Ace Magician AD03 Review: A Solid Intel N95 CPU Mini PC
I bought an Ace Magician AD03, but should you?
Intel Arc A380 Review - Impressive, But Not In the Way You Think
TL;DR: For media encoding/transcoding, this thing is a godsend, with some caveats. However, if you are just going after a smooth, seamless experience with your GPU, don’t buy this card, at least not yet.
My Test Bench for Intel Arc A380
Been kept busy tinkering with the Intel Arc A380. Reviews coming up soon.
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vGPU (SR-IOV) with Intel 12th Gen iGPU [Updated Jan 2025]
Virtualize Intel iGPU for multiple VMs for hardware accelerated graphics and media encode/decode.
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[Update 10/11/2022] Afterthoughts on Zen 4 Reviews, and How to Make Sense of Them All
The new Zen 4 CPUs don't make sense, here's why.
IOCREST M.2 HBA In-Depth Review
Testing IOCREST HBA against Dell PERC H310
Testing NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 2060 12GB, and AMD RX 6600 for Cloud Gaming Build
I tested the NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 2060, and AMD RX 6600 for my cloud gaming setup, the real winner is actually surprising.
AMD X670 Motherboard Line Up Preview
With AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPU launch right around the corner, I figured that I would look at the motherboard offerings. After flipping through different fancy product brochures, I failed to find a board that makes any sense. Yes, you heard that right - None of these new AMD motherboards
IOCREST Dual Port Realtek 8125B 2.5Gbe NIC Review
Reviewing 2.5Gbe dual port NIC from IOCREST, and set it up in Proxmox for TrueNAS Scale and Unraid to get 2.5Gbe without driver support.
“Upgrading” the HBA on My Energy-Efficient NAS with a M.2 PCIe HBA from IOCREST
I bought an M.2 HBA, while it is awesome for me, it may not be for everyone. Click to find out more about this miraculous device that turns your unused M.2 slot into an 8-port SATA HBA.
Reviewing Plugable and Asustor 2.5Gbe Dongles on MacOS Monterey 12.5.1
Testing some USB-C 2.5Gbe Ethernet adpaters reveals a shocking truth.
Using vGPU Unlock with Proxmox 7
How to configure vGPU to be used in Proxmox and Windows VM