The Last of Us GPU Benchmark, BlackBerry Gone But Not Forgotten

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech April 4 Not Enough VRAM [The Last of Us Part I GPU Benchmark](=.nCh2Zt2qlsIuI3w3zaQ7CxraqX5CG8ChK85ZljdvFho) The Last of Us Part I is now available on PC, but it's been met with controversy over poor performance. Let's [review the game's GPU performance](=.W4kRBBZesBkSATOa5L69IN-dN8wJJnFsLP5vgFjLPEA), reveal VRAM issues, and the solution to run this fine on your current machine. =.a1_WUwf_HazRXAQL9B8m56QXDtQcrGE-yWYc6iuDYz4 =.N2ZMd0iDBTN5I2_h_8NSk6jY6MGZaN4nnpCw8VrQvwA The Last of Us Part I is now available on PC, but it's been met with controversy over poor performance. Let's [review the game's GPU performance](=.WOokj0P_fSoV0ALIjoGZ9UpwavvKASjixBxHH0_HrBc), reveal VRAM issues, and the solution to run this fine on your current machine. =.3w6b9jbDWxxRVNgWUrNOSRokU90JeEk_eAZ5ZzWwXjE Gone But Not Forgotten [BlackBerry: The Smartphone We Knew Before the iPhone](=.WOaavkwkDXsKywe997hGZ6qnC9_7-FrUjulMjvsg1K8) The iPhone brought smartphones into the mainstream, but before there were Samsung Galaxy devices to contend with, a company called RIM made [BlackBerry phones](=.fuOb633xt5ylLksWYuqx6uT4jnfJ8Gnr0rAemyXFt8Y) that looked more like tiny laptops. =.OwVaPU0OIhxbrSmMkRwz9V46g44lIRiNNHrO12sq4YA =.1jrnfFZ5IqAZM_KgUi5vMo2vmrvpupYgWeNjEq7i8PQ The iPhone brought smartphones into the mainstream, but before there were Samsung Galaxy devices to contend with, a company called RIM made [BlackBerry phones](=.I6eWDSNSXiarsTgT_If2w0A235T8BOJjG_rs2TJzuxU) that looked more like tiny laptops. =.A8L-B1mSZWvGVBGxpG_kq2objh40h0nZeduxWh9-9oQ Opinion [With no easy path to replace Apple revenue, can Qualcomm ever grow again?](=.vSKJNlVPyMRXwf2iYeASmQmSNwKNWxv4e-Rqfmxkmag) As we noted on a previous editorial, many on the Street are deeply ambivalent about Qualcomm stock. 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