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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699 MSRP The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache for enhanced gaming performance, higher clocks, and more overclocking headroom. Great Overall Performance No...
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Nevermind the fact that the overwhelming majority of consumer desktop tasks don't really scale past four to six cores—fanboys have accused AMD of "stagnating" much as Intel did in years past, by having its top-end Ryzen desktop CPUs max...
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By many accounts, AMD's much-anticipated retail launch of its Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 went a little more smoothly compared to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series, in terms of day-one availability. Even so, the first wave of cards...
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AMD has announced when its next two Zen 5 desktop chips with 3D V-Cache—the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D—will release to retail and how much they will cost. In keeping with its promise to release both chips in the first quarter of...
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Update: 3/6/25 - 5:24 PM: We have just received an official statement from representatives at AMD on this matter, and it appears there's more to this story for sure. We have left the entirety of our previous coverage in tact below...
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Gamers finally have some good news in terms of GPU availability. AMD has launched its Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs to retail today. Retailers in both the UK and the US are reporting good inventory levels. In the UK, Overclockers UK...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the high volume, mid-range PC gaming market, are priced aggressively, and take the fight to NVIDIA. Competitive...
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In what is a depressingly-rare show of pre-release transparency, AMD has posted a support article concerning UEFI support on its RDNA 4-based GPUs, including the soon-to-be-released Radeon RX 9070 series. The article is surprisingly wordy...
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The next GPU to land at retail will be NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070, with reviews going live today (including our own). While you can draw your own conclusions as to its balance between value and performance, I am more interested in what the...
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The GPU season is heating up with mid-range products finally starting to near their launch dates. NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs have already launched in mid-range and high-end form with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, GeForce RTX 5080, and...
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It took a minute, but details about pricing and availability for AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 cards, the first gaming GPUs to feature its RDNA 4 architecture (see our deep dive), are finally official. Gamers hoping AMD would...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP A look under the hood of RDNA 4 tells us AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the midsection of the PC gaming market, where the volume is, and appear...
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Ever since we first saw the rumored specifications for AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors—back when they were simply known by the code name "Strix Halo"—the first thought we had was "this thing would make an awesome living-room PC." Framework...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is going to be officially announced on February 28th at 8 a.m EST time. It is slated for a release in early March, and we're starting to see some more potential leaks as to what to expect with its first...
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As we get closer to the March launch of AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT, more glimpses into the first consumer RDNA 4 GPUs are slowly leaking out. AMD is set to have an event on February 28th at 8 a.m EST to announce the new...
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AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Powered ROG Flow Z13: Starting At $2,299.99 Our first AMD Strix Halo-based machine isn't flawless, but it impresses in many ways, including performance, AI horsepower, style and efficiency. Solid All-Around Performance Eye-Catching Stylish Looks Surprisingly Good Keyboard...
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Frank Azor, a PC industry vet who co-founded Alienware before joining AMD as its Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Marketing five and a half years ago, is not shying away from rumors of there being a Radeon RX 9070 XT with 32GB of...
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Somewhat surprisingly, AMD barely mentioned its Radeon RX 9000 series at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, while rival NVIDIA trotted out no less than four desktop GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs and also four mobile variants...
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is one that gamers are starting to have high hopes for, with morsels of information leaking out every so often. Now confirmed to release in March, we are seeing an uptick in leaks for the potential final makeup of...
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A Danish Redditor posted up a thread last night called "So this just happened" with a picture of his scorched Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. You can clearly see the heat damage to the bottom of the CPU; some of the landings have come off of...
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Oh boy, I can hear the clanging of pitchforks and crackling of fire from torches over the notion that AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT will somehow challenge NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090, which is a monster GPU and the fastest...
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The GPU stage is being set for one of the more interesting battles we've witnessed recently. NVIDIA has shown some of its cards by releasing the high-end GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 out into the wild. Those launches have not gone...
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