Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPU Spotted On An ASUS ROG Z790 Motherboard

You're probably expecting us to be talking about one of the extant Bartlett Lake processors based on re-reheated Raptor Lake silicon. Nope! This is a Core 9 273PQE, one of the long-rumored 12 P-core LGA 1700 CPUs. However, lest you accuse us of clickbait, we'll get the disappointing part out of the way early: it doesn't work in the board it was photographed occupying.

The photo, shared by well-known hardware enthusiast Алексей (@wxnod on Xwitter), depicts the Core 9 273PQE processor installed into what is obviously a consumer Z790 motherboard. The CPU fits, and it looks legit as heck. Sadly, according to the person who actually took the photo (Talon2016 on the Overclock.net forums), the system doesn't boot with the Bartlett Lake CPU installed. That's no real surprise; extant BIOS firmware simply won't know about or be able to support the new chips ...