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An RTX 3060 GPU installed in a PC.

Nvidia’s Resizable BAR explained: What is it and how can you get a gaming boost?

Nvidia debuted Resizable BAR on its RTX 3060, and its coming to other RTX 3000 cards in March, allowing gamers to get a boost in select titles.
An RTX 3060 GPU installed in a PC.

Nvidia RTX 3060 review roundup: What you’ll get with some variants of this GPU

Nvidia's affordable RTX 3060 has much going for it, but there's still plenty of confusion over which model to choose from among more than 50 different designs.
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The Framework Laptop is fully modular — and it looks incredible

Framework's Laptop is a modular take on the thin-and-light notebook where every component -- including the screen and motherboard -- can be upgraded.
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AMD will take the wraps off the newest Radeon RX 6000 GPU on March 3

AMD is gearing up to welcome the latest addition to its Radeon RX 6000 graphics card family, with the company announcing that the new GPU will debut next month.
The M1-powered MacBook Pro viewed from a high angle.

Glitches could make SSDs on new M1 Macs die early

Faulty behavior on the solid-state drives of Apple's newest Macs powered by the company's M1 chipset could lead to SSDs that fail in just two years.
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Lenovo’s ThinkVision P40w is the world’s first Thunderbolt 4 monitor

Lenovo goes all-in with Thunderbolt 4 on its ThinkVision P40w monitor. This screen is designed for pros working with Intel's 11th Gen and Apple's M1 systems..
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Passing the $1 trillion mark, Bitcoin is almost as big as Google

Bitcoin joins publicly traded companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in breaking the $1 trillion market capitalization barrier.
The M1-powered MacBook Pro on a coffee table.

This new smart charging feature for Mac is genius

Apple's MacBook will get smarter while helping to ensure your battery health remains in tip-top shape by looking at your calendar and learning from you.
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Here’s how Nvidia plans to stop crypto miners from buying gaming GPUs

Nvidia is appeasing gamers who have been frustrated by the lack of GPU availability by offering cryptocurrency miners a new CMP.
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Samsung adds A.I. processing to double high-bandwidth memory speeds

Samsung doubles the speed of high bandwidth memory, or HBM, with a new solution by adding a processor-in-memory that uses the power of A.I.
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New reports indicate AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors may be failing at a high rate

A reported high failure rate for AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors means that gamers should save packaging materials and receipts in case a return is needed.
Graphics cards in a crypto mining farm.

Internet cafes are being repurposed as cryptocurrency mining farms

With gamers unable to visit cyber cafes during the pandemic, these businesses are making more money sitting empty, with owners now focused on crypto mining.
A red Samsung Galaxy Chromebook opened on a table.

You can now buy the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 with a pre-order discount

Samsung is offering purchase incentives if you pre-order a Chromebook 2 early. The star of this convertible Chrome OS laptop is its bright QLED screen.
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The RTX 3060 hasn’t even launched yet, and the prices are already skyrocketing

Nvidia's entry-level GeForce RTX 3060 GPU hasn't even officially gone on sale yet, but pent-up demand is resulting in surging pre-order pricing.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with a few Nvidia graphics cards.

Want to be the first to score Nvidia’s RTX 3060? Set your alarms for February 25

Nvidia's entry-level GeForce RTX 3060 will offer ray tracing support for gamers on a budget when it lands on February 25. Be sure to set your alarms!
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Simple GPU hack makes your RTX 3080 laptop 20% more powerful, if you dare

Flashing a vBIOS from a system with a higher TDP can help boost performance, but the hack should be reserved for experienced gamers.
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Gamers have resorted to buying this 4-year-old graphics card, but they shouldn’t

There's more inventory of Nvidia's aging GTX 1050 Ti amid a worldwide shortage of GPUs, but gamers should wait for a more modern graphics card.
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Upgrading to Intel’s new 11th-gen processors might require a new motherboard

Intel requires a motherboard upgrade for select 400 series boards if gamers want to get new 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop processors.
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Still waiting to buy an Nvidia RTX 3080? We have bad news

Waiting to get your hands on Nvidia's flagship RTX 3080 graphics card? You may want to consider the RTX 3070 or RTX 3090 if you need a new GPU soon.
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The Aurora 7 laptop is the ultimate desktop killer with its 7 foldout screens

With seven foldout screens, the Aurora 7 is the ultimate desktop replacement that can take gaming and productivity to the next level.
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Leaked image reveals future Intel exascale chips with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory

Leaked diagrams reveal that Intel could support PCI Express 5.0 and DDR5 memory on its 4th-Gen Xeon processor, code-named Sapphire Rapids.
Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 Performance

Why the laptop you want to buy could be out of stock all year

It's not just gamers who are being squeezed by component shortages. Lenovo claimed that unprecedented demands have caused its PC inventory to dwindle.
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Razer’s new Chroma docks transform gaming laptops into powerful workstations

Razer's latest docks offer Chroma lighting, more ports, and the ability to add external displays to your laptop when you're at your desk.
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NZXT admits to the design flaw causing its PC cases to catch fire, halts sales

NZXT has a fix coming to correct the faulty H1 case design that led to fires, but you'll have to wait until March to get it.
XMG Gaming Laptop

You can now buy a gaming laptop with Nvidia’s RTX 3060, starting at just $999

Gaming laptops with GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPUs are now available to buy, and prices start at just $999.
Displays in a Tesla Model S.

A gaming Tesla? New Model S to use same GPU as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

What does Tesla's sedan, Sony's PlayStation, Microsoft's Xbox, and a gaming PC share in common? They all come with AMD's powerful GPU.
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Huge demand for Nvidia RTX 3000 cards led scalpers to $15.2 million in profit

Impatient gamers wanting the latest Nvidia RTX 3000 series graphics helped scalpers to a total of $61.5 million in sales on sites like eBay and StockX.
Fortnite running on a Macbook M1.

Future MacBooks could get a big performance boost if new Apple patent pans out

Future versions of Apple's MacBook notebooks could benefit from a new memory patent that will deliver more performance and even longer battery life.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 series laptop reviews are in, and there’s plenty to love

In the market for a new gaming laptop in 2021? Nvidia's new RTX 3000 series has gone mobile, and we round up some of the latest gaming laptop reviews.
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RDNA 3 could make AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT successor 250% more powerful

Even though it's unannounced, the RDNA 3 architecture on AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 7000 series could make it 250% more powerful than today's Radeon RX 6900 XT.
An opened Macbook Air M1 sitting on a table.

Apple’s redesigned MacBook Air could be lighter than current Air

Apple is said to be working on a redesigned MacBook Air, featuring a lighter and thinner design, MagSafe, and a more powerful processor.
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Razer’s Naga X is a 16-button gaming mouse made to slay MMO titles

Razer's highly customizable mouse comes with 16 programmable buttons and accurate tracking, and can glide smoothly across any surface for MMO gaming.
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Intel’s 12th-Gen 16-core Alder Lake-S can reach 4GHz speeds, according to leak

Intel's 12th-Gen Alder Lake processor was only previewed earlier this year at CES, and now a new benchmark leak reveals new details about the silicon.
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More G-Sync Ultimate monitors could be coming with Nvidia’s lower requirements

Nvidia lowered a key requirement for G-Sync Ultimate certification. With lower brightness requirements, more monitors may qualify for the Ultimate branding.