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Intel adds XeSS Frame Generation support to “Meteor Lake” iGPUs, XMX requirement dropped

Intel XeSS-FG for everyone (including Meteor Lake)

Intel Frame Generation is part of the XeSS framework for performance-improving technologies, alongside upscaling and low-latency components. Worth noting that the latter is essentially a supporting tech for Frame Generation because it adds latency.

Previously, Intel mentioned that Frame Generation would only work on Intel GPU architectures with XMX support (Xe Matrix Extensions). Those were featured in discrete architectures (Alchemist and Battlemage) but were also included in Arrow Lake Arc 100T series and

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Intel documents confirm AVX10 support on next-gen Nova Lake

Intel confirms AVX10 support for Nova Lake in new ISA reference

Intel’s latest Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference (Revision 060, November 2025) confirms that AVX10.1, AVX10.2 and APX are tied to upcoming processors, including Nova Lake. This lines up with the recent oneDNN update, where Intel added early AVX10.2 512-bit support for “future Intel Core” CPUs.

The new ISA document now lists AVX10

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Samsung’s Galaxy Book6 Pro leaks as first laptop powered by Intel Arc B390 Xe3 integrated graphics

Intel Arc B390 confirmed, the flagship “Panther Lake” iGPU

Slowly but steadily, we are getting confirmation on the Intel Core Ultra 300 series lineup. Last week, Jaykihn revealed the full lineup with SKU names and partial specs, and it was also revealed that the flagship integrated graphics SKU for Panther Lake is called Arc B390, which at this point was easy to guess.

In short, Intel Core Ultra X-Series SKUs should have the B390 graphics, which

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Unreal Engine 5.7 rolls out with new PCG, Nanite Foliage, and MetaHuman tools

Epic’s latest Unreal Engine update brings production-ready procedural world building, new rendering and lighting features

Unreal Engine 5.7 is now available, bringing a wide set of updates for teams building large, detailed worlds on current-generation hardware. The release focuses on faster world building, higher fidelity rendering, stronger character tools, and new workflows for virtual production, all wrapped with a new in-editor AI Assistant (I guess this was inevitable) to help users navigate the engine.

The Procedural Content Generation (

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(Driver) INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.8250

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Valve introduces Steam Frame, its new VR headset suppoting Foveated Streaming and offering 2160×2160 LCD panel per eye

Valve introduces Steam Frame, a wireless VR headset powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip

Valve has revealed the Steam Frame, a lightweight wireless VR headset designed to handle the entire Steam library, including both VR and non-VR titles. It launches in early 2026 as part of the expanding Steam Hardware family alongside Steam Deck and Steam Machine .

Steam Frame is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM , running SteamOS 3 (Arch-based). It supports

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Steam Machine with SteamOS announced, features six-core Zen4 CPU, RDNA3 GPU with 28CUs

Valve officially revives Steam Machine: a compact 4K-ready gaming PC powered by AMD hardware

Valve has announced the return of the Steam Machine, a small form factor PC running SteamOS and designed for living room gaming. The new system joins the Steam Deck and Steam Frame as part of Valve’s expanding Steam Hardware lineup, set to launch in early 2026.

Last-gen specs, up to six times faster than Steam Deck promise

According to Valve, Steam Machine delivers over six times the performance of

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AYANEO shows NEXT II handheld with Ryzen AI MAX 300 Strix Halo for the first time beyond renders

AYANEO Next II showcased in real photos

Powered by Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 APU.

Arthur Zhang (CEO) with AYANEO NEXT II, Source: Frandroid

French media outlet Frandroid was invited to AYANEO headquarters in China, where the CEO of the company Arthur Zhang presented the upcoming flagship gaming console known as NEXT II (or Next 2). This is one of the largest handhelds this brand has ever released.

Officially there are no dimensions or weight for this system yet, but a quick glance shows that it will

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MSI RTX 5070 Ti falls to $730 at Newegg, now below NVIDIA MSRP

MSI’s RTX 5070 Ti now below NVIDIA MSRP

This offer is interesting for two reasons: it is the lowest price for an RTX 5070 Ti so far (for a card that is widely available online, not some in-store clearance), and this particular model is unique.

If you remember, we recently reported that MSI is preparing the Ventus Black series . These cards are still missing from MSI’s own product pages, but they are already on sale at Newegg. It

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AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D launches at $269, 6-core CPU with 3D V-Cache is 13% faster than Core Ultra 245KF in gaming

AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D is now official

AMD’s budget 6core CPU for gamers costs $269.

Source: ComputerBase/AMD

AMD has now made the Ryzen 5 7500X3D official. The new CPU targets budget gaming builds with a launch price of 269 USD (279 EUR, 245 GBP), while still bringing the same 64 MB stack of 3D V Cache that helped models such as the Ryzen 7 7

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