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Dave James

AMD officially launches mobile X3D gaming chip exclusively in just one laptop 'for the foreseeable future'

Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 7945HX3D overlaid

AMD has just officially announced the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D—the first laptop processor to sport the company's excellent 3D V-Cache technology. And it's potentially one of the most exciting mobile gaming chips AMD has ever released, because it uses a hefty extra dollop of L3 cache to boost the frame rates of the majority of games.

I say potentially only because it's limiting the 3D V-Cache tech to its highest spec Zen 4 laptop chip, and then limiting that solo chip to an exclusivity deal with Asus alone. For one device, the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D.

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