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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Shows Love For Gamers, Not Workers

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:45:59 +0000

Intel's Core Ultra 5 245K and Core Ultra 9 285K were a huge disappointment for gamers, their performance for that task was no improvement over previous generations. If you want a solid…

Taking Our First Look at the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:40:00 +0000

If we were to poll prospective AM5 platform buyers about their CPU of choice, I think that we would hear "7800X3D" a lot. And for good reason. The only problem is that…

Say Hi To The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K And Core Ultra 5 245K

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:00:07 +0000

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 5 245K will need to be paired with a brand new Intel Z890 motherboard, it's not a drop in upgrade like in the past…

Intel Announces New Core Ultra Desktop Processors

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:03:20 +0000

Intel has made the Core Ultra desktop processors official, and we finally have a new architecture for the DIY enthusiast space from team blue. Many of the topological particulars might be familiar…

Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Processors are Here – Lunar Lake is Landing

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:21:30 +0000

If there was ever a time when Intel needed an all-new CPU architecture, it's now. Based on the Lunar Lake µarch announced back in May, Intel is calling the new Core…

Intel Core i9-14900K Performance, Before And After It’s Made Less Spicy

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:26:20 +0000

If you would prefer your 14th generation Raptor Lake processor to not get overly excited and burn itself out, you now have a way to do so. Your motherboard vendor should have…

AMD Officially Supporting 105W TDP with Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:45:11 +0000

When AMD announced the Ryzen 9000 processors this summer, a lot of attention was paid (initially, anyhow) to the company's decision to limit the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X…

Free Performance Upgrade For Ryzen CPUs With A Currently Optional Windows Update

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:06:36 +0000

The upcoming Windows 11 24H2 will feature a free performance upgrade for Ryzen based systems, from the 5000 series onward. The update in question is amusingly called 2024-08 Cumulative Update Preview for…

Roundup Of The Two High End Zen 5 Chips

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:38:44 +0000

The initial reviews are out, but as you've probably heard these will not be the last. The aggressive power savings on the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X have made reviewing…

Power Efficiency Is So Zen! The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 21:44:28 +0000

It's actually fairly easy to sum up the two Zen 5 chips which were reviewed today with two data points, though Josh will certainly expound in far more detail on the podcast. …

Intel Offers 2-Year Extended Warranty on 13th and 14th Gen Processors

Sebastian Peak — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:52:02 +0000

The ongoing Intel desktop processor crisis has given owners of 13th and 14th Gen Core desktop processors plenty of uncertainty, with CPUs crashing and a promised microcode update still not here.…

AMD Announces Ryzen 9000 Series Desktop Processors

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:24:49 +0000

Computex 2024 is underway and AMD has made their expected Zen 5 desktop CPU announcement. Multiple Ryzen 9000 Series processors have been introduced, including the new AM5 flagship Ryzen 9 9950X, and…

AMD Officially Launches Ryzen 7 8000 F-Series Desktop Processors

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 15 May 2024 18:17:51 +0000

AMD has now officially launched their new Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors, after reports of a quiet initial release in China surfaced a few days ago. With these…

Falcon Northwest Mitigation Strategy Paves Way to Fixing Intel 13th and 14th Gen Stability Woes

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:43:53 +0000

The reality is beginning to set in: default motherboard values are indeed a problem for Intel’s last two generations of Core i9 desktop processors. Who would have guessed that what amounted to…

AMDs’s Ryzen Pro 8000 And Pro 8040, Almost All About The XDNA NPU

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:16:49 +0000

If you were hoping that the AMD Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 series would give you a great excuse to upgrade your CPU or grab a new laptop you might…

All Aboard For Integrated Ryzen 8700G And 8600G Graphics Testing

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:56:10 +0000

It's a good thing that iGPU performance has seen such a boost over the last couple of generations, considering the simultaneous increase of prices for discrete GPUs. The days of the $500…

Intel Announces the 6.2 GHz Core i9-14900KS Processor

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:02:00 +0000

Intel has made the rumored Core i9-14900KS processor official, pushing out-of-the-box CPU frequencies to an eye-watering 6.2 GHz. Thus, Intel has bested Intel to retain the title as the world’s fastest desktop…

Brand New Zen4 RDNA3 APUs, The Ryzen 5 8600G And Ryzen 7 8700G

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:48:00 +0000

The new 8000G series is interesting, as it combines both Zen4 and RDNA3 into a single relatively inexpensive chip. The Ryzen 5 8600G, has six multithreaded Zen4 cores running at a 4.3GHz…

CES 2024: AMD Announces Ryzen 8000 G-Series Processors for AM5, Expands AM4 Lineup

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:20:15 +0000

AMD has unveiled a number of new desktop options, adding a total of eight new SKUs - four each for AM5 and the older AM4 platform. The products include the new Ryzen…

Chopping AMD’s Fastest Desktop CPU in Half for Better Performance

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:00:37 +0000

This will probably not come as news to most people, but Advanced Micro Devices, sometimes abbreviated as "A.M.D.", has been a staple of the DIY enthusiast space for a very long time,…