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AMD's Ryzen 9000 single-core performance again impresses in early Geekbench results — 9700X, 9600X dominate previous-gen AMD and Intel CPUs

The 9700X and 9600X chips beat the single-core performance of other comparable chips, but still lag behind in multi-core numbers when compared to Intel's 14700K and 14600K.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD Ryzen 9600X and 9700X leaks suggest these CPUs will offer a big leap in performance

Leaked benchmarks for AMD's Ryzen 9600X and 9700X hint at some major performance uplifts.

TechRadar

Qualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC sales

Qualcomm and Microsoft are pushing AI features so buyers will buy AI PCs, but many are simply choosing these laptops for their better battery life.

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Acer's latest 14-inch ultra-budget laptop is a solid option with great battery life, but beware of a few downsides

Acer's budget-friendly laptop only has an ultra-low MSRP of $349.99 and it offers solid performance that's a step up from a Chromebook. Our review.

Windows Central

Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off

Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and breaks some apps

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Sony's hero shooter Concord reveals PC system requirements ahead of two weekend beta tests

You're going to need some pretty heavy hardware for this one.

PC Gamer

Cheapest mini PC with AMD Ryzen 7 8000 emerges with a rather unusual name — Firebat Z8 can drive four 4K monitors has two Ethernet LAN ports

The Z8 from Chinese brand Firebat looks like it will give the best mini PCs some competition.

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AMD’s top-end RDNA 4 GPU might not turn up until CES 2025 – and the second-tier model could be much later than that

A hardware leaker has claimed that AMD's RX 8000 graphics cards could arrive a lot later than expected.

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AMD now has better brand recognition than Intel — firm rides AI wave to win on Kantar’s BrandZ Most Valuable Brands report

Kantar has released its 2024 BrandZ Most Valuable Brands report, and AMD has been distinguished as one of the top risers since last year.

Tom’s Hardware

Qualcomm hires former AMD ray tracing expert for its GPU team

Qualcomm's Adreno GPU in its Snapdragon Elite X has failed to meet gaming expectations. The recent hire of a ray tracing expert could change that.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD engineer discusses firm's 'Layoff Bug' — infamous Barcelona CPU bug revisited 16 years later

Phil Park, an AMD memory and Fabric performance engineer, discusses a critical Windows Vista-era AMD CPU bug that struck Barcelona CPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

GMKtec NucBox M6 mini PC review

The GMKtec NucBox M6 is a compact, versatile mini PC ideal for office tasks, multimedia playback, and light gaming.

TechRadar

Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench

A purported AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Geekbench 6 CPU test run has been surfaced by Benchleaks. The single-threaded score of 3,401 points is remarkable, and if genuine it would go straight to the top of the Geekbench 6 processor benchmark charts.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD may unveil next-gen Radeon RX 8000-series GPUs at CES 2025 according to leaker

Leaker says the first RDNA 4-based GPUs set to be announced at CES 2025.

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Asus tests BIOS update enabling Microsoft Dynamic Lighting control — makes it easier to avoid Armory Crate software

Asus is testing a BIOS update for its latest motherboards, including those with the AMD Z970 chipset, that will allow you to control your motherboard's RGB lighting in sync with other compatible devices.

GamesRadar

Maingear Zero Ruby review: “Exactly how prebuilt gaming PCs should be”

I can strongly recommend the Maingear Zero Ruby. You’ll struggle to find a more up-to-date mid-range configuration from any other prebuilt gaming PC brand.

Tom’s Hardware

New AMD firmware brings performance optimizations for Ryzen 9000 CPUs

Gigabyte has released new BIOS updates that support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series processors running AMD's latest AGESA 1.2.0.0a firmware.

TechRadar

Chinese MIPS rival to Intel and AMD set to launch a 128-core server CPU to compete in the busy market — EPYC and Xeon fans need not worry for now but do keep an eye on the NVLink-like tech

Loongson's 3C6000 processor is set to be released Q4 in China, along with its NVLink-like Coherent Link technology.

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Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 exposed in new benchmark — octa-core Zen 5 chip falls behind the Core Ultra 9 185H

CrossMark benchmark results for a new Ryzen 7 variant, dubbed the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, have emerged. However, its performance was underwhelming in this specific benchmark.

Tom’s Hardware

ASRock preps AMD GPUs for AI inference and multi-GPU systems — Creator series GPUs with dual-slot, blower-type design and 16-pin power connectors

ASRock's Creator series comprises Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT WS, which have a dual-slot, single-blower-type design and 16-pin power connectors.

iMore

Microsoft's Surface ARM laptop performance catches up to MacBook Air, but 2022's MacBook Pro is still king

Microsoft's latest lineup of ARM laptops is off to a solid start, but it can't overhaul MacBook Pro models from last year yet.

Tom’s Hardware

Insider says Nvidia almost sold itself to AMD, but Jensen Huang wanted to be CEO of the merged company

A fresh account of AMD's failed attempt to merge with Nvidia offers insights not only into the GPU war, but also AMD's rise, fall, and rise again as a CPU and GPU manufacturer.

TechRadar

They did it again: Tech publisher keeps on breaking Pi Calculation World Record — they almost doubled the previous one, reaching 202 trillion digits in 100 days and used 1.5PB of SSD storage

Engineers took 100 days to calculate Pi to 202 trillion digits using some very powerful hardware.

GamesRadar

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT review: “4K prowess without dipping into dangerously expensive, high-end territory”

The Radeon RX 7800 XT may not be the successor to the 6800 XT that a lot of folks were hoping for, but for under $500, this is one of the best-value graphics cards going.

TechRadar

'Transformers would take over the world': Little-known AI startup bet on ASICs — and claims it can trounce Nvidia's flagship GPU, the B200, by almost 10 times

AI startup Etched bet big on transformers and claims its Sohu chip is faster than Nvidia's B200 GPU.

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