Intel Tech Tour 2025 starts, informaton embargoed for 11 days

Intel has invited friendly media and financial analysts, with the latter group perhaps more important to the company than ever. Attendees are being taken through Intel labs and fabs, where they are shown processes and briefed on future product developments.

The Intel Tech Tour 2025 is not a secret. Intel has allowed attendees to confirm their presence, but they are not permitted to share specifics about the processors. The open secret is that Intel is

MSI is set to launch new RTX 50 series models in a darker design

MSI is set to launch three new graphics cards in RTX 50 series. Worth reminding that MSI has no Radeon GPUs, so alltheir efforts now go into NVIDIA offering. And indeed it does go there, the company already has nearly as many cards as RTX 40 sries (including all variants and even SUPER models), which is over 150 to be exact.

MSI talks about its MAX/EVO motherboards

MSI has clarified the meaning behind the “MAX” and “EVO” suffixes introduced in its mid-generation refresh of AMD 800 series motherboards. The first wave of X870 and X870E boards launched on September 30, 2024, making this period something of an anniversary moment for the series.

At Gamescom 2025, the company unveiled several X870E MAX boards. According to MSI, both

Radeon HD (not RX) 7000 getting updates thanks to a Valve developer

AMD hasn’t updated its GCN-era drivers for a long time, but it doesn’t mean the architecture only belongs in a museum.

Some gamers already feel left behind when they see how the Radeon RX 7000 series lacks features found in the RX 9000 lineup, such as no RDNA4 support. Yet, in contrast, we are now witnessing updates for hardware far older, the Radeon

Colorful showcases upcoming AM5 motherboards: X870E Vulcan and B850M ARK spotted in China

Colorful’s new AM5 motherboards have started appearing at local events in China, with samples of the flagship X870E iGame Vulcan and B850M CVN ARK already on display. Both designs target overclockers and bring features that have until now been mostly limited to Intel platforms.

The X870E Vulcan is Colorful’s top-end model built around the AM

Intel might unveil Panther Lake details soon

Intel’s next-generation Panther Lake CPUs continue to surface in public code. A new Coreboot update adds support for multiple Panther Lake identifiers, including a fresh B0-3 stepping (CPUID 0xC06C3). Previous entries already listed A0 (0xC06C0) and earlier B0 revisions (0xC06C1, 0xC06C2), confirming that validation is advancing across several silicon revisions.

Panther Lake

Seasonic is the first PSU maker to mention NVIDIA’s new RTX 50 SUPER cards

Tale as old as every GPU launch.

The rumor is that the RTX 50 SUPER series will not launch until next year. Perhaps it will be revealed around CES, marking the first anniversary of the RTX 50 Blackwell graphics card announcement.

A few months before new cards launch, power supply makers often begin listing them. These listings sometimes have incorrect names or specifications, but occasionally they are accurate. The information posted on Seasonic

ASUS releases first firmware update for ROG laptop stuttering issue, seeks community feedback

ASUS has shared an update on the ROG laptop performance problems that have been affecting multiple models over the past few years. After internal testing, the company says its engineering team has isolated the cause of stuttering, short freezes, and audio interruptions seen on certain systems.

The first beta BIOS is now being released for select 2023 laptops, including the Strix SCAR 15 (G533ZW) and Zephyrus M16 (