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Today β€” 28 October 2025Main stream

RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average β€” reduced resistance boosts power to 240W

A user on Reddit shunt-modded their Zephyrus M16's RTX 4090 laptop GPU, which led to a 20% bump in performance compared to stock, while even beating RTX 5090 mobile on average. This was achieved by just stacking one resistor atop the existing one to trick the GPU into consuming way more power than it thinks it is.

Yesterday β€” 27 October 2025Main stream

M5 MacBook Pro's SSD is 2.5x faster on average than last-gen M4, exceeding Apple's own claims β€” M5 achieves 6,000+ MB/s across both read and write speeds

The new 14-inch MacBook Pro featuring the M5 chip has really fast SSDs that have been put to the test, exceeding Apple's own claims. In read speeds, the M5's SSD is more than 3x faster, whereas in write speeds, the difference is about 1.8x, with the M5 SSD achieving over 6,000 MB/s across both.

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