Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones
The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in Geekbench database
200MHz higher clock on engineering sample
Although AMD's next-generation 12nm Ryzen 2000 series desktop CPUs won't be coming before April, it does not mean that there won't be a few leaks and the latest one reveals a few more details regarding the Ryzen 5 2600 CPU which was spotted in the Geekbench database.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in SiSoft Sandra database
Running on Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboard
A new and upcoming Ryzen 2000 series CPU, the Ryzen 5 2600 was seen in SiSoft Sandra database, rocking a 3.4GHz base clock on those 12nm Zen+ cores, and running on yet to be announced Asus Crosshair VII Hero motherboards.