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You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems — solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-20 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: gpus, hardware, older

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Savvy PC builder finds GeForce GTX 1660 Super for just $8.40 at thrift store — Goodwill purchase comes with 6GB of VRAM for 1080p gaming, still sells for up to $100 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-20 | by Kunal Khullar | related products | tags: gtx super, hardware, managed

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LG responds swiftly to user backlash, will allow users to remove Microsoft Copilot link from TVs — clarifies service is not an app, future update will include tile removal option from WebOS (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-19 | by Luke James | related products | tags: copilot, hardware, microsoft

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From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt? (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-19 | by Theresa Loconsolo | related products | tags: amazon, chain, equity

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HP Omen 34c G2 34-inch WQHD 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Delivering style, speed and value (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-19 | by Christian Eberle | related products | tags: credit, hardware, image

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Critical motherboard flaw allows game cheats, Riot Games blocks 'Valorant' players that don't update BIOS — security patches pushed live by all major motherboard vendors (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: bios, boot, hardware

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Windows Server 2025 gains native NVMe support, 14 years after its introduction — groundbreaking I/O stack drops SCSI emulation limitations for massive throughput and CPU efficiency gains (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Bruno Ferreira | related products | tags: drives, lower, performance

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Unreal Engine 5.7 brings significant improvements over the notoriously demanding 5.4 version, tester claims — benchmark shows up to 25% GPU performance increase, 35% CPU boost (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Hassam Nasir | related products | tags: engine, hardware, mxbenchmarkpc

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HyperX SoloCast 2 Review: A built-in stand that you'll want to mount (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | related products | tags: credit, hardware, image

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Video Game Hardware Sales Are the Worst in Decades: Here's Why You Should Buy Now (cnet.com)

2025-12-18 | by See Full Bio | related products | tags: circana, consoles, game

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Evidence of Intel's 'Big Battlemage' GPU continues to mount, as BMG-G31 chip gets another official confirmation (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Zak Killian | related products | tags: battlemage, hardware, intel

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Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-17 | by Lucas Ropek | related products | tags: hardware, horizon, meta

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Android XR may not have to worry about pressure from Meta and Horizon OS, after all (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-17 | related products | tags: android, hardware, horizon

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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | related products | tags: articles, author, hardware

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Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program (theverge.com)

2025-12-17 | by Jay Peters | related products | tags: announced, glasses, hardware

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Video game hardware sales had a historically bad November in the US (theverge.com)

2025-12-17 | by Jay Peters | related products | tags: circana, consoles, game

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Video game console spending hit a two-decade low in November, dropping 27% (techspot.com)

2025-12-17 | related products | tags: circana, hardware, lowest

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Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL review: Pretty, bright, and mechanical (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | related products | tags: ii tkl, image, tom hardware

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Corsair MP700 Pro XT 2TB SSD review: the fastest SSD ever has landed with a record 3.3 million IOPS and nearly 15 GB/s (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Shane Downing | related products | tags: corsair, drive, hardware

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Score an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D pre-built for under £2,300 with this CyberPowerPC deal — save £200 on this 4K gaming PC with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Ben Stockton | related products | tags: best, deals, gaming

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Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 — replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Hassam Nasir | related products | tags: commodore, commodore pet, hardware

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Reverse-engineering the RK3588 NPU: Hacking limits to run vision transformers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | by Adhitya Mohan | related products | tags: compiler, hardware, model

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Reverse-Engineering the RK3588 NPU: Hacking Limits to Run Vision Transformers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | by Adhitya Mohan | related products | tags: compiler, hardware, model

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With a standout $1739.99 price tag, this packed CyberPower PC features both the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT for an amazing prebuilt gaming setup — beat the AI crunch with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB NVMe SSD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Stewart Bendle | related products | tags: deals, gaming, hardware

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Sapphire rep predicts DRAM prices will begin to stabilize in the next 6-8 months, but warns 'it may not be the prices we want' — GPU vendor says memory crisis is similar to tariff uncertainty (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Hassam Nasir | related products | tags: crisler, going, hardware

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AI-designed Linux computer with 843 components boots on first attempt — dual-PCB Project Speedrun was made in just one week and required less than 40 hours of human work (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: design, hardware, human

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Dual-PCB Linux computer with 843 components designed by AI boots on first attempt — Project Speedrun was made in just one week and required less than 40 hours of human work (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: design, hardware, human

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The 'ExtrudeX' machine wants to turn your 3D printing waste into reusable filament, all at home — this Kickstarter project is itself 3D-printable with minimal hardware costs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-15 | by Hassam Nasir | related products | tags: credit, extrudex, filament

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First truly 3D chip fabbed at US foundry, features carbon nanotube transistors and RAM on a single die — future devices could have up to 1000x improvement in energy-delay product (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Luke James | related products | tags: fold, hardware, performance

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id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: hardware, id software, keen