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by Steven Esposito ·Posted
Gaming enthusiasts and content creators rejoice as AMD launched its Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D processors! Leveraging AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology, you can take advantage of an enhanced on-chip memory bus designed
by Steven Esposito ·Posted
Leveraging over 25 years of computing experience, AMD announces its latest Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards, bringing new technologies such as RDNA 4 architecture to gaming enthusiasts, creators, and developers. With a strong history within the PC, console, mobile, and handheld spaces, AMD looks to deliver not just but ensures positive performance-per-dollar ratio for customers all over the world. RDNA 4 Taking their design architecture to
by Steven Esposito ·Posted
At CES 2025, AMD took the stage to announce some brand-new processors designed for both the gaming and business crowds. From the new Ryzen 9950X3D to their AI-infused Halo processor, AMD aims to have something for everyone in 2025. Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D When it comes to gaming, AMD has seen great success with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and brought it forward to the Ryzen 9 with the 9950X3D! Based on the 16-core Zen 6 CPU architecture and 144MB of 3D cache, you get up to 5.7 GHz clock speeds, giving it a 16% increase over the previous
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
A bit of a breather compared to the previous few weeks, this final week of January still saw some new product announcements from OM SYSTEM, in the photo world, and new computer components from AMD and NVIDIA. Outside of these main announcements, we also had a timely release from Polaroid as well as a few other educational and inspirational pieces of content to share. OM SYSTEM Launches New Flagship and Pair of Lenses After a relatively quiet 2023, OM SYSTEM is making an early splash with
by Steven Wong ·Posted
AMD continues to bring performance enhancements to content creators and gamers using socket AM4 motherboards. Built with the Zen 3, 7nm architecture, these four processors include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, AMD Ryzen 5 5700,
by Mos Khan ·Posted
Building a PC is now more accessible than ever. There are many ways to find compatible parts, and a quality rig can typically last you longer than any console. As someone who, primarily, has been a console-based gamer for most of my run, I understand the perception that building a PC is intimidating or complex—so much so that I've gamed on consoles because I think they're as close to "plug-and-play" as is possible. Luckily, building a PC is not as difficult as you might think; the hard part is doing the research and figuring out what you want
by Mos Khan ·Posted
Building a PC is now more accessible than ever. There are many ways to find compatible parts, and a quality rig can typically last you longer than any console. As someone who, primarily, has been a console-based gamer for most of my run, I understand the perception that building a PC is intimidating or complex—so much so that I've gamed on consoles because I think they're as close to "plug-and-play" as is possible today. Luckily, building a PC is not as difficult as you might think; the hard part is doing the research and figuring out what you
by M. Brett Smith ·Posted
Hundreds of new products were announced at CES 2024, including lots of exciting gear for content makers and other creatives. Here are some of the most exciting creator-friendly products. Monitors Big-name monitor manufacturers like Samsung and LG tend to go hard at CES, and this year’s tech showcase was no exception. Along with some
by William Min ·Posted
At CES 2024, AMD announced new AMD Ryzen 8000G Series processors for the AM5 platform, bringing the power of a dedicated AI neural processing unit (NPU) to desktop processors for the first time with Ryzen AI. These processors will deliver the performance needed by gamers, content creators, and others. The AMD Ryzen 8000G Series consists of four distinct processors. The most powerful of them is the Ryzen 7 8700G, which
by Steven Wong ·Posted
Featuring the 5nm Zen 4 architecture, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO WX and Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series desktop processors push performance to new levels. With these socket sTR5 processors installed in your professional workstation or high-end desktop (HEDT) computer
by William Min ·Posted
Now featuring the advanced AMD chiplet design, AMD has finally brought its RDNA 3 architecture to its professional workstation graphics cards, the Radeon PRO W7800 and W7900. The chiplet design provides higher performance and greater efficiency than the previous generation, thanks to its inclusion of 5nm Graphics Compute
by Steven Wong ·Posted
AMD takes content creation, gaming, and computing experiences to new dimensions with the launch of the Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors. Powered by the all-new Zen 4 architecture with the 5nm process, these processors are designed to deliver exceptional performance and high energy efficiency. How much better? Compared to the previous version, AMD’s 4.5 GHz Ryzen 7950X 16-core flagship processor shows up to a 29% single-
by M. Brett Smith ·Posted
When AMD first announced the Radeon Pro W6800 Graphics Card, my first thought was that I had misheard. Surely, they weren't releasing a 32-gig card—that’s four times the amount of its predecessor! Which is insane. Turns out, I didn’t mishear. AMD really did release a 32GB workstation GPU. And we were lucky enough to test it out.  Radeon Pro W6800: Specs and Features As the headliner of the Radeon Pro W6000 series, the Radeon Pro
by Steven Wong ·Posted
Designed to handle professional workloads such as 8K HDR video editing, engineering, and manufacturing, AMD’s Radeon PRO W6000 series graphics cards are built to deliver high performance and power efficiency while adding advanced features, such as hardware-based raytracing, to your workstation. This is thanks to the AMD RDNA 2 architecture, which provides up to 94% better performance compared to the previous generation GCN architecture, with a higher graphics core count and the inclusion of AMD Infinity Cache to help minimize data bottlenecks
by Steven Wong ·Posted
AMD has made a significant expansion to its 5th and 4th generation Ryzen 7, 5, and 3 CPU models with the launch of six new desktop processors, most prominently with the announced launch date for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor, which is the first commercially available desktop CPU to feature AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology. Generally, the other announced CPUs are designed for budget-friendly builds that take full