Resolution and graphics quality scaling in WoW for Apple M1
Apple silicon is quite capable and even the base M1 can run WoW pretty easily if you keep the settings a bit down. Let's see how performance scales with resolution and quality settings in Dragonflight pre-patch.
WoW Dragonflight PTR and Classic on Windows on ARM devices
There are few Windows on ARM devices with Qualcomm ARM CPUs plus a few user-converted Android phones or tablets. Those are mostly higher-power variants of mobile phone chips so the performance isn't great but at least the devices are fanless and have quite long battery life. Let's see how they handle ARM-native WoW.
Laptop DDR4 caveats - x8 layout versus x16 versus single and dual channel
Laptop vendors from time to time skimp on RAM for their laptops. If you get a single-channel configuration you can lose a lot of performance. For DDR4 even with the JEDEC standard, there are two memory layouts available and the cheaper one is also slower. So let's go over all those cases.
Ray tracing and API scaling on Intel Arc A380
After my initial benchmarks of Intel Arc A380 GPU I've decided to double check some of the results - mainly checking API scaling and getting more ray tracing data.
Intel Arc A380 - first look at Intel discrete graphics card
Intel is entering the discrete graphics card market with the Arc series. Some cards are already out so let's look at entry level Arc A380 and what Intel is planning to release.
Final Fantasy 14 on Intel and AMD integrated graphics
Last year I've tested FF14 on AMD integrated graphics and now I've managed to put Ryzen 4800U against Intel i7-1165G7. There is a quite large stock of cheap existing or refreshed laptops with such chips so the question is - can they run Final Fantasy XIV decently? Lets find out ;)
World of Warcraft on AMD, Intel and Apple integrated graphics
Last year I've tested AMD integrated Vega graphics in mobile and APU based devices and now I've managed to put Ryzen 4800U against Intel i7-1165G7. There is a quite large stock of cheap existing or refreshed laptops with such chips so the question is - can they run WoW decently? Lets find out.
Watching docker logs in the browser with Python and Eel
Multiple microservices deployed with Kubernets and Docker mean multiple containers to check for logs when debugging or watching internal communication. It would be handy if we could look through logs in a more organized way - and that's how Docker-watcher was born.
Run Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines with Quickemu
Quickemu is a handy tool to run Windows, macOS or Linux virtual machines on your PC - a combination of QEMU and custom tooling to make it a smooth process. Lets take a look.
Testing Hagibis wireless HDMI transmitter-receiver dongles
Hagibis is a Chinese brand that offers wireless HDMI dongles. It promises a no-setup experience and claims to support multiple devices and systems. I got one of their kits and put it to the test.
