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It's clear that anyone running a first-gen Ryzen CPU should look into upgrading to an affordable Zen 3. But how about Zen 2 owners, like the Ryzen 5 3600? Then it's less obvious what you should do.

The Ryzen 7 6800U is AMD's latest and greatest chip for ultraportables, while the Intel Core i7-1260P is headlining today's powerful thin and light systems based on the Alder Lake architecture.

This is a benchmark session, as usual, where we'll be taking an old Ryzen 5 1600 system and upgrade it with the Ryzen 5 5600 to see what's what on gaming.

A mix of old and new, from strategies to shooters, our current PC game favorites will make you stare at the screen with a smile on your face while mulling the greatness of our platform.

When buying a new phone, for most people the crucial elements are choice of OS and price. So, are you willing to shell out over a grand on the latest and greatest, or will a $350 mid-range champion suffice?

Here are the best gaming monitors you can buy in five categories: 1080p, 1440p, 4K, ultrawide and HDR, depending on the level of refresh rate you are targeting, display size and budget.

You've seen them competing against each other: "Sign in with Google" No. "Sign in with Facebook" No. "Sign in with Apple." While convenient, these buttons grant data permissions, so let's review that.

Not to be confused with DLSS, Nvidia's DLDSR (Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution) is a method of supersampling that renders supported games at a higher resolution than your monitor's native resolution.

Today we're taking the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and installing it on a few different B350 and X370 motherboards that were released many years ago to see if it works, and if it does, how well does it work?

A big incentive of going Ryzen over the past few years has been the AM4 platform. AMD promised platform support until at least 2020 and they have delivered, giving users a clear upgrade path from Zen up to Zen 3 CPUs.

We are in the middle of the electric car revolution and innovations to emission-free transportation. BMW is no stranger to EVs, and the 2023 BMW iX M60 is their most powerful electric vehicle so far.

FSR 2.0 is AMD's second attempt at offering a broad game upscaling technology to compete with Nvidia's DLSS. In this article we'll be using the game Deathloop which supports DLSS, FSR 1.0 and FSR 2.0 to benchmark and compare several GPUs from current and previous generations.

Fast storage has become a true commodity, and hopefully it will only get bigger and faster. From latest-gen NVMe SSDs to traditional HDDs, our best storage picks are divided into six categories.

AMD claims a new Radeon Preview driver boosts DX11 performance, to find out what's the real deal, we've tested the latest driver release in 50 games using the Radeon RX 6700 XT.

As we inch closer to next-gen GPUs, we expect the current state of the market to influence what makers will charge for upcoming products. Finally, MSRP pricing has started to become the norm for GPU shopping.

The Radeon RX 6950 XT flagship refresh gets a performance memory boost to 18 Gbps GDDR6, which should help AMD in their halo product battle with Nvidia.

The Radeon 6750 XT is a minor refresh over what AMD already had in the market. It's essentially the same GPU with a small factory overclock which accounts for a small speed gain, plus the price hike.

The refreshed Radeon RX 6650 XT is simply an overclocked 6600 XT with faster memory. That's not big news, but what does make a difference is that the RX 6600 series is down near the MSRP.

#TBT In 2001, Apple launched an MP3 player that would eventually shape the landscape of today's mobile computing market, and the product that put Apple on the path to become a dominant tech player.

Whether you need a tablet for work or study, content consumption, web browsing, or for your kids, this guide has you covered. From high-end to budget, iPad, Android or Windows.

Here's yet another look at the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with a big 40 game benchmark, but this time we've prepared a shootout against the more affordable and competitive Core i7-12700KF.

We compare the Radeon RX 6600 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 head-to-head to see how these two GPUs stack up using the latest drivers in a wide range of games. Currently both of these GPUs are selling for about $400.

Data loss is rampant these days and a good backup strategy can save you from losing access to important information. In this guide, we explore how to export and download Gmail emails for safekeeping.

The HP X27q is one of the most affordable 27-inch 1440p 165Hz IPS gaming displays you can buy right now. At just $250, that's a really great price for these specs.

The Radeon RX 6400 is a brand new RDNA2 GPU that uses TSMC's cutting-edge 6nm process. Sounds exciting, right? Well, maybe not so much once you get to see the results.