This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Intel’s next-gen PC chip, Raptor Lake, isn’t for sale yet, but it’s mature enough to boot Windows. That’s the word from Gregory Bryant, Intel’s PC chip chief, at CES 2022 on Tuesday. “With our next generation …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. On the heels of AMD and Nvidia’s CES 2022 announcements of their latest high-performance processors and graphics chips, Razer revealed which of those components you can expect to find in the next round of updates to its Razer Blade gaming laptops. …
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After announcing its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip on Tuesday, Qualcomm on Wednesday turned its focus to PCs, introducing two chips: a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor designed for Windows machines and a 7c+ chip for affordable Windows and Chromebook computers. With the 8cx, the company touts that its new 5-nanometer chips will provide “up to” 85% faster CPU and …
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The most obvious changes to the new 2021 MacBook Pro laptops — a new design, new display and resurrected ports — have been discussed in great depth in my longform reviews of the 16-inch MacBook and 14-inch MacBook. But it’s the internal changes that are really more important for the creative professionals who are most likely to shell out for …
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Late in 2020, Acer released the Swift 3X, the PC maker’s first laptop using Iris Xe Max discrete graphics, Intel’s first discrete GPU in more than 20 years. The boost in graphics performance elevated the Swift 3X from just a good, general-purpose, thin-and-light laptop to one that could be used for entry-level content creation. With the Swift X, Acer kept the …
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A year ago, Apple announced it was taking on Intel’s most efficient chips by introducing lightweight MacBook laptops powered by the M1, a homegrown processor. On Monday, the consumer electronics giant expanded its challenge, launching MacBook Pro laptops built around the new M1 Pro and M1 Max that take on Intel’s beefier chips. The new MacBook Pros bode well for …
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As the PS5 and Xbox Series X near their one-year anniversaries, competition between the console kings remains fierce. While the base hardware remains the same (aside from internal cooling tweaks in some new PS5 units), new software updates have added features, like more storage options and expanded cloud gaming access. That’s of little comfort to the scores of gamers who …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s that time of year again! As summer inches toward a close, many students are preparing to head back to school, and some may be on the search for a new MacBook. We haven’t seen new Apple laptops in some time now, but …
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Intel’s long-awaited discrete graphics targeting gaming and content creation finally gets christened Monday with a family name, Intel Arc — a play on the concept of a story arc and architecture. Formerly known as “DG2,” and based on the HPG variant of the company’s latest generation of its GPU designs, the first chips based on its Intel Xe HPG architecture bear …
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The latest step in the graphics card pas de deux between AMD and Nvidia is the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU. It’s also the current entry-level model in AMD’s line of graphics processors for gamers specifically looking for speed or higher quality in 1080p resolution. The RX 6600 XT’s nominal $379 price and performance slots seamlessly between Nvidia’s $329 …
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