Intel just boosted gaming performance by up to 155%

Intel just boosted gaming performance by up to 155%

Intel’s engineers once again managed to introduce significant improvements in the latest driver update — but this time, it’s not the discrete graphics cards that received a boost. Instead, the recent patch targets integrated Intel Arc GPUs found in Intel Core Ultra processors, which are some of Intel’s top CPUs for laptops. This update adds … Read more

Dell Presidents’ Day Deals: Dell XPS 13, XPS 15 and XPS 17

Dell Presidents’ Day Deals: Dell XPS 13, XPS 15 and XPS 17

Mark Coppock / Digital Trends Dell will soon roll out an entirely new Dell XPS lineup, which means that this year’s Dell XPS Presidents’ Day deals may be your last chance to buy the outgoing model of the Dell XPS 13, and the soon-to-be-replaced Dell XPS 15 and Dell XPS 17. You better hurry because … Read more

A major era in Intel chip technology may be coming to an end

A major era in Intel chip technology may be coming to an end

Intel Intel’s next-generation Arrow Lake chips are said to be coming out later this year, but we don’t know much about them just yet. However, a new leak shows us that two crucial features may be missing from the next-gen CPU lineup: hyperthreading and support for the AVX-512 extension. If Intel is ditching hyperthreading, it’s … Read more

Intel Arrow Lake: everything we know about 15th-gen chips

Intel Arrow Lake: everything we know about 15th-gen chips

Intel Arrow Lake is Team Blue’s next-generation of processors. The successors to the Meteor Lake/Raptor Lake refresh 14th-generation, Arrow Lake is expected to debut towards the end of 2024, but it’s not quite as straightforward as previous generations. It may launch alongside another low-power version to maximize Intel’s fabrication capacity and ditch one of Intel … Read more

AMD to finally bring Zen 5 CPUs later this year

AMD to finally bring Zen 5 CPUs later this year

AMD AMD’s big CES 2024 reveals left some fans wanting more. The company announced the expansion of its existing Ryzen 7000X3D desktop CPUs, Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs, and new RX 7000 mobile GPUs. Team Red also revealed the Ryzen 8000G series lineup of desktop APUs with built-in graphics. It sounds like a lot, but the … Read more

Intel’s awkward transition year | Digital Trends

Intel’s awkward transition year | Digital Trends

Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Intel’s rebranding of its processors was a big deal. The change from Core i5 to Core Ultra 5 was more than just a rebrand — it was supposed to signal a shift to a new era for Intel. That’s why the announcements around 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh HX at CES … Read more

New AMD CPUs let you play Cyberpunk without a graphics card

New AMD CPUs let you play Cyberpunk without a graphics card

AMD just revealed its new lineup of desktop APUs with built-in graphics at CES 2024: the Ryzen 8000G series. According to AMD, the Ryzen 8000G lineup can run AAA titles without requiring a discrete GPU. Will these CPUs really rival some of the best processors when it comes to graphics performance? Here’s everything we know. … Read more

Intel may be ready to launch a new monster CPU

Intel may be ready to launch a new monster CPU

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Intel may be getting ready to add to its lineup of the best processors, and this time around, we’re talking about a real monster of a CPU. A new leaked image of the rumored Core i9-14900KS tells us that its launch may not be that far away, and according to … Read more