AMD Ryzen 9 7950X improved by disabling CCD
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 20 October 2022 11:31

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X improved by disabling CCD


At least for gaming 

It is possible to get a 10 per cent improvement for gaming on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X by disabling one of two CCDs.

AMD sees falling share prices
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Friday, 14 October 2022 12:12

AMD sees falling share prices


Falling PC demand and luke-warm relations between US and China to blame 

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street have been pummelling AMD and bought the companies shares, but its CEO claims that things are probably not as bad as they seem.

AMD releases preliminary Q3 2022 financial results
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Lowers the prior outlook by $1.1b

AMD has released its preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2022 and things are not looking good as it has lowered its quarterly revenue outlook down to $5.6 billion, around $1.1 billion below expectations.

Zen 5 spotted
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 04 October 2022 12:23

Zen 5 spotted


Even if Ryzen 7000 only been out a week

AMD’s Zen 5 processors have already been seen by a lucky few developers even if ithe company's Ryzen 7000 CPUs have only been in the shops for a week.

Gamers shunning high priced GPUs
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Tuesday, 04 October 2022 11:08

Gamers shunning high priced GPUs


Long term difficulties for Nvidia 

While the GPU maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia is dominating the GPU market, there is some bad news for the outfit from the Steam hardware survey.

AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPU reviews are out
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 26 September 2022 20:10

AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPU reviews are out


Review roundup: Impressive lineup providing something for everyone

The embargo for AMD's Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPU SKUs has been lifted and we can see how these four SKUs, performed in benchmarks, games, and applications.

AMD-sponsored overclocker breaks Cinebench
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 26 September 2022 11:41

AMD-sponsored overclocker breaks Cinebench


Ryzen 9 7950X overclocked to 6.5 GHz

AMD-sponsored overclocker Bill Alverson broke all records in Cinebench R23 and R20 for 16-core CPUs.

AMD to officially unveil B650/B650E motherboards on October 4th
Published in PC Hardware


Webinar with partners for B650/B650E motherboards

AMD has scheduled a webinar with its motherboard partners to unveil the mid-range AM5 B650/B650E motherboards. The list includes the usual suspects like ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI.

AMD introduces new naming scheme for its future mobile processors
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Trying to clear up some confusion in that market segment

As of next year, AMD is introducing a new naming scheme for its mobile processors, trying to clear up some confusion in that market segment.

Ryzen 9 7950X flies past 5950X in first leaked benchmarks
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And it will cost $100 less

Leaked benchmarks for AMD’s new flagship Ryzen 9 7950X are starting to appear and it appears to be cleaning its predecessor's clock.