The Intel Core i9-14900KS processor could have simply been noticed on-line due to a leaked photograph, indicating that Intel won’t be fairly accomplished with its 14th-gen Core lineup simply but. 

With Intel understandably targeted on the launch of its new Meteor Lake processors, not loads of consideration has been paid to its Raptor Lake Refresh chips since they launched late final 12 months. However a brand new photograph posted to Twitter (or X, in the event you insist) by consumer 9550professional seems to point out a slightly pristine-looking manufacturing model of the i9-14900KS processor, slightly than a extra cryptic engineering pattern. Since Intel hasn’t formally disclosed any particulars about its potential flagship chip, there is not any solution to inform if the chip is real, one thing 9550professional acknowledges of their put up. 

Nonetheless, as PCGamesN factors out, latest developments recommend that extra data could emerge quickly. If the Core i9-14900KS is on the horizon, it’s poised to develop into Intel’s finest processor for gaming, although whether or not it will likely be able to dethroning the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D stays to be seen.

The 14900KS is predicted to comply with the sample of earlier KS processors, providing comparable specs to the Core i9-14900Ok however with increased clock speeds. Present hypothesis suggests it might obtain clock speeds of as much as 6.20GHz out of the field, however with the Intel Core i9-14900Ok falling behind the perfect AMD processor for gaming, this chip might be higher off with the fanatic crowd and artistic execs who can higher leverage that additional 200MHz.

And, if previous is prologue, the upper value of the i9-14900KS will doubtless imply lovers are going to be the one ones keen to shell out the money essential to choose one up if it does launch.

Lovers’ final hurrah earlier than Arrow Lake?

With Meteor Lake seemingly restricted to laptops and all-in-one PCs for the second (it is nonetheless unsure whether or not a Meteor Lake desktop processor will promote by itself), the Intel Core i9-14900KS is likely to be the final high-end desktop processor to go on sale for a number of months. 

Intel says it’s nonetheless dedicated to releasing each Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake in 2024, which implies the Core i9-14900KS will not be the final Intel processor we see go on sale this 12 months. 

Nonetheless, it is likely to be simply sufficient to carry the fanatic crowd over till the brand new chips are launched later this 12 months, and given the considerably lackluster gen-on-gen efficiency achieve of the Intel Core i9-14900Ok, having that additional clock pace that the KS label brings with it’d provide efficiency extra according to players and lovers’ expectations.

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