cores)....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Fury Renegade DDR5-6400 C32 is a great memory kit for those who desire 96GB of memory but don’t have the luxury of more than two memory slots. Good performance High capacity Multiple XMP 3.0 profiles No AMD EXPO support Expensive Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test....

Kioxia and SanDisk havebegun sample shipments of their ninth-generation BiCS FLASH, a NAND flash technology that blends legacy architectures with modern enhancements to create a bridge between the current BiCS8 generation and the forthcoming BiCS10. WhileBiCS10 is expected to deliver higher capacitiesthrough a cutting-edge 332-layer design, BiCS9 takes a more cost-optimized approach, targetingenterpriseSSDs built for AI workloads and mid-tier storage solutions where efficiency and performance balance are key. What sets BiCS9 apart is its hybrid construction, achieved throughCMOSdirectly Bonded to Array (CBA) technology....

A shipping manifest listing printed circuit board components designed for AMD’s upcomingStrix Halomobile APU has been discovered (reported byharukaze5719 on X). The specs also reveal the chip’s TDP and memory capacity, which are 120W and 64GB, respectively.The system components are part of a prototype system AMD is potentially using to test its new Zen 5-based Strix Halo mobile APU. But the most intriguing information from the manifest is the APU’s TDP and memory capacity....

Some of thebest gaming laptopscome with Nvidia’s RTX 4080, but they’re typically pricey. AsPrime Dayand competitive sales continue,B&H has the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i selling for $2,049, down from $2,799.On paper, this is a potent machine. Lenovo pairs that RTX 4080 with an Intel Core i9-13900HX, 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Sure, that’s not the most recent Intel CPU, but there hasn’t been a major difference between 13th and 14th Gen....

Lenovo just announced an AI mini supercomputer designed to work straight out of the box. The ThinkStation PGX, whichLenovocalls “a compact, personal AI developer workstation”, is powered by anNvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchipand has 128 GB of coherent unified system memory. This delivers up to 1 PetaFLOP or 1000 TOPS of performance, allowing users to work on models with up to 200 billion parameters. If you need more power, Lenovo lets you connect two PGXs, increasing the parameter count to 405 billion parameters....

You may have a hard time controlling your LG TV if its remote stops working. Without a properly functioning remote, you may not even be able to power on or turn off your TV. There are many causes like a dead battery and stuck buttons responsible for it. Or, the remote can unpair itself from the TV which requires a reinitialization. Luckily, you can fix the issue unless the remote is physically damaged....

LGhas revealed its latest OLED gaming monitor, theLGUltraGear 27GX790A-B. This 27-inch, 1440p, 480 Hz, DisplayHDR True Black 400-certified gaming monitor has almost no visible border and a far more robust stand than older LG gaming monitors. As the True Black 400 rating hints, this monitor only reaches 400 nits brightness—where common high-end IPS is 1000 nits—but should still have pretty good HDR thanks to OLED’s inherent per-pixel dimming (powering off) capabilities, which significantly elevate high-contrast scenes....

Linux systems already boot relatively fast, but it’s never fast enough. So, when Linux engineer Colin Ian King (viaPhoronix) discovered that aligning the slab in the ACPI code would make Linux boot faster, it was considered a win for the system. According to King, “Enabling SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN for the ACPI object caches improves boot speed in the ACPICA core for object allocation and free’ing especially in the AML parsing and execution phases in boot....