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    Intel’s debut 6-core Core i9 CPUs could push gaming laptops past 5GHz speeds

    May 01, 2018 3 minutes
    BY MARK HACHMAN

    For years, PC gamers have needed to pick a poison: Buy a desktop with the most powerful components available, or sacrifice some performance for a laptop they could take on the road. Intel’s new 6-core mobile Core i9 chip, its fastest notebook CPU ever, paves the way for 5GHz gaming laptops, making that decision a little easier.

    Using new “thermal velocity boost” technology to propel the new Core i9-8950HK from a base clock rate of 2.9GHz to a whopping 4.8GHz, the new unlocked 8th-generation, plus a new designation () to indicate the presence of  inside notebook PCs.

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