Motherboard sales tank
Will not get better until 2024
Motherboard makers saw their sales tank by more than 10 million units in 2022 and are not expecting a turnaround until late this year or early 2024.
MSI shows RTX 4090 SUPRIM X Classic
RTX 30-series cooler is enough for the RTX 4090
MSI has rather quietly launched its new RTX 4090 SUPRIM X Classic, a version of the RTX 4090 SUPRIM with older RTX 30 series cooler.
MSI motherboards break secure boot
However did that happen?
Motherboard maker MSI might have accidently disabled some secure boot features on more than 290 MSI motherboards.
MSI Afterburner collateral damage of Putin's invasion
The cost of invading other people’s countries
One of the casualties of Tsar Putin’s war against Ukraine appears to be one of the most popular GPU performance monitoring and tuning tools.
MSI B760M Mortar Max motherboard pictures leaked
Renesas RC26008 external clock generator
Leaker @g01d3nm4ng0 has been showing off images of the yet-to-be-released MSI B760M Mortar Max motherboard featuring a Renesas RC26008 external clock generator for overclocking unlocked and locked Intel processors.
MSI revises RTX 3050 GPU
Makes a mediocre card lower powered
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 is a cheap and cheerful way of getting an Nvidia's RTX 3000 with DLSS 2.0 support or Nvidia's ray-tracing but it is not going to win any prizes for sexist chip of the year, so MSI appear to have added a few features to make it more interesting.
AMD to officially unveil B650/B650E motherboards on October 4th
Webinar with partners for B650/B650E motherboards
AMD has scheduled a webinar with its motherboard partners to unveil the mid-range AM5 B650/B650E motherboards. The list includes the usual suspects like ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI.
MSI boards the Intel Arc train
Arc A380 and A310, but only for pre-built systems
MSI is obviously going to be one of Intel's Arc partners as MSI-branded Arc A380 and A310 have been spotted in MSI pre-built systems.
AMD shows off new partner motherboards
Flagship X670 boards
AMD and its partners have been showing off the new flagship X670 boards including the X670E and non-Extreme series.
MSI's Project Zero motherboard spotted
When you don't want to see those pesky connectors
MSI's new Project Zero motherboard design has been spotted online, and this is a whole new concept in designing the motherboard in order to hide all connectors.