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With This Microsoft Update, Game Devs Could Have New Trick for Bolstering FPS

With Shader Execution Reordering, some Intel and Nvidia GPUs deliver up to 90% greater FPS in a specific path-tracing benchmark, Microsoft says. But AMD might miss out.

By Jon Martindale
Path Tracing demo from Microsoft's SER.

Intel Touts Big Performance Boost for Several Games With New Arc GPU Driver

Witcher 3 performance jumps by up to 35% on new Panther Lake laptops.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Arc GPU inside a gaming PC.

Job Listing Suggests Future Intel CPUs Could Return to a Unified Core Design

Returning to a unified core design would give Intel extra room on the chip for more performance cores, but it would be a complete redesign and layout change.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Core CPU and casing.

Intel Shows Off Vertical 'Z-Angle' Memory, Promises Big Thermal Boost

Designed to take on high-bandwidth memory in data centers, Z-Angle memory (ZAM) leverages diagonal interconnects for improved thermal conductivity.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Logo at the HQ.

Rumor: Intel Core Ultra 400 With 52 Cores Could Pull Up to 700W

That's with power limits removed, but it could open up enormous overclocking headroom.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Core Ultra badges.

I Tested Intel's Flagship 'Panther Lake' Laptop Chip: The Graphics Are the Real Upgrade

A week into testing Intel’s new Core Ultra X9, the numbers are in. The CPU performance is steady, and the Arc integrated graphics makes PC gaming viable without a GeForce or Radeon chip.

By Matthew Buzzi
Holding an Intel Core Ultra 3 Chip

Intel Confirms 'Nova Lake' Core Ultra 400 CPUs Launching This Year

Faster graphics, big cache chips, and up to 52 cores: These CPUs could be real monsters.

By Jon Martindale
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Intel's 'Panther Lake' Graphics Let Me Play Cyberpunk at 170FPS—This Could Be Huge for PC Gaming

Based on what I saw, Panther Lake signals a future where high-FPS PC gaming doesn’t require a discrete GPU.

By Matthew Buzzi
Intel Core Ultra 3 Panther Lake Game Testing

Intel Panther Lake Integrated GPU Offers Impressive Results for Gamers at CES

In a CES demo, Intel's Arc B390 topped 80 FPS in the always-intense Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p.

By Jon Martindale
Panther Lake laptop chip.

Intel's 'Panther Lake' Core Ultra Laptop Chips Are Ready for Prime Time: All the Details We Know So Far

At CES, Intel details its launch lineup for the new Core Ultra Series 3 processors (based on its 2nm 18A architecture) that will launch this month across midrange to high-end AI PC laptops.

Intel Core Ultra 300 (Panther Lake)

Intel Nova Lake Could Feature Chips With Up to 144MB of Cache

It might not appear in the Core Ultra 9 lineup with up to 52 cores, though, suggesting gaming chip designs may be more affordable.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Core Ultra logos.

The Best CPUs for 2026

Whether you're upgrading your desktop PC or building a new one, choosing the right processor is the most crucial and complex choice you will make. Let's simplify it! Here's how to make sense of AMD's and Intel's lines, backed by dozens of our deep-dive reviews.

 Intel Core i9-9900K

Ex-Intel Employee Allegedly Stole 18,000 Confidential Files Before Leaving

The US chipmaker sues Jinfeng Luo, who reportedly stole top-secret files from the company after he was fired in July.

By Michael Kan
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Intel 'Panther Lake' Leak Shows Top Chip Has 16 Cores, 5.1GHz Boost

The real Core Ultra 300 standouts for gaming are the X variants.

By Jon Martindale
Intel Panther Lake GPU slide.

Intel's Holiday Bundle Includes Hundreds of Dollars Worth of Games, Software

Buy select Intel hardware and get a bundle with premium editions of AAA games like Battlefield 6 Phantom Edition and Assassin's Creed Shadows Digital Deluxe.

By Jon Martindale
Intel holiday bundle promotion.

Intel, BOE Introduce 1Hz Laptop Refresh Rate, Cutting Power Use By Up to 65%

Combined with new efficiency techniques, this could extend idle device battery life significantly.

By Jon Martindale
Intel gaming laptop on a desk.

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Review: The All-Around Ace of 'Arrow Lake'

4.0

Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K may not be the best processor for gaming, but with blistering-fast CPU performance and impressive integrated graphics, it's a solid contender in its price range.

$309.99
at Newegg
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs. Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: Which Is the Best Desktop Processor For You?

AMD goes all in on multithreading and extra memory; Intel focuses on specialized cores and overall core counts. Which approach works best for your next desktop PC or chip upgrade?

AMD vs Intel

Despite Struggles, Intel Reports Supply Shortages Due to High CPU Demand

The company is facing a tight capacity for its older chip nodes, Intel 10 and 7, amid ongoing AI compute demand and businesses migrating to Windows 11.

By Michael Kan
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Intel’s 'Raptor Lake' Bug Struck My PC a Year Later. Here’s How I Fixed It

Despite Intel’s best efforts via firmware patching, the voltage glitch that marred some of its 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs can still emerge from the shadows. My gaming rig was one of its latest victims.

By Matthew Buzzi
Intel Raptor Lake Crashing Bug