AMD’s $899 Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is wild—but that’s why I care
Earlier this week, when AMD revealed its price for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, I waded into a few comment sections. I expected to see a lot of scoffing (at minimum) about the $899 MSRP for…
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AMD’s newest Ryzen X3D CPU is exclusive to Micro Center’s pre-built PC
This morning, a friend of mine waited in the cold outside of Brooklyn’s Micro Center retailer, specifically to buy this pre-built desktop. It’s a good deal, and they’d been wavering on a long-overdue PC upgrade…
Radeon 6000 GPUs were brand new 3 years ago. AMD’s already dropping support
Update 3:313 PM PT: AMD’s Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2 release notes have been apparently rewritten to note that they are compatible with the RX9000, RX7000, RX6000, and RX5000 series of graphics cards, and do not make…
HP EliteBook 8 G1a review: AMD’s hardware shines
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Great combination of CPU performance and battery life Premium build quality Runs Copilot+ PC features with full x86 app compatibility Nice keyboard Cons HP should upgrade this display Many…
AMD’s X3D continues to dominate desktop PCs
AMD’s share in the desktop PC market climbed by a mammoth total of 9.2 percentage points versus last year, a ringing endorsement for AMD’s Ryzen chips and especially its X3D lineup of gaming processors. AMD…
Watch: We test AMD’s RX 9070 GRE versus 9070, RTX 5070, and others
If you’re reading this anywhere outside of China, you probably haven’t seen the Radeon RX 9070 GRE. Because like previous GRE cards (“Golden Rabbit Edition/Great Radeon Edition” if you were wondering) it’s just for mainland…
AMD’s powerful Ryzen CPUs are up to 48% off for Prime Day
Building a new PC from scratch can be super fun, especially if you score some sweet deals on the individual components. Luckily, AMD Ryzen CPUs are massively discounted this Prime Day, so now’s the perfect…
Is Intel ready to compete with AMD’s X3D chips?
Ask a smattering of PC gamers combing through the aisles of a Micro Center for the best PC parts whether they’re building an AMD or Intel-based desktop, and most of them will say the former.…
AMD’s powerful AI chips can finally be unleashed on Windows PCs
AMD’s hardware teams have tried to redefine AI inferencing with powerful chips like the Ryzen AI Max and Threadripper. But in software, the company has been largely absent where PCs are concerned. That’s changing, AMD…
AMD’s RX 9060 XT is a budget beast, if you can find it at MSRP
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, VRAM excluded. And boy, does the market know it. Street prices of the RX 9060XT are quickly climbing. Adam Patrick Murray and Will Smith tested the Radeon RX 9060 RT and…