Noctua launches NH-D15 G2 chromax.black flagship air cooler at $189, supports next-gen LGA-1954 “Nova Lake-S” CPUs

Noctua launches NH-D15 G2 chromax.black for 159 USD, now listed for Intel LGA-1954

Noctua has released the chromax.black version of its NH-D15 G2 cooler, bringing its flagship dual-tower heatsink to an all-black design. The new model pairs a black-coated heatsink with two black NF-A14x25r G2 140 mm fans and is listed at 159 USD (15

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ROG Matrix RTX 5090 unboxed in giant “D-box”, $3,999 card arrives early

The first unboxing of ASUS’ flagship GPU shows an unusually shaped box

Some buyers are already unboxing the ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090, even though ASUS had not yet held a formal launch and recent reports pointed to a late November release window. Early photos show the 30th Anniversary card arriving in a huge D-shaped presentation box inside a standard outer carton, matching the packaging ASUS used in its own product shots.

The card itself is the same flagship Blackwell model ASUS started taking pre orders for

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Unity and Epic Games announce partnership to bring Unity games into Fortnite, add Unreal support to Unity commerce tools

Epic Games and Unity announce partnership

What seemed to start with a tweet by Tim Sweeney about two weeks ago has just been confirmed on stage during Unite 2025 in Barcelona. The companies behind the most popular game engines have announced a new partnership.

Unity and Epic Games have announced a partnership that will let developers publish Unity-built games directly into Fortnite and connect to the Fortnite Creator Economy. The deal gives Unity developers access to a platform with more than 500 million registered accounts, with revenue sharing handled

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Blender 5.0 released, now requires GeForce 900 series or newer GPUs

Blender 5.0 released, new GPU baseline and Vulkan path now in effect

Blender 5.0 is now available as a major update to the open-source 3D suite. The release centers on a new color management pipeline with native wide-gamut and HDR support, ACES 1.3/2.0 views, and updated Rec.2100 displays. It also brings a refreshed UI, new node tools, a reworked Video Sequencer, and rendering changes in both Cycles and EEVEE.

Blender can

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Intel

AIDA64 gets first update for Core Ultra 200K Plus “Arrow Lake-Refresh”

Intel Core 200K with a Plus

Last week we shared the first and most likely final specs of the Arrow Lake Refresh. This update to the Core Ultra 200K family will add three SKUs, all of which are better than current models, at least on paper. As we reported previously, there is a minor change to clocks, up to 100 MHz on some SKUs, but at least two models get 4 extra Efficient cores.

It is hard to say whether this update will be

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VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings AMD FSR4 to Proton, with an experimental support for older GPUs

Linux DirectX 12 translation layer adds FSR4 and Anti-Lag support, while DLSS4 still lacks native Proton integration

VKD3D-Proton, the Vulkan-to-DirectX 12 translation layer used in Valve’s Proton, has reached version 3.0. The update adds AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR4) and AMD Anti-Lag support for DirectX 12 games on Linux, while DLSS4 still has no native Proton integration. Proton itself is Valve’s compatibility layer that lets Windows

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Sony cuts PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro prices by $100 for Black Friday

Sony cuts PS5 and PS5 Pro prices for Black Friday 2025

Sony has confirmed broad price cuts on PlayStation 5 hardware for Black Friday 2025, including discounts on standard PS5 consoles, PS5 Pro, and new Fortnite bundles. The promotion runs from November 21 for a limited time, with offers available through direct.playstation.com, PlayStation Store, PlayStation Gear, and participating retailers, depending on region.

The PS5 Digital Edition 825 GB Fortnite Flowering Chaos

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Super X gaming tablet to feature AMD MAX+395 APU, 128GB RAM and liquid cooling

ONEXPLAYER Super X gaming tablet pairs Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with AMOLED display and 83.5 Wh battery

ONEXPLAYER has again previewed its Super X gaming tablet built around AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor , a Strix Halo based APU. The chip combines Zen 5 CPU cores with Radeon 8060S graphics featuring 40 compute units on RDNA 3.5. The company also advertises configurations with up to 1 28 GB of LPDDR5X-8000

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AMD to present FSR Redstone on December 10th, only Radeon RX 9000

AMD FSR Redstone officially launching December 10

After rather bizarre ‘premiere’ of Redstone’s Ray Regeneration in COD Black Ops 7, AMD is now planning to launch the full stack next month.

AMD has announced that its next major graphics technology update, FSR Redstone, will officially debut on December 10th . While the company did not confirm if this date marks the rollout of the full feature set or a developer showcase, it appears to be the first dedicated launch event for the new FidelityFX Super Resolution generation.

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Intel

ASUS launches Pro WS 850M-ACE SE board supporting both AMD Ryzen 9000 and EPYC 4004 AM5 CPUs at $359

ASUS Pro WS B850M-ACE SE launches with Ryzen 9000 and EPYC 4005 support

ASUS has released its new Pro WS B850M-ACE SE micro-ATX workstation motherboard, now listed in China at 4,499 RMB and already available in the US at around 359 USD. The board targets “advanced AI PCs” and supports both consumer AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 processors and

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