It’s been a little while since we last dove into CPU workstation testing in a meaningful way, so we’re going to get things up to speed here, and see where things stand in early 2021. With Intel’s 11th ...

I know my brand new 4600+ x2 is a great lil CPU and all, but not <i>that</i> great -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon ...

So I recently purchased a camcorder for home movies and expect to start getting into some video encoding, and I figure now is the time I finally get into a quad-core. My planned software is Adobe ...

Content creators, start your engines. Today, Adobe officially rolled out hardware encoding support for Nvidia and AMD GPUs in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Media Encoder, letting you lean on ...

The CPU (Central Processing Unit, or simply “processor”) is arguably the most important component in a computer, perhaps only second to the GPU if you’re a gamer. However, upgrading to the best ...

This is the first part of an investigation into game streaming, a topic that we've been requested on before – particularly after we review CPUs – but that has purposely been left out because it's ...

Although a PC’s gaming performance is primarily driven by its graphics card, the beating heart in any computer is still the CPU. As soon as you press the power button, whenever you open the Windows ...