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Hardware Unboxed Retests Intel ARC A750 Against RTX 4060 and RX 7600

Steve from Hardware Unboxed, seen above giving the Intel ARC A750 a comforting hug, has taken the time to do a 40-game updated benchmark comparing the $200 ARC A750 to the $300 RTX 4060 and $279 RX 7600. Intel’s ARC launch was not ideal, but these latest benchmarks show that with the newest drivers Intel’s GPU can provide a good option against both Nvidia and AMD. While the A750 is overall 19% slower than the RTX 4060 at 1080P in Hardware Unboxed’s aggregate of the the 40 games, there are several benchmarks such as Resident Evil 4 with ray …

Hardware Unboxed Tests RTX 4070 Against RTX 2070 and Shows Massive Performance Difference

Steve from Hardware Unboxed, seen above cosplaying a high-school guidance counselor, has tested the RTX 4070 against the RTX 2070 with some eye opening results. While the 4070 has most often been tested against the 3070, the 2070 was an incredibly popular card when it was released nearly five years ago (!?!) at $599 for the FE model. A lot of users are considering an upgrade. As it turns out, the new Nvidia card provides a rather substantial update. However, this isn’t all due to the improvement in rendering performance. Hardware Unboxed discovered instances of the 8GB of VRAM …

Hardware Unboxed Tests Eleven B650 Budget Motherboards

Yeah…budget boards are up to $220 these days… Hammer on Box’s Steve, seen above wondering when $220 became “budget” for a motherboard, took a look at eleven B650 motherboards. He tortures them with a Ryzen 9 7950X with two Asus boards hitting over 100C under load. The Asrock took the top two spots for temps, with 58C for the Asrock B650 Pro RS and B650M PG Riptide. MSI came in third at 65C for the Pro B650-P WiFi. Truth be told, everything he tested were under 80C under load except for the aforementioned Asus boards. While the thermals were …