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New AMD Ryzen Threadripper smashes PassMark record — 9980X scores 147,481, making it the fastest desktop CPU ever tested, but only in multi-thread performance

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 07/04/2025 10:56 EDT

Benchmark results for AMD’s 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 9980X show record-breaking multi-threaded performance, surpassing even the 96-core Threadripper Pro, but relatively modest single-threaded scores. Read more ›

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Nephew of the ZX Spectrum inventor has created a handheld Raspberry Pi console the size of a gift card — GamerCard features 4" square IPS screen and pre-loaded arcade games

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2025 09:44 EDT

GamerCard is a retro gaming handheld so portable that it's literally the size of a gift card, so you can now casually spend $170 at checkout. Read more ›

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The best Fourth of July 2025 deals —explosive deals on gaming GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2025 09:42 EDT

The best 4th of July deals spotted so far for the holiday weekend Read more ›

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Data reveals many GPUs are still selling for 50% than MSRP — Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 are worst offenders

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2025 09:01 EDT

Gamers Nexus analyzed the GPU market, revealing that all GPUs sell above MSRP on average, with 8GB variants getting the smallest markups. Read more ›

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This invention can use LiDAR to shoot down 30 mosquitoes per second with a laser — Photonmatrix range has up to 6-meter kill zone, can gauge distance, orientation, and body size in 3 milliseconds

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 07/04/2025 07:38 EDT

A popular new crowdfunding campaign promises an all-in-one portable laser-driven mosquito killing machine for $498. Read more ›

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Gamer turns 2012 Honda CR-V into Need for Speed Underground controller — laptop reads throttle input using OBD and a Python library, no luck with steering

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2025 07:02 EDT

Forget expensive simracing setups with carbon fiber seats and podium racing wheels, this is what driving in games should look like. Read more ›

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Lack of PCIe bandwidth can nerf RTX 5090 by up to 25% in content creation workloads — Puget data confirms performance hit when using older generations and fewer lanes

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2025 06:08 EDT

Puget Systems has tested a range of PCIe configurations for its GPU in different professional applications and found that lane generation and width can make a real difference. Read more ›

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Elon Musk confirms xAI is buying an overseas power plant and shipping the whole thing to the U.S. to power its new data center — 1 million AI GPUs and up to 2 Gigawatts of power under one roof, equivalent to powering 1.9 million homes

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 07/04/2025 05:41 EDT

Elon Musk's xAI is set to build million-GPU data center expected to draw up to 2 GW of power, prompting Musk to buy and import an entire power plant. Read more ›

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Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4TB SSD drops to excellent all-time low $234 — DRAM-less drive gets blowout sale for early Prime Day

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 15:55 EDT

You can get the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4TB for just $234, 47% off its original MSRP. Read more ›

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Nvidia's newest top-tier AI supercomputers deployed for the first time — Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip systems deployed at CoreWeave

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 14:53 EDT

CoreWeave deploys first Dell GB300 cluster with Switch: Up to 1.1 ExaFLOPS of AI inference performance per rack. Read more ›

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Samsung delays $44 billion Texas chip fab — sources say completion halted because 'there are no customers'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 13:50 EDT

Sources cite that Samsung is delaying the launch of its Taylor, Texas, fab because the site lacks customers for its 4nm-class chip output. Read more ›

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Newegg slashes Ryzen 7 7800X3D price, now just $369 with a free 1TB SSD — last-gen chip is a stellar deal with 95% of the gaming performance of the newer model

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 12:22 EDT

You can get a Ryzen 7 7800X3D for $370 at Newegg, replete with a free 1TB SSD. Read more ›

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Dell's own Black Friday in July summer sale strips $350 off price of the Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor, AW3225QF deal gives Prime Day a run for its money

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 12:04 EDT

Dell's Prime Day rival summer sale drops the price of the 4K QD-OLED AW3225QF to just $849 - its lowest-ever Read more ›

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A project to bring CUDA to non-Nvidia GPUs is making major progress — ZLUDA update now has two full-time developers, working on 32-bit PhysX support and LLMs, amongst other things

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 11:52 EDT

ZLUDA has expanded its team and made steady technical progress in Q1: Expands support for LLM.c, attempts to bring back PhysX 32-bit. Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 50 Series appears in Steam Hardware Survey for the first time — represents 3.69% of cards, with the RTX 5070 leading the pack

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 11:27 EDT

Despite being out for a few months at this point, Nvidia's notorious RTX 50-series has failed to show up in Steam's internal stats — up until now, when they've finally appeared with a 3.69% share. Read more ›

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Nintendo is restricting the Switch 2's USB-C port — most third-party docks and accessories won't work thanks to proprietary protocols

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 10:53 EDT

Nintendo is using custom communication protocols to limit compatibility with third-party docks and hubs Read more ›

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Hong Kong scientists 3D printing organs for transplant patients — 3D-printed respiratory tissue combined with lab-grown mini organs in new procedure

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 09:00 EDT

Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have started experimenting with 3D printed organ technology to help burn victims. Read more ›

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White House lifts chip design export ban on China in exchange for rare earth materials compromise — export licences for EDA software sales no longer required

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 08:06 EDT

The U.S. has lifted recent license requirements on exporting chip design software to China in exchange for Beijing easing rare earth export controls, enabling Cadence, Siemens, and Synopsys to resume shipments to clients in the People's Republic. Read more ›

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After another review-less launch, the first RTX 5050 benchmarks are here — Nvidia's budget card loses to B580 and RTX 4060, with only multi frame generation to give it a boost

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 07:53 EDT

The first independent review of Nvidia's new RTX 5050 suggests it's faster than the RTX 3060, and has impressive performance with multi-frame gen, but falls behind the RTX 4060 and B580 at native. Read more ›

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Nvidia's incendiary 12VHPWR connector consumes its latest victim — Chinese RTX 3060 Ti melts down despite modest power draw after ASUS shipped it with the wrong cable

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2025 07:26 EDT

Wherever the 12VHPWR connector goes, it brings death with it. The latest in the series of murders is a measly RTX 3060 Ti from China. Read more ›

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