In the news this week: MSI leaks the RTX 3080 Ti, Intel wants NVIDIA to know it was “first,” we recap AMD’s new CPUs and NVIDIA’s CPU, talk about warranty shortening, and more. Sponsor: Buy Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste on Amazon ( or Hydronaut paste for water cooling (Amazon – Grab GN Modmats here: Sources: […]
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We needed a pick-me-up after reviewing prebuilts, so we’re looking at a unique video card design for the RX 6700 XT: It’s the Yeston Sakura, and it might be apt to call it a “waifu” card. Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases ( As usual, the GPU itself is all from a supplier — AMD, […]
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AMD’s new APUs have been on the market via OEMs for a few months now, so we bought one with the Ryzen 5 5600G to benchmark & review vs. a cheap CPU … This article was gathered automatically by our news bot. We help YouTubers by driving traffic to them for free. The featured image […]
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NVIDIA & AMD have shirked their responsibilities and have gotten greedy. Both have seen a reduction in the percent improvement versus the percent price increase, but they hide it well. Sponsor: be quiet!’s Silent Base 802 Support our research and independent reporting! We have anti-static modmats to serve as PC building work surfaces, wireframe mousemats […]
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News this week covers a potential Ryzen Zen 3 exploit as posted by AMD, GPU smugglers thwarted in Hong Kong, GTX 1080 Ti’s non-return, the rare 6800 XT Midnight Black, and more. Sponsor: ASUS TUF Gaming B550 Plus WiFi on Amazon – Show sources & notes: Thanks for letting us talk about the new Modmat. […]
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AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT video card releases March 18. This is our review & benchmark of the new RX 6700 XT GPU, particularly vs. the RTX 3060 & RTX 3070 cards. Sponsor: Buy Thermaltake’s Tower 100 Mini-ITX case on Amazon ( Watch our review of the RTX 3060: Watch our warning signs about buying […]
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This is one of the first modern Intel discrete video cards. It’s the Intel Iris Xe DG1 GPU, complete with its own memory, PCB, and cooler. We’re benchmarking Intel’s GPU in games. Sponsor: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 (Amazon) and Arctic MX-5 Thermal Paste (Amazon) – This piece is intended largely to serve as an […]
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GPUs and video cards are known to be in short supply, but this video details more about how they’ve become so valuable that companies now trade and barter using GPUs as currency. Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases ( Warnings about pre-built PCs: The best way to support our work is through our store: The […]
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We’re cleaning and re-pasting several GPUs, including one that’s 11 years old. With GPU shortages, we wanted to help people keep current cards running longer. Includes temperature benchmarks. Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases ( Grab the GamersNexus tear-down toolkit! Supports most video cards on the market and gives you high-quality, long-lasting tools: Learn about […]
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In our final benchmark of the Dell G5 5000 gaming computer, we look at the insane bloatware problem (and McAfee), the thermals, gaming performance, and benchmark noise. Sponsor: Buy Thermaltake’s Tower 100 Mini-ITX case on Amazon ( Watch (Part 1) Dell G5 5000 tear-down & support problems: Dell’s G5 5000 gaming PC is back for […]
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Hardware news this week talks about an ASUS + Noctua collaboration, Linux growing in market share for gamers, the utter lack of AMD RX 6000 GPUs on the market, and more. Sponsor: Buy Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste on Amazon ( or Hydronaut paste for water cooling (Amazon – Show notes & sources: Code “SENDHELP” is […]
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NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 Ti does little to help the current situation, especially considering that’s silicon that could be pushed lower down the stack. Tested vs. RTX 3070, 3080, RX 6800, etc. Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases ( You can find our review of the 3080 Ti that you shouldn’t buy here: And our tear-down […]
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