Today during its ‘Pinnacle of Performance' event, ASUS announced an all-new range of Vivobook laptops. While these aren't aimed at the gaming market, the new Vivobook series does pack some high-end options, including a 120Hz OLED display, and RTX 30 graphics in some models. The new Vivobook line-up is split …
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We check out G.Skill's Trident Z5 RGB DDR5 kit, with excellent timings and flashy RGB
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During CES 2022, Intel unveiled the successor to the NUC 11 Extreme compute module. Codenamed Dragon Canyon, the new NUC 12 Extreme will be powered by a 12th Gen Core i9 processor, bringing Alder Lake to Intel's extreme computing module. Cassandra Bodzak, Intel's marketing specialist, presented the NUC 12 Extreme …
Read More »Intel Core i9-12900K 8GHz overclock was bugged, CPU-Z developer confirms
This morning a few hours ahead of the embargo lift for Intel Alder Lake reviews, Gigabyte Aorus published an impressive seeming overclocking result, claiming to have reached 8GHz on the Core i9-12900K. The embargo for Alder Lake has since lifted, allowing more people to talk freely about performance and it has quickly become clear that this 8GHz result was faked.
Read More »Razer launches new Blade 17 with Intel Core i9 and RTX 3080
Today Razer is launching the new Razer Blade 17 gaming laptops, packing Intel 11th Gen Core H-series processors and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics. For the first time in a Blade 17, buyers will also be able to opt for an Intel Core i9-11900H CPU. With the inclusion …
Read More »Intel launches 11th Gen Core ‘Tiger Lake H’ processors for laptops
Today is a big day for laptops – not only has Nvidia just launched the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti for laptops, but Intel is also launching new 11th Gen Core H-series mobile processors. The new Intel 11th Gen mobile line-up includes the flagship Core i9-11980HK, which Intel claims …
Read More »Intel Rocket Lake graphics drivers now available to download
After a “driverless” release, Intel has added support for Rocket Lake's iGPU with its latest graphics driver release. The driver supporting Rocket Lake's Xe graphics was issued in early March, but until recently, the description did not mention any support for the newly released Intel 11th Gen Core desktop processors. …
Read More »Intel forgot to release graphics drivers for Rocket Lake iGPUs
It looks like Intel seemingly forgot to release graphics drivers for its new 11th Gen Core “Rocket Lake-S” processors. The Intel UHD graphics 750 drivers and software page is currently empty, although there is a workaround for this using Windows Update. The news was shared by AdoredTV, who noticed the …
Read More »Apple M1 surpasses Intel Core i7-11700K in single-thread on PassMark
The new PassMark CPU rankings are out and a surprising entry has risen to second place. Based on PassMark CPU benchmark results, the Apple M1 is able to outperform AMD's Ryzen 5 series processors and the newly launched Intel 11th Gen Core series with just one exception – the Core …
Read More »Intel Core i9 and Core i7 “Rocket Lake” line-up and gaming performance leaked
As we get closer to a major launch, there is a good chance that we'll see presentation leaks detailing upcoming tech early. This time around, two slides from Intel's Rocket Lake launch presentation have leaked, detailing the full Core i9 and Core i7 line-up in addition to some gaming performance …
Read More »ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Review – Two Screens, One Laptop
Leo checks out the dual-screen Zephyrus Duo 15 laptop
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A Core i9-10900K overclocked to 7.7GHz across all ten cores.
Read More »MSI Z490 GODLIKE used to push Core i9-10900K to 7.42GHz on all cores
This week marks the launch of Intel's 10th Generation Core desktop processors and the Z490 chipset for motherboards. We've already seen some memory records broken utilising this new hardware and it looks like MSI's motherboards are turning up some decent CPU overclocking results too. First up is the flagship MSI …
Read More »Intel launches 10th Gen H-series CPUs for laptops
Alongside the launch of Nvidia’s latest laptop GPUs, Intel is also unveiling the new 10th Gen Core H-series of processors for laptops. The new line-up features the first mobile processor to break the 5GHz barrier, which will help drive higher frame rates in games. With the 10th Gen H-series of …
Read More »Intel Cascade Lake-X UK pricing and availability revealed
This has been a big week for CPU news. Yesterday, we presented our full review of the Core i9-10980XE and now today, we take a look at UK retail availability and pricing for the Cascade Lake-X lineup.
Read More »Intel Core i9-10980XE CPU Review
Priced at $1000 less than its direct predecessor, is Intel's i9-10980XE 18-core processor worth buying - or does AMD have better alternatives?
Read More »Intel Core i9-9900KS 5GHz (8C16T) CPU Review
What happens when you take a 9900K, push clocks to 5GHz and raise the TDP? Enter the 9900KS
Read More »Intel confirms 5GHz Core i9-9900KS and Cascade Lake X for October
To kick off this year's IFA in Berlin, Intel held its third Real World Performance event, which brought us some interesting news. Not only is the Core i9-9900KS coming soon, but there was also confirmation of Cascade Lake X coming very soon. The Core i9-9900KS is a special edition version …
Read More »Intel Performance Maximizer can work on Z370
We're currently running some tests for upcoming reviews, so we decided to give Intel's new 'Performance Maximizer' tool a quick whirl to see how it works.
Read More »Computex 2019: MSI Titan and Raider laptop preview (Core i9, RTX graphics and up to 240Hz!)
Today just ahead of Computex 2019, KitGuru visits MSI's HQ in Taiwan to get a preview on the brand new MSI Titan and Raider gaming laptops.
Read More »Win an Alienware Area-51m gaming laptop w/ Core i9-9900K, 144hz IPS and RTX 2080!
Ever wanted to own a high-end gaming laptop? Today we would like to give KitGuru readers that opportunity. We are giving away a brand new Alienware Area-51m laptop, featuring an Intel Core i9-9900k processor and an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU for blistering performance.
Read More »Intel rolls out 9th Generation Core i9, Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs for laptops
Following on from CES earlier this year, we saw many new gaming laptops launch with new RTX graphics but the downside at the time was that they were packing Intel 8th Gen CPUs, with 9th Gen just around the corner. Now just a few short months later, Intel has updated …
Read More »Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master – Best VRM Cooling We Have Ever Seen
This is one of the highlights of 2019, so far. Find out why.
Read More »ASUS revamps ROG Strix PC with Intel 9th Gen and RTX 20 series
We've had two massive hardware launches over the last couple of months. In September, Nvidia's RTX 20 series of graphics cards officially became available and now this week, Intel has begun rolling out its 9th Gen CPUs. With those launches now out of the way, we are starting to see …
Read More »Intel’s Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K available to order in UK
The spotlight continues to remain on Intel's 9th Gen launch this week. We've already taken a look at the specs for the new Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K. If any of our UK readers are planning on upgrading, then you're in luck as retail listings have already gone …
Read More »Intel announces Core i9, Core i7, Core i5 9th Gen CPUs and a new 28-core Xeon
After many months of leaks and rumours, today Intel officially announced its 9th generation of processors, alongside the Z390 motherboard chipset. We've already published a lengthy preview of Z390 and some of the flagship motherboards rolling out this month. Now, our attention turns to the 9th Gen processors themselves, with …
Read More »Possible Intel Core-i9 9900K 3DMark benchmark spotted
As the release of Intel's 9th Gen CPUs grows closer, more leaks are coming our way. This latest leak comes in the form of a benchmark test, giving us a good idea of what to expect from Intel's upcoming Core i9-9900K. In a database entry on 3DMark, the Core i9-9900K …
Read More »Apple has pushed out its own fix for Core i9 MacBook Pro throttling
Late last week, it became known that Apple's latest 2018 MacBook Pros were throttling, which hurt Core i9 performance in particular. Yesterday we learned that this was actually due to voltage settings with the VRMs, and a user-generated fix was pushed out. Now, Apple has made things easier with a …
Read More »Intel Core i9-9900K, i7-9700K, and i5-9600K specs leaked
AMD’s Ryzen has forced Intel’s hand when it comes to the core and thread counts of their new CPUs. With the Ryzen 7 packing eight cores and 16 threads, Intel was in danger of lagging behind, but leaked specifications of its 9XXX series of CPUs shows it is willing to …
Read More »Intel launches new 8th Gen Coffee Lake mobile processors
Intel has officially launched its first six-core Coffee Lake processors for laptops. The new Coffee Lake-H series brings Core i9, Core i7 and Xeon chips to laptops, featuring six cores for the first time on an Intel mobile platform. Intel has been sticking with quad-core chips for high-end laptops since …
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