Mara Lindqvist
Hardware Editor · 4 stories[email protected]Mara Lindqvist edits the hardware desk. She covers graphics cards, processors, memory and storage, the foundries and chip designers behind them, and what the numbers on a spec sheet mean for people choosing a PC. Specifications in her stories come from manufacturer spec pages and datasheets.
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GuideHow to Check RAM Speed in Windows 11 and Enable XMP or EXPO
Your DDR5 kit may be running slower than the speed on the box. Two quick checks in Windows 11, and the BIOS setting that fixes it.
ComparisonRX 9070 GRE vs RTX 5070 vs RTX 5060 Ti: Specs and Price Compared
Two $549 cards with 12GB and a $429 card with 16GB. How AMD’s RX 9070 GRE stacks up against Nvidia’s RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti.
AnalysisMLPerf Inference v6.1 Results: Vera Rubin, MI350P and Arc Pro B70
A record 30 submitters, a 512-GPU system and first verified numbers for Nvidia’s Vera Rubin: what the latest AI inference benchmark round actually shows.
NewsAMD Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500: Price, Specs and Release Date
AMD’s budget six-core chips are out: a $99 Zen 3 upgrade for AM4 owners and a $189 Zen 4 chip with integrated graphics for AM5 builds.