by It Fix Direct | Feb 27, 2021 | Apple, Best Laptops for Students, GPU Video Cards, PC Hardware
Semiconductor foundry offerings are thriving due to unprecedented demand for semiconductors and processors in recent quarters. Analysts from TrendForce believe that in Q1 2021 foundries will increase their revenue by 20% year-over-year as their capacities are fully...
by It Fix Direct | Feb 24, 2021 | Apple, Best Laptops for Students, Best Smartphones, CPU processors, GPU Video Cards, New Computer, PC Hardware, Tech Hacks, Windows
In our last installment of the history of the modern graphics processor, we had reached a point where the market consisted of just three competitors: AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. By 2013, all were following a similar path for their architecture design and all were...
by It Fix Direct | Feb 21, 2021 | Best Laptops for Students, GPU Video Cards, PC Hardware, Tech Reviews
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Toxic In the market for a high-end GPU? Prolonged stock shortages have left PC gamers scant pickings, and if the drought continues you may well have …
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (9301) Dell XPS has long served as a go-to... by It Fix Direct | Feb 18, 2021 | Apple, GPU Video Cards, Laptops Tips & Tricks, New Computer
You might have noticed something strange in the latest smartphones, tablets and even laptops. The biggest change is the familiar rectangular Type-A USB ports are missing, and now there are small oblong connectors. This welcomes to the world of USB-C era of business...
by It Fix Direct | Feb 15, 2021 | Best Laptops for Students, CPU processors, GPU Video Cards, PC Hardware, Tech Reviews, Windows
This week at ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference), Microsoft presented a talk titled ‘Xbox Series X SoC: A Next Generation Gaming Console’, with hardware engineer Paul Paternoster presenting. The 30 minute presentation covered a lot about Microsoft’s...
by It Fix Direct | Feb 12, 2021 | Best Laptops for Students, CPU processors, GPU Video Cards, PC Hardware, Tech Reviews, Windows
The new Ryzen 9 5900HX is bound to be widely used across high-end gaming laptops. While not the outright fastest processor in the lineup — that award goes to the top-binned Ryzen 9 5980HX — the 5900HX should be a better performer than the other Zen 3 APUs...