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HISTORICAL FACTS: Igor lab - Caught on Camera

Expert criticizes Gigabyte's alleged use of 'viscous paste with questionable long-term performance' instead of tried and tested GPU cooling solution

Igor's Lab claims the thermal gel's consistency must be adjusted for future use.

PC Gamer · May 14, 2025

Reviewer reports RTX 5080 FE instability — PCIe 5.0 signal integrity likely the culprit

Suspected signal integrity losses have forced reviewers to switch to PCIe Gen 4.0.

Tom’s Hardware · Jan 30, 2025

Nvidia's third-party RTX 40-series GPUs are losing performance over time thanks to rubbish factory-installed thermal paste

It's not just about bad hotspots, the whole chip ends up getting hotter, causing it to hit thermal limits quicker.

PC Gamer · Jul 22, 2024

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Intel reportedly demands all board partners implement Intel Default (Baseline) Profile by May 31 — company hopes to fix issues with some Core i9 chips

Intel is putting an end to 13th and 14th-gen instability by demanding board partners implement an Intel default profile by May 31st for all LGA1700 boards.

Tom’s Hardware · May 6, 2024

Half of tested PC watercoolers don’t use the premium materials advertised, like copper: Report

Veteran hardware reviewer Igor Wallossek has published an investigation into AiO CPU cooler radiator materials. Checking six branded designs, three used brass where copper components were advertised.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4, 2024

Intel Arrow Lake leaks point to big performance gains that might worry AMD

Intel's 15th Gen Arrow Lake CPUs have leaked, and the performance uplift looks mightily impressive.

Windows Central · Jul 18, 2023

Intel LGA1851 Socket For Future Arrow Lake CPUs Detailed

Igor's Lab provides a ton of information on Intel's forthcoming LGA1851 socket for Arrow Lake processors.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2023

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Nvidia already fitting new anti-melty 12V-2x6 power connector to RTX 4070 boards

Kissing goodbye to 12VHPWR...

PC Gamer · Jul 5, 2023

Nvidia Seemingly Uses Revamped Power Connector for RTX 4070 FE

Nvidia already uses refined auxiliary PCIe 5.1 power connector on its GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 5, 2023

While we wait for AMD's conspicuously absent RX 7800 XT, here's a simulated one

Where is the real deal?

PC Gamer · Jun 15, 2023

AMD Simulated RX 7800 XT Performs Similarly to RX 6800 XT

Igor's Lab simulated an AMD RX 7800 XT using the new Radeon Pro W7800 to see where performance might land. Igor's results put the theoretical 7800 XT slightly ahead of a 6800 XT.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 14, 2023

AGESA 1.0.7.0 Fixes Temp Control Issues Causing Ryzen 7000 Burnouts

Patch notes for AMD's new AGESA 1.0.7.0 firmware update, suggest the Ryzen 7000 burnout was not only affected by unsafe SoC voltages but bugs in the chip's temperature control mechanism.

Tom’s Hardware · Apr 28, 2023

Radeon RX 7600 Rumored to Be AMD’s Next Desktop GPU Release

AMD is rumored to skip straight to its Radeon RX 7600 desktop GPU release at Computex, leaving RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT cards on the back burner for now.

Tom’s Hardware · Apr 24, 2023

AMD's RX 7600 and Nvidia's RTX 4060 Ti release dates rumoured around Computex next month

Reports point to an end of May/beginning of June launch, but these are not competing GPUs from a performance point of view.

PC Gamer · Apr 24, 2023

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