Recent content by Hixbot

I was under the impression that current Spectre patches disables speculative execution, but after some quick reading, I see that is not the case.

Will the 9th gen CPU Metldown/Spectre silicon fixes suffer the same performance penalty as the OS/Microcode patches of today? Will speculative execution be enabled with vulnerabilities resolved, or will it be silicon-level disabled?

What is with these sexist click-bait or fake news "ads" by revcontent? They're completely inappropriate for work. They usually have a image of a woman in revealing clothing that is not appropriate for my workplace whatsoever. That or it's a fake news "article" or scamming a promise of easy...

Honestly I see g-sync as a major benefit to high resolution displays that realistically are only going to see frame rates of 30-60 fps. It's at these frame rates that gsync is most useful. If you've got the hardware to drive a display with 120 - 144 fps, you don't need gsync, you're better off...

Lets not forget that developers are able to bleed more end-result performance out of a slow console than a similiar spec'd PC. Console SDK platforms allow coding much closer to metal than Windows with Direct X/OpenGL. Developers can also tweak the game design around a specific hardware platform...

I've always aimed to get frequencies and timings that give me the lowest real latency (in nanoseconds). I will not significantly sacrifice the real latency for frequency, but that's just me. I will also not spend significantly more money on top-of-the-line RAM. The performance benefit is not...

Intel has decided to cut TSX from K CPUs so they have something special to offer socket 2011 and Xeon. It's not lost on Intel that the "mainstream" K parts get much attention from enthusiasts as they are a generation ahead of the "enthusiast" socket 2011. Some people will go to socket 2011 for...