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Intel Rocket Lake • BLASTING OFF IN THE NEW YEAR.

AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs announced • +19 percent IPC, AMD claims ‘best gaming CPU’.

Intel quietly launches Core i3-10100F • TO BATTLE THE NON-EXISTENT RYZEN 3 3300X.

Star Citizen now requires AVX support • R.I.P PENTIUM AND CELERON.

AMD reportedly in advanced talks to buy Xilinx • Poised to plunk down ~US$30 billion.

AMD RX 6000 series GPUs to support the AV1 codec • AV1 is 50% more efficient than H.264.

Does Ampere make password crackers useful? • Not if you practice responsible password generation.

Some of the best tech this year is impossible to buy • Scalping on Ebay and Amazon is becoming a huge issue for games enthusiasts, writes Shaun Prescott.

AMD’s Zen 3 finally conquers Intel in gaming prowess • 1080p gaming domination means AMD’s CPUs beat Intel’s in basically every way.

The Nvidia RTX 30-series capacitor controversy • Some alternative thoughts.

Nvidia’s Ampere • It almost doubles everything.

Nintendo Game Boy • All the small things.

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GADGETS • NICE THINGS TO HAVE, FOR YOUR PC AND BEYOND

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming OC • The Titan of the RTX 30 series.

Corsair One A100 • Return of the king.

Razer Blade Pro 17 • The Blade is back to blow you away.

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LG UltraGear 34GN850 • LG’s new 160Hz, 1ms IPS ultrawide wonder.

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Samsung Odyssey G7 monitor • Can the G7 be the gaming monitor that offers all things to everyone?

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MSI 27-inch Optix MAG274QRF-QD • MSI reckons its new 4K gaming monitor is the best all-rounder on the market. Is it?

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Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB M.2 NVMe SSD • PCI Express 4.0 SSD’s just hit the big time.

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Corsair AX1000 • The kind of PSU you need for an RTX 30 build.

Panasonic RZ-S500W • Compact, powerful buds to tackle Sony.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 head to head • Chris Szewczyk plays with the greatest graphics cards ever made.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition • There’s nothing basic or generic about this Founders Edition.

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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio • Can a 350W GPU run quietly? You betcha.

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Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 OC • Big, bold, beefy and beautiful.

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Google Docs vs LibreOffice • The last word no longer belongs to Microsoft.

Anthropics PortraitPro 19 • Spruce up your portraits using a range of AI enhanced retouching tools.

6 apps to get stuff done • For big personal or work projects, these apps will help you achieve your goals.

Android

LinuxFX 10.6 • Cold-hearted Jonni Bidwell shows a rare hint of sympathy for users who want their Linux to look like Windows.

Browser wars 2020 • As Google Chrome crushes all its browser competition, Neil Mohr takes an in-depth look at what makes it so good and why you shouldn’t be using it.

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