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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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Best Soldering Irons and Stations 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 10:45 EDT

Choosing the right soldering iron can be difficult. Do you need temperature control, hot air rework and high wattage irons to do a good job? Read more ›

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Defective RTX 3070 gets 12GB VRAM upgrade — mod boosts performance by 66% in RE4

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 10:41 EDT

A Repair technician and his team successfully swapped the 8GB VRAM on an RTX 3070 with one defective memory channel to recognize and use 12GB GDDR6 memory, showing a good performance yield as a result Read more ›

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Best Raspberry Pi Accessories of 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 10:07 EDT

From cases to keyboards, wires and cameras, these products will help you make the most of your Raspberry Pi. Read more ›

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China's top AI accelerator and CPU designers are bleeding tens of millions -- Longsoon and Cambricon losses continue despite billions in government subsidies

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 10:03 EDT

Chinese AI accelerator and CPU developers lose tens of millions of dollars in 2023. Read more ›

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Best microSD Cards for Raspberry Pi 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 10:00 EDT

We tested ten different microSD cards on three different Pi models to help you find the fastest one for your Raspberry Pi. Read more ›

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Nvidia's H100 AI GPUs cost up to four times more than AMD's competing MI300X — AMD's chips cost $10 to $15K apiece; Nvidia's H100 has peaked beyond $40,000: Report

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 09:30 EDT

Citi estimates that AMD sells Instinct MI300X for $10,000 to Microsoft, while Nvidia's H100 can sell for $40,000 albeit in retail. Read more ›

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Maxsun iCraft Z790 White V2 review: A white PCB for mid-range builders

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 08:00 EDT

Priced around $260, the iCraft Z790 White V2 sports a white PCB, tasteful RGB implementation, and solid performance. It’s missing PCIe 5.0-capable M.2 and uses a dated audio codec, but is still a viable option in the mid-range space, especially for those who need a white motherboard. Read more ›

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Chips aren't getting cheaper — the cost per transistor stopped dropping a decade ago at 28nm

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 07:43 EDT

Google says transistor cost scaling stalled at 28nm and remains flat with every new node. Read more ›

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China's CXMT reportedly aims to make HBM memory for AI chips — exotic memory is a missing piece for China's chipmaking self-sufficiency

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 07:23 EDT

CXMT to compete against Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix for lucrative HBM memory market, says report. Read more ›

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Pentagon now considers China's 3D NAND maker YMTC a 'military company' — designation bars company from using US-designed chipmaking equipment

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 07:13 EDT

Pentagon believes that Yangtze Memory could be supporting China's military complex. Read more ›

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Amazon’s AWS new charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption

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Tom's Hardware · 02/02/2024 06:54 EDT

On Thursday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a new charge for customers with public IPv4 addresses. It had warned a new pricing plan was going to be put into place last July, but new estimates suggest that it could make an extra $1 billion per annum from this change. Read more ›

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Intel's Ohio fabs could reportedly slip to late 2026 — 'Silicon Heartland' factories were originally planned for 2025

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 20:42 EDT

Intel reportedly delays $20 billion Ohio fab project due to govt incentives and chip demand. Read more ›

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Meta to deploy custom-designed Artemis AI processor alongside commercial GPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 17:29 EDT

Meta set to augment its AI prowess with its own 'Artemis' processor. Read more ›

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Next-gen Intel Arrow Lake-S CPU spotted with 24-threads and no AVX-512 functionality

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 15:59 EDT

A new Intel test system was spotted featuring an Arrow-Lake S desktop engineering sample. The chip reportedly comes with 24-threads and a rather low 3 GHz clock speed. Apparently, there's no AVX-512 support on the chip either. Read more ›

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AMD's integrated graphics performance shines in AI tests with extreme memory — Ryzen 7 8700G with DDR5-9000 up to 15% better

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 14:14 EDT

Enthusiasts have demonstrated the prowess of AMD's Ryzen 7 8700G with DDR5-9000 memory and how fast memory affects AI performance. Read more ›

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Samsung's brand-new 2TB 990 Evo hybrid PCIe Gen 5 / 4 M.2 SSD is already discounted – but you might want to buy a different Samsung drive instead

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 13:47 EDT

Samsung's brand-new 2TB 990 EVO hybrid launched at $210 just over a week ago and has already received a significant discount. Read more ›

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Taping over your webcam might not be enough to stop hackers from spying on you — they can now use a device's ambient light sensor

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 13:17 EDT

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have highlighted the imaging privacy threats facilitated by a device's ambient light sensor. Read more ›

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Cutting edge memory manufacturing for AI GPUs coming to the US — SK Hynix to build HBM fab in Indiana

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 12:56 EDT

As a part of Biden's plans, SK Hynix selects Indiana to be a home for its upcoming Fabrication as it will receive $22 Billion in subsidies under the CHIPS Act to manufacture HBM chips for future AI processors. Read more ›

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New Nvidia AI GPUs designed to get around U.S. export bans come to China — H20, L20, and L2 to fill void left by restricted models

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 12:23 EDT

Nvidia has launched yet another datacenter GPU for China in the wake of bans on many of its previous devices. Read more ›

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AMD's new cheap gaming chip is 25% faster than Intel's more expensive alternative — Ryzen 7 5700X3D is faster than Core i5-13600KF in early reviews, even on aging AM4 platform

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Tom's Hardware · 02/01/2024 11:55 EDT

An early review of the 5700X3D reveals that the chip is up to 25% quicker in some titles against Intel's mid-range king the i5-13600KF. Read more ›

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