Gears of War: E-Day PC Requirements Revealed as the Game Goes Gold
The Coalition confirms final Gears of War: E-Day PC requirements, three performance tiers, a 115 GB SSD requirement, September 29 pre-install, and gold status.
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Gears of War: E-Day PC Requirements Revealed as the Game Goes Gold
The Coalition confirms final Gears of War: E-Day PC requirements, three performance tiers, a 115 GB SSD requirement, September 29 pre-install, and gold status.
Philips Evnia 34M2C8600P Brings 280Hz to 34-Inch QD-OLED
Philips Evnia adds a 34-inch 3440×1440 fifth-generation QD-OLED ultrawide with 280Hz refresh, DisplayHDR True Black 500, USB-C 90W charging and a KVM.
Endless Legend 2 1.0: New Factions and What Changed
Endless Legend 2 reaches version 1.0 on September 17, adding the Sandshapers, two playable Rogue Factions, and the community-designed Mangrove of Harmony.
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Lose Support October 13
Microsoft is reminding Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro users that updates end October 13, 2026, while Enterprise and Education remain supported for another year.
Microsoft Confirms Excel Paste Failure After September Update
Microsoft says paste can silently fail in Excel 2024, 2021, 2019 and 2016 after its September security update, with Paste Special available as a workaround.
Huawei Says AI Chip Demand Outstrips Supply as Ascend Roadmap Accelerates
Huawei says Chinese demand for its AI computing equipment exceeds current supply as it accelerates its Ascend roadmap and scales systems toward million-processor clusters.
Micron Says Its India Memory Plant Is Now Shipping Globally
Micron says DRAM and NAND products from its Sanand, India assembly-and-test plant are now shipping worldwide. The site packages existing wafers; it is not a new DRAM or NAND wafer fab.
Valve Moves NVIDIA Support Into the SteamOS Main Tree
Valve says NVIDIA support is now enabled in the main SteamOS development tree for some GPU generations, but performance still trails the current state of the art.
GNOME 51 Improves Frame Scheduling and Drops Legacy NVIDIA Interfaces
GNOME 51 is out with reworked frame scheduling, faster screen capture, offline Maps, new authentication options and removal of legacy NVIDIA graphics interfaces.
RPCS3 Workaround Boosts NVIDIA Performance by Up to 25%
RPCS3 has worked around a long-standing NVIDIA Vulkan driver performance issue, with the emulator team reporting gains of roughly 20–25% in demanding test scenes.
Report Puts Most RDNA 5 and RTX 60 GPUs in 2028
A new Kepler_L2 report says AMD may launch only its AT2 RDNA 5 GPU in 2027 while most RDNA 5 and NVIDIA RTX 60-series GPUs wait until 2028. Neither vendor has confirmed the schedule.
Windows 11 September Update Can Break Active Directory Trust
Microsoft says some Windows 11 PCs can lose their secure channel to an on-premises Active Directory domain after September updates when Machine Identity Isolation is configured.
Microsoft Sets October 7 Windows and Surface Event
Microsoft will hold an October 7 Windows and Surface event focused on local AI, with Satya Nadella, Pavan Davuluri and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang appearing.
ASRock Taichi OLED Monitors Reach 720Hz
ASRock brings Taichi to gaming monitors with 4K 240Hz, QHD 500Hz and dual-mode QHD 540Hz/HD 720Hz OLED models, plus DP 2.1, HDMI 2.1 and USB-C.
Apple Reportedly Explores NVIDIA NVLink Fusion for AI Servers
Apple is reportedly exploring an AI inference server using future in-house silicon and NVIDIA NVLink Fusion. Here is what is reported, confirmed and still unknown.
HP ZBook Ultra G3a Packs 192GB Unified Memory
HP’s ZBook Ultra G3a pairs Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 with up to 192GB unified memory, including up to 160GB assignable to graphics, for large local AI workloads.
Microsoft Retires Windows 11’s Direct PC-to-PC Transfer Feature
Microsoft now says its Windows PC-to-PC migration feature is no longer available, directing users back to Windows Backup and cloud or external-storage migration paths.
Altera Confidentially Files for a U.S. IPO, Starting Its Return to Public Markets
Altera has confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 for a proposed U.S. IPO. Here is what is confirmed, what remains unknown, and why the FPGA maker’s ownership matters.
AMD GAIA Can Now Transcribe and Summarize Meeting Recordings Locally
AMD GAIA 0.24 adds local meeting transcription, speaker diarization, summaries and follow-up questions, extending Ryzen AI PCs into a practical private meeting-notes workflow.
Memory Shortage Is Forcing Smaller PC Makers to Rethink How They Buy RAM
Smaller laptop makers are changing purchasing and product strategies as the memory shortage persists, with Framework among the companies adapting to volatile RAM supply and pricing.
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