LG is rolling out a new gaming monitor label called UltraGear evo, and it is bringing 5K-class panels to CES 2026. The headliner is a 39-inch 5K2K OLED model that leans hard into resolution, then tries to make lower-res content look sharper with on-device AI processing.
The 39-inch UltraGear evo GX9 (39GX950B) is a 21:9 ultrawide with
THUNDEROBOT has started the CES 2026 countdown with two new laptops. The ZERO Air is described as a new “light” gaming notebook, and the company says it will use Intel’s next Panther Lake processor. The aibook14 Pro is positioned as a new ultralight model with a carbon fiber chassis, with THUNDEROBOT highlighting a 1 kg class design.
On the desktop side
Mesa just got a small but nice update for the R300g driver. Yes, you read that correctly, this architecture covers old ATI/AMD Radeon cards from the Radeon 9000 series up to R500 family ( Radeon HD 2000 ). The patch was made by community contributor Pavel Ondračka, and it was merged this week.
The change adds pop
Source: Hardware Canucks
Hardware Canucks has published a video that looks at running laptop DDR5 in desktop boards using SO-DIMM-to-DIMM adapter cards. The channel says the approach is meant for people who need to build or upgrade now, but do not want to pay current desktop DDR5 pricing.
The idea is simple. You buy a small adapter that lets a DDR5 SO-DIMM slot into a standard desktop DIMM slot. A round
Tech Overwrite had an interesting idea for a video: ask GPU and PSU brands directly whether users should power 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 graphics cards with a native PSU cable or the bundled multi 8-pin adapter. He contacted 11 companies, nine responded, and the answers were split.
The replies landed in three buckets: use the GPU’s included adapter, use the native PSU cable
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Board Channel sources claim Intel will leverage a more mature manufacturing process for its upcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus series to improve yields and fix potential driver or firmware issues seen in earlier versions. Allegedly, the goal is to fully unleash Arrow Lake’s design performance. Intel is also said to be aiming for “
Intel has posted its quarterly Workstation Graphics Driver update for Intel Arc Pro. The package targets Intel Arc Pro B-series and A-series GPUs, plus built-in Intel Arc Pro graphics on select Intel Core Ultra H-series processors (Series 2 and Series 1).
One of the headline changes is variable increased graphics memory allocation for the built-in Arc
ASUS has issued a response to the ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 30th Anniversary Edition power connector complaint. The company says the connector’s off-center placement is intentional. The issue surfaced after a buyer said their card arrived with the 12V-2×6 socket shifted to the right relative to the cooler cutout. They claim that leaves too little clearance to plug in the
Framework has made another adjustment to its DDR5 module pricing, citing supplier costs that are now about 3 to 5 times higher than a year ago. The company says most capacities now land at about $10 per GB.
This is the second increase in December. Earlier in the month, Framework raised DDR5 pricing on DIY Edition orders by about 50%, and said more changes were likely if costs kept moving.
A Reddit user claims they ordered two Samsung 9100 PRO SSDs on Amazon and got “two boxes” of drives, not two individual units.
The Redditor says the extra hardware adds up to “like 6k worth of ssd” in their estimate, and they are debating whether to sell some or build an all SSD NAS. They also claim Amazon support told them they can keep the shipment.
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