Intel

AMD B840 and B850 motherboards reportedly launch at CES 2025

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD mid-range AM5 series with 800-series chipsets no sooner than 2025

AMD reportedly not ready to launch new mid-range motherboards yet.

ComputerBase, who are present at Gamescom, report that numerous motherboard makers have said the B850 and B840 series should launch next year. These new AM5-based motherboards are expected to support three generations of Ryzen CPUs: 7000, 80

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AMD’s top gaming CPU, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, now available at $333

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D hits $333 price

Amazon has lowered the price.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Source: The Verge

Gamers eagerly awaiting the AMD Ryzen 9000 series X3D variants might find a solid alternative in the previous generation, particularly the Zen 4 processors with 3D V-Cache. While the Ryzen 9000 series had a less-than-smooth launch, attention is now shifting back to the last-gen

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Intel

AMD Ryzen PRO 7500G/7300G spotted, confirming 8000G series was a last-minute rebrand

AMD Ryzen 7000G series were a thing

Unreleased SKUs were spotted on Chinese forums, proving that AMD made a name change last minute.

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AMD promises Windows 11 patch boosting Zen5, Zen 4, and Zen 3 gaming performance

AMD clarifies discrepancies in gaming performance between official data and reviews

The company says that Windows patch will improve gaming performance, explains why ‘admin’ account was used for internal testing.

AMD published a blog post discussing the disparity between the official gaming benchmarks for the Ryzen 9000 series and those reported by reviewers. Unfortunately, the data did not match what AMD presented, and in many cases, gaming performance was not as high as expected. Several factors contributed to the discrepancies, including the following.

AMD’s

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White discless Xbox Series X and 2TB Galaxy Black Editions now available for preorder

Microsoft’s new Xbox now has a release date, preorders now open

A new update to the XBOX family expected on October 15th.

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First GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 cards announced, but packaging doesn’t make it obvious

New RTX 4070 GDDR6 doesn’t have any clear GDDR6 references on the box

It may be harder to distinguish GDDR6X from GDDR6 models.

The GeForce RTX 4070 has undergone two significant updates: the SUPER variant with slightly higher specs, and a non-standard model featuring the AD103 GPU. The former includes more cores and a higher power target, while the latter involves a GPU replacement sold with the same specs. However, availability of the latter model

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MSI intros GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming Slim “World of Warcraft” Edition with five swappable backplates

A special RTX 4070 SUPER

Celebrating 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft.

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Intel

Intel Core Ultra 200K series and Z890 motherboards rumored to launch on October 17th

Intel Core Ultra 200 has a release date

Following the disclosure of the 10.10 annoucement, the new series are now said to be arriving a week later.

According to Board Channels, Intel has allegedly set the release date for its next-gen desktop platform, known as Arrow Lake-S or Core Ultra 200. The first wave of processors is expected to include only the 125W K-Series of unlocked models. This launch will also be accompanied by the release of


ASUS ‘accidentally’ lists Ryzen 9000X3D series on AMD 800-Series motherboard microsite

ASUS ready for the next-gen Ryzen 9000X3D series

At least the motherboard microsite page is.

As discovered by @momomo_us , ASUS has ‘accidentally’ listed the Ryzen 9000 X3D series on its microsite, which launched yesterday for the new 800-series motherboards. The website not only mentions the 9000 X3D series, but the entire content is filled with references to these unreleased AMD processors.

The website clearly states that there

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, the flagship Arrow Lake-CPU spotted on Geekbench with 5.7 GHz clock

Core Ultra 9 285K finally on Geekbench

The next-gen desktop flagship is almost here.

Intel is expected to unveil its new desktop series in a few weeks. The development process is advanced, and most board partners already have access to nearly final silicon known as Qualification Samples. These are not yet the final retail units, but they should represent nearly identical performance unless Intel makes unexpected changes.

The Core Ultra 9 285K is considered the flagship of the series, but only because we do not

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