Chip Binning on CPU and GPU, How Does it Work?
It is a term really heard by many and over the years it has ended up taking more and more force first among professional overclockers […]
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The Best 4-core Gaming CPUs with and without SMT
As most video games come prepared to take advantage of 4 cores , we can play at good performance with low-end chips. Therefore, we have […]
Why Intel and AMD Processors Have Pins and Not Flat Contact
Both Intel and AMD have the contact pins to “connect” to the socket on the motherboard. It is true that AMD processors have physical pins […]
Cost of Manufacturing CPU and GPU at Equal Size
As a general rule, processors are smaller in size than graphics card GPUs : for example, a Core i9-9900K processor is 177 mm 2 in […]
How Much CPU and RAM do Gaming Peripheral Apps Consume?
The vast majority of gaming peripherals have their own management software, with the main brands already using unified software that allows control and monitoring of […]
What Is AMD PSP Device? Security Processor and Driver Explained
See what AMD PSP Device does, why it appears in Device Manager, and how to check its driver without confusing chipset updates with BIOS updates.
How the MIPS of a CPU Are Calculated
Many times you will find that the performance of a processor , or simply its power, is expressed in a unit of measurement called MIPS […]
OBS or XSplit for Streaming, Which One Has Less CPU Consumption?
When streaming games from a gaming PC, one of the biggest concerns we may have is that streaming software slows down game performance, slowing performance […]
Reasons Why AMD Doesn’t Match the Frequency of Intel CPUs
They have all the advantage and yet Intel with its ancient 14 nm lithographic process continues to lead them in a section as basic as […]
External CPU for PC: Architecture, Connectivity, Cost and Mobility
There are many users who dream of fully modular PCs, where no component is linked to another beyond its own platform. This is something more […]
Cache Memory of a CPU, Why is it Not Storage?
It may be an irrelevant question and more so in these times. But the truth is that both Intel and AMD are going to change […]
Ryzen Controller Squeezes Maximum Performance from Your AMD Laptop
We recently talked about what it was Ryzen controller and now we are going to explain in detail all the options it has to get […]
AMD Combo PI, What is it and How Does it Work Together with AGESA?
AMD has certain spines stuck in it today that it is going to have to drag for some time on its platforms. The first is […]
COVID-19: thus Affects the Creation of CPUs, GPUs
The Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, we could say quite far. Although the worst is over in Europe, the virus continues to hit […]
Dennard Scaling: thus Improving CPU Frequency and Consumption
Although the most famous law of computing is Moore’s, known to all and recently commented by Intel in a rather surprising script twist, there is […]