AMD Ryzen 9000 PCs don't need to wait until the next major Windows 11 update to fix gaming issues

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 9950X held in front of a blue cloudy sky.

What you need to know

• AMD Ryzen 9000 processors had worse performance than expected when they got into the hands of some reviewers.
• AMD has since explained why its own testing and the testing of some reviewers did not align.
• The company also promised a fix for certain issues affecting systems with Ryzen 9000 chips, though the fix originally required Windows 11 version 24H2.
• The fixes have since been backported to Windows 11 version 23H2, increasing the number of systems that can see performance improvements.