Intel to finally offer the first look at Tiger Lake-H and Rocket Lake

Intel announced it will showcase its entire 11th Gen Core series at GDC.

While the actual Game Developer Conference (GDC) will take place in July, there is a GDC Showcase virtual conference that everyone can participate in for free. The participation will require registration though.

Intel’s Marcus Kennedy (GM Gaming and Esports Client Computing Group / Desktop Workstation Gaming) will present the 11th Gen Core series at GDC Showcase. The

AMD EPYC 7003 with Zen3 architecture

We have official specifications and pricing for the new EPYC server CPUs.

Later today AMD will officially introduce its EPYC 7003 CPU series featuring Zen3 architecture. The new lineup codenamed “Milan” will not offer more cores over its predecessor based on Zen2 architecture codenamed “Rome”, but it will provide higher frequencies across the stack.

What has not changed is the maximum TDP of 280W for high-end EPYC CPUs. The 70

Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT NITRO+ gets tested

First 3DMark figures for the upcoming custom graphics card based on Navi 22 GPU.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT NITRO+ and PULSE

Sapphire preps two custom models based on AMD Navi 22 GPU.

The RX 6700 XT NITRO+ will be the only triple-fan design based on RX 6700 XT. Sapphire has already showcased its dual-fan reference design and we can also confirm that PULSE will be a dual-fan design as well.

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT MERC319 & QICK319

XFX is preparing two custom models based on Navi 22 GPU.

XFX now set to launch two custom Speedster graphics cards based on Radeon RX 6700 XT. The higher-end MERC319 and lower-end QICK319. Design-wise both cards are essentially the same, they feature triple-fan cooler designs which are 2.5-slot thick.

Gigabyte unveils AORUS ELITE

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT gets custom treatment from  Gigabyte.

Gigabyte has already showcased its GAMING OC and EAGLE models based on AMD’s latest Radeon RX 6700 XT SKU. What the company has not yet unveiled is the AORUS ELITE, the top-tier graphics card based on Navi 22 GPU.

The AORUS ELITE is a triple-fan and triple-slot design. It measures 29.6 cm in length and 11.4 cm in width.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is not the best choice for miners

Some good news is coming from cryptocurrency mining blogs, which received the first details on RX 6700 XT mining performance.

Cryptomining Blog reports that AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT will offer around 43 MH/s hash rate in Ethereum mining, significantly less than RX 5700 XT. According to the public statistics from Minerstat the predecessor based on Navi 10 (Radeon RX 5700 XT) offers

Intel Core i5-11600KF and Core i5-11400F tested

A member of a Chiphell community has managed to get access to two unreleased 6-core Intel Rocket Lake-S CPUs.

Intel Rocket Lake-S Core i5 series, Source: Chiphell

Intel Rocket Lake-S has already been extensively tested by respected and known tech publications even before the company formally announced the new series. We have seen multiple reviews of Core i9-1190

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT tested in Ashes of the Singularity

We have already seen OpenCL & Vulkan performance in Geekbench , as well as gaming performance at 1440p resolution and at 1080p with ray tracing. There is not much left to be leaked, except synthetic benchmark.

While we don’t have 3DMark scores yet, there are public records of Ashes of the Singularity 6700XT tests performed by a user who also had Radeon RX 5700