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We've come a long way since the days when hulking PC towers were both the norm and a symbol of how much power you wielded on your desktop. In the modern era, manufacturers are able to cram quite a bit of computing muscle inside a comparatively minuscule chassis. One of the notable player in the mini PC space is...
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AMD is taking a patient approach to launching its Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 after introducing the cards at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month. The company followed this up a couple weeks later by confirming the cards will land at retail in March. If some early retail...
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It was just this Monday that we learned we'd be waiting until March before AMD's next-generation Radeon GPUs made it retail shelves. A tweet from AMD's David Mcafee, the company's Corporate Vice President and General Manager, was the first formal acknowledgment of a narrower release window for the RDNA 4 GPUs than...
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If you managed to score an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, first of all, kudos to you on procuring what's been a highly elusive chip (thanks, Intel!) and a great one to build a gaming PC around. That said, you might be wondering if you'll have buyer's remorse once the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and especially the Ryzen 9 9950X3D...
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As we've discussed before, AMD didn't really talk about its RDNA 4-based graphics cards at CES 2025, despite briefing the press on the topic. The company gave a vague "Q1 2025" release window for the cards, but given that product has already started showing up at retailers, many have expected that the GPUs would be...
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At first glance, the processor in the photo above appears to be a genuine Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. It sports AMD's uniquely-shaped integrated heatspreader (IHS) with grooves exposing the PCB on all four sides, it's labeled as a Ryzen 7 9800X3D chip, and it's the correct size. However, a closer examination reveals...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is expected to be the fastest GPU that the company launches using its RDNA 4 architecture. Despite that, by AMD's own estimates, it seems like it will probably perform around the same level as the GeForce RTX 5070. That's far off from the higher-end NVIDIA GPUs, which would seem to prove true...
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Now that AMD's latest-generation Zen 5 processors have been on the market for a minute or two, the wait is on for the inevitable launch of a new round of Ryzen Threadripper processors. They're presumably coming, as evidenced by multiple leaks. The latest such leak is a shipping manifest that lists out a couple of...
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AMD briefed us on the Radeon RX 9070 series and the RDNA 4 architecture when going into CES 2025, but the company's brief 45-minute keynote completely skipped over the topic of graphics and GPUs, with nary a mention of the word "Radeon" outside of the context of AI processing. The company's excuse was that it simply...
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For tech media like Hot Hardware, the new year means a plethora of new tech, as CES in Las Vegas kicks off just after the holiday. It's always exciting to see the new products and fresh announcements, but the multitude of reveals and unveilings can be tough to track, especially if you're at the show. If -- like us -- you're all about the latest
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With CES 2025 behind us, the GPU landscape is taking on some paths that are quite exciting. For example, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series will release at the end of the month, with some stunning specs on display. AMD, NVIDIA's biggest competition in the enthusiast GPU space, so far has been quite elusive about its new...
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On top of unveiling an onslaught of Ryzen processors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, including an expanded lineup of 3D V-Cache models for desktops and laptops, AMD has been busy launching AM5 chips under the radar. The newest one is the Ryzen 5 7400F, which is poised to be its most...
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PowerColor has been one of AMD's most dedicated AIB partners for decades. Your author fondly remembers rocking a PowerColor Radeon 9600 card, a lifetime ago. The company is known for its impressive factory overclocks and sometimes outlandish board designs, like the "Devil 13" family back in the day. Lately...
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This year's CES event brought us plenty of GPUs to be excited about, notably from team green (NVIDIA) though AMD also has some products for release soon, with its RDNA 4 GPUs. Information on these products has been mostly muted thus far (aside from a preview), with very little known about full specs, pricing, or exact...
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As we detailed in our Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, AMD's first consumer Zen 5 chip with 3D V-Cache is a beastly slice of silicon that's an ideal choice to build a gaming PC around. The market agrees, as evidenced by the chip frequently being sold out at places like Amazon and Best Buy. In candid remarks shared at the...
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One of the most oft-repeated rumors regarding the Ryzen 9 9950X3D was that it would come with a double stack of 3D V-Cache. Not 128MB on a single CCD, as interesting as that would have been, but one slab of 64MB SRAM attached to each of the 8-core Zen 5 CCDs. This would have the advantage of minimizing scheduling...
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Several major players in the PC space have made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, and that includes AMD, which unveiled an onslaught of new processors. We saw AMD expand its 3D V-Cache lineup with more desktop models and even some mobile "Fire Range" variants for laptops, but one chip that...
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On stage today at CES, AMD announced the first major updates to its graphics IP since late 2022. That's right folks: RDNA 4 is finally arriving, and true to speculation, it appears to be squarely targeting the center of the market. The first RDNA 4 GPU will be the Radeon RX 9070 XT, along with its slightly slower...
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It has been a bit of a CES tradition for AMD to dig into its pockets and toss out a new raft of Ryzen processors, and the company is going big this year with no less than six different CPU announcements. Buckle up, HotHardwareinos, because there are no less than 26 different CPUs making a debut at this year's show...
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CES is next week and you can bet that there will be a bevy of beautiful hardware announcements, including many luxurious laptops sporting the latest processor designs. Apparently, Taiwanese ODM Elitegroup (better known to the DIY crowd as "ECS") couldn't wait though, and showed its hand early. In the company's...
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You may not have realized it, but 'tis the season of teasers, apparently. There's no mistaken what NVIDIA's GeForce LAN 50 announcement last month was foreshadowing, but it's not the only one with new GPUs on the horizon. AMD recently posted a series images on Reddit to promote its CPU and GPU hardware during the...
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At present moment, AMD can't supply its retail partners with enough Ryzen 7 9800X3D models to meet the insatiable demand by gamers. It's the first (and so far only) desktop processor based on Zen 5 to wield AMD's second-generation 3D V-Cache solution, which is great for gaming, and it's frequently sold out (save for...
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