In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performance. To do that, we used three Intel Core processors and compared their core scaling performance, ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Leo just upgraded his system - deciding to get rid of the weedy quad core cpu for a 6 core processor he bought on sale at Overclockers uk recently. Quad core is fine if all you do is game, but as Leo ...

Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

If you’ve ever shoehorned random hardware into a gaming system, this one’s for you. A creative thinker named RandomGaminginHD took a shot at playing current PC games with a rig featuring an AMD Epyc ...

When we evaluated how many CPU cores you need for a great gaming experience, our benchmark data showed that a 6-core/12-thread processor was the sweet spot. That was nearly a year ago, and generally ...

The Milk-V Meles is a single-board computer that could easily be mistaken for a Raspberry Pi Model B. It’s the same size and has a similar set of ports. But instead of an ARM-based processor, the ...

From here on in, the Spurs Engine we saw at CES will be known as the Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, and it'll star in a range of new Qosmios From here on in, the Spurs Engine will be known as the ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

Inside of Starlink's user terminals is a quad-core CPU powered by ARM's Cortex-A53 cores, thanks to a new teardown by researchers working at Belgium's KU Leven University. It's not the first teardown ...