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Motherboard Sales Dropped by 10 Million in 2022!
Earlier this week information appeared online showing that processor sales throughout the last quarter of 2022 hit an all-time low. The second time, incidentally, this had happened during the year since records were initially started in 1994. – While this was undoubtedly quite shocking news (especially for AMD and Intel)…
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Research Shows Q4 2022 Was The Worst Period for CPU Sales on Record!
Compared to the misery of 2020-2021, last year was undoubtedly better in terms of general computer hardware availability. No, prices didn’t fall anywhere near as quickly as they climbed, but at least most CPUs and graphics card models were (somewhat) available to purchase without too much difficulty on the consumers’…
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Intel Arc A750 GPUs Are Being Sold for Nearly Half-Price in Japan!
Despite the fact that recent driver updates have notably improved the performance of Intel’s Arc graphics card platform, I’d still honestly struggle to recommend any of them as a consumer purchase. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not bad by any stretch, but given the rather terse MSRP values Intel has…
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Retailer Confirms First Nvidia 40XX Laptop Prices… Brace Yourselves!
Earlier this week we got the news that Nvidia 40XX-powered laptops would officially make their retail debut on February 8th with both 4080 and 4090 variants being finally available to purchase. – While this was certainly very exciting, however, and particularly so into the very promising rumours surrounding their performance…
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Intel Arc A770 Drops Hugely Below MSRP – But It’s Still Too Expensive!
It’s been a little over three months now since Intel announced the launch of its Arc A7 series of graphics cards, and, to be honest, I sometimes need reminding that they actually exist given that they hit the market with more of a whimper than a bang. – Yes, we…
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Only 10% of UK Gaming Sales in 2022 Represented Physical Media!
Putting my PC gaming purchases to one side, I do still occasionally dabble in the realms of physical media. You know, actually buying a real-world tangible copy of a game. This is, however, pretty much exclusive now to when I’m buying a gift for someone (actually having something to unwrap…
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Intel Bizarrely Raises the MSRP of its 12th-Gen Alder Lake Processors!
Given the release of Intel’s 13th-gen Raptor Lake processors, you’d have likely been forgiven for thinking that the cost of their 12th-gen Alder Lake series was now probably set to start dropping, even if only slightly, over the coming months. – That is, after all, typically what tends to happen…
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Sony Says Getting a PS5 Should Now Be Much Easier Moving Forward!
Initially released in November 2020, it’s somewhat difficult to believe that the Sony PS5 is already over two years old. Even since it hit the market though, it’s hardly been a secret that retail availability for the console has been notably poor. – Oh sure, it hasn’t been outright impossible…
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Ryzen 7000 Accounted for Just 15% of AMD’s Processor Sales in December!
I’d say that it was widely speculated that the initial sales for Ryzen 7000 processors were somewhat lacklustre following their release last September. The truth though is that given that AMD themselves have confirmed that sales are well below expectations, the Ryzen 7000 platform has clearly gotten off to an…
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DDR5 Prices Fell By Around 40% Over 2022 – Is Now the Time to Buy?
The price of DDR5 memory has clearly been falling quite significantly since it made its initial debut with Intel’s Alder Lake platform back in late 2021. With the subsequent release of Raptor Lake and AMD’s full-blown transition to the DDR5 memory platform on Ryzen 7000, however, while many might’ve anticipated…
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Tumbling Dollar Sees Nvidia 4080’s Fall Below MSRP in Europe!
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 isn’t exactly proving to be a popular choice among consumers at the moment. – And it’s not that it’s a bad graphics card, but more down to the fact (or perception) that for as potent as it is, it’s simply too expensive. Well, perhaps more…
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Europe May Have Fewer Than 7,000 AMD Radeon 7900 Reference GPUs on Launch Day!
Interest in the AMD Radeon RX 7900 series of graphics cards is undoubtedly high and particularly so since they (apparently) offer highly impressive levels of performance at a ‘much-lower-than-Nvidia‘ MSRP figure. – With this in mind, therefore, we dare say that a good few of you reading this are probably…
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Nvidia is Already Considering a Price Cut to the 4080?
It’s hardly any secret that the Nvidia 4080 is predominantly proving to be something of a flop with consumers. While it is undoubtedly a fantastic graphics card, the key issues most people seem to have with it largely come down to two points. Firstly, it is too expensive. And secondly,…
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Retail Listing Hints Nvidia 4070 Ti to Release on Jan 5th?
It is well known, albeit pending formal confirmation, that Nvidia will announce the launch of its new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card at some point either on or slightly before CES 2023 (January 5th-January 8th). – And, of course, this is a GPU we’re already somewhat familiar with since…
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Briefly Drops Below MSRP in Germany!
It’s pretty much a known fact at this point that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 isn’t proving to be overly popular with consumers. While the 4090 continues to sell exceptionally well, it appears that consumers are simply either not interested in the 4080, or likely more accurately, don’t want to…
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