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First reviews are out, and the RTX 3090 Ti appears to be around 7% faster than the RTX 3090 on average. Initial availability is expected to be very limited, but, on the bright side, the new model is considerably quieter due to the bulky cooling solution and the GDDR6X is not overheating anymore.

An Asus representative has confirmed that prices of its GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards could be lowered by up to 25%, but only in the United States. The new prices will be in effect on April 1, but some models are expected to get the discount before others.

Samsung's high-end Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor can be bought on Amazon for US$1,940, US$500 less than its asking price of US$2,499. It features a 49-inch mini LED panel with a peak brightness of 2,000 nits, 1,000R curvature and addressable RGB lighting.

The Apple iMac with M1 is a phenomenal desktop computer. Between its bright, 4.5k display, lightning-fast M1 SoC and great built-in speakers and webcam, Apple seems to be going for the killing blow against Windows all-in-ones. Some of the best Windows options prove that competing will be an uphill battle.

Intel has launched the Core i9-12900KS, its most powerful Alder Lake-S desktop processor. Not only has Intel outlined how much the Core i9-12900KS costs, but also when it will be available to order. Allegedly, Intel and its partners will sell the Core i9-12900KS worldwide as a boxed processor and in pre-built systems.

Available in four modern colors, the new Smart Monitor M8 by Samsung features a SlimFit Cam and comes with support for services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV via Wi-Fi (no PC or TV needed). The model already up for pre-order globally, namely the M80B, has a 32-inch 4K UHD display.

More details about the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti have emerged, a few days before the card's rumoured announcement and release. NVIDIA's partners will sell the RTX 3090 Ti with up to a 3.5-slot design, while the card's power requirements call for new power cables.

The alleged AD102 RTX 4000-series PCB presented by Igor's LAB reveals memory configurations with up to 24 GB GDDR6X VRAM, pin layouts featuring the PCIe 5.0 standard, 28-phase voltage supply, and 3-slot or 3.5-slot air cooling solutions, plus possible AIO and water blocks straight from the factory.

Newegg has started selling the Intel Core i9-12900KS ahead of its official release. In doing so, the retailer has seemingly confirmed the processor's final pricing and its remaining specifications.

The AMD Ryzen 7000 series of desktop chips will allegedly challenge Intel Raptor Lake might by utilizing more power as opposed to more cores. A leaker has claimed that the top-end Ryzen 9 processor in the Zen 4-based Raphael series will stick to the familiar 16-core/32-thread configuration but offer performance gains via 170 W TDP.

AMD admits that switching from spatial to temporal upscaling can be a bit more taxing on the GPUs, but the new FSR 2.0 upscaler should work even on Nvidia's GTX 16-series with good results. Team Red also reveals that FSR 2.0 implementation is fastest on games that already include DLSS 2.0 support.

The first major update of 2022 comes with the legendary A-10A Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft, alongside other planes, Swedish helicopters, multiple ground vehicles, various ships, as well as an updated graphics engine (Dagor Engine 6.5) with significantly improved effects and a massive Ultra HD texture pack.

The H100 specs confirm that the upcoming RTX 4000-series will not feature a chiplet GPU design and the maximum TGP is considerably lower than the rumored 850 W. Even so, the sheer size of the die is supposed to provide enough raw performance to easily compete with AMD's upcoming RDNA3 models.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D has made its first Geekbench appearance, and it manages to score 1,663 and 11,250 on the single and multi-core test. Its performance is nearly identical to its non-3D variant, but that is to be expected, as Geekbench can't take full advantage of the extra L3 cache the CPU has to offer.

Compared to the NUC 1200 BOX mini PCs launched earlier this month, the iBOX 1200 come with a slightly larger chassis and feature lower TDP processors from Intel's Alder Lake-UE family. Despite the limited power scheme, these models can easily handle 4x 4K video signals and feature a robust port selection.

Tango Gameworks has revealed the detailed PC system requirements for Ghostwire: Tokyo. While the game can run relatively well on older, low-end hardware, the requirements ramp up significantly, especially when raytracing is involved.

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has appeared sporting some shocking price tags in a leaked retailer listing. Two board variants were spotted, with both of them coming from Asus. AIB modifications will add to the price tag, and it is not known whether Nvidia will actually publish an MSRP for the long-awaited RTX 3090 Ti.

The Apple M1 Ultra has been absolutely flattened by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in a synthetic benchmark and gaming comparison. This particular M1 Ultra, in a brand-new Apple Mac Studio, was the 20-core CPU/64-core GPU model, which is as high-end as it gets. But the RTX 3090 was able to score over +158% higher than the Apple silicon in one synthetic benchmark.

Dell has announced the availability of new G-series monitors in the US and Canada. They include 32-inch variants with "fast IPS" panels, one of which is 4K/UHD and the other QHD and USB type-C enabled. They both support AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and fast refresh rates, although only one of them features HDMI 2.1.

A new rumor about the Navi 33 GPU from AMD claims that the next-gen entry-level graphics processor will be able to match, and even outperform, the flagship Navi 21 chip from the Radeon RX 6000 series. In addition, the Radeon RX 7000 series will likely require much lower power draws than the GeForce RTX 40 lineup for high-performance usage.

AMD has made official the pricing and availability of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D based on 3D V-cache technology. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D will be available for US$449 starting April 20 worldwide. Apart from the 5800X3D, AMD also introduced several budget offerings in Ryzen 4000 and Ryzen 5000 series.

AMD is now enabling drop-in support for Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 CPUs across the entirety of the first gen socket AM4 boards including ones based on the X370, B350, and A320 chipsets. Motherboard OEMs can be expected to roll out beta BIOSs based on AGESA 1.2.0.7 in April, though it is unlikely that each and every 300-series board will get the update.

The 64-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX has made it onto PassMark’s CPU Mark chart for high-end CPUs, and in the process has produced a score that has demolished the competition. The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX is so dominant that it manages a +23.19% leap over the 64-core AMD EPYC 7763 server chip.

According to new leaks, the M1 Ultra is just the start of Apple's UltraFusion architecture. The next Mac Pro may not land until the autumn, but it could provide another huge leap over the Apple M1 Ultra in the Mac Studio with the M1 Extreme.

An astonishing Apple M3 and Mac computer roadmap has been shared by a known leaker. The roadmap covers the rest of 2022 up to the start of 2024 and includes details about M3 chip prototypes, M2 MacBook Pro laptops, new format MacBook Air and MacBook Pro devices, and even a price tag for the 2022 MacBook Air.

According to new rumours, Apple continues to develop a true next-generation Mac mini, rather than building on the Mac Studio. Supposedly, Apple will release the Mac mini with an Apple M2 SoC, along with the powerful Apple M2 Pro. Both versions should ship with a redesigned chassis too.

The new Spectre variant apparently has no effect on AMD's processors, yet it continues to affect Intel's processors ranging from Haswell up to Alder Lake, whereas ARM's affected products include the Cortex A15 / A57 / A72 cores plus Neoverse server-grade processors models V1, N1 and N2.

If you want a larger or more powerful desktop Mac than the 24-inch iMac, then you are going to have to settle for the Mac Studio and Studio Display, Apple's latest products. For some reason, Apple has decided to stop selling the 27-inch iMac before offering a successor, which is now rumoured to arrive sometime next year.

AMD's first 3D V-Cache processor will apparently cost US$449 and is rumored to launch on April 20. There are an additional three Ryzen 5000 mid-rangers plus three more Renoir-based Ryzen 4000 entry-level models complete with prices and specs detailed in the leak, but release dates for these are not available.

Apple has unveiled M1 Ultra, a desktop SoC based on a 5 nm node. The M1 Ultra offers 20 CPU cores, up to a 64-core GPU and a massive 800 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The Apple M1 Ultra will be available in the new Mac Studio, also announced today.

AMD has announced the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 WX series today lead by the flagship Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX. The new Threadrippers offer the same core counts as the previous generation but now come with increased boost clocks and an upgrade to the Zen 3 architecture. AMD touts that the performance of the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX is significantly higher than even a dual-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 8280.

Average prices for AMD Radeon RX 6000 series cards and boards from the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 range have hit a 12-month low according to a new report. The data was taken from numerous German and Austrian retailers and could indicate that RX 6000 and RTX 30 series graphics cards may soon hit MSRP levels.

Specifications for the entire Threadripper PRO 5000 series has leaked, AMD's next HEDT processors. The Threadripper PRO 5000 series will start with the 5945WX and will scale to the 5995WX. All Threadripper PRO 5000 series processors will have 4.5 GHz boost clock speeds, 280 W TDPs and support for 8 channels of DDR4 RAM.

Reportedly, Apple is considering bringing even more Pro-branded devices to market, not just an iMac Pro. Apparently, a Pro Display XDR successor is in the pipeline, as is a more powerful alternative to the Mac mini called the Mac Studio.

A new leak suggests that Nvidia will launch the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti on March 29 after ironing out problems with its memory. Nvidia has also cancelled the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB variant outright.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, Ryzen 5 5600, and Ryzen 5 5500 will reportedly be launched sometime in March 2022. All three models are AMD's answer to mid-range Alder Lake processors like the Intel Core i5-12600KF and the Core i5-12400. AMD could launch the Zen 3 CPUs with the highly-anticipated Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

Disney is now said to have a new, more affordable price-tier for its Plus streaming app in the works - however, there is a catch: there will be ads. The allegedly upcoming subscription option may roll out in the United States to start off with, and might cost about as much as those of its increasingly numerous counterparts from other content firms.

The new NUC 1200 Box mini PCs from ASRock can be equipped with a wide variety of processors, including Alder Lake-P and Alder Lake-U/E models. There is support for up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, plus an NVMe and SATA drive for storage, while the port selection allows up to 4x 4K connections.

The latest price slashes from Team Red come as a response to Intel's Alder Lake excellent sales, but they are also supposed to help retailers clear up stocks ahead of the 3D V-Cache and Zen 4 launches.

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), AMD, Arm, Google Cloud, Intel Corporation, Meta, Microsoft Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announce the formation of the UCIe industry consortium that will establish a die-to-die interconnect standard and foster an open chiplet ecosystem.

A YouTuber has managed to shrink the current Mac mini by almost two-thirds without compromising on the performance that the Apple M1 offers. While Apple is unlikely to ever take this radical approach with the next Mac mini, it shows what could be done if Apple paid closer attention to optimising the space within its mini-PC.

This information appears to be coming via the hacked confidential data stolen from Nvidia a few days ago. The images show driver code mentioning six Ada Lovelace SKUs, two Hopper SKUs and two more Blackwell SKUs. Judging by the number of SKUs, Ada Lovelace is clearly Ampere's successor, and we already knew that Hopper is targeting data centers, but it is still unclear what Blackwell is bringing to the table.

While the Raptor Lake processors are to remain compatible with current Alder Lake motherboards, Intel will still release upgraded 700-series chipsets that could feature more PCIe 4.0 lanes and additional USB 3.2 Gen 2X2 ports.

Xbox Game Pass owners will be pleased to know that Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is now available on the platform. It is playable on PC, console and cloud, along with titles such as FAR: Changing Tides, Young Souls and more.