Author: Jan Olšan

CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed

Memory, Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Recently, we reported that the Intel LGA 1851 platform with Core Ultra 200 (“Arrow Lake”) processors will premiere certain memory innovation – CUDIMM modules that have an integrated clock driver (CKD) that enables operation at (hopefully) higher clock speeds. It was unclear for a while whether this would end up being an Intel exclusive feature, but now it looks like CUDIMMs will be usable on AM5 boards with Ryzen processors as well. Read more “CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed” »

Intel catching up with Radeons? Battlemage GPUs will clock high

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Intel is expected to launch the second generation Arc gaming graphics cards late this year, or early 2025. Their Alchemist generation suffered from various flaws (high idle power consumption, for example) and a less mature ecosystem but it’s still the most successful (and the only usable yet) attempt to produce an alternative to GeForce and Radeon graphics cards. The next generation, Battlemage, could hopefully take it further. Read more “Intel catching up with Radeons? Battlemage GPUs will clock high” »

Intel Raptor Lake CPUs need another fix to prevent damage

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

It seemed like the huge issue of unstable and crashing Intel Raptor Lake CPUs (Core 13th and 14th desktop generation) was over – and Intel would certainly like it to be – when last month BIOSes with microcode fixes started coming out. But it’s not. The company has now issued a new statement saying that even those fixes are not yet enough, and owners will need one more update to prevent these processors from slowly failing. Read more “Intel Raptor Lake CPUs need another fix to prevent damage” »

New Nvidia GPUs: GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 specs

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

It looks like the release of the next generation of Nvidia graphics cards got closer again. Major news about its Blackwell architecture GPUs was leaked on the web, or more accurately on (former) Twitter, yesterday – the specs of the two highest performance models that are due out first: the GeForce RTX 5080 and the new high-end, GeForce RTX 5090. And there’s a surprise: the specs of the high-end have improved compared to previous reports. Read more “New Nvidia GPUs: GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 specs” »

Zen 5 with V-Cache coming soon. Ryzen 7 9800X3D next month?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD’s launch of Zen 5 desktop CPUs was limited to regular models without 3D V-Cache, which is a differentiator of the so-called “X3D” models that significantly improves performance in games. Gamers have no successor for the past generation Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which remains the best gaming CPU. This could change soon though, it seems that AMD is starting talk about the X3D version of Zen 5 and the release is coming soon. Read more “Zen 5 with V-Cache coming soon. Ryzen 7 9800X3D next month?” »

Crucial P310: Surprising performance from an SSD with QLC NAND?

News, SSDs | | Jan Olšan

QLC NAND SSDs, which have low endurance but should allow for lower prices, have recently been improving in performance more and more, which is the second main criticism of this type of memory. Recently there was the cheap Kingston NV3 SSD, which will apparently feature both QLC and TLC NAND versions, now a new Crucial P310 drive is coming to market. And this module is seemingly the fastest QLC SSD ever to come out so far. Read more “Crucial P310: Surprising performance from an SSD with QLC NAND?” »

How much does AVX-512 help Zen 5 in x265? And how to turn it on

Extra tests, Processors | | Jan Olšan

You may not know this, but the x265 video encoder can use AVX-512, but they are unused by default for historical reasons. In the past we made a guide showing how to enable the optimizations and looked at their effect, first on Intel Rocket Lake processors and then on Zen 4. Due to the popularity of those articles, we’ve now repeated the same tests on the new Zen 5 architecture, for comparison with previous cores. Read more “How much does AVX-512 help Zen 5 in x265? And how to turn it on” »

UDNA: Next-gen architecture will unite AMD’s gaming and AI GPUs

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

The next generation AMD GPUs with RDNA 4 architecture should be coming soon. The company has now confirmed the rumors that high-end models will not be released in this generation and it will cover only part of the performance and price range. But the company also discussed their long-term roadmaps for the Radeon and Instinct GPU architectures. It seems we could be in for a change as significant as the transition from GCN to RDNA. Read more “UDNA: Next-gen architecture will unite AMD’s gaming and AI GPUs” »

Cheaper ARM processors with “Nuvia” cores for laptops are here

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

As recently reported, Qualcomm was about to expand the range of ARM processors for laptops downwards to lower the starting price of Windows ARM PCs. Now, Qualcomm has actually released the new models of Snapdragon X Plus processors, and there are even more of them than expected. More importantly, the cheaper SKUs are now improved quite a bit. They finally have a decent single-threaded boost, which has been a weakness until now. Read more “Cheaper ARM processors with “Nuvia” cores for laptops are here” »

Intel cancels the 20A node, meant for Arrow Lake CPU production

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Last week, Intel officially launched the first of their next-gen Core Ultra 200 CPUs, which brings new architectures as well as more advanced silicon technology. That raised optimistic expectations , but those are getting cast in doubt now. Intel has cancelled its 2nm manufacturing process node (Intel 20A), which was part of its plan to catch up with TSMC. However, the follow-up process nodes are still being developed. Read more “Intel cancels the 20A node, meant for Arrow Lake CPU production” »

Intel is seriously considering selling fabs due to money shortage

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It used to be unthinkablebut Intel has, in its own words, run into economic problems, or at least a less than satisfactory situation. The company posted worse-than-expected revenue and a big loss in the last quarter, follow-up cuts and layoffs have already been announced. But it looks like this could lead to an even more significant historic turn. Instead of investing in chip technology, it could close its own fabs or end up broken up. Read more “Intel is seriously considering selling fabs due to money shortage” »

The comeback of Intel? Next-gen Lunar Lake mobile CPU introduced

News, Notebooks, Processors | | Jan Olšan

As previously announced, Intel has formally launched the first second-generation Core Ultra processors (200V), a.k.a. Lunar Lake, at IFA 2024 last week. These CPUs are said to offer the best power efficiency and mobility among Intel’s x86 CPUs to date, aiming to be on par with ARM CPUs in this regard. Intel has now provided a number of benchmarks and performance data, and we now know when Lunar Lake will be available for purchase. Read more “The comeback of Intel? Next-gen Lunar Lake mobile CPU introduced” »

Cheap Ryzen 5 7600X3D with V-Cache launched. Available in EU now

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

We reported that AMD is planning to release a cheaper gaming CPU with V-Cache – the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. AMD has released such affordable models (mainly Ryzen 7 5700X3D) for the older AM4 platform, but this time it’s a CPU with Zen 4 architecture for the AM5 socket. And this rumored 7600X3D model has been officially released. Unfortunately the availability is not global. Read more “Cheap Ryzen 5 7600X3D with V-Cache launched. Available in EU now” »

AMD prepares three Radeons with Navi 48, we have memory specs

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

This week, the first leak of a Radeon RX 8000 in the Geekbench database appeared online. It could have been an ES sample of this GPU or a similar early prototype, so it’s unclear how close these GPUs are to launch. But this seems to have kicked off leaks for this new generation of AMD graphics cards. A bit more detail has now surfaced on the web about what to expect from these GPUs, especially the more powerful mainstream Navi 48 GPU. Read more “AMD prepares three Radeons with Navi 48, we have memory specs” »

Patch speeding up AMD CPUs is out. Even for old Windows

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

A few days ago, we reported that Ryzen CPUs with the Zen 3, Zen 4, and especially Zen 5 architecture (with which the biggest impact is expected) should get a performance boost in a future Windows 11 update to version 24H2. This big update isn’t out yet – it’s the Copilot+ release that brings various AI innovations and was at one time reportedly being considered for launching as Windows 12. But Ryzen owners won’t have to wait that long. Read more “Patch speeding up AMD CPUs is out. Even for old Windows” »

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