One after the other, ASUS and Gigabyte return (in part) to official Intel specifications
Motherboard manufacturers have a tendency to exceed the specifications of Intel processors... and that's too bad for users. [...]
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The end of the road for the Zilog Z80 processor: a (long) page turns
A processor that revolutionized personal information in the 80's. You may not have known it, but the Z80 processor from the American brand Zilog is still being manufactured and is expected to be used in the future. [...]
A new 3Dfx graphics card developed by a duo of enthusiasts
"I'm talking about a time that people in their early twenties couldn't possibly have known..." 3Dfx is a name that's not getting any younger. Founded in 1994, the [...]
AM5 motherboards compatible with future Ryzen 9000 models
A statement that still only concerns two of the main manufacturers, but there's no reason for it... Beyond their competition on the performance front, AMD and Intel [...]
Illegal AIDA64 licenses sold with its products: Lamptron doesn't bother with morality
Lamptron has not purchased any of the licenses it distributes with its various PC cooling/monitoring products. Remember last February when we reported on the ST060, a [...]
The PCI Express 7.0 standard is nearing validation: we'll see you next year!
Over the past year, PCI Express 5.0 has finally begun to make inroads into the small world of PCs, but manufacturers are already looking much further ahead. In the middle [...]
GeForce graphics card prices set to rise? At least on certain models...
The prices of at least three NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards are set to rise sharply. Generation after generation, graphics card prices have gone up, and it's almost inevitable that they will. [...]
What if Microsoft integrated advertising into the Windows 11 Start menu?
Not every idea is a good one, and we sincerely hope that this one doesn't make it to Microsoft's radar. [...]
Are LEDs in our PCs unnecessary or even dangerous?
Standards for the aesthetics of our PCs have evolved considerably in recent years, and aren't those LEDs we see everywhere a danger? There are [...]
Intel and NVIDIA advance their super sampling technologies through artificial intelligence
Month after month, oversampling technologies progress and rendering in our favorite games becomes more precise, more pleasing to the eye. In the world of graphics cards, [...]
Windows 11 24H2: when Microsoft thwarts customization
One wonders why Microsoft hinders third-party software in this way. For decades, tools have been available to customize the Windows interface, and a few publishers like Stardock have been doing just that. [...]
QR code generator coming soon to Windows 11
A new feature designed to simplify the transfer of files and links within the operating system, just released on the beta channel of Windows [...]
Promising Zen 5 architecture: a small revolution at AMD?
It's still just rumors, but the first echoes of Zen 5 processor performance are impressive. The Zen microarchitecture launched on March 2, 2017 will have enabled [...]
Let people choose between DDR4 and DDR5 - not an idiotic idea, but one that needs to be perfected.
The new generation of DDR5 RAM means a significant increase in cost when changing configuration. For almost three years now, we've been going through a period of transition when it comes to RAM. [...]
Windows: a temporary feature... in use for almost 30 years!
A feature coded on a rainy Thursday morning. Some news is serious, some is so sad it makes you cry, and some makes you smile. [...]