AMD and Intel's next-gen processor lineups are getting early support in popular hardware monitoring tools, and here is what we know from the latest HWInfo release notes.
HWInfo v8.32 Adds Support for AMD "Next-Gen" and Nova Lake-S; Also Adds Support for Recently-Launched Radeon RX 7700
We have previously seen popular hardware monitoring tools like HWInfo adding early support for upcoming CPU series like Intel's Nova Lake and AMD's upcoming platforms. The previous pre-release version 8.31 was the only one that added support for Nova Lake-S and AMD's "next-gen" platforms, but with the official v8.32 release, HWInfo has confirmed the enhanced support for both. Moreover, a lot of newer updates have been released, as can be seen from the release notes.
Talking about AMD's "Next-Gen" platforms, it's likely about the 900-series motherboards since AMD is expected to launch 900-series chipsets alongside Zen 6 desktop processors. There's still quite some time before we will see the Zen 6 processors, and according to the reports, the series isn't coming before the second half of 2026. The Zen 6 has been confirmed to be compatible with the current AM5 socket, which means we are going to see 900-series chips like X970/X970E, B950/B950E, and B940 being launched for the series.
As for Intel's Nova Lake-S, this CPU family is going to utilize the newer LGA 1954 socket. With enhanced support being added for Nova Lake-S as well as AMD's Zen 6, users should expect correct reporting on the hardware. That said, Nova Lake-S is also expected to release in the second half of 2026, and we have previously seen that the series will increase the core count significantly.
Lastly, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 also received official support in the latest HWInfo version. The RX 7700 was released last month and is based on the RDNA 3 architecture. Being the smaller sibling of the RX 7700 XT, it gets a cut-down GPU die with just 2560 Shaders vs 3456 Shaders on the XT variant. However, due to higher demand of high VRAM GPUs, the RX 7700 is upgraded with 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM capacity through a wider 256-bit memory bus.
News Sources: HWInfo, @TechEpiphanyYT
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