Did you know that Samsung makes its own processors? You’d be forgiven for glossing over that — the flagship Galaxy S series of phones technically uses Samsung’s home-grown Exynos system-on-a-chip, but almost never in the United States, where Samsung uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. But you might want to track down an all-Samsung machine for your next Android phone, as the newest Exynos processor will pack some serious graphical punch via a partnership with AMD.
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Microsoft has been on a gaming acquisition tear for the last few years, hoping to give the edge to its Xbox and Game Pass platforms as Sony’s PlayStation continues to dominate with exclusive titles. The company previously purchased such notable companies as ZeniMax (AKA Bethesda), Minecraft developer Mojang, Id, Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Rare, Double Fine, and 343 Industries. But the computer giant’s next purchase is so big it might shake the foundations of the gaming industry: Activ
If you need a Chrome OS device that’s not a laptop, Walmart has a solid deal today. The retailer is selling a 32GB Acer Chromebox CX13 for just $149. That’s down from the list price of $229.
The Chromebox is the desktop alternative to the Chromebook. They’re small mini PCs that you can hook up to an external monitor and rock out to Chrome OS on a larger screen. These are handy devices for anyone who wants a simplified living room PC for casual use like email, web surfing,
Amazon has a solid deal on its Kindle Fire tablets, but the online retailer is having trouble shipping them in a timely manner right now. The 32GB Fire HD 8 is just $45, but shipping time for most colors is 6 to 8 weeks. That’s where Best Buy comes in. They have the same pricing as Amazon, but with standard shipping times.
The Fire HD 8 features an 8-inch 1280-by-800 IPS display with the aforementioned 32GB of storage. It also has 2GB of device memory (RAM) and there’s a microS
GPUs are a blazing hot commodity right now. If you’re unable to get your hands on a new one due to the shortages, don’t fret. There are quite a few things you can do to make your old GPU feel new again. Let’s make it cleaner, quieter, cooler, and extract more frames per second from those games!
Clean up your hardware
Before we get to the software tweaks, let’s talk about the physical GPU itself. The first thing you’ll want to do is remove it from your case a
Microsoft loves Microsoft Teams…and thinks you should, too. Yes, it’s useful, especially if someone you know schedules you for a meeting over Teams. But if booting up your PC and seeing a Teams window immediately pop up irritates you, you can remove Teams without actually uninstalling it.
In fact, you’ll probably kick yourself that you didn’t think of this sooner.
Teams typically opens itself during the startup or boot process of your Windows machine, and that&r
Businesses use mobile apps to better reach their clients. But creating one isn’t cheap. For a very simple app, you can expect to pay a professional developer at least $40k. A little too rich for your blood, perhaps? Then learn how to develop one yourself with The 2022 Complete Power Coder Bootcamp Bundle — a way more cost-effective option considering it’s only $34.99.
This bundle features eight courses that introduce students to many of the coding languages&
If you’ve completed a Steam game, or if you’re just tired of playing it, you can uninstall it from your PC to regain some of that valuable storage space. You can uninstall a Steam game using the Steam client or through Windows, the same way you would uninstall any other app.
Uninstall a Steam game using the Steam client
To uninstall a game using your Steam client, launch the Steam client and then click the Library tab in the top-left corner of the window. Marshall Gunnell/I
At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsExcellent real world performancePS5 compatibleAffordableConsA couple of GBps slower on PCIe 4 synthetic benchmarksUses host memory bus (HMB) rather that onboard DRAM, though seemingly without the usual performance penalty.PS5 doesn’t support HMBOur VerdictThe Atom 50 was second-tier on synthetic benchmarks, but tied for number one in our real life transfer tests over PCIe 4. Nice. It’s affordable and PS5 compatible, but uses HMB (your PC’s
If you’ve been hunting for computer upgrades, it’s been a rough couple of years. After the one-two-three punch of a worldwide chip shortage, a boom in cryptocurrency mining, and a scourge of scalpers (yes, “scourge” is the collective noun for scalper, I looked it up!), graphics cards in particular have been incredibly hard to find at any kind of reasonable price. But with new budget GPUs on the way from both Nvidia and AMD, your best chance to score a new card for less