Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU Benchmarked On ASUS’s Top OC Motherboard, The ROG Maximus Z890 APEX, 14% Faster Than 9950X
ASUS's next-gen ROG Maximus Z890 APEX motherboard has been exposed in new benchmarks of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU.
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This Alienware gaming laptop with RTX 4090 is $700 off for Labor Day
Every dollar saved counts when you’re buying a premium gaming laptop, so you don’t want to miss this opportunity at a $700 discount for the Alienware m18 R2 from the Labor Day sales of Dell. This configuration with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card usually sells for $4,000, but you can get it for $3,300 in one of the most attractive Labor Day gaming laptop deals we’ve seen. If you’re interested, we highly recommend pushing through with your purchase as fast as you can, as there’s no guarantee that the offer will remain online until the end of the holiday.
Intel's Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs won't have the instability issues affecting 13th and 14th Gen processors
We've written extensively about the stability issues affecting Intel's 13th and 14th Gen processors. Both of our Jacobs have covered it thoroughly, with Jacob Fox thoroughly explaining the saga, while Jacob Ridley ran through a suite of benchmarks comparing pre and post-fix BIOSes, which thankfully revealed no noticeable performance penalty.
NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, September 2
The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.
Intel Battlemage “Xe2” GPU Gets More Optimizations Ahead Of The Recent Pull Request For Linux 6.12 Kernel
The final set of updates has been submitted at Linux 6.12 Kernel, ensuring better optimizations for Intel Xe2 GPUs in Lunar Lake SoCs & Battlemage discrete GPUs.
NVIDIA “Powering Advanced AI” Is The New Tagline For GeForce RTX GPUs & AI PC Platforms
NVIDIA has silently updated its GeForce RTX GPUs & AI PC platform badges to include a new tagline which is "Powering Advanced AI".
Acer Predator Helios 18 review
Forgive me if you're getting a sense of déjà vu, as this 18-inch laptop has almost exactly the same specs as the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 and others reviewed earlier this year. It's cheaper than the Asus laptop though, yet comes in heavier and ever so slightly wider and thicker.
Possibly one of the cutest and definitely the cheapest way to bag an RTX 4070 GPU this Labor Day
Galax RTX 4070 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 5,888 shaders | 2,490 MHz boost | $539.99$514.99 at Amazon (save $25)The RTX 4070 is a popular card and can be difficult to find at a discount, but it's important to remember that this price is way cheaper than it was at launch. You're getting nearly RTX 3080 performance but with all those nice RTX 40 features. This MSI model uses the traditional 8-pin PCIe power connector, rather than the new 12VHPWR one, which makes it far easier to install as an upgrade.