GIGABYTE is now rolling out its Z890 Plus motherboard lineup for Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus processors, with the Z890 AORUS ELITE DUO X positioned as the lead model in the latest availability update. The wider group also includes the Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 PLUS, Z890 D PLUS, Z890 EAGLE PLUS, and Z89
ComputerBase has published a commemorative retro post for the GeForce GTX 590 , revisiting its original review 15 years after NVIDIA launched the card . Released in March 2011, the GTX 590 was NVIDIA’s answer to AMD’s Radeon HD 6990 , another dual-GPU flagship from the same era. Both cards targeted buyers who wanted the highest possible gaming performance
ASUS appears to be the first motherboard vendor to release beta BIOS updates based on AGESA ComboAM5 1.3.0.1 for its X870 series motherboards. The update is already listed for multiple ROG Crosshair, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, and ProArt models.
The new beta BIOS brings three listed changes. ASUS says it updates boards to AGESA ComboAM5 1.3
Sony Marketing Inc. said on March 27 that it has temporarily suspended new orders for several digital imaging storage products in Japan. The company said the move affects orders from authorized dealers and direct customer orders through the Sony Store, citing a global shortage of semiconductors used for memory and other factors.
The affected list includes four CFexpress Type A cards, CEA-G1920T, CEA-G960T, CEA-G480T,
As of today several Radeon RX 9070 XT custom cards are back at an effective $699 in the US . Newegg currently lists ASRock’s Challenger at $729.99 with promo code SUSF2668, GIGABYTE’s Gaming OC at $739.99 with promo code SUSF2669, and SAPPHIRE’s PULSE at $769.99
AMD is again pointing to platform longevity as one of the main selling points of socket AM5. In comments tied to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition announcement, Jack Huynh said AMD sees long-term socket support as a customer commitment rather than a simple marketing line. That fits AMD’s existing public guidance, which states AM5 support will continue through 2027 and beyond.
It looks like Microsoft is finally changing.
Microsoft has confirmed that its “This is an Xbox” marketing campaign has been retired. In a statement shared with Windows Central, a Microsoft spokesperson said Asha Sharma ended the campaign because it “didn’t feel like Xbox,” and added that she is “personally leading a reset of how we show up as a brand.”
That gives Microsoft’s first direct explanation for the campaign’s disappearance from official channels.
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 launch was quickly followed by motherboard vendor support updates. GIGABYTE and ASRock both published announcements today confirming BIOS support for the new AM5 processor, while MSI has begun listing 9950X3D2-related BIOS updates across its AM5 lineup and highlighted support on two flagship X870E boards.
GIGABYTE says its new AMD AGESA 1.3
Earlier this month, AMD launched the 6-core CPU called Ryzen 5 5500X3D in China. It was a surprising launch given that the architecure is at this point a few years old now and it was limited to one region at launch. It turns out that launch is still expanding as we speak.
Intel has just announced its long-awaited Big Battlemage GPU lineup as the Arc Pro B70 and B65 series. So far, nothing indicates that Intel plans to launch the long-rumored Arc B770 gaming card. At least for now, Big Battlemage is a workstation story.
One of the first Arc Pro B70 reviews came from Level1Techs, which appears to have received four cards for AI testing.