Intel Core 3 304 benchmarked again, 5-core Wildcat Lake nears Apple A18 Pro

Intel’s entry-level Core 3 304 has appeared in PassMark with scores close to Apple’s A18 Pro used in the MacBook Neo. The comparison is based on three PassMark’s tests.

According to PassMark, the Core 3 304 has an average CPU Mark score of 11,543 points. The Apple A18 Pro is listed at 11,

Ryzen 9 9900X CPU reportedly dies with visible substrate swelling

A Ryzen 9 9900X owner has reported a sudden CPU failure on the MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WiFi motherboard. The system stopped posting and showed a Code 00 error with the red CPU debug LED lit.

The user “TheImmigrantEngineer” says the CPU and motherboard are both less than one year old. The system used a Corsair RM1000X power supply and a 240 mm DeepCool AIO

New XBOX Handheld badge: Steam Deck Verified for ROG Xbox Ally or promotion of new handhelds?

XBOX Handheld appears as a new “way to play”.

Microsoft has started using a new Xbox Handheld logo on official game pages, including Gears of War: E-Day, Halo: Campaign Evolved and State of Decay 3. The badge appears in the “Ways to play” section, next to Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam. Worth noting that the logo says “

RTX 4070 SUPER survives hammer damage, but only the GPU and memory were reused

The cooler and PCB had to be discarded.

An ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER was reportedly damaged with a hammer during an argument between a couple, leaving the card in a state where a normal repair was no longer practical.

The card’s metal backplate was badly bent, the display outputs were misaligned, and the PCB had cracks, tears, and delamination. ASUS reportedly refused free warranty service because the

Intel Core 200 (non-Ultra) “Raptor Lake Next” mobile lineup reportedly limited to HX series, up to Core 9 with 24 cores

Intel’s Raptor Lake Next refresh is apparently not limited to desktops. According to Jaykihn, the same lineup is also planned for laptops, but only under the HX series.

This means Intel is preparing high-power notebook processors based on Raptor Lake Next. There is no mention of H, P or U-series models. The lineup should therefore target

AMD Ryzen PRO 9000 CPUs launch June 30, Gigabyte is ready

Gigabyte has added AMD’s new Ryzen PRO 9000 desktop processors to the CPU support list for its X870 AORUS TACHYON ICE motherboard. The list includes the Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D, Ryzen 9 PRO 9965, Ryzen 9 PRO 9955 and Ryzen 9 PRO 9945.

The top model appears with 16 cores, 32 threads, a

TrashBench cools RTX 3060 with a modified ice machine, GPU stays below 23°C

TrashBench has tested another unusual GPU cooling setup, this time by connecting an RTX 3060 to an ice cube maker. The idea was to check whether the machine itself could cool the card, rather than just using ice as a temporary cooling source.

The RTX 3060 used in the test was first tested with its stock air cooler. Under load, the card reached around 60°C

No, NVIDIA did not open source DLSS

NVIDIA DLSS support is coming to the open-source NVK Vulkan driver used by Mesa on Linux.

According to Phoronix, the required code has been merged into Mesa 26.2-devel. This allows NVK to handle DLSS-enabled games through Linux and Steam Play, although the feature remains experimental for now.

This should not be confused with NVIDIA open-sourcing DLSS. NVIDIA’s upscaling technology still relies on its own binaries and SDK. The way this works,

ASRock B550 Rock WiFi brings Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5G LAN to AM4

ASRock has released the B550 Rock WiFi, a new ATX motherboard for AMD’s Socket AM4 platform. According to GDM, the board will launch in Japan on June 26 with an expected price of ¥16,980 including tax, or around $105.

This is another 2026 motherboard for AM4, a socket that first appeared in