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Ryzen 9 9950X supercharged with 6 GHz overclock — extra 250 MHz increases multi-core performance by 27% in Geekbench

It looks like those who have got their AMD Ryzen 9000 samples early are continuing to test them, as an interesting new benchmark result has been shared online.

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AMD Zen 5 'Fire Range' CPUs retain FL1 packaging, but may mean refreshed laptops will stick with RTX 40 graphics

AMD's partners can swap Zen 4-based 'Dragon Range' CPUs with Zen 5-based 'Fire Range' CPUs in their notebooks, so expect Zen 5 gaming laptops rather sooner than later.

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New Zen 5 128-core EPYC CPU wields 512MB of L3 cache

AMD appears to be increasing its L3 cache sizes for Zen 5 EPYC. New evidence reveals that a new 128-core Zen 5 EPYC part will arrive with 512MB of L3 cache without the use of 3D V-Cache technology.

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Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims its 16-core 3C6000 CPU matches Intel's Ice Lake 16-core Xeon Silver 4314

Loongson's 16-core 3C6000 datacenter CPU offers performance comparable to that of Intel's Xeon Silver 4314 'Ice Lake' processor, so it will still be around four years behind market leaders.

Tom’s Hardware

A third AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI CPU has been officially confirmed— Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 debuts just above HX 370

Today, AMD officially confirmed that a third Ryzen AI 9 300 Series CPU, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, will join the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365.

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AMD delays Ryzen 9000 due to last-minute discovery of problems with some CPUs – launch won’t happen until August now

Keen to buy a Ryzen 9000 CPU? Bad news – AMD has delayed Zen 5 to August as some next-gen chips have ‘quality’ issues.

TechRadar

I test gaming laptops for a living — and this is by far my favorite of the year so far

OLED and G-Sync combining in a gaming laptop at last? Heck yes!

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AMD Delays Ryzen 9000 Launch 1 to 2 Weeks Due to Chip Quality Issues

AMD sends word this afternoon that the company is delaying the launch of their Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors. The first Zen 5 architecture-based desktop chips were slated to launch next week, on July 31st. But citing quality issues that are significant enough that AMD is even pulling back stock…

AnandTech

AMD delays Ryzen 9000-series retail launch by a couple of weeks after discovering an issue with the first batch of chips

The Ryzen 9000-series is now expected to be available from retailers on August 15, AMD says.

PC Gamer

Acer went all-in on the Swift Edge 16's gorgeous OLED display and forgot to balance the rest of the laptop

The Swift Edge 16 for 2024 is competitively priced despite a stellar OLED display and a lightweight design, but its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Poor battery life and thermals, iffy touchpad, and below-average speakers are some of the issues I get into in this review.

Windows Central

AMD Strix Halo APU makes a splash with 5.36GHz clock speed in benchmark leak: Does it beat the MacBook?

If any AMD APU was going to take on Apple's MacBooks, it could be the Strix Halo. Let's jump into how it did with its whopping 5.36GHz clock speed.

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AMD dishes out more Zen 5 details — compact core is 25% smaller than the normal core, new SoC and chip architecture with dual CCXs

AMD followed up this week with even more deep-dive details on its Zen 5 microarchitecture, new Zen 5c cores, and SoC layout. Here are additional details on the new Ryzen 9000 series chips that are slated to launch next week.

Tom’s Hardware

After Doubling Last Year, How High Can AMD Stock Rise in 2024?

After surging more than 127% in 2023, can a stronger second quarter help to push this semiconductor stock higher this year?

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AMD is already prepping a 3nm update to its new Zen 5 CPUs

4nm and 3nm Zen 5 plans are so close, they're "on top of each other".

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Core Ultra K prototype appears on CPU-Z, uses Intel 4 process node and hits 5 GHz, lacks AVX-512 support

Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake-S CPUs appear to be coming without AVX-512, marking another generation where Intel disables AVX-512 due to compatibility issues with its E-cores.

Tom’s Guide

I just spent $7 on this essential Steam app that can triple frame rates in PC games

‘Lossless scaling’ is an upscaler and a form of frame generation that is both incredible and super-cheap on Steam.

AnandTech

JEDEC Plans LPDDR6-Based CAMM, DDR5 MRDIMM Specifications

Following a relative lull in the desktop memory industry in the previous decade, the past few years have seen a flurry of new memory standards and form factors enter development. Joining the traditional DIMM/SO-DIMM form factors, we've seen the introduction of space-efficient DDR5 CAMM2s, their LPDDR5-based counterpart the LPCAMM2, and…

Tom’s Hardware

Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance

Dylan Browne, an Unreal Engine Supervisor and Feature Film VFX at the ModelFarm visual effects studio, posted on X that his company is experiencing a 50% failure rate for systems powered by Intel's Core i9-13900K and 14900K computers.

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Tom's Guide Awards 2024: The gaming gear and hardware we’ve loved the most this year

Here are the Tom's Guide Awards 2023 winners in the gaming hardware category, including our favorite console, peripherals and more.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD introduces a free Frame Latency Meter tool to measure mouse response time — works with all GPUs, no high-speed camera or manual frame-counting needed

AMD released its Frame Latency Meter software utility for measuring mouse click to display latency that works with all GPUs, without the specialized hardware or manual frame counting that's normally required.

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AMD's older Zen 4 gaming flagship pounds Zen 5 in new gaming benchmarks — Ryzen 7 7800X3D was up to 23% faster than Ryzen 9 9900X

One of the first 3rd party reviews of the Ryzen 9 9900X has revealed that AMD's previous generation, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, is still the best CPU for gaming, beating the 9900X by up to 23%.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD President Victor Peng retires — SVP of AI group Vamsi Boppana will lead AMD's AI business

Executive responsible for AMD's FPGA, embedded, and compute GPUs retires from AMD.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD says its EPYC processors are up to twice as fast as Nvidia's Arm-powered Grace CPU Superchip across multiple benchmarks

AMD's EPYC outperforms Nvidia's Grace CPU in all major server benchmarks, according to tests conducted by AMD.

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We spent over 115 hours testing the battery life on this laptop... we couldn't believe how long it lasted

The new XPS 13 locked in the top spot. It dethroned the king. Let’s jump into our numerous battery life tests to see how it happened and where Qualcomm goes from here.

PC Gamer

Minisforum AtomMan X7 Ti review

A powerful mini PC with cutting-edge mobile tech, outstanding cooling, but oddly mercurial graphics performance.

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