Author Archives: Gordon Mah Ung

In the run up to the September 1 reveal of next-gen GeForce graphics cards running on Nvidia’s cutting-edge Ampere GPU architecture, the company let its thermal, mechanical, electrical, and industrial design nerds shine in a video describing the c… Continue reading →

Like a prize fight weigh-in, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800U in Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 just flexed like no other ultrabook CPU we’ve ever seen.It’s almost as though the Ryzen 7 4800U snatched the mic from the podium and started hurling insults at Intel… Continue reading →

If you’re the kind of person who looks at the milk carton expiration date or squeezes the bread before you buy it, then you probably don’t want to buy these 77 Chromebooks.That’s because after examining every single Chrome OS device listed in … Continue reading →

You can bet the entire PC world will be nervously eating every single word Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says next Tuesday, when he is expected to finally announce the next generation of GeForce graphics cards, based on the company’s cutting-edge Ampere… Continue reading →

Spurred by the pandemic, consumers snapped up more computers with GPUs, a leading analyst firm said Tuesday.Second-quarter GPU sales were up overall 2.5 percent globally over the previous quarter, with year-to-year sales up an astounding 11.2 percen… Continue reading →

Microsoft Flight Simulator is stunningly beautiful but a pain to download, and it’s absolutely punishing to run on even the highest-end PC hardware today.If you just don’t happen to have the hardware, storage space, or bandwidth to play Microsoft Fl… Continue reading →

When rumors of an Nvidia-specific power connector for the rumored GeForce RTX 3090 surfaced last month, it sent hardware nerds into a tizzy that the cable would be a major turn off. If you need a fresh cable or power supply to run a new Ampere GPU, … Continue reading →

Microsoft’s beautiful and punishing Flight Simulator 2020 reboot will spur a staggering $2.6 billion in PC hardware sales, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) estimates.Flight Simulator formally launched August 17. Previews of Flight Simulator (including PC… Continue reading →

Ever since the pandemic lockdown, I’ve been fielding questions from friends and family about technology buys. Recently, it was a relative asking what monitor she should buy for her daughters who are going back to school—but doing distance learni… Continue reading →

Intel has finally defended its AVX-512 instruction set against critics who have gone so far as to wish it to die “a painful death.â€�  Intel Chief Architect Raja Koduri said the community loves it because it yields huge performance boosts, and I… Continue reading →