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Press Release: Matrox Announces Three Single Slot Intel Based GPUs
Matrox Video Announces LUMA Graphics Cards MONTREAL — April 27, 2023 — Video technology innovator Matrox Video today announced the launch of its new Matrox LUMA series of graphics cards with Intel Arc GPUs. The series consists of three single-slot cards: the LUMA A310, a low-profile fanless card; the LUMA A310F, a low-profile fanned card; …
Opinion: Star Wars Jedi Survivor is a DRM Dumpster Fire
Well, here we are with yet another terrible PC port of a potentially great game. Star Wars Jedi Survivor launched today and it’s been a complete mess. A large part of the problem is the heavily restrictive DRM (Digital Rights Management) via the Denuvo. Denuvo is a highly aggressive and controversial system that PC players …
CORSAIR Launches New, Smol, Gen 4 NVMe SSDs
In Brief: CORSAIR has launched a pair of new PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSDs, with one in particular piquing my interest – the MP600 MINI. Both drives are PCIe Gen4 based, with the larger 2280 form factor MP600 CORE XT coming in at 1, 2 and 4TB capacities, and the smaller MP600 MINI, in the …
Maximum PC is Dead
It’s official. As of April 2023, Maximum PC is dead. Frankly, this one hurts to loose. Maximum PC started as Boot, and has been around since the 1990s. I can vividly recall the joy of reading them in throughout the early 2000s, and I still get them today. They had good tech articles, reviews, …
Minisforum Launches Uranus Series with the B550 Pro
Minisforum has added a new product to its growing arsenal of mini PCs, this one being a followup to an existing design but a much needed and welcomed followup. When the original B550 released, it looked like a normal mini PC but with a socketed design, meaning you could easily upgrade to a newer CPU. …
The Eric Experiment Builds Custom SFF 486 Retro PC With Actual Vintage Hardware
This has to be one of the coolest SFF projects I’ve ever seen. The Eric Experiment, seen above pointing at pure awesome, built a real 486 DX4 100MHz into a custom made 3D printed case. He didn’t stop there, as he also crafted a mini-monitor to go with it. The system uses an ISA backplane …
MINISFORUM 5th Anniversary Sale
MINISFORUM is celebrating their 5th anniversary by having a pretty good sale. You can save up to 50% on some of their systems. One of my personal favorites, the DeskMini NUCXI7 is $330 off bringing it to $859. This is a barebones unit that includes an Intel I7-11800H and Nvidia RTX 3070 Mobile GPU. …
Minisforum HX90G Review – 5900HX and RX 6600M at under 4L
Today is the last Mini PC review I’ll be doing for awhile. The good news is I think we’re ending on a high note, as the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G delivers fantastic value for a PC. Before we get too far into the review, I want to point out that there are 3 different CPU’s …