Early Arrow Lake benchmarks dire for Intel
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Not an improvement really

Early benchmarks for Intel’s coming Arrow Lake seem to show that it can only offer a four per cent improvement over Raptor Lake

Intel Core Ultra 5 236V spotted in Geekbench
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17W chip for thin and light laptops

Geekbench database has revealed yet another Lunar Lake CPU SKU, an entry-level 17W chip aimed at thin and light laptops.

AMD delays launch of Ryzen 9000 series processors
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First batch does not meet full quality expectations

AMD has released an official statement confirming that its Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors have been delayed. It is not a major delay, and the official launch is now pushed to August 8th.

ASRock unveils new PG27FFT1A and PG27FFT1B 180Hz gaming monitors
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27-inch IPS panel, 180Hz refresh rate, and FHD resolution

ASRock has unveiled two new gaming monitors, the PG27FFT1A and the PG27FFT1B. Both are part of ASRock's Phantom Gaming lineup, these two will feature a 27-inch Fast IPS panel with a 180Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution.

Vendors wrecking Nvidia RTX 40-series cards with cheap paste
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Dirty paste done dirt cheap

Hardware tester Igor's Lab found that vendors for Nvidia RTX 40-series cards are using cheap, poorly applied thermal paste, which is leading to high temperatures and consequently, performance degradation over time.