The first gaming benchmarks for Intel’s upcoming high-end Arrow Lake CPU, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, have been leaked online. These benchmarks come straight from Intel itself. So, let’s see whether this CPU is able to beat the latest AMD and Intel CPUs. At least based on Intel’s official slides. Continue reading First Gaming Benchmarks for Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Leaked →

In May 2024, Intel issued an official statement about the stability issues of its 13th and 14th gen CPUs. Back then, Intel was claiming that the stability issues were due to incorrect BIOS profiles. However, that turned out to be false. And today, the blue team issued yet another official statement about these issues. Continue reading Intel issues yet another official statement about the 13th/14th Gen CPU stability issues, promises to fix them via a microcode patch →

After the disappointing launch of the Arc Alchemist GPUs, a lot were wondering whether the blue team would be abandoning its future GPU plans. However, the Intel Battlemage GPUs are not dead or canceled. And. earlier today, Intel shared the first Xe2 architecture core details. So, let’s take a look at them. Continue reading Intel Battlemage GPUs are not dead or canceled, first Xe2 architecture core details →

Intel has issued an official statement about the stability issues of its 13th and 14th generation CPUs. The blue team says it’s important to use certain settings for stability. These settings are completely different from those that some motherboard companies have added. And, as you may have guessed, this can make it hard for regular users to set up their CPUs. Continue reading Intel issues official statement about the stability issues of its 13th and 14th generation CPUs →

A few days ago, Intel revealed the next iteration of its AI-upscaling tech, Intel XeSS 1.3. Intel XeSS 1.3 promises to provide a better image quality and better performance. Not only that but PC gamers can already mod XeSS 1.3 in games that already support older versions of it, like XeSS 1.1 and XeSS 1.2. So, let’s take a closer look at it. Continue reading Intel XeSS 1.3 will offer better image quality & performance, can already be modded to games using XeSS 1.1 or 1.2 →

Intel has just released a new driver for its Arc GPUs. According to the blue team, the Intel Graphics Driver 31.0.101.5194/31.0.101.5252 adds official support for Helldivers 2, Skull & Bones, and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Continue reading Intel releases new Arc driver for Helldivers 2, Skull & Bones, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Palworld →

Intel has just shared its first details about ExtraSS, its answer to NVIDIA DLSS 3 Frame Generation and AMD FSR 3.0 FG. According to the blue team, ExtraSS is a novel framework that combines spatial super sampling and frame extrapolation to enhance real-time rendering performance. Continue reading Intel shares first details about ExtraSS which is its answer to NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.0 →

Intel has lifted the review embargo for the Intel Core i9 13900K, and its first gaming benchmarks have surfaced online. As such, it’s time to see whether the new Intel high-end CPU is able to compete with AMD’s latest high-end Ryzen CPU. Continue reading First third-party gaming benchmarks for Intel Core i9 13900K →