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Last week, AMD addressed complaints surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors not hitting their advertised boost clock speeds. Now, a fix is on the way, with motherboard partners currently working to implement the latest firmware update.

To kick off this year's IFA in Berlin, Intel held its third Real World Performance event, which brought us some interesting news. Not only is the Core i9-9900KS coming soon, but there was also confirmation of Cascade Lake X coming very soon. The Core i9-9900KS is a special edition version …

While 3rd Gen Ryzen has mostly been positively received, there have been some issues along the way. One of the main issues currently is that a good number of 3rd Gen Ryzen owners aren't able to hit advertised boost clock speeds. Fortunately, AMD is aware and may have found a …

The launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen appears to be going down very well, leading to a big boost in AMD CPU market share.

There has been plenty of talk surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and the X570 platform over the last couple of months, but we haven't heard much about what's next for Threadripper. We were already told that AMD would be revisiting Threadripper in the future and a third generation could be …

The class-action lawsuit against AMD over Bulldozer and the definition of a CPU core has now come to an end.

AMD refuses to slow down as next-gen Zen 3 and Zen 4 architectures are on track.

AMD has today officially launched its new range of Zen 2-based EPYC datacenter CPUs, codenamed Rome, introducing the world's highest performance x86 processor.

It's a Zen+ APU with Vega 11 graphics, priced at £139.99. Does Luke rate it?

How does AMD's Ryzen 5 3600X fare in the mid-range market segment?

Now that Ryzen 3000 has been out for a few weeks and we've had a good chunk of time with the new processors and X570 platform, Leo and Luke got together to discuss recent findings. It is a lengthy discussion, going over Zen overclocking, X570 as a whole, using Ryzen 3000 on an older motherboard, what's next for Threadripper and more.

Last week, it was widely reported that Destiny 2 was not able to run on AMD's new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboards. Bungie began investigating the issue fairly swiftly but it turns out that the main problem was on the AMD side, as Destiny 2 and several major …

This week we have Aerocool in the spotlight, with the new upcoming Cylon 4 CPU cooler. This cooler pairs ‘Heat Core Touch' technology with an ultra efficient heat pipe design and a heatsink/fan bracket design that directs airflow properly for better cooling and heat ventilation. The Cylon 4 isn't due …

Update (12.07.19): Earlier this week we learned that Destiny 2 players upgrading to AMD's new Ryzen 3000 CPUs and X570 motherboards were having trouble launching the game. Bungie has been investigating the issue this week but so far, the developers haven't been able to patch out the problem. Fortunately, it …

Last week was a huge one in the tech world as not only did we get two new GPUs launching from Nvidia, but AMD's long-awaited Navi GPU and Zen 2 CPU launches both arrived. Reviews for the Radeon RX 5700 series and the Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 3700X …

Looking for a new CPU upgrade? AMD delivers in spades with the Ryzen 3900X and 3700X

Whenever there is a big new tech launch, it is usually a good time to shop around a bit, whether you are interested in the latest and greatest or not. Those looking to upgrade on the cheap will be happy to hear that 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs have received some …

It is no secret that the launch of the Zen architecture has brought plenty of competition back to the CPU market. AMD is about to make another leap with Zen 2, which will also introduce the first 7nm desktop CPUs to the market and put them in the hands of …

There has been plenty of talk surrounding Apple's future plans to develop its own in-house chips moving forward. Back in 2017, Apple split up with Imagination Technologies and started developing its own GPUs for future iOS devices. Now, we could be seeing Apple expand towards its own CPUs as well, …

The launch of the Zen architecture back in 2017 brought some much needed competition back to the CPU market and AMD is about to hit a new milestone with the launch of Zen 2 next week, which will make the jump to 7nm technology. According to a report, the impending …

We're currently running some tests for upcoming reviews, so we decided to give Intel's new 'Performance Maximizer' tool a quick whirl to see how it works.

One-click overclocking has been a popular tool used within the BIOS of many gaming-oriented motherboards for years now. Some people don't necessarily want to poke around in the BIOS though in fear of screwing something up. With that in mind, Intel has released its own one-click CPU overclocking tool known …

Just two weeks ago on the first day of Computex, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 3000 series, complete with Zen 2 architecture, built on the 7nm process and with options all the way up to 12-cores. What we didn’t know at the time was that AMD was holding a little something …

Leo bumped into Steve from Gamers Nexus at Computex, and they got talking about a whole range of topics - including 16-core Ryzen 3000

After a long day at Computex, Leo is sharing his first impressions and reactions to AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen launch.

3rd Gen Ryzen is officially here. The Zen 2 architecture has paved the way for 7nm, IPC improvements, higher core counts and more, all at sensible prices.

It has been just over a year since CPU vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown last dominated the news cycle. Efforts have been made to fix these flaws and newer CPUs have extra protections in place. Unfortunately for Intel, a new issue has now popped up, known as ‘Zombieload', which has …

AMD has been making a habit of showing up at E3 for a few years now. Back in 2015, we saw Lisa Su arrive to launch the Radeon R9 Fury. One year later, AMD returned to the gaming-focused event to show off DOOM running on Ryzen, while also announcing the …

There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …