Intel is set to roll out its Xeon W-2400 and Xeon W-3400-series processors for high-end desktops (HEDTs) and extreme workstations on February 15, and as their launch date looms, the first benchmark results have begun to leak. As it usually happens, this time around Intel’s upcoming HEDT flagship — the 56-core Xeon W3495X — landed in the…
Intel plans to make an important disclosure about its client PC platform roadmap next week, but some parts of the presentation have already been leaked by HXL (@9550pro (opens in new tab)). In fact, for performance PC enthusiasts, Intel’s Desktop and Workstation Platforms Roadmap that covers things like Raptor Lake-S Refresh processors for 2023 desktops as well…
AMD no longer ships its Ryzen Threadripper CPUs for high-end desktops and positions its Ryzen Threadripper Pro for workstations. But now that single-socket motherboards for AMD’s 4th Generation EPYC ‘Genoa’ processors are available, you may no longer want to settle with 64-core Threadripper Pro but opt for a monstrous system with 96 cores and up to…
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD shared its official pricing with us for its Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-series processors, at the same time effectively marking the end of what we would consider the company’s traditional HEDT lineup — AMD isn’t releasing non-Pro Threadripper processors anymore.  AMD originally announced the Threadripper Pro chips back in March,…
Patch notes for a new beta version of AIDA64 — version 6.60.5944 (opens in new tab), show preliminary support for a mysterious new Intel CPU platform, which carries the Alder Lake-X codename. We don’t have an official word on what these new CPUs are, but on the surface, these chips could be new HEDT models…
