Ryzen 7 9700X “Zen 5” Is Beaten by AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D in Gaming
European hardware reviewers are starting to test the Ryzen 5 7600X3D on their Socket AM5 test beds, which are still warm from last month’s Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” launch coverage, as German shop Mindfactory.de is listing the chip. One of the earliest of these reviewers is PCGH, and their findings...
AMD and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Windows 11 24H2 Performance for Zen 3 through Zen 5
One of them is that, whereas other reviewers tested using a regular user account with some admin access, AMD conducted its testing on Windows 11 23H2 in Admin mode, meaning that a local system administrator account was employed. It appears that this has an impact on the functionality of the...
Ryzen 5 5500X3D Socket AM4 Processor with 3D V-Cache is Ready, According to AMD
AMD will never give up on you, never disappoint you, and never run off and leave you if you’re using the Socket AM4 platform. It won’t break your heart, never say goodbye, never lie to you, or injure you. According to reports, the business is putting the last touches on...
Pricing and Availability of AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processor Verified
AMD verified the cost and accessibility of its new Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop CPU versions in a post on X. These are now scheduled for a staggered rollout after experiencing a delay in their July 31 launch. Starting tomorrow, August 8, 2024, the 6-core Ryzen 5 9600X and the...
Pricing for the Ryzen 9000 series Leaked Before Launch
Just before the introduction, official Ryzen 9000 series price leaked, thanks to Newegg and BestBuy in the US. X/Twitter user @momomo_us, a serial leaker, was able to take screenshots of the prices before the merchants took them down. This could have been the result of an error, as the Ryzen...
On September 3rd, Intel Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” CPUs will be available.
The arrival of the forthcoming Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” CPU generation on September 3rd has been officially announced by Intel. “Join Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group, Jim Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of the Client Business Group,...
The FL1 package is retained by AMD Ryzen “Fire Range” mobile processor.
AMD is preparing a follow-up to its “Dragon Range” mobile processor for gaming notebooks and portable workstations, which is part of the Ryzen 7045 family. Although its processor model name is still unknown, the chip is known under the codename “Fire Range.” It will continue to be pin-compatible and maintain...
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Price Drops to $465, a Record Low
The Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship desktop CPU for the current generation, saw a price decrease earlier this week to a record-low $464.99 on Amazon and Newegg. In our tests, the 16-core/32-thread Socket AM5 processor with 3D V-cache technology performed about the same in terms of gaming performance as the...
Leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series “Blackwell” TDPs: 16-Pin Connector Powers Them All
As NVIDIA was getting ready to release the GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs, codenamed “Blackwell,” a power supply manufacturer unintentionally revealed the power settings of every SKU. Users can configure their systems online and receive power supply recommendations by using Seasonic’s power supply wattage calculator. This implies that in...
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Outperforms Intel’s Best Single-Core Score in Geekbench 6 Benchmark.
Third-party OEMs and system integrators are beginning to test some systems as AMD gets ready to release its next-generation Ryzen 9000 series of CPUs, which is built on the Zen 5 architecture. The Ryzen 9 9900X CPU, a 12-core, 24-thread processor that has shown remarkable performance advancements, has scores on...