AMD says Ryzen 5 9600X3D may still launch later this year

AMD explains why Ryzen 7 7700X3D came before Ryzen 5 9600X3D

AMD has not announced the Ryzen 5 9600X3D, but the company has not ruled out a six-core Zen 5 processor with 3D V-Cache. David McAfee, AMD corporate vice president and general manager of Ryzen and Radeon, said at Computex that such a product may be something AMD looks at later this year.

The comment came shortly after AMD introduced the Ryzen

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AMD FSR 4.1 to skip RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics

AMD may keep FSR 4.1 away from Radeon 600M, 700M and 800M iGPUs

    Radeon 890M, 880M and Strix Halo iGPUs are not on the confirmed list.

    When AMD announced FSR Upscaling 4.1 support for older Radeon GPUs in mid-May, the company named Radeon RX 7000 and Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. It did not mention integrated graphics based on RDNA 2, RDNA 3 or RDNA 3

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    Intel Nova Lake-S socket appears, LGA-1954 dual-lever retention confirmed

    Intel LGA-1954 socket spotted in Taipei, 2L-ILM design appears in the wild

    First look at the socket for Nova Lake-S.

    LC Tech Leaks has shared a photo of what is claimed to be Intel’s next-generation LGA-1954 socket at an undisclosed location in Taipei. The post does not name the motherboard vendor or board model, but the marking points to Intel’s next desktop platform for Nova Lake-S processors.

    New socket for new CPUs

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    NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops may start above $1,799, N1X systems reportedly above $2,899

    NVIDIA RTX Spark N1 and N1X pricing estimates point to premium systems

    Morgan Stanley estimates high prices for NVIDIA’s Windows on Arm platform.

    The N1X can definitely run games, but it may be out of reach for most gamers, new reports suggest. We already covered leaked pricing for some of the Lenovo laptops equipped with N1X chips, and needless to say, they were very high.

    Now according to an analyst’s estimates, systems based on the higher-end N1X

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    Counterfeit G.Skill and V-Color DDR5 modules reportedly hit China

    Counterfeit G.Skill and V-Color DDR5 modules reportedly hit China

    Fake DIMMs use matching PCBs and heat spreaders

    Counterfeit DDR5 memory modules using G.Skill and V-Color branding have reportedly appeared on Chinese marketplaces. Representatives for both companies confirmed the issue at Computex 2026.

    This is not the usual case of old memory hidden under a new heat spreader. The reported modules use PCBs that look identical to those used by G.Skill and V-Color. The heat spreaders are also said to

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    Intel exec says Arc GPUs are not leaving Intel’s PC roadmap

    Intel comments on Arc GPU future as B770 remains absent

    Intel has commented on the future of its Arc GPUs. During a Q&A with journalists in Taiwan, Intel Client Computing Group general manager Alex Katouzian said GPUs remain a “ super important ” part of the company’s PC lineup, according to Tweakers.

    The statement came after questions about Intel’s future in desktop graphics. Intel entered the discrete desktop GPU market in 2022 with Arc Alchemist, followed by the Battlemage generation. The

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    Bosgame VTA-439 mini PC launches with Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and OCuLink at $1049

    Bosgame VTA-439 brings Ryzen AI 400 series to mini PCs with OCuLink

    Ryzen AI 400 series mini PC with external GPU support.

    Bosgame has listed the VTA-439, a new mini PC based on AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 processor. The system is currently listed with 32GB of DDR5 SO-DIMM memory and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. Bosgame’s store shows a $1,049 price for this

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    GALAX shows GeForce RTX 6090 HOF concept with Swarovski crystals, as if current cards weren’t expensive enough

    GALAX prepares new GeForce RTX HOF concept with hidden power connector

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    GALAX has a new GeForce RTX Hall of Fame concept graphics card on display, and this one takes the HOF series in a more expensive-looking direction. The card shown at Computex is not labeled with a GPU SKU, but the booth placard confirms it is a “ next generation concept design .”

    The card uses a white and silver triple-fan front design, but the placard confirms a quad-fan cooling layout with push-pull

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    MSI shows GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM DRACO EPIC 40th Anniversary graphics card

    MSI brings Draco Epic design to GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM

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    MSI has shown a GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM DRACO EPIC graphics card at Computex 2026. This is a 40th Anniversary model based on MSI’s SUPRIM series, but with a redesigned exterior and a Draco-themed backplate.

    According to BenchLife, the card uses a high-precision metal etching process and anodizing on the backplate. This gives the card a different finish from the standard GeForce RTX 508

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    AMD has overclocked its Radeon RX 9060 XT to 4643 MHz with its internal tools

    Radeon RX 9060 XT reaches 4.64 GHz with AMD internal OC tools

    GPU frequency records are quite rare these days, but the Radeon RX 9060 XT has now appeared near the top again. Overclocker Bill “Sampson” Alverson has pushed an engineering sample of AMD’s mid-range RDNA 4 GPU to 4643 MHz under liquid nitrogen cooling.

    The result is not enough to beat the previous 4.769 GHz run achieved with the same GPU family by Sampson

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