GIGABYTE adds CXMT 16Gb and 24Gb DDR5 support to AMD and Intel boards, says CXMT support may ease memory supply pressure

GIGABYTE AM5 motherboards now support CXMT DDR5 up to 8200 MT/s

GIGABYTE has announced wider support for DDR5 memory based on chips from Chinese manufacturer CXMT. The company says the update gives PC builders another source of memory as the industry faces tighter supply and rising prices.

The announcement covers AMD AM5 600 and 800-series motherboards, along with Intel 700 and 800-series platforms. GIGABYTE refers to the memory chips as CXSH (CXMT) throughout

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Microsoft’s new Xbox PC emulator already runs dumped Xbox 360 games

Microsoft’s new Xbox PC releases use extractable Xbox 360 GOD packages

Microsoft has only released four original Xbox games for PC, but developers have already used its compatibility software to launch other console titles. The tests include Xbox 360 games that Microsoft has not released for Windows.

The XWine1 team combined Microsoft’s new PC port of XeO3 with SlimEra, a component developed for the XWine1 Xbox One compatibility layer. This setup reportedly launched backward-compatible Xbox 360 and original Xbox games

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AMD preparing 8-core Ryzen 7 9800HX3D gaming laptop CPU for CES 2027 reveal

AMD Ryzen 7 9800HX3D reportedly launching with 8 cores and 96MB L3 cache

AMD is reportedly preparing the Ryzen 7 9800HX3D , an eight-core mobile processor with 3D V-Cache. This would be a spiritual sibling to the desktop 9800X3D CPU. According to Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, the processor will feature 8 cores, 16 threads, a boost clock of up to 5.1 GHz and 96MB

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NVIDIA Fine Wine: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB closes the gap to newer models in three-year performance update

RTX 3060 12GB ages better than RTX 4060 and RX 7600 in newer game tests

Earlier this month, we reported that the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB had returned to US retail with prices starting at $329. The price remains difficult to justify, but a comparison published by 3DCenter shows that the card has aged better than several newer 8GB models.

3DCenter compared results from the 2023 GeForce RTX 406

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Microsoft orders LG to disable McAfee pop-ups in its Windows monitor app

Windows boss confirms LG will remove McAfee pop-up advertising

Gamers Nexus recently demonstrated how LG’s Monitor App Installer could arrive through Windows Update and repeatedly display McAfee trial pop-ups. We covered the issue earlier this week after users reported the same behavior on systems connected to LG monitors.

Microsoft has contacted LG following complaints about McAfee trial advertisements appearing through the LG Monitor App Installer. LG has agreed to disable the pop-up as an immediate response.

The utility can be installed automatically through Windows device metadata after a

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AMD confirms Zen 7 EPYC Florence and Instinct MI600 for 2028, Zen 8 Ravenna follows in 2030

AMD confirms Zen 7 Florence for 2028 and Zen 8 Ravenna for 2030

AMD has extended its server CPU and Instinct GPU roadmaps through 2030. The updated plans confirm 7th Gen EPYC “Florence” with Zen 7 cores, 8th Gen EPYC “Ravenna” with Zen 8 cores and the Instinct MI600 accelerator series.

AMD previously confirmed the Zen 7 architecture and its new matrix engine. However, this is the first official confirmation that Florence will use Zen 7 and

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AMD launches Strix Halo as Ryzen AI Embedded X100 with up to 16 Zen 5 cores

AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 targets robotics with up to 128GB unified memory

AMD has launched the Ryzen AI Embedded X100 series at Advancing AI 2026. The processors use the same Strix Halo silicon found in the Ryzen AI Max series, but target robotics, industrial automation, healthcare and other embedded systems.

AMD previewed the X100 family at CES 2026 without confirming the full product range. The final lineup includes six processors, led by the Ryzen

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AMD Instinct MI455X GPU features 432GB HBM4 and 23.3 TB/s memory bandwidth

AMD MI455X uses twelve HBM4 stacks for 432GB memory capacity

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AMD has introduced the Instinct MI455X, its CDNA 5 data center GPU for large AI training, inference and rack-scale systems. The accelerator includes 432GB of HBM4 memory and offers up to 23.3 TB/s of peak memory bandwidth.

AMD lists 320 billion transistors and a 2nm process node. The package combines several process technologies rather than using one

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AMD details four EPYC 9006 variants: EPYC 9006X Venice-X features up to 1,152MB of L3 cache

AMD EPYC 9006 Venice reaches 256 Zen 6c cores, PCIe 6.0 and 16-channel DDR5-8000

AMD has announced its 6th Gen EPYC 9006 server processor family based on Zen 6 and Zen 6c architectures. The first EPYC 9006 SP7 systems are scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter of 2026, although AMD has not released the individual processor specifications or prices.

The maximum core count increases from 1

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Microsoft tests free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads and one-hour sessions

Xbox Cloud Gaming gets free ad-supported test for Insiders

Microsoft has started testing a free, ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming with members of the Xbox Insider program. The temporary test allows eligible users to stream selected games from their digital libraries without paying for a cloud gaming subscription. Each streaming session is limited to one hour.

Ads only appear before gameplay

Microsoft says advertisements will appear before a session begins. The company does not plan to interrupt gameplay with additional ads during the one-hour session.

Given that

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