HWINFO gets support for Raptor Lake refresh CPUs in new update
The world's leading monitoring software get's support for upcoming Intel CPUs
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HWINFO is the world’s leading system monitoring software, it’s hard to find a PC enthusiast that doesn’t have this monitoring software on their system. Because it caters to the masses, HWINFO must stay current on all the latest components to ensure their compatibility. HWINFO gets support for Raptor Lake refresh CPUs in the new update.
Raptor Lake Refresh spotted in the new HWINFO update
The Intel Raptor Lake Refresh is rapidly approaching its predicted month of release, meaning we’re likely to see leaks and benchmarks in the coming weeks.
The HWINFO team has been working hard to improve its monitoring software to support the latest hardware releases. Their latest update focuses on adding support for Intel’s upcoming 14th Gen Core processors, codenamed Raptor Lake Refresh.
With this update, the software can now recognize different models of these processors, even though specific names haven’t been revealed yet. However, there are rumors circulating about the i9-14900K, i7-14700K, and i5-14600K models, which are expected to be released in October 2023.
HWINFO has also been upgraded to work with the next-generation Xeon CPU series called Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest. These processors are planned to be used in data centers in 2024. The software’s monitoring capabilities for these CPUs have been improved, as mentioned in the changelog.
HWINFO version 7.60 changelog
Here’s the full HWINFO changelog for version 7.60:
- Enhanced sensor monitoring on the revised GIGABYTE B550 series.
- Added recognition of Renesas RAA229004.
- Enhanced fan speed monitoring on later MSI laptops.
- Added AMD Radeon RX 6550M and 6450M.
- Extended physical drive limit to 256.
- Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.
- Added monitoring of DIMM temperatures on Ice Lake-SP, Sapphire Rapids, Emerald Rapids.
- Improved monitoring of Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest.
- Improved power monitoring on later NVIDIA cards with new drivers.
- Fixed a possible race condition in CPU monitoring on some Intel systems.
- Added fan speed monitoring on ASUS ROG Strix G513I, G513Q, G713I, G713Q notebook series.
- Added reporting of AVX10 and APX ISA.
- Added ZHAOXIN KaiSheng KH-40000.
- Added Intel Raptor Lake Refresh SKUs.
- Added GIGABYTE AORUS theme (automatic, optional).
- Added detailed Memory Timings window (AORUS-branded).
- Added reporting of advanced GIGABYTE BIOS options and AGESA version (Z790+, X670+).
There you have it, HWINFO is now capable of recognizing Intel’s latest and greatest as HWINFO gets support for Raptor Lake refresh CPUs in the new update.
