A few months back, you may have read news from Thermal Grizzly about a unique collaboration to create a professional-grade test bench, dubbed Der8enchtable, with an open design and an integrated PCB. The brainchild of overclocking legend Roman “der8auer” Hartung and ElmorLabs (Jon “elmor” Sandstrom) was first unveiled at Computex 2
Hands-on with the Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable: Updating our longstanding motherboard test bench
Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week — big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software
The Sega Dreamcast’s built-in web browser was killed by Google earlier this week. In less dramatic terms, Google closed a PlanetWeb browser compatibility window that had somehow remained ajar for a quarter-century. While a raft of Google services no longer respond properly to the Dreamcast’s ancient SSL/TLS stack, fan-made search
MSI adds auto BCLK overclocking to X870 MAX motherboards — claims new 'one-click' features add up to 15% extra performance on Ryzen 7 9800X3D
MSI has implemented new one-click auto overclocking features in its latest B850 and X870 Max series AM5 motherboards (including the X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi PZ that we reviewed recently ) that manipulate BCLK, PBO, and memory timings. MSI claims its one-click overclocking features combined can yield up to
AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node — brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities
AMD this week released a document titled "Performance Monitor Counters for AMD Family 1Ah Model 50h-57h Processors" (discovered by InstLatX64 ) that reveals numerous architectural details of AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs, including the EPYC 'Venice' processor for data centers, through performance monitoring interfaces. As it turns out, Zen
In a pinch? Last-minute digital gift ideas for Christmas 2025 for the techie in your life — here's the picks if you have no time left for deliveries
Christmas Day is almost upon us, and if you're reading this, time is swiftly running out to pick something up at the store or get the item delivered before
12 years ago, a whiskey-fuelled rant coined the iconic term HODL with a drunken mispelling — Bitcoin investment strategy would have turned $523 into over $87,000, a 16,666% gain
On December 18, 2013, a cryptocurrency investor felt compelled to pen a message rallying his fellow shellshocked troops on the Bitcointalk forums, encouraging them to hold their Bitcoin investments regardless of market fluctations. From GameKyuubi’s panicked, whisky-fuelled, typo-ridden missive, he accidentally coined the term ‘HODL’ and it entered the lexicon
Savvy PC builder finds GeForce GTX 1660 Super for just $8.40 at thrift store — Goodwill purchase comes with 6GB of VRAM for 1080p gaming, still sells for up to $100
A Reddit user managed to get their hands on an Nvidia GTX 1660 Super for just $8.40 at their local Goodwill thrift store. According to u\Lucky_Mess4798 , the card is in working condition and, based on the shared photo, appears to be an MSI-branded model. A respectable 10
GTA: Vice City is now playable right in your browser, 2002 title that once demanded Pentium 3 now runs in Chrome — requires upload of an original game file to save progress
DOS Zone, a browser-based platform that lets you play old PC games, has just made the full GTA: Vice City game available for play online. The platform runs the game entirely in the browser, although you need to upload an original game file to prove that you own the game to save your progress. You’
Nvidia-led NitroGen is a generalist video gaming AI that can play any title — research also has big implications for robotics
A diverse group of researchers from Nvidia , Stanford, Caltech, and other institutions has introduced NitroGen. In a LinkedIn post on Friday, Jim Fan, Nvidia Director of AI & Distinguished Scientist, heralded NitroGen as “an open-source foundation model trained to play 1000+ games.” However, the implications are much wider, spilling from
Samsung introduces SOCAMM2 LPDDR5X memory module for AI data centers — new standard set to offer reduced power consumption and double the bandwidth versus DDR5 RDIMMs
Samsung has announced its own SOCAMM2 LPDDR5-based memory module designed specifically for AI data center platforms, positioning it to bring the power efficiency and bandwidth advantages of LPDDR5X to servers without the long-standing trade-off of permanent soldering, while aligning the form factor with an emerging JEDEC standard for accelerated and AI-focused systems.
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