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Intel “Panther Lake” Core Ultra X9 388H flagship SKU leaks out on Geekbench

Core Ultra X9 388H, the flagship Panther Lake

Intel Core Ultra X9 388H has appeared in a new Geekbench 6 entry, giving one of the first CPU benchmarks for what is shaping up to be the top Panther Lake mobile SKU. The chip belongs to Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 300 family, marketed as Panther Lake codename, which Intel has already scheduled for a CES 2026 launch.

The result comes from a “Default string” system with an NM

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AMD launches EPYC Embedded 2005 based on “Fire Range” with up to 16 Zen5 cores

AMD adopts Fire Range mobile chips for EPYC Embedded, up to 10 years of avaibility

AMD has introduced the EPYC Embedded 2005 series, a new family of “Zen 5” based x86 processors aimed at compact, power and thermally constrained designs. The chips target embedded workloads such as network switches and routers, DPU control planes, cold storage systems, aerospace, robotics, and industrial controllers that must run around the clock while staying within tight power and space budgets. All models use a 40

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SUPER X gaming tablet with Ryzen AI MAX 300 launches at $1899

ONEXPLAYER Super X pricing set from 1,899 to 2,759 USD

ONEXPLAYER has revealed pricing for its Super X gaming tablet built around AMD Ryzen AI MAX series chips. The campaign will offer two main versions, a standard model and a liquid-cooled model, with prices starting at 1,899 USD and going up to 2,759 USD for the top configuration.

The standard edition starts with an AMD Ryzen AI MAX 385 configuration with 32 GB of memory

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High-capacity DDR5 memory kits now cost more than GeForce RTX 5090

GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 now cheaper than 256GB memory

Chinese memory brand Asgard has put two high-capacity DDR5 kits on sale that now cost more than top gaming GPUs. The new Thor 192 GB and Valkyrie 256 GB kits have appeared on JD, with the 256 GB Valkyrie model currently listed at 16,999 RMB. For comparison, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D V2, a China-only flagship,

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Modder shows GPD WIN 5 handheld mod with internal battery and JoyCon-style controllers

GPD and PureDIY show off a special modification kit for Win 5 hardware

Not a retail product.

GPD has showcased a third party conversion kit for its Win 5 handheld that turns the system into a tablet-style device. The project is not an official GPD design. The hardware comes from modder PureDIY and was first shown in a detailed teardown and build video on Bilibili. GPD still promoted the project on its own channel, which is unusual support for a community-made mod and makes the kit look more like an endorsed

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Framework criticizes Dell over $550 32 GB RAM upgrade pricing

Dell’s memory upgrade now costs more than Apple’s

Framework has called out Dell over memory upgrade pricing after users noticed that the Dell XPS 13 charges 550 USD to move from 16 GB to 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. That price hike is even higher than Apple’s 400 USD fee for a 32 GB configuration on the MacBook Air 13 with the M4 chip, a brand already known for expensive memory and storage upgrades.

In its response on X

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Next Tomb Raider announcement expected at The Game Awards

Crystal Dynamics teases ‘future of Tomb Raider’ reveal at The Game Awards

Crystal Dynamics will show what it calls the “future of Tomb Raider” at The Game Awards 2025 . The reveal was first teased inside The Game Awards Vote Fortnite island and later confirmed by host Geoff Keighley, who wrote that “Lara Croft returns at The Game Awards” with a dedicated segment for the series.

Keighley’s post does not state outright that this is a new game, so it might also connect to Amazon’

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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9000 cashback drops RX 9070 XT price to €549 in Europe

Gigabyte has RX 9000 GPU cashback, effectively lowers price for man models below MSRP

Gigabyte has launched a new promotion for its AORUS and GAMING graphics cards and other components. It’s a cashback promotion aimed at European customers with primary focus on the Radeon RX 9000 series.

The company announced that their flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT AORUS ELITE GPU will be eligible for €70 cashback. Their Radeon RX 9070 (XT) GAMING and GAMING ICE models can claim

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ASUS says there is no RTX 5090 ROG MATRIX recall, cards return to retailers

ASUS ROG Matrix RTX 5090 return to retailers after delay

ASUS now says there was no recall of its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090, despite multiple retailers previously telling customers that shipments were halted due to a quality issue. The company confirms there were delivery delays but claims it only adjusted the original shipment schedule to gain more time for “product improvement” and to secure a better customer experience.

According to ASUS Germany, partners should receive new stock of the ROG Matrix RTX 5090 in

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Intel Core Ultra 5 338H “Panther Lake” gaming handheld tested in Furmark at 36W

Onexplayer is now testing its next-gen gaming handheld in Furmark

Performance clearly isn’t the focus here.

A new FurMark entry has given a better look at Intel Panther Lake running inside what appears to be a OneXPlayer gaming handheld. The log lists an Intel Arc B370 GPU with 10 Xe3 cores , clocking between 400 MHz and 2.3 GHz . It also shows Intel graphics driver 32.0.101.8188 , even though the public Arc

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