Radeon RX 9070 series at one year

AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 launched on March 6, 2025, which makes today their first anniversary. On paper, the pair looked like a solid RDNA 4 start. The RX 9070 XT shipped with 64 Compute Units, up to 2970 MHz boost clock, 16GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, and 304W

ASRock Z890I Nova WiFi R2.0 adds CQDIMM support, reaches 256GB DDR5-7400

ASRock says its Z890I Nova WiFi R2.0 motherboard now supports CQDIMM memory, allowing the system to run up to 256GB of DDR5 at 7400 MT/s . The company says it achieved this with two Kingston 128GB modules, which is higher than the 7200 MT/s speed typically

NVIDIA reaches 94% AIB GPU market share in Q4 2025, Jon Peddie data shows

NVIDIA held 94% of the desktop add-in-board GPU market in Q4 2025, according to the latest Jon Peddie Research data. The firm said NVIDIA gained 1.6 percentage points quarter over quarter, while AMD lost 1.6 points and Intel remained flat. AMD ended the quarter at 5% and Intel at 1%.

Apple M5 Max appears in first Geekbench results, multi-core scores reach up to 29,233 points

Apple’s M5 Max has appeared in multiple Geekbench 6 results, offering a clearer early look at performance than a single listing. The three CPU entries shown for the 18-core chip report single-core scores of 4,268, 4,288, and 4,297, while multi-core scores range from 29,043

Intel adds Core Ultra X9 378H consumer SKU, Core 3 304 listed for Wildcat Lake

Intel has updated its mobile roadmap with at least two additional SKUs, the Core Ultra X9 378H for Panther Lake and the Core 3 304 for Wildcat Lake. The update suggests Intel is still adjusting segmentation inside its Core Ultra Series 3 stack as Panther Lake rolls out across more notebook designs.

Panther Lake update

Based on the information we have, Core Ultra X9 378

Next Xbox will play PC games, new Xbox boss confirms

Microsoft has started teasing its next-generation Xbox hardware. The company is using the codename “ Project Helix” , and it has already positioned the device as a system that will run both Xbox and PC games.

The information comes from Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma, who posted on X after an internal Team Xbox meeting. Sharma said Project Helix “will lead in performance” and will “play your Xbox and PC games,” and added that she plans to

24-month QD-OLED burn-in test

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Monitors Unboxed has published its two-year update in an ongoing burn-in stress test of the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. The monitor has been used in a worst-case desktop workflow, with long hours of static content, Windows light mode, and few OLED-friendly habits like aggressive sleep timers or hiding the taskbar. The channel reports roughly 6,500 hours of use across two years at around 2

Maxsun MS-iCraft X870M flagship board with built-in screen

Maxsun has listed the MS-iCraft X870M, a micro-ATX motherboard based on AMD’s X870 chipset. The board uses the AM5 socket and is positioned for Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 series processors. The motherboard was announced in December, but it is finally available for sale, although only in China.

CXMT is reportedly assembling LPCAMM2 modules for Lenovo ThinkBook laptops

A new report claims Lenovo’s ThinkBook 2026 laptops will use LPCAMM2 memory modules assembled by CXMT. The claim is based on a pictured 32GB LPCAMM2 module and attribution to the leaker @realVictor_M.

This matters because LPCAMM2 is designed to replace soldered LPDDR in laptops while keeping it removable and upgradeable. This format is like the soldered LPDDR5X technology but in a detachable design. It is also a JEDEC standard module