A refreshed refresh?
The cancellation of Meteor Lake-S for desktops is disappointing for those enthusiasts looking forward to Intel's radically different tile based architecture - the true Alder Lake successor. A Raptor Lake refresh would appear to be an interim solution to fill the gap before Arrow Lake desktop processors appear about 18 months from now.
We shouldn't expect too much in the way of improved performance from a Raptor Lake refresh. We can expect higher clocks, even higher than those of the. We can expect a better memory controller, meaning it'll be easier to run memory in the DDR5-8000 range or higher. But sadly, at Computex we heard rumors of increased power consumption too. That would be disappointing given the cooling and power requirements of current 13th gen chips, or at least the enthusiast class ones. There's little to complain about lower in the range, with chips like theA welcome piece of news is that Raptor Lake refresh chips will drop into 700 series motherboards with just a BIOS update . That means a 14th Gen chip could provide quite an upgrade for those with 12th Gen chips.
Now that DDR5 prices have dropped like a rock from a year ago, 700 series boards are plentiful and 14th Gen CPUs are coming soon, the potential is there for quite the cost effective upgrade later this year. We'll have to wait a while for next-next gen but as they'll follow at least a year after Raptor Lake refresh, many users will certainly be compelled to pull the trigger on 14th Gen upgrades.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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