In early February, Intel finally updated its HEDT sector with the latest “Granite Rapids-WS” Xeon 600 Series processors for workstations. The company has now published a detailed table of turbo frequencies that provides specifics on each core’s boost frequency in workloads like SSE, AVX2, AVX-512, and AMX, showing how much these workloads allow the CPU … Read more
Intel’s flagship “Bartlett Lake-S” processor—Core 9 273 PQE—has reached enthusiasts who are testing whether any consumer motherboard can boot the CPU and utilize its 12 P-Core gaming performance. According to Overclock.net user “Talon2016,” who managed to obtain a sample of the LGA-1700 flagship CPU SKU, the processor won’t boot using a consumer ASUS ROG Maximus … Read more
ASRock listed one of the first branded mobile-on-desktop platforms based on the latest Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors, barely two months into the launch of the new processor generation. The new NUC Box-358H, NUCS BOX-358H, NUCS BOX-325, and NUC BOX-325 are powered by “Panther Lake-H” (mainstream laptop) variants of the chip, and … Read more
It was revealed in a recent leak that the next-gen AMD Zen 6 Ryzen CPUs would be delayed until 2027, and it has now emerged, that the upcoming Intel “Nova Lake-S” Core Ultra Series 4 CPUs may be joining AMD for an early 2027 launch, when previous reports placed the launch in late 2026. The … Read more
With the increasing price of gaming memory and silicon in general, it was only a matter of time before we saw gaming laptop manufacturers lean into hardware rentals as a business model, for better or worse. HP seems to be leading the pack with a newly announced hardware subscription service, called the Omen Gaming Subscription, … Read more
Intel has quietly deprecated its Software Defined Silicon initiative (SDSi), known as “Intel On Demand,” according to a report from Phoronix. The company has archived the official GitHub repository for SDSi for Xeon, an effort intended to enable optional features on Intel’s server processors that could be unlocked for an extra fee. Intel had hoped … Read more
Intel is preparing to give its next-generation Core Ultra Series 4 “Nova Lake-S” desktop processors not one, but two enthusiast-segment desktop motherboard chipsets, the Z990 and Z970. The new processors introduce Socket LGA1954, which will require a motherboard upgrade. The idea behind segmenting Z990 and Z970 to succeed the current Z890 is to probably bring … Read more
In an exclusive report for VideoCardz, Intel is reportedly targeting an LPDDR5X memory speed of 8,533 MT/s for its upcoming Core Ultra G3 series of “Panther Lake” chips arriving in the second quarter for handheld gaming devices. After we learned that Intel is imposing certain memory mandates on its OEM partners, it seems like the … Read more
Noctua has earned itself a reputation in the enthusiast space not only for its highly efficient air coolers, but also for its free mounting upgrade kit policy, which allows buyers of Noctua coolers to request a new mounting kit when a new motherboard socket from AMD or Intel launches, even years after they’ve purchased their … Read more
Intel’s Arc graphics solutions initially had a rough start to life on the Linux side of things, but it seems as though the tide is changing. Phoronix recently tested the new Panther Lake Intel Arc B390 iGPU in the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H, comparing the new iGPU to the venerable Radeon 890M in the … Read more