The AI revolution is upon us, but unlike past shifts in computing, most of us interact with the most advanced versions of AI models in the cloud. Leading services like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini all remain cloud-based. For reasons including privacy, research, and control, however, locally run AI models are still of interest, and it's important to be able to reliably and neutrally measure the AI performance of client systems with GPUs and NPUs on board.
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If you need to tweak your Windows 11 or 10 install, then Winaero Tweaker is for you (heck, this program even works as far back as Windows 7). A freeware app created by Sergey Tkachenko, Winaero Tweaker is a simple to use, all-in-one app that can tweak and tune your Windows installation without getting your hands dirty in the registry or command line.
If you want to protect your privacy, freeze a test rig for benchmarking ,
Microsoft on Thursday reached a $4 trillion market valuation, becoming the second company in history to do so, following Nvidia hitting the same milestone earlier in July . The achievement comes amid strong earnings for the fiscal 2025, soaring demand for cloud services, the company's aggressive push into artificial intelligence, and the upcoming end of Windows 10 support, which may catalyze upgrades, reports Yahoo! Finance .
For the year ended June 30, 2025,
Intel's 13th Generation Alder Lake processors may have faded from the spotlight, but the chips are far from being forgotten. Hardware leaker momomo_us has discovered that Intel has quietly launched the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F (the latter being the iGPU-less variant of the former), which seem to be based on its Alder Lake silicon.
The Core 5 120 will undoubtedly confuse less-informed consumers (and plenty of fairly
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Despite the rapid pace of GPU evolution and the hype around AI hardware, Linus Torvalds — the father of Linux — is still using a 2017-era AMD Radeon RX 580 as his main desktop GPU here in 2025. The Polaris-based graphics may be almost a decade old, but it’s aged remarkably well in Linux circles thanks to robust and mature open-source driver support. Torvalds' continued use of the RX 580
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At one point, this king of gaming processors was almost impossible to get your hands on; now, with the benefit of time and ample stock of the 9800X3D on retailer shelves, it's more about how good a deal you can find on this magnificent gaming CPU. At Amazon, you can grab hold of AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D for just £399, the lowest price it's ever been