My intentions were pure!

Raptor Lake will go on sale on October 20th, a few weeks after the just-launchedAMD Ryzen 7000series.

This will also launch next month, on October 12th, and cost $329.

Key art for the Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU range, showing an Intel processor above glowing blue circuitry.

Even if it is more of anRTX 3060rival than a cheapRTX 4080alternative.

Heres the deets in handy specs table form, along with current preorder pricing.

One, what on Earth is going on with those UK prices?

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I know the pound is in the doldrums at the moment, but yeesh.

It looks like AMDs one-off CPU actually beats the Core i9-13900K in a few games.

Thats a rarity for Intel, who generally dont make new Core CPUs backwards compatible with older boards.

A bar chart showing, according to Intel-run benchmarks, how the Core i9-13900K performs against rival CPUs.

Ive requested UK-specific pricing and will update this post if I get it.

The Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition graphics card onstage at Intel Innovation 2022.