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NVIDIA plans to reshape the industry's approach to building high-performance AI servers with its "Vera Rubin" product stack, which will enter volume production as the VR200 line in late 2026. Rather than supplying CPUs and GPUs to OEMs, NVIDIA plans to ship fully finished L10 compute trays that come pre-populated with "Vera" CPUs, "Rubin" accelerators, memory, 800G NICs, 110kW power delivery, and liquid-cooling infrastructure, all of which are validated before they leave the factory. This, however, will leave many system vendors and OEMs shifting away from designing core server electronics and toward tasks such as rack-level assembly, power configuration, installation of rack cooling sidecars, and final certification.

Rubin silicon is rumored to have a TDP of up to 2.3 kW for highest-end models, leading to rack-level power consumption exceeding 250 kW and making custom cooling designs economically unviable. NVIDIA's strategy reportedly involves standardizing cooling and power across two performance tiers while increasing network I/O density. These choices decrease the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of third-party replication. By centralizing production with select partners, development cycles can be shortened and manufacturing yields improved. However, this approach also limits the options OEMs and hyperscalers have traditionally used to differentiate their hardware.
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Intel has released its newest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers, the version 101.8250 Beta. The latest graphics drivers update brings Game On driver support for Anno 117: Pax Romana and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 games on Intel Arc B-series and A-series GPUs as well as Intel Core Ultra CPUs with integrated Intel Arc GPUs. The new driver update also fixes several issues, including issues on Intel Arc B-Series GPUs with corruption in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (DX12) and crashing in 7 Days to Die games.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8247 WHQL
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The Game Awards has officially announced the full line-up for the 2025 event, and it looks as though the judges have had a rough time of it, thanks to just how many hotly anticipated games launched in 2025—and matching the hype, no less—alongside some underdogs that surprised fans of various genres. The Game Awards 2025 will once again be hosted by Geoff Keighley on December 11, 2025 at 17:30 PST (01:30 UTC). Some of the stand-out nominees include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades II, and Hollow Knight Silksong, all of which garnered massive amounts of attention at and since launch, although there are also a handful of interesting nominees, like the fresh new fighter from the creators of League of Legends, 2XKO, which has hardly left beta. The Game of the Year nominees for 2025 are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Hades II, and Hollow Knight: Silksong.

While The Game Awards is primarily an awards show, it's not uncommon to see developers and publishers show off their upcoming games. Previously, we saw trailers for games like The Witcher IV, The Outer Worlds 2, and Borderlands 4 release during The Game Awards events. The Game Awards nominees announcement has not been without drama, either. The awards show came under fire online in a handful of posts on social media because of the nomination of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as an indie game when, in reality, it had a significantly higher budget and many more artists and developers working on it than many of its competitors.
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Phison Electronics, a global leader in NAND flash controllers and storage solutions, today announced its next-generation PCIe Gen 5 enterprise SSDs, the Pascari X201 and Pascari D201, and a demonstration of AI agents running on a laptop PC powered by an integrated GPU and Phison aiDAPTIV+ GPU memory extension technology. Together, these innovations deliver the performance needed to power AI workloads for IT departments and universities all the way through to hyperscalers and enterprise data centers.

As data volumes and AI compute demands soar, enterprises need storage that delivers consistent low latency, predictable QoS, and efficiency at scale. Meanwhile, IT departments and universities face the challenges of early AI adoption and defining ROI. Phison addresses these requirements with the Pascari X201, built to accelerate data-intensive workloads, and the Pascari D201, providing density-optimized performance for cloud and object storage clusters. On the client side, aiDAPTIV+ brings AI to a broader audience by enabling powerful inference-based AI agents to run on iGPU-based laptop and desktop PCs, driving productivity in corporate environments and expanding AI learning opportunities for students.
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OneXPlayer has already revealed the OneXFly Apex, an AMD Strix Halo-powered gaming handheld, but now it has revealed more information about the Super X, which the company calls the "ultimate 2-in-1 gaming laptop." The new OneXPlayer 14-inch tablet, which was previously revealed in a presentation, is powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU with up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X unified memory. The OneXPlayer Super X is currently listed on Kickstarter, although it hasn't officially launched there yet, so pricing is unclear. Although it is technically a tablet, OneXPlayer ships the Super X with a magnetic keyboard accessory, technically making it something akin to a Microsoft Surface-style 2-in-1 device. OneXPlayer is billing the Super X as a do-it-all compact tablet for everything from creative workloads and gaming to heavy local AI tasks. The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has a TDP of up to 120 W, and it will supposedly have an 83.5 Wh battery, which isn't particularly large, given the sizeable power budget. That 120 W TDP may pose a problem for a slim form factor, but OneXPlayer is allegedly planning a liquid-cooled version of the Super X tablet—although not much is available regarding the details of said liquid-cooling system.

As with most AMD Strix Halo devices, expansion and upgrades are limited to the SSDs, and the Super X has one M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 slots, although a maximum storage capacity is not listed by OneXPlayer. The display is a 14-inch, 2880×1800, 120 Hz AMOLED panel with a claimed 138% coverage of the sRGB color space. The display supposedly also supports HDR and VRR, the latter of which should be a decent help when it comes to gaming workloads and perhaps even battery life. It also supports a stylus with 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity, so it may be useful as a sketching tablet or note-taking tool. The ports on the Super X include 2× USB4, 1× USB 3.2 Type-A, 1× 3.5 mm audio, 1× TF Card slot, 1× HDMI 2.1, 1× PCIe 4.0 Mini SSD Expansion Slot (externally accessible).

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The Epic Games Store launched in late 2018 as an alternative to Valve's Steam, and Epic Games has been steadily adding features to its storefront and game launcher to lure buyers away from Valve. The latest feature to come to the Epic Games Store is gifting, specifically in preparation for the 2025 holiday season, it seems. The announcement by Epic Games explains that you simply need to select "Buy as a Gift" and then select someone from your friends list to gift the game to. Currently, gifting on Epic Games is limited to web browsers and the Epic Games Store Launcher on PC, and paid games, special editions, add-ons, and bundles can all be gifted. You cannot gift free games, pre-purchase offers, subscriptions, and in-game items or currency.

For those of you looking for an alternative to Steam to gift games to friends or family in a different country or currency—something Steam does not allow—Epic Games isn't your savior, either, at least not yet. Unfortunately, at launch, if you attempt to gift a game to a friend in another country, you will be met with an error. According to Epic Games, though, cross-region gifting is planned for the future, although when exactly it will land is unclear. The basic restrictions on gifting on Epic Games include that you can only send gifts after having been friends with the recipient for at least two days. Recipients can also reject gifts, and rejected gifts and gifts that have not been accepted within 14 days will be refunded. Gifts will also be refunded if the recipient already has the intended gift in their library.

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While AMD's shiny new FSR 4 is ostensibly exclusive to Radeon RX 9000 series, there have been a number of successful attempts to get it running on older AMD Radeon GPUs after a rather sizeable mistake on AMD's part led to the FSR 4 libraries leaking online. Now, however, a Linux developer working for Valve has implemented a fix to get FSR 4 running on older GPUs right into the Proton translation layer responsible for running Direct3D 12 via the Vulkan API on Linux. Support for FSR 4 is only one of a bunch of updates to D3VK-Proton shipping in the latest 3.0 update.

As of version 3.0 of VKD3D-Proton, the translation layer responsible FSR 4 is present for RX 9000 series Radeon GPUs using the official method, but the Valve developer behind the project, Hans-Kristian Arntzen, has also implemented a "hacky emulation path" that allows FSR 4 to work on older Radeon GPUs. The developer notes that this implementation uses int8 and float16 cooperative matrix support, and that it may come at "significant performance cost." It is, as such, not officially supported by the default build of VKD3D-Proton, and the current official implementation is also mostly a first step in the process of getting FSR 4 implemented "in a more proper way" into Valve's Proton itself. Support for FSR 4 may not be relevant to devices like the Steam Deck, due to the increased performance hit, but it may become more important around the release of the Steam Machine, which still relies on RDNA 3 GPU cores but is expected to provide around the same performance as an AMD Radeon RX 7600M.
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We're excited to reveal that the next Xbox Partner Preview - our broadcast that shines a light on upcoming games from our talented third-party partners - is coming this Thursday, November 20. This show will include news on upcoming games from partners including IO Interactive, Eclipse Glow Games and THQ Nordic, plus some brand-new reveals and Game Pass announcements.

During Xbox Partner Preview, we'll show you an exciting first look at content coming to 007 First Light, an electrifying extended gameplay trailer for the upcoming dark fantasy epic Tides of Annihilation, and a fresh look at Reanimal, the new horror adventure from the creator of Little Nightmares, among other great games heading to Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Game Pass.
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More than 800 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Last week, Assetto Corsa Rally and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launched with day-one DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation support, while Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainioids launched with DLSS Frame Generation, and Anno 117: Pax Romana arrived with DLSS Super Resolution. This week, we're highlighting AION2, Pizza Bandit, and DAVY x JONES, three new DLSS games. And you can grab a free Borderlands 4 ECHO-4 skin from NVIDIA app with GeForce Rewards.

GeForce Rewards - Starting November 20th, Claim A Borderlands 4 ECHO-4 Skin While Supplies Last
Tis' the GeForce Season of RTX and we're celebrating every Season of Play with new reveals, exclusive rewards, custom GPU giveaways and epic deals. Follow GeForce social channels to be the first to know. Get free in-game content and other great rewards in popular PC games just for being a GeForce gamer, with GeForce Rewards. Our latest reward is a free Borderlands 4 ECHO-4 skin! Starting November 20 9AM PT, this reward will be available to NVIDIA app users with a GeForce GTX 10 Series or newer GPU.
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Antec Inc., a global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories, announces the FLUX Rear, a mid-tower case designed to deliver enhanced multi-directional airflow and superior GPU cooling through the F-LUX Platform. The chassis integrates a front-mounted PSU shroud structure, enabling an unobstructed bottom airflow path that directs cool air beneath the graphics card for improved thermal performance.

The FLUX Rear features five pre-installed high-performance PWM fans. This includes three 140 mm PWM ARGB fans and two 120 mm PWM reverse fans, providing strong intake from multiple directions. Large ventilation openings on the bottom, PSU shroud, and side panels work with the mesh front panel and top exhaust vents to create a highly efficient airflow system that enhances overall cooling stability.
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Keychron has just expanded its line-up of analog gaming keyboards, launching three new all-aluminium Q HE series gaming keyboards with 8K polling and new TMR sensors. The new Q HE 8K series keyboards will kick off with the launch of the Keychron Q6 HE 8K, a full-size all aluminium gaming keyboard, and the Q3 HE 8K, which adopts a TKL layout, instead. The Q3 HE 8K ($229.99) and Q6 HE 8K ($239.99) will both be available on Keychron's site starting November 18, 2025, while the Keychron Q1 HE 8K, with a 75% layout, will be available from December 11. All of the new TMR keyboards are available in black and white with purple accent keys on the enter and escape keys. As the name suggests, the new Keychron Q HE 8K keyboards feature 8 kHz polling rate, but that comes at the cost of wireless connectivity. The new Q HE 8K keyboards use USB Type-C connections exclusively, although the connection mode switch typically found on Keychron keyboards has been replaced by a hardware profile selection switch.

The Keychron Q HE 8K keyboards have similar designs to previous Keychron Q HE keyboards, with the same aluminium switch plate and double-shot PBT keycaps in OSA profile. However, Keychron has swapped out the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic switches found in its previous Hall effect and TMR keyboards with the Keychron Ultra-Fast Magnetic Lime switches, which are a lightweight (26-40 gf) linear switches with a standard orientation, making the Q HE 8K keyboards compatible with most other magnetic switches currently available. The new Q HE 8K series keyboards are powered by QMK firmware and are configurable and customizable through Keychron Launcher, a web app that is very similar to something like VIA but with a few additional features, like easy firmware updates.

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ASUS has officially listed its GeForce RTX 5090 ROG MATRIX 30th anniversary limited-edition GPU for $3,999 on its U.S. store. Limited to 1,000 units, this is ASUS's most powerful and expensive card for the RTX 50-series "Blackwell" generation. The build quality justifies the price, as ASUS uses 3 oz copper PCB layers to enhance heat dissipation and minimize voltage drop across components, resulting in improved overall performance and potentially higher overclocking capabilities. The GPU features four large fans, similar to ASUS's RTX 5090 Astral GPU, with three fans in the front and one in the back, utilizing a push-pull air cooling design. The GPU shroud has a prominent ROG red design with a distinct ring on one fan, featuring an acrylic plate with the ROG MATRIX logo.

ASUS also offers an option for BTF-supplied power delivery, along with a 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector, allowing for a total power setting of up to 800 watts, which significantly exceeds the regular 575 watts of the Founders Edition GPU. ASUS claims this supplies a 10% performance boost on its own, and the boost clock frequency is confirmed at 2,730 MHz regular, and 2,760 MHz in OC BIOS mode. Embedded within the GPU is a miniature Bosch Sensortec BMI323 inertial measurement unit (IMU), which combines an accelerometer and gyroscope in a single component. ASUS integrates this sensor into the PCB to continuously monitor whether the graphics card remains level with the motherboard, triggering an immediate alert if the card shifts even slightly downward. More features are listed on ASUS website.

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AMD's General Manager and Senior Vice President, Jack Huynh, released a video on X hinting at the upcoming launch of the company's newest advanced graphics technology, named "Redstone." The latest teaser suggests that more details will be revealed on December 10. AMD's latest FRS "Redstone" platform builds on the AI and machine learning super resolution introduced with FSR 4 and introduces three key innovations: neural radiance caching, AI and ML-based Ray Regeneration, and AI and ML-based Frame Generation. Neural Radiance Caching utilizes a machine learning model that continuously learns how light interacts within a scene to predict and store indirect lighting, reducing the performance cost of ray tracing.

Additionally, AMD FSR "Redstone" Ray Regeneration works similarly to NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction by using a neural network to regenerate pixels that couldn't be accurately path-traced, particularly improving reflection quality when super resolution is applied. The new AI and machine learning-based Frame Generation model marks a significant evolution from the interpolation technology AMD introduced with FSR 3. This approach uses machine learning with integrated temporal and spatial awareness to generate interleaving frames with greater accuracy and enhanced image quality. While this method doesn't achieve the 2x frame-rate doubling of NVIDIA's RTX 40-series "Ada" architecture, it intentionally prioritizes superior visual fidelity.
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MiTAC Computing Technology, a global leader in high-performance and energy-efficient server solutions, is proud to announce its participation at the Supercomputing (SC) 2025 (November 18-20, St. Louis, Missouri), booth 3916. Under the theme "AI Cluster Power - Cool Fast. Scale Faster.", MiTAC Computing will showcase its modular, highly scalable rack infrastructure designed for demanding AI and HPC workloads. The exhibition will demonstrate the company's full spectrum of capabilities, ranging from single AI servers to complete cluster-level integration, with a focus on cutting-edge liquid cooling and energy-efficient designs to maximize performance and sustainability.

Collaborating with key industry players such as AMD, Broadcom, CoolIT, Intel, KIOXIA, Micron, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Solidigm, MiTAC Computing is dedicated to accelerating the development of advanced computing and high-efficiency data centers.
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Keychron has silently expanded its range of lightweight gaming mice with the new M2 Mini 8K. The new M2 Mini 8K features many of the same features as the M2 8K but in a more compact design ideal for users with smaller hands looking for a somewhat more affordable gaming mouse with top-tier hardware and a moderately asymmetrical ergonomic design. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K is available for $59.99 from the Keychron online store. The updated version of the Keychron M2 Mini 8K updates the polling rate from 1 kHz to 8 kHz and upgrades the sensor of the existing M2 Mini from the PixArt PAW 3395 to the PAW 3950 for reduce input latency and improved tracking features.

The sensor upgrade also means that the Keychron M2 Mini 8K is capable of up to 30,000 DPI sensitivity and tracking at up to 750 IPS and 50 G acceleration, even on glass, as long as it's thicker than 4 mm. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K has the same tri-mode wireless connectivity—Bluetooth 5.3, 2.4 GHz, and wired, with 8 kHz polling available over 2.4 GHz and USB-C connections—powered by a 600 mAh battery that Keychron estimates will deliver 140 hours of use when connected via Bluetooth. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K weighs in at just 50 g and has PTFE feet. The main click switches are Keychron's typical Huano Transparent Blue Shell Pink Dot switches, which are rated for 80 million clicks. The M2 Mini 8K measures in at just 177 × 64 mm and 38 mm tall, compared to the regular M2's 121.5 × 66.7 × 40.60 mm. The regular M2 8K also weighs 55 g, so the weight difference is almost negligible.

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