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GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:48 EDT

A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously. Read more ›

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Jonsbo adds new C6-ITX case to its lineup — featuring lots of mesh and a smart carrying handle

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 13:55 EDT

Chinese PC part company Jonsbo has added a highly sought-after addition to their lineup, a smaller version of the beloved C6 chassis dubbed the C6-ITX. Read more ›

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Researchers create 'quantum drums' to store qubits — one step closer to groundbreaking internet speed and security

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 13:39 EDT

Quantum drums capable of storing and converting existing light data (i.e. fiber optic cables) may be integral to the future of a quantum-powered Internet with interconnected quantum computing devices. Read more ›

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Micro Center low-balls RTX 4090 owner — Store's GPU trade-in program offers just $700 for Nvidia's flagship GPU

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 13:22 EDT

Micro Center is giving criminally low offers via its GPU trade-in program, and reportedly offered just $700 for an MSI RTX 4090 Gaming Trio that typically sells for over $1,350 on eBay — for a used card. Read more ›

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Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti Super drops to $749 — its lowest price ever

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 13:07 EDT

Thanks to a $50 discount the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU is down to its lowest-ever price at computer retailer Dell. Read more ›

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Intel's AI chip tools cut some aspects of the Meteor Lake design from weeks to minutes — plans for wider use of AI in future architectures

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 12:58 EDT

Intel outlined its use of AI tools in chip design, which were used to optimize SoC layouts starting with Meteor Lake and slashed the time needed for some of the firm’s semiconductor design processes from six weeks to just minutes. It detailed plans to increase the use of AI design tools in future architectures. Read more ›

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RTX 4070 vs RX 7900 GRE faceoff: Which mainstream graphics card is better?

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 11:50 EDT

We look at the RTX 4070 and RX 7900 GRE for this GPU faceoff, comparing the newly discounted Nvidia card against AMD's formerly-for-China Golden Rabbit. It's a showdown between two cards that cost right around $550. Read more ›

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More memory price increases blamed on Taiwan earthquake, but hikes were happening months before, and major manufacturers aren't based in Taiwan

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 11:23 EDT

TrendForce reports continued increases in memory prices for NAND and DRAM, pointing at the Taiwan earthquake and hugely increased demand as root causes. Several major manufacturers aren't even based in Taiwan, and production cuts last year were intended to bring about higher prices. Read more ›

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This Raspberry Pi Etch A Sketch bot will bring out your inner artist

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 11:21 EDT

Micah Tilton is using a Raspberry Pi to operate an Etch A Sketch using stepper motors and converting images into Etch A Sketch-friendly files. Read more ›

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Award-winning Chinese processor design company Huaxia Chip files for bankruptcy — firm’s CPU, DSP, GPU, and AI processor IPs in limbo

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 04/16/2024 09:01 EDT

Huaxia Chip was a rising star among China’s original computer processor intellectual property (IP) designers. However, despite the voracious appetite for all-things IT, the company is now bankrupt and will be liquidated. Read more ›

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AMD unveils Ryzen Pro 8040- 'Hawk Point' and 8000-series 'Phoenix' processors — AI engines come to the commercial market

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 09:00 EDT

AMD announced its Ryzen Pro portfolio today as it extended the 'Hawk Point' 8040-series to commercial laptop and workstation users while simultaneously offering its Ryzen 8000 APU models for commercial desktop PCs. Read more ›

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Asus ROG Swift PG49WCD 49-inch gaming monitor review: The most colorful OLED yet

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Tom's Hardware · 04/16/2024 08:00 EDT

Asus’ ROG Swift PG49WCD delivers maximum color from a 49-inch 32:9 curved OLED panel. With DQHD (5120x1440) resolution, 144 Hz, Adaptive-Sync and HDR10, it has a stunning picture with the widest color gamut I’ve yet measured from an OLED. Read more ›

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Raspberry Pi brings GitHub's Octocat to life, with tentacles that wiggle

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 16:54 EDT

The Infineon team is using a Raspberry Pi with their latest HAT to make the tentacles wiggle on a 3D-printed figurine of the GitHub Octocat mascot. Read more ›

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Asus' 8K Mini LED ProArt display is the king of new ultra high-end professional monitors — 1200 nits and 4096 lighting zones

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 15:11 EDT

Asus has unveiled a brand new flagship monitor boasting the most potent combination of specs we've seen on a professional monitor. It comes with an 8K resolution, 1200 nit peak brightness, and a Mini LED backlight. Read more ›

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Minisforum V3 tablet arrives — the world's first AMD Ryzen 7 8840U-powered Surface clone

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 14:08 EDT

The Minisforum V3 tablet is the latest Ryzen 7 Hawk Point-powered PC to join the market Read more ›

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Enthusiast arms 12-slot NVMe NAS with an Nvidia RTX GPU to run local ChatGPT

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 13:05 EDT

StorageReview put an RTX A4000 into a QNAP NAS, enabling a local flavor of ChatGPT that runs securely, powered by your data. Read more ›

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Lamptron gets caught using counterfeit AIDA64 software keys with its LCD-equipped products

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 12:44 EDT

PC cooling manufacturer Lamptron has been discovered to be bundling illegal AIDA64 activation keys with most (if not all) of its LCD-equipped products, including air coolers and hardware monitoring displays. Read more ›

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Save $250 on Asus' ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, RTX 4070 graphics, and a 240Hz OLED screen

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 12:31 EDT

You can grab the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) gaming laptop at Best Buy with $250 knocked off of the usual retail price. Read more ›

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Commodore 64 outperforms IBM's quantum systems — 1 MHz computer said to be faster, more efficient, and decently accurate

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 04/15/2024 12:11 EDT

A paper released during the SIGBOVIK 2024 conference details an attempt to simulate the IBM ‘quantum utility’ experiment on a Commodore 64. The authors claim the experiment was a success. Read more ›

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Gigabyte officially unveils premium ice-themed motherboard and GPU — XTREME Prestige Limited Edition lineup arrives

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 11:01 EDT

Gigabyte's new XTREME Prestige Limited Edition hardware duo promises exclusivity and luxury, for those who can afford its unknown price tag. Read more ›

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Samsung plans big capacity jump for SSDs, preps 290-layer V-NAND this year, 430-layer for 2025

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Tom's Hardware · 04/15/2024 10:32 EDT

Samsung's next-generation 290-layer 3D NAND will use string stacking, says report. Read more ›

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