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Yes, the bad news on the RAM crisis has been relentless lately — but Asus and SK Hynix just gave us glimmers of hope that some relief could be on the horizon

The RAM crisis gloom has been thick and heavy lately — so are you ready for some better news?

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AMD exec says DDR5 RAM pricing won't normalize until 2028 — and it's sad that given other predictions, I feel this is overly optimistic

Is now the time to buy a laptop, before bigger price hikes kick in? I'm becoming more convinced about that theory.

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'The thing that gives me hope is there is an enormous amount of capacity being built' - AMD's head of Ryzen and Radeon is pinning hopes of an end to the memory crisis on a supply ramp into 2028

And some companies even reckon prices will get worse before they get better.

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'Resistance is futile': the 5 most revealing quotes from Computex 2026 — and what they tell us about the future of computing

Weighty quotes from the likes of Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, with a Borg-like prediction from Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon.

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'I did not say it's coming': We spoke to AMD VP David McAfee about bringing FSR 4.1 to Ryzen handhelds to catch up to Intel Arc G3

AMD needs to catch up, fast

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AMD says that no decision has been made about bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 GPUs, which seems to contradict AMD also saying that it has no current plans to do so because of hardware reasons

The truth is out there somewhere.

PC Gamer

AMD's Frank Azor pushes back against claim that FSR 4.1 won't be ported to RDNA 3.5 GPUs — says 'no such decision' has been made

AMD's Frank Azor hits back against allegations suggesting AMD will skip RDNA 3.5 integration with FSR 4.1.

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The overclocking headroom in AMD's Radeon 7000-series GPUs 'was certainly not accidental... the core of Radeon has to be all about value to the end user'

"We understand that both for CPUs and GPUs, overclockability is a core part of what many of our gamers and enthusiasts are looking for."

PC Gamer

Choosing to bring back the 5800X3D was a tough conversation for AMD... 'very hard, actually, very, very hard!'

I spoke with David McAfee about what it took to bring back the older chip.

PC Gamer

Price pressures in building PCs 'aren't going away anytime soon' warns AMD exec — but new budget CPU could be in the works

'We know the pressures that are there in building systems aren't going away anytime soon': AMD exec hints at possible relief with new budget Ryzen CPU.

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AMD says new EXPO ‘Ultra Low Latency’ DDR5 memory should be 'effectively the same price' as current kits — feature will work on existing chipsets, but will require new DIMMs

AMD provides us with a bit more detail about its upcoming EXPO Ultra Low Latency mode, which should be available from leading memory partners soon.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD is considering a Ryzen 5 9600X3D 'later this year' but its value for gaming could suffer against its own stiff competition

It might struggle to differentiate itself from other AMD competition.

PC Gamer

AMD is considering a potential Ryzen 5 9600X3D — company says six-core Zen 5 X3D chip 'maybe something we look at doing... later this year'

AMD says that six-core X3D chips don't make sense for a broad market for a number of reasons, but a six-core X3D chip with the Zen 5 architecture is something the company is considering.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD ‘had to re-engineer’ the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a re-release — 10th Anniversary Edition chip had ‘a whole body of engineering work’ put into it

AMD just reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but it wasn't as simple as spinning up the old manufacturing process, as the original bonding method TSMC used was no longer available.

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AMD vows to fight for gamers as DRAM shortage sends GPU prices skyrocketing — Radeon GPU prices have already surged over 10%

AMD will try to keep graphics card prices as low as possible for gamers during the DRAM shortage.

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Forget the RAM crisis – are we headed for a full-blown GPU crisis? Rumored production cut for Nvidia GPUs makes it seem more likely

Nvidia won't have any new GPUs for 2026, rumor claims – and with an up to 20% drop in production, this year could be a troubled one.

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'I'm not going to say prices across all these components will remain flat': AMD exec suggests price rises for Radeon GPUs are coming

In the face of the RAM crisis, AMD exec assures us Radeon GPU stock shortages aren't a concern – but price rises are likely.

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AMD may resurrect some older CPUs to help users dodge the worst of the RAM crisis

David McAfee says it's something AMD is "very actively working on" but hasn't confirmed yet.

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Tom’s Hardware

AMD Ryzen chief teases return of older Zen 3 chips to fight soaring RAM prices — 'That's something we're actively working on right now'

AMD interview suggests it might restart production of DDR4-based AM4 Ryzen desktop processors

PC Gamer

Chinese graphics card maker claims RX 9070 supply will be 'stable' from April while AMD commits to more MSRP graphics cards though admits it's something 'we don't directly control'

It's true that it's not all under AMD's control, but that isn't by accident...

TechRadar

AMD describes its recent RDNA 4 GPU launch as 'unprecedented' and promises restocking the Radeon RX 9070 XT as 'priority number one'

AMD has committed to restocking its RDNA 4 graphics cards following an "unprecedented" launch for the company.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD's Radeon VP calls RX 9070 XT demand 'unprecedented' — RDNA 4 launch 'milestone event'

AMD VP and GM David McAfee called the demand for RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs "unprecedented" on a podcast appearance with Hot Hardware this week.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD RDNA 3 professional GPUs with 48GB can beat Nvidia 24GB cards in AI — putting the 'Large' in LLM

AMD published DeepSeek R1 benchmarks of its W7900 and W7800 Pro series 48GB GPUs, massively outperforming the 24GB RTX 4090.

PC Gamer

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT review (Asus Prime OC)

AMD's walking the walk on pricing and performance, it's now up to the AIBs to not let the side down.

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5 ways AMD can bungle its RDNA 4 launch — Will NVIDIA GPUs get the competition they need?

After weeks of delay, AMD is ready to reveal its RDNA 4 graphics cards on February 28. Will it be a success? Here are 5 reasons why it might fall flat.

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