Worst CPUs ever: the top x86 offenders on PC

We rundown the biggest flops in the PC processor world, from the Cyrix 6x86 to AMD Bulldozer and Intel Pentium 4.

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This QHD gaming monitor deal gives you a sharp resolution, 180Hz refresh rate, fast IPS screen, and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility, for just £118.97.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 could go back into production, five years after launch

Nvidia may resurrect its two-generation-old GeForce RTX 306 GPU, giving gamers another budget alternative to see out the DRAM crisis.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 9GB cards are reportedly on the way, but with a tight memory bus

Rumours claims that Nvidia is working on a new GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card with 9GB of 28Gb/s GDDR7 memory and a 96-bit bus.

Nvidia resolves Resident Evil Requiem and GPU voltage issues with driver hotfix 595.76

Third time's a charm, as Nvidia addresses the fallout from its 595.59 GeForce driver release with a new hotfix.

AMD Ryzen AI 400G CPUs only have 12 PCIe lanes, which could bottleneck GPUs and SSDs

AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400G CPUs offer just 12 PCIe Gen 4 lanes to split between storage and add-on cards.

DRAM prices are now reportedly increasing by the hour, as memory makers struggle to meet demand

Exponential growth in DRAM demand has led to huge inflation in pricing, leaving many businesses struggling to keep up.

Seagate just started shipping 44TB hard drives

Seagate debuts qualification of its 10-platter 44TB datacentre HDDs, powered by HAMR technology and its Mozaic 4+ platform.

Nvidia driver issues continue as 595.71 curbs GPU voltage and clock speeds

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.71 is stifling the performance potential of graphics cards through strange changes to GPU voltage.

Intel just announced its Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest server CPU range, with up to 288 E-Cores

Intel's new Xeon 6+processors offer up to 288 E-Cores, 96 PCIe Gen 5 lanes, and 12-channel DDR5-8000 support per socket.

MSI and Blizzard team up on limited edition GeForce RTX 5070 World of Warcraft Midnight graphics cards

Celebrating the latest WoW expansion, these eye-catching Light Edition and Void Edition graphics cards let you choose a side at a premium price.

AMD Zen 7 CPU leak shows huge core counts

A leaker has revealed potential AMD Zen 7 silicon layouts, including 32-core desktop and 36-core laptop variants.

AMD launches Ryzen AI 400 Series chips for mobile and desktop, offering up to 12 cores at 5.2GHz

AMD launches Ryzen AI 400 Series processor for desktop and mobile, featuring Zen 5 CPU cores and Copilot-ready NPUs.

Valve’s latest Steam Hardware Survey is massively out of whack

There's something fishy going on with the latest Steam Hardware Survey, following strange substantial swings in language, RAM, and more.

Researchers discover Wi-Fi vulnerability allowing the launch of machine-in-the-middle attacks

Security researchers found a wireless attack that bypasses Wi-Fi encryption and client separation, both on home and enterprise routers.

Nvidia pulls down GeForce 595.59 WHQL drivers due to stability problems and faulty fan detection

Nvidia removes its GeForce 595.59 WHQL drivers from download and encourages users to roll back to a stable version following bug reports.

Leaked AMD FSR 4.1 DLL tested on Radeon RX 7000 GPUs, delivers a slight quality improvement

Leaked AMD FSR 4.1 DLL keeps RDNA 3 owners’ hopes alive, as early tests show a slight quality improvement even at low upscaling settings.

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