Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…And the new Platform Performance Package (IPPP) is really just a new name for the half-a-billion driver packages that Arrow Lake wants you to install for your new processor, packaged…
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The Orange Pi Zero 3W beats the Raspberry Pi 5 on paper, but it can't use half its own hardware
…The GPU is idle, the video engine is idle, and Orange Pi's official image rasterizes 3D in software and decodes video on the CPU. Half of what makes the chip interesting…
I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control
…Since it’s a mixture of experts model, I can use the --n-cpu-moe flag to offload some expert weights on the CPU instead of forcing them on my graphics card…
Your PC is probably choking because one fan is fighting the rest
…Whether it's breaking news about the latest AMD NPUs or creating video tutorials on social media platforms, Jasmine has contributed to the world of AI and tech in a variety of…
6 unsaid rules all PC gamers must obey (but don't)
…Sign in to your XDA account As a PC gamer, you quickly learn the mistakes to avoid when buying new PC parts . As an experienced builder, you might already know the things…
PCIe 5.0 SSDs only benefit two workloads, and gaming isn't one of them
…Even in 3D rendering, PCIe 5.0 storage accelerates asset loading, streaming, caching, and rendering performance. As for LLM training, large datasets and models can encounter slowdowns on slower storage, making Gen5…
Modern projectors have a bigger problem than lamp life, and nobody's talking about it
…3D printing. With an academic background in design and manufacturing, his insatiable curiosity spans beyond the digital domain. Chandraveer's downtime is an eclectic mix of reading fiction, practicing calligraphy, conceptualizing new…
The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
…of the SBC is a lot more capable than the older models. From a new quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, support for dual monitor setups at 4K 60Hz, and a dedicated…
I tested Nvidia's flagship GPUs for gaming, and the RTX 5090 wasn't the winner
…While the 96GB of ECC-capable VRAM is designed for AI, CAD, 3D modeling, and other professional workloads , the first question I had was "can it game?" After all, Nvidia can't…
I stopped treating my old 250GB SATA SSD as e-waste, and now I can't live without it
…on flagship models. While 7,000 MB/s was the benchmark-busting figure for top PCIe 4.0 drives, Gen 5 effectively doubled the available bandwidth, enabling a whole new class of…