MSI will support Resizable BAR across Intel and AMD motherboards, even Threadripper

Jan 13, 2021

MSI said it will support Nvidia’s unsexy-sounding, yet performance-boosting PCIe Resizable BAR feature across many of its AMD and Intel-based motherboards. Enabling PCIe Resizable BAR is a way to allow the technology underpinning AMD’s new Smart Access Memory feature on Nvidia and Intel hardware, too. Smart Access Memory gives AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs full access […]

More graphics card makers roll out significant price hikes

Jan 13, 2021

A week ago, Asus warned that its graphics cards and motherboards were about to receive significant price hikes due to “increases in cost for components, operating costs, and logistical activities plus a continuation of import tariffs.” Now, other GPU makers are...

Three AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips you should avoid buying

Jan 13, 2021

Amid the fanfare over AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 Mobile chips, you might have missed one important detail: Some of the new CPUs use older technology, and it’s hard to tell which ones they are.The majority of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Mobile family of chips are built around the...

Hex Home Security monitors your Wi-Fi network to detect intruders

Jan 13, 2021

Origin Wireless says it has a better way of securing your home. Instead of mounting motion detectors, door/window sensors, and security cameras all over your home, Origin’s Hex Home Security system uses a single Hex Command hub and a Hex Sense plug-in sensor to...