ASRock Motherboard Reportedly Saved Ryzen 5 9600X From Dying, Thanks To The AGESA 1.3.0.0a-Equipped BIOS

Finally, something appears to be working, and hopefully, we will see fewer Ryzen 9000 death reports popping up on Reddit.

Ryzen 9000 "failures" do not always indicate CPU deaths. While in a lot of cases, we did see burned CPUs and sockets, not every setup sees such damage signs. Sometimes the CPU dies or fails without showing any burn marks or any discoloration. In such cases, the CPU may not be dead but still fails to boot due to unknown issues,


CAPCOM Spotlight Returns on March 5 with PRAGMATA, Monster Hunter Stories 3 and More

Today, Japanese developer and publisher CAPCOM that a new episode of its CAPCOM Spotlight series of livestreams will air on Thursday, March 5, at 2 PM Pacific Time.

This CAPCOM Spotlight will last approximately half an hour , focusing on the following upcoming and existing games:

  • Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
  • PRAGMATA
  • Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection
  • Mega Man Dual Override
  • Street Fighter 6

Below, we've added a brief overview of each featured game, in release date order.

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NVIDIA’s Latest Drivers Might Be Restricting Voltages on RTX 50 GPUs

NVIDIA's latest driver release might be affecting voltages, virtually restricting them, on RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs.

A few days ago, NVIDIA released its latest GeForce Game Ready (GRD) drivers, . The driver release was meant to be the optimized version for Resident Evil Requiem and offered additional fixes. However, as soon as the driver launched, several users started reporting issues with the driver where GPU fans were not working, clock speeds were being hampered, and overall performance in games was massively lower than


The Wolf Among Us 2 Will Arrive in 2027 After Restarting Development for a Second Time – Rumor

The Wolf Among Us 2 has been missing for so long that it's started to reach mythical levels of 'games in development hell.' It's been nearly a decade since it was first revealed, and in that time, a lot has happened . Now, points to the game's development having been restarted for (at least) a second time, and that it's being co-developed with an unnamed studio in Argentina. It claims that it'll be ready by 202


Activision Unveils Black Ops Royale, a “Blackout-Inspired” Mode for Call of Duty: Warzone Coming Next Week

Before Call of Duty: Warzone established itself as one of the most popular battle royale games ever when it arrived in 2020, Call of Duty's first brush with battle royale came in 2018's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 with its Blackout mode. Today, Activision revealed that it is bringing Blackout back - sort of. Black Ops Royale is a new, " Blackout-inspired " battle royale mode that is getting added to Call of Duty Warzone, and just like Warzone


The U.S. Moves Once Again to Ban Chinese Memory; CXMT & YMTC Could Soon Be Banned from Several Government Devices

The US is working on legislation targeting Chinese memory suppliers, and according to a new proposed 'rulemaking', the use of YMTC and CXMT could be banned for government products.

The debate over integrating Chinese memory into consumer-grade products has emerged recently amid DRAM shortages . The 'Big 3' suppliers are currently busy with enterprise demand, leaving little capacity behind for consumer products. However, one of the major factors hindering the likes of CXMT from supplying DRAM chips to mainstream manufacturers is US legislation, and it appears this


GMKtec Teases 2nd Gen AI Supercomputer With 180 AI TOPS Of Power, Hinting At Its First Panther Lake Mini PC?

GMKtec is about to release a brand new AI mini PC, and we can already sense what hardware will power this compact machine.

Popular mini PC maker, GMKtec, has teased a brand new AI mini PC on X, claiming that it can deliver up to 180 TOPS of AI performance inside a small box. GMKtec hasn't revealed the specifications of this mini PC and left it to the readers to guess the hardware. The company already has all the latest Intel and AMD-based mini PCs, such


Resident Evil Requiem is now Tied With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the Highest User Score on Metacritic

Resident Evil Requiem arrived on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 just days ago from the time of this writing. It's practically an understatement to say that it's been a massive hit, with critics ( including Wccftech's Nathan Birch ) and fans alike loving the ninth mainline entry in the horror series, with over 340K players jumping into it on Steam alone right when it launched this past Friday.

While Capcom hasn't shared any sales figures


GreedFall: The Dying World Q&A – “The Public Wouldn’t Have Accepted It if We Stuck to the First Game’s Combat”

Next week, French developer Spiders (a subsidiary of the ailing publisher NACON since 2019 ) will launch the game GreedFall: The Dying World , originally called GreedFall II, out of early access. It's a delicate time for the company, between the mixed reception to the early access version of The Dying World and the tensions within the studio in late 2024 that led to a strike and, eventually, to higher wages for employees . A few months ago, Spiders also laid off most


iPhone 17e Battery Life Remains Unchanged From The iPhone 16e, Making It The Worst Model In This Generation When Comparing Runtimes

Apple made the iPhone 16e a highly attractive proposition for the masses wanting to step into the company’s hardware and software ecosystem by offering a $599 package that boasted the best battery life for any 6.1-inch iPhone launched at the time. Just comparing the iPhone 17e in pure endurance, the latest comparison shows that Apple might have ignored this bit about its latest release, making it the worst-performing model from the current-generation lineup.

Unless the specifications bump for the