Intel's first high-end consumer GPU to launch as Arc early next year

Intel's highly anticipated consumer GPU and software will launched under the name Arc, the company said Monday morning.The first GPU will be based on its Xe HPG microarchitecture that is expected to launch in the next few months with future generations using the code names Battlemage, Celestial, and Druid. The company didn't say what the codenames referred to but they may be an homage to Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games.Arc will span graphics hardware, software and services and offer "frictionl

How Intel integrated graphics leveled up while you weren't looking

Intel integrated graphics. These three words are synonymous with doom for PC gamers hoping to play even the most rudimentary 3D games on a laptop or desktop. An upgrade to AMD Radeon or Nvidia GeForce graphics was once mandatory. Times have changed, however. Intel famously hired AMD’s chief graphics architect, Raja Koduri, away from AMD in 2017. While Team Blue’s much-anticipated enthusiast graphics card remains in the oven, recent Intel mobile processors have shipped with Intel Iris Xe graph

Asus Zenbook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 review: A $3,000 laptop like no other

Regardless of whether you have $3,000 to spend on a laptop, you have to respect Asus for the one it’s come up with.The Asus Zenbook Pro Duo 15 OLED UX582 has two touchscreens, including a 4K OLED display in the usual spot and a squatter OLED screen just above the keyboard. It’s also a beastly machine, with an Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, and 32GB of RAM.You might dismiss the Zenbook Pro Duo as a gimmick, but Asus has been doing the dual-screen laptop dance since

LG SP9YA soundbar review: This 5.1.2 speaker gets its surround effects from the sides

LG’s 5.1.2-channel soundbar uses side-firing drivers rather than separate speakers for surround effects. Is that effective? https://www.techhive.com/article/3629489/lg-sp9ya-review.html#tk.rss_all

How to take a screenshot on a Chromebook

Screenshots—or captures of whatever is showing on your screen—let you easily save or share information. And on a Chromebook, grabbing them is pretty straightforward, so long as you know the right keyboard shortcuts.Knowing the correct keystrokes may be the most difficult part for people used to MacOS or even Windows, as ChromeOS doesn’t try to mimic those operating systems for an easier transition. Instead, you’ll need to learn this fresh set of keyboard commands.How to screenshot your whole

Aomei Backupper 6 review: An easy, near all-in-one backup solution

It’s been a while since our last look at Aomei’s Backupper backup and sync program. The most prominent additions to the program since that review of version 4 are real-time sync, mirroring, and two-way folder synchronization; plus more advanced boot discs, including a fully portable version of the program.Add those new features to the existing file and image backup capabilities and you have a near-total backup solution, lacking only online options. If our testing had gone off without a hitch,

Vizio P-Series 4K UHD TV review: Vizio has upped its image-processing game. Color us impressed

This is the first Vizio 4K UHD TV we've tested whose video processing chops match, and in some cases, surpass those of the competition. https://www.techhive.com/article/3628714/vizio-p-series-4k-uhd-tv-review.html#tk.rss_all

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 XT review: Simple is better

Sometimes simple is better.The Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards we’ve reviewed so far—the $550 Asus ROG Strix, and the $419 XFX Speedster Merc 308—represent the pinnacle of those manufacturers’ lineups, bristling with heavy-duty coolers and fancy extras like dual-BIOS switches and glittering lights. And yes, both designs impressed. But the $399 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 XT takes the opposite tack, cutting out the fat to focus solely on delivering good performance and good cooling at a goo

Best movies on Amazon Prime Video right now

Amazon is focused on producing quality movies of its own, but you’ll also find plenty of classics. Here are some of the films you should look for. https://www.techhive.com/article/3629431/best-movies-on-amazon-prime-video-right-now.html#tk.rss_all


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