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Geekbench is unhappy about Intel’s Binary Optimisation due to potentially inflated scores

Primate Labs' analysis of Intel’s Binary Optimisation Tool shows high performance boosts that could unrealistically skew benchmarks in favour of Intel.

Intel Wildcat Lake Core 300 Series specs leak show possible core configurations and TDPs

Intel Wildcat Lake Core 300 Series lineup surfaces, including six models packing up to six cores clocked between 3.3GHz and 4.8GHz.

Nvidia promises to get you into your games faster by eliminating shader recompilations

Auto Shader Compilation regenerates shader caches across GeForce driver updates, but you'll still need to sit through an initial compilation.

Intel says it plans to beat AMD and make the fastest gaming CPU again

After improving gaming pace with Arrow Lake Refresh, Intel is clearly setting Nova Lake's sights on AMD's X3D chips with 3D V-cache.

Noctua AIO cooler is coming soon, promising great acoustics and performance

Asetek announces that its Noctua AIO cooler collaboration has passed validation and is on track for Q2 launch, featuring advanced noise dampening.

Nvidia DLSS 4.5 frame generation is finally here, with dynamic and 6x modes

New DLSS frame generation features are now available for GeForce RTX 40 and 50 series cards via an Nvidia App beta update.

Intel Bartlett Lake CPU with 12 P-cores runs on a consumer Z790 motherboard, thanks to BIOS mod

This hardware enthusiast got an Intel Core 9 273PQE processor to POST on a consumer Asus Z790 motherboard, thanks to some BIOS poking.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D appears in UK store at £179

AMD’s former Latin America-exclusive Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor has reached UK shelves, offering six Zen 3 cores at 4GHz, alongside 96MB of L3 cache.

Valve just banned nearly a million Counter-Strike 2 bots – Armory changes incoming?

Valve clamps down on CS2 skin/point farming bots, VAC banning 960,000 accounts in one swoop with the help of community reports.