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Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench

A purported AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Geekbench 6 CPU test run has been surfaced by Benchleaks. The single-threaded score of 3,401 points is remarkable, and if genuine it would go straight to the top of the Geekbench 6 processor benchmark charts.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD may unveil next-gen Radeon RX 8000-series GPUs at CES 2025 according to leaker

Leaker says the first RDNA 4-based GPUs set to be announced at CES 2025.

Tom’s Hardware

Asus tests BIOS update enabling Microsoft Dynamic Lighting control — makes it easier to avoid Armory Crate software

Asus is testing a BIOS update for its latest motherboards, including those with the AMD Z970 chipset, that will allow you to control your motherboard's RGB lighting in sync with other compatible devices.

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Maingear Zero Ruby review: “Exactly how prebuilt gaming PCs should be”

I can strongly recommend the Maingear Zero Ruby. You’ll struggle to find a more up-to-date mid-range configuration from any other prebuilt gaming PC brand.

GamesRadar

New AMD firmware brings performance optimizations for Ryzen 9000 CPUs

Gigabyte has released new BIOS updates that support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series processors running AMD's latest AGESA 1.2.0.0a firmware.

Tom’s Hardware

Chinese MIPS rival to Intel and AMD set to launch a 128-core server CPU to compete in the busy market — EPYC and Xeon fans need not worry for now but do keep an eye on the NVLink-like tech

Loongson's 3C6000 processor is set to be released Q4 in China, along with its NVLink-like Coherent Link technology.

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Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 exposed in new benchmark — octa-core Zen 5 chip falls behind the Core Ultra 9 185H

CrossMark benchmark results for a new Ryzen 7 variant, dubbed the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, have emerged. However, its performance was underwhelming in this specific benchmark.

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ASRock preps AMD GPUs for AI inference and multi-GPU systems — Creator series GPUs with dual-slot, blower-type design and 16-pin power connectors

ASRock's Creator series comprises Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT WS, which have a dual-slot, single-blower-type design and 16-pin power connectors.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft's Surface ARM laptop performance catches up to MacBook Air, but 2022's MacBook Pro is still king

Microsoft's latest lineup of ARM laptops is off to a solid start, but it can't overhaul MacBook Pro models from last year yet.

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Insider says Nvidia almost sold itself to AMD, but Jensen Huang wanted to be CEO of the merged company

A fresh account of AMD's failed attempt to merge with Nvidia offers insights not only into the GPU war, but also AMD's rise, fall, and rise again as a CPU and GPU manufacturer.

Tom’s Hardware

They did it again: Tech publisher keeps on breaking Pi Calculation World Record — they almost doubled the previous one, reaching 202 trillion digits in 100 days and used 1.5PB of SSD storage

Engineers took 100 days to calculate Pi to 202 trillion digits using some very powerful hardware.

TechRadar

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT review: “4K prowess without dipping into dangerously expensive, high-end territory”

The Radeon RX 7800 XT may not be the successor to the 6800 XT that a lot of folks were hoping for, but for under $500, this is one of the best-value graphics cards going.

GamesRadar

'Transformers would take over the world': Little-known AI startup bet on ASICs — and claims it can trounce Nvidia's flagship GPU, the B200, by almost 10 times

AI startup Etched bet big on transformers and claims its Sohu chip is faster than Nvidia's B200 GPU.

TechRadar

Ryzen AI 7 Pro 160 bests previous-gen Ryzen 9 — chip hits Geekbench with three Zen 5 and five Zen 5c cores

A new Ryzen 7 Pro-series Zen 5 mobile CPU has been spotted on the Geekbench browser, boasting performance better than AMD's previous generation Ryzen 9 CPUs.

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Here's your reminder how close AMD came to financial collapse and just how much we owe to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Do you remember Bulldozer or have you blocked out those dark times, too?

PC Gamer

Microsoft patents a technique to display encrypted documents so only you can see them

It seems to be a better system than AMD's Privacy View feature but like all of them, it can't solve one key issue.

TechRadar

Battlemage GPUs sighted: Intel could have a pair of next-gen graphics cards to shake up the budget market

Hopes of a powerful Battlemage GPU are evaporating, but we could get something better – two peppy budget graphics cards.

Tom’s Hardware

Sony Playstation 4 chip helped AMD avoid bankruptcy — exec recounts how 'Jaguar' chips fueled company's historic turnaround

AMD exec Renato Fragale recalls 'helping AMD avoid bankruptcy' when he managed the team that developed the PlayStation 4 processor.

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Could AMD be the key to Microsoft's fabulous $100 billion Stargate AI supercomputer? AMD EVP lets slip about plans for a million-plus GPU training cluster based on a future MI500 chip — but stays mum on customer

AMD has had conversations about a million-plus GPU training cluster that could be for Microsoft's Stargate AI supercomputer.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia's RTX Remix goes open source —chipmaker adds Rest API to interface with ComfyUI for AI remastering or generating new graphics in real time

RTX Remix goes open source and gets yet more ambitious with AI features.

PC Gamer

This 1440p 165 Hz ASRock gaming monitor is now cheaper than many at 1080p

I'd pick one up myself if I were currently in the land of the free. Damn.

TechRadar

Asus Vivobook S 15 Copilot+ review: beautiful laptop, half-baked AI

Samsung's new 16-inch laptop apes Apple's design language and competes hard on performance and battery life while adding its own OLED twist.

PC Gamer

There's a new ray tracing benchmark in town and it paints an all-too-familiar picture of today's GPUs

No prizes for guessing which vendor handles ray tracing the best.

Windows Central

How well does WSL work on the new Snapdragon X Elite laptops?

WSL is an important part of Windows 11 and with the new generation of Snapdragon X Elite laptops hitting the market, will it work OK? Here's a quick overview.

TechRadar

Blackview MP100 mini PC review

The Blackview MP100 uses older Zen 2 silicon to deliver a slightly inconsistent NUC system.

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