MSI launches MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 monitor with 5th Gen Tandem OLED and RGB Stripe sub-pixel layout

MSI announces MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 with 34-inch 360Hz 5th-gen QD-OLED panel

MSI has announced the MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36, a 34-inch ultrawide monitor with a 3440 x 1440 QD-OLED panel, a 360Hz refresh rate, and a 0.03ms (GtG) response time.

The monitor uses a 5-layer Tandem OLED stack

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ASUS launches ROG Swift 4th Gen Tandem OLED PG27UCWM and QD-OLED PG34WCDN monitors

ASUS reveals two ROG Swift OLED monitors for CES 2026: PG34WCDN and PG27UCWM

ASUS is expanding its ROG Swift OLED lineup ahead of CES 2026 with two new models: the 34-inch ROG Swift PG34WCDN and the 27-inch ROG Swift PG27UCWM. One targets ultrawide high-refresh gaming with Samsung Display QD-OLED, while the other pairs a 27-inch 4K panel with a dual-mode refresh option

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Intel leak hints at a Battlemage Arc B770 launching very soon

Leak points to Intel Arc B770, a bigger Battlemage part

Intel’s long-rumored and long-overdue update to the Battlemage series may be much closer to launch now than it was a few days ago. Intel still does not mention Arc B770 in its marketing materials, but there is plenty of evidence that these GPUs are coming, mainly from official Linux repositories where Intel engineers have confirmed the BMG-G31 GPU is in development. The G31 could be anything though

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ASUS working on ROG AR Glasses in partnership with XREAL

ASUS Big Format Gaming Display teaser turns out to be about AR glasses

ASUS ROG’s recent “Big Format Gaming Display” teaser is now being explained as something other than a giant monitor. A short social post from December said BFGD is coming back , and joked that “a larger desk” will not be needed. Apparently the explanation is now under the post, because another company has replied to this tweet.

A post from XREAL suggests that they are working with ASUS for ROG’s largest “monitor” to

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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPU has been leaked: dual 12V-2×6 power, massive 40 power phase design

MSI RTX 5090 result hits 53,207 points and takes the top spot on 3DMark Time Spy

It looks like the RTX 5090 LIGHTNING card is not the same model as the SPECIAL EDITION shown at Computex. At least the newly shared photos on HWBOT suggest otherwise.

Yesterday a 3DMark Time Spy entry lists an MSI-submitted NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 scoring 53,207 points, putting it at 1st rank on the leaderboard. The result

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Intel

GMKtec EVO-2 MiniPC to feature Core Ultra X9 388H Panther Lake CPU

GMKtec confirms EVO-T2 will ship with flagship Panther Lake CPU

GMKtec says it will showcase a new Mini PC called the EVO-T2 at CES 2026, explicitly naming the SKU in its outreach ahead of the show. The company describes itself as a core partner within the Intel ecosystem, and says EVO-T2 will be based on Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) platform.

The company has confirmed that the EVO-T2 will use the flagship Core Ultra

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Lenovo Legion Go 2 listing now mentions SteamOS support

Legion Go 2 with official SteamOS support confirmed by Lenovo

Lenovo marketing material for the Legion Go Gen 2 includes a clear SteamOS line. The slide says the device “supports SteamOS*,” alongside a “one button switch to Windows Xbox FSE” note.

The same image lists an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, a 5-35W tuning range, and 32GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory. It also mentions an 8.8-inch OLED panel with a 19

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Cooling company to showcase “noiseless” plasma-cooled laptop prototype at CES 2026

YPlasma plans CES 2026 demo plasma-cooled laptop prototype

YPlasma says it will show a laptop prototype cooled with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators at CES 2026. The company says its goal is to replace mechanical fans with a solid-state airflow device that has no moving parts.

The press release shared by TechPowerUP describes a thin-film actuator that can be as little as 200 microns thick, designed to mount on heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components. YPlasma

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German outlet shows first photos of V-Stripe subpixel layout on MSI’s MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36

MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 pairs 360 Hz with an RGB-like V-stripe subpixel structure

Prad.de published a hands-on report on MSI’s upcoming MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 monitor ahead of its official announcement. The outlet sees it as a CES 2026 showpiece, with the focus on panel changes rather than a cosmetic refresh.

The key detail is the pixel layout. Prad describes an RGB-like, V

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Intel

ASUS introduecs workstation B850M ACE motherboard with rotated AM5 socket

ASUS Pro WS B850M-ACE SE brings IPMI and U.2 to a microATX AM5 board

ASUS has introduced the Pro WS B850M-ACE SE, a microATX Socket AM5 motherboard that borrows a few ideas from server platforms. The headline feature is an onboard BMC (ASPEED AST2600) that enables IPMI remote management through ASUS Control Center Express.

The board uses the AMD B850 chipset and supports Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 80

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