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    Alienware Area-51 gets Ryzen 7 9850X3D with 3D V-Cache

    Alienware just shoved a fancy new CPU into the same overpriced box. The company updated its Area-51 desktop with AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor, which hits higher clock speeds and packs a massive cache for gaming. This pre-built system can be configured with top-tier parts like an Nvidia RTX...
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    NVIDIA squeezes 2.5x more AI juice from DGX Spark Mini PC

    NVIDIA keeps juicing its little AI box with software updates. The DGX Spark, a mini PC for AI development, has gotten faster since launch through optimization. The company claims a two-and-a-half times performance increase for some large language models when using two units together. Other AI...
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    AMD counters DGX Spark with Ryzen AI Halo Mini PC

    AMD made a little box to try to one-up Nvidia's dev kit. The company revealed its own mini PC called the Ryzen AI Halo, designed as a competitor to Nvidia's DGX Spark for AI development work. This compact system uses AMD's highest-end Ryzen AI MAX processors, codenamed Strix Halo. It will...
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    AMD launches Ryzen AI 400 laptops with 60 TOPS and faster iGPUs

    AMD's new laptop chips are just a mild refresh with a bigger number. The company launched its Ryzen AI 400 series, codenamed Gorgon Point, which is basically an optimized version of last year's Strix Point design. They squeezed out minor gains, like a ten to twelve percent performance bump, by...
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    AMD unveils world's first 2nm EPYC Venice and MI455X AI chips

    AMD is really trying to flex on Nvidia with some monster AI chips. The company showed its first 2-nanometer processors, an EPYC server CPU called Venice, and an Instinct MI455X accelerator, built for a liquid-cooled system named the Helios AI rack. The CEO held up the new silicon, highlighting a...
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    Asus revs up Zephyrus line with dual screens and new CPUs

    ASUS just dropped some unhinged dual-screen laptop flex. Their updated ROG Zephyrus Duo for this year is the first with two 16-inch 3K OLED displays, both touchscreens with high refresh rates and extreme brightness. It packs the newest Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors and up to an Nvidia RTX...
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    Asus drops ROG G1000 desktop with holographic fans

    ASUS built a gaming PC with hologram fans because RGB was not stupid enough. The new ROG G1000 desktop packs the fastest hardware they could find, including an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and their own branded Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card. It uses a special cooling design called the Thermal...
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    Intel's Arc B390 iGPU beats RTX 4050 in gaming tests

    Intel's new iGPU actually doesn't suck for once. The company launched its Arc B390 integrated graphics, based on the Xe3 architecture, claiming it can trade blows with a discrete laptop GPU. In their benchmarks, it showed about ten percent better average performance than Nvidia's mobile RTX...
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    Intel launches Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs

    Intel finally dropped its next-gen chips after months of hype. The company launched its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, codenamed Panther Lake, marking its first product on the advanced 18A manufacturing node. These chips are built with a multi-tile design, packing new performance cores...
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    Dell brings back XPS lineup with Intel Ultra Series 3 laptops

    Dell caved to user backlash and revived the XPS name. The company is bringing back its XPS laptop line with two new models for this year, the XPS 16 and XPS 14, and teased a future XPS 13. This reverses last year's decision to kill the XPS branding for a simpler naming scheme that apparently...
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    APC in Ekiti pushes members to join e-registration drive

    APC is strong-arming members into digital sign-ups. The party in Ekiti State is pushing people to join a nationwide electronic registration drive, framing it as a test of loyalty. The state coordinator, a commissioner named Adesola Adedayo, called the program pivotal for future wins. He told...
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    Dangote refinery denies shutdown, warns prices could hit N1400

    Fuel importers are spreading fake news to jack up gas prices. The Dangote refinery just called out a bogus report claiming it was shutting down for maintenance, saying the story is a deliberate lie pushed by importers scared of competition. They warned that without their domestic refining, pump...
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    AMD teases 256-core EPYC Venice for AI racks

    AMD just whipped out a stupidly high core count CPU to feed its AI rigs. The CEO showed off a new EPYC server chip called Venice, which is meant to be the brains for their upcoming Helios AI server racks packed with Instinct MI455X graphics cards. Each compute node would use one of these monster...
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    Asus drops panoramic Cronox case with daisy-chain fans

    ASUS ROG just dropped a case with a built-in TV for your PC. They showed two new things this year, a fancy case called the Cronox and a daisy-chain fan named the Eurus GR120 ARGB. The Cronox is their first case with a wraparound curved glass panel. It has a secondary screen on the front, which...
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    Asus cleans up AIO coolers with hidden cables

    ASUS made a cooler with fewer wires because cable management is painful. They showed the ROG Strix LC IV all-in-one liquid CPU coolers this year. The big deal is a built-in module on the pump unit. It hooks up to certain ASUS motherboards with one plug. That single connection runs the pump, the...
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    Asus teases Wi-Fi 8 router concept for gamers

    ASUS is at it again with another vaporware router for nerds to salivate over. The company showed a concept device called the ROG NeoCore, a potential future router built for the Wi-Fi 8 standard, at a tech expo this year. This thing is not a real product you can buy. ASUS made that painfully...
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    AMD drops Ryzen 7 9850X3D, clocks in at 5.6 GHz

    AMD dropped another X3D chip, claiming it is the fastest for games. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D replaces the older model, boasting a peak boost clock of 5.6 GHz, which is four hundred megahertz quicker. It keeps the same basic design as before, with eight cores, sixteen threads, and a thermal rating of...
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    DLSS 4.5 upscales sharper, generates more AI frames

    NVIDIA's DLSS update is basically just AI generating most of your game now. The new DLSS 4.5 version pushes frame generation way further, letting the tech create up to five AI frames for every single real one your graphics card renders. This six-times multi-frame generation mode is the big...
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    ROG Strix monitor drops with 360Hz and G-SYNC Pulsar

    ASUS just announced another monitor for people who think frames win games. The ROG Strix XG27AQNGV is a 360Hz screen targeting the esports crowd, and it will cost a solid 749.90 Euros when it launches in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. This 27-inch display uses a QHD panel with a...
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    MSI resurrects LIGHTNING with RTX 5090 Z beast

    MSI finally dropped a Lightning card after a seven-year hiatus, and of course, it's a ludicrously limited run. The company just showed off the RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z, their new top-tier GPU built for insane overclocking. This thing is not for your average gamer. They are only making 1,300 of...
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