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Microsoft is having an explosive E3 2019 Xbox briefing. (Image source: Mixer/screenshot)

Supposed Xbox Scarlett devkit specifications leaked; outguns rumored PlayStation 5 power

Microsoft has been busy wowing the audience with its E3 2019 Xbox briefing. A lot of people will be very interested in what the company has got planned and will share in regard to the Xbox Scarlett console family. However, it seem...

Daniel R Deakin, 09 Jun 2019 23:09

The ZenFone 6 will launch as the Asus 6Z in India on June 19. (Source: Flipkart)

Asus ZenFone 6 to launch as the Asus 6Z in India on June 19

Asus's flagship smartphone, the ZenFone 6, will be be launching as the Asus 6Z in the Indian market on June 19. The change in naming is due to an interim order by the Delhi High Court that restrains Asus from selling any product u...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 09 Jun 2019 09:48

PlayStation CEO reveals PS5 support for 4K @120 Hz, SSD storage and cross-generation play

Since Sony is not going to present anything at E3 2019, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan went ahead and revealed a few more PlayStation 5 features to hype up the fans until the official announcement scheduled later this summer. The rumore...

Bogdan Solca, 06 Jun 2019 17:14

Could the Ryzen 5 3600 be the CPU of choice for gaming? (Source: PCWorld)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 shown to post 6.3% higher FPS than an Intel Core i7-8700 in PUBG

An AMD Ryzen 5 3600 was shown to beat the Intel Core i7-8700 in a leaked PUBG benchmark over at the Chiphell forum. The Ryzen 5 3600 was shown to average about 6.3% higher than the 8700 when both of them were paired with DDR4-3000...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 04 Jun 2019 08:17

The Dell XPS 15 7590 features the webcam back at the top of the display. (Image source: Dell)

Dell XPS 15 7590 coming in June: No soldered-on SSD, finally an OLED option, potential for a future Ryzen Zen 2 APU

There’s good news for those waiting for the latest version of Dell’s renowned XPS 15 lineup. Company executive Frank Azor has revealed that the new XPS 15 7590 is coming this month. Although it appears this year’s refresh is relat...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 Jun 2019 10:00

AMD's Ryzen 3000 series could be comparatively cheap as chips. (Image source: The Verge/AMD)

Online retailer listing gives idea of how much AMD's Ryzen 3000 processors will actually cost

An online retailer specializing in consumer electronics has added the five current members of AMD’s Matisse family to its database. The prices listed for the Zen 2 desktop processors aren’t too much higher than what was expected: ...

Daniel R Deakin, 01 Jun 2019 08:44

The Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus and AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 are clearly a good match. (Image source: Asus)

Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus with AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 defeats all other Ryzen chips in Geekbench single-core test

An unknown system incorporating an Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus motherboard and an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU has been tested on Geekbench. The device with the brand-new board and just-announced Ryzen 3000 processor managed a surprising sc...

Daniel R Deakin, 31 May 2019 12:56

AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 is very fast. (Image source: Tendencias)

AMD's new Ryzen 5 3600 zips past a Ryzen 7 2700X and an Intel Core i7-8700 on UserBenchmark

An AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor has made an appearance on UserBenchmark and the results it achieved seem to point in the direction of the 3rd Gen Ryzen series achieving what was expected from it. High hopes had been pinned on the Ze...

Daniel R Deakin, 31 May 2019 09:36

Navi to the left and Ryzen to the right. (Image source: MyNavi)

Here is a fresh up-close look at AMD's Navi GPU next to the Ryzen 9 3900X CPU

A couple of photos of an AMD Navi chip and a Ryzen 3000 series processor have been published by a Japanese website. After months of rumors and leaks, the physical products are finally available to see. The Ryzen 9 3900X is easily ...

Daniel R Deakin, 30 May 2019 11:20

Lisa Su stated "Threadripper will have to move up". (Image source: TechCrunch)

Lisa Su on AMD's Ryzen Threadripper processors: "you will definitely see more"

AMD’s CEO, Lisa Su, has managed to allay concerns that development of 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors has been abandoned. An AMD Investor Presentation from March had the vaunted HEDT chips included in the 2019 AMD client lin...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 May 2019 10:47

Even if the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X features 2 dies like the 16-core version, the second die is not fully unlocked. (Source: AMD)

AMD's 16-core Ryzen 9 CPU beats Intel's 18-core i9-9980XE in Cinebench

The rumored 16-core Ryzen 9 CPU was tested behind-the-scenes at Computex by a group of overclockers, who managed to push the processor to 4.25 GHz on water cooling. Thus, the 16-core CPU that is rumored to cost around US$800 manag...

Bogdan Solca, 28 May 2019 21:58

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U ZenBook Flip 14 convertible comes with a smaller 45 Wh battery so it is lighter than the Intel models. (Source: Asus)

Asus quietly refreshes ZenBook Flip 14 convertible with AMD CPUs

Instead of being announced at Computex, the new ZenBook 14 Flip powered by AMD's Ryzen 5 3500U only made a discrete appearance on Amazon France. Besides the AMD CPU that is integrating a Radeon RX Vega 8 GPU, the refreshed model c...

Bogdan Solca, 28 May 2019 20:34

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X offers a massive 12C/24T configuration for mainstream desktops. (Source: AMD)

Computex 2019 | AMD Ryzen 3rd generation signals deep trouble for Intel

AMD is taking on Intel with not just one or two but a total of five high-end desktop CPUs that promise far greater performance than Intel's offerings at lower TDPs and price points. The new Ryzen 3000-series is being fabricated on...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 27 May 2019 09:55

It seems the entry-level AMD Ryzen 3 3300 processor has amazing performance for a low cost. (Image source: ExtremeTech)

Entry-level AMD Ryzen 3000 Matisse processor's scores on Geekbench will make Intel nervous

A member of the upcoming Matisse family of Ryzen 3000 processors from AMD has been spotted on Geekbench, and the seemingly entry-level sample has delivered scores that will have Intel concerned. The apparent price-performance rati...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 May 2019 10:57

A real Core i5 competitor: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H performing on par with the Intel Core i5-9300H (Image source: Asus)

A real Core i5 competitor: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H strikes hard against the Intel Core i5-9300H

The 12 nm 35 W Ryzen 7 3750H is essentially on par with the 14 nm 45 W Core i5-8300H and even i5-9300H in terms of multi-threaded performance. Now, all that's left is for more OEMs to adopt the Ryzen H-series so more budget-consci...

Allen Ngo, 25 May 2019 23:42

A 16-core Ryzen 3000 CPU has allegedly been benchmarked. (Image source: AMD)

16-core Ryzen 3000 processor posts spectacular score on Cinebench R15

A 16-core Zen 2 AMD Ryzen 3000 processor has apparently been benchmarked on Cinebench R15 and offered up a score that will surprise or amaze many. It’s believed the chip in question has a base clock of 3.2 GHz with a boost availab...

Daniel R Deakin, 23 May 2019 11:55

AIDA64's latest update prepares it for the immediate hardware and software future. (Source: AIDA64)

New AIDA64 update adds support for AMD Matisse, Windows 10 May 2019 and SHA3-512

The latest version of AIDA64 - v6.00 - has been released. It adds benchmarks for the Zen2-based Matisse processors. In addition, it now also has a SHA3-512 cryptographic hash benchmark.

Deirdre O Donnell, 22 May 2019 18:44

AMD CPU and GPU for gaming harmony. (Image source: Twitter/AMD Ryzen)

Borderlands 3 custom rig offers AMD fans the tools for high-performance Vault Hunting

AMD has been showing off another fantastic custom desktop PC that utilizes a processor and graphics card from the red team. The build was created by Xidax PCs especially for a Borderlands 3 reveal event. The rig features an AMD Ry...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 May 2019 08:46

AMD's Epyc 2 Rome chip has been performing epically on SiSoftware. (Image source: El Chapuzas Informático)

SiSoftware record reveals Dell PowerEdge R6515 racing along with a 32-core Rome chip from AMD

An interesting entry in the SiSoftware SANDRA database has been spotted that has shown a presumably upcoming Dell server being tested with one of AMD’s forthcoming Epyc 2 “Rome” chips. It seems the engineering sample and Dell serv...

Daniel R Deakin, 18 May 2019 09:27

The PS5 is likely to enjoy healthy sales in its first two years of release. (Image source: Vrutal)

Research analyst predicts PlayStation 5 release date, launch price, and first two years of sales

An analyst for the Ace Research Institute has compiled a financial results report about Sony’s PlayStation business. Among the big numbers and forecasts, the researcher has detailed some information about the upcoming PlayStation ...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 May 2019 07:27

Biostar is preparing its products for 3rd Gen Ryzen processors. (Image source: Biostar)

Biostar publishes list of 3rd Gen Ryzen-compatible motherboards and reveals "AMD Ryzen 3000 Desktop Ready" logo in the process

Biostar has announced the 300 and 400-series motherboards that will offer compatibility with AMD’s upcoming range of Ryzen 3000 desktop processors. There are models from the A320, B350, B450, and X470 lineups that will be able to ...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 May 2019 04:28

AMD will turn up the heat with its Zen 2 processors. (Image source: GND Tech)

12-core AMD Ryzen engineering sample rips through UserBenchmark and scores over 99%

An engineering sample of an upcoming AMD processor has been spotted on UserBenchmark. This particular chip has visited the benchmark before, back in January, but it seems it has received some improvements in the meantime. The samp...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 May 2019 01:49

New ZombieLoad attack can exploit all Intel chips dating back to 2011

A flaw in Intel's modern CPU architectures can be used in a new attack. Dubbed "ZombieLoad," the vulnerability is similar to the Spectre and Meltdown bugs that haunted the PC market last year. ZombieLoad uses a similar flaw in Int...

Sam Medley, 14 May 2019 23:44

Watch the AMD Computex and E3 livestream keynotes from the comfort of your own home

Lisa Su will kickoff Computex 2019 in less than two weeks and then tease even more gaming technologies two weeks later at the Next Horizon Gaming conference in E3 2019. Expect a cluster of hopefully exciting AMD announcements in t...

Allen Ngo, 14 May 2019 20:41

The two CPU dyes on the right prove that the Ryzen 3000 CPUs can integrate up to 16 cores and 32 threads. (Source: WCCFTech)

16-core AMD Ryzen 3000 CPU specs leaked

The leaked specs come from reliable source Tum Apisak on Twitter, who managed to intercept a 16-core engineering sample that is usually offered by AMD to motherboard makers for design purposes. With 3.3 GHz default clocks and boos...

Bogdan Solca, 10 May 2019 15:37

Frontier is expected to have peak performance close to 1.5 exaflops and network bandwidth in excess of 1 petabyte/s. (Source: Cray)

AMD and Cray are building world's fastest exascale supercomputer

More than 7 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer, Frontier will probably end up even faster than Intel's Aurora exascale supercomputer scheduled to go operational around the same time frame. Frontier will combine th...

Bogdan Solca, 07 May 2019 16:19

The Athlon 200GE and 220GE are dual-core chips. (Image source: AMD)

New AMD Athlon APUs leaked online with expected base clock rates

A couple of AMD processors have been revealed online: The Athlon 300GE and the Athlon 320GE. Unfortunately, there are almost no details to accompany the supposed names of the chips apart from the alleged base clock rates. The Athl...

Daniel R Deakin, 05 May 2019 11:36

There was even room left for 2x 2 TB NVMe SSDs and 2x HDDs. (Image source: Twitter/Ryan Brown)

Speedy custom desktop with 4x RTX 2080 Ti cards rips apart OctaneBench without going over 75 °C

A PC builder has managed to install four Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards in the tiniest of desktop cases, and then proceeded to amass a huge score of over 3,500 points on OctaneBench while claiming that none of the GPUs ...

Daniel R Deakin, 05 May 2019 10:06

AMD's Navi GPUs are linked with cloud gaming. (Image source: AMD)

No 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper in the latest AMD Investor Presentation but there is room for Zen 4 and Navi cloud gaming

A new investor presentation from AMD has been published online and there are numerous interesting additions and omissions from the previous presentation. In comes mention of Zen 3, Zen 4, Milan and cloud gaming connected to Navi, ...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 May 2019 18:09

There could be a Matisse processor hiding among all that lot. (Image source: Windows Central)

Happy 50th Anniversary, AMD: Matisse processor briefly mentioned on Newegg as part of a prize draw

Happy 50th Anniversary, AMD. The red team is celebrating half a century in business, having been founded on May 1, 1969. There are numerous celebratory products brandishing a flash of gold to enliven proceedings and Newegg is offe...

Daniel R Deakin, 01 May 2019 12:04

Navi could be publicly available by July 7. (Image source: HD Tecnología)

AMD confirms Q3 2019 launch for Navi; initial price will be cheaper than the Radeon VII

AMD has announced in an earnings conference call that its 7nm Navi GPU series will be launched in the third quarter of 2019. It is expected that there will be some sort of revelation about Navi at this year’s Computex, which start...

Daniel R Deakin, 01 May 2019 05:31

The Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero motherboard will be ready to take on Ryzen 3000. (Image source: Asus)

Asus reveals full list of AM4 motherboards that will get BIOS updates for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 CPUs

Asus has posted a statement detailing which of its motherboards will be compatible with the upcoming next-generation Ryzen 3000 series of processors from AMD. The list covers models from the 300 and 400 series of products, and Asu...

Daniel R Deakin, 30 Apr 2019 12:55

Buckets of salt required: Alleged PlayStation 5 spec leak mentions 3.2 GHz Zen 2 CPU and 1.8 GHz/12.9 TF Navi GPU

A new purported leak about the PlayStation 5 has offered up some more detailed information about the key components. Sony already announced that the next-generation console will feature an AMD APU with a 7nm Zen 2 CPU and Navi GPU...

Daniel R Deakin, 30 Apr 2019 11:31

An X570 motherboard from ASUS. (Source: WCCFTech)

More details on X570 motherboards allegedly leaked

The X570 chipset is compatible with AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 series. So far, we have been led to believe that it will support PCIe 4.0 and will, obviously, next-gen performance and speed. A new leak appears to confirm its all-4.0...

Deirdre O Donnell, 28 Apr 2019 15:56

AMD's Ryzen 5 2600X is good for multithread operations. (Image source: PCGamer)

Deal | AMD's mainstream 6-core Ryzen 5 2600X desktop processor dips under US$200

With the third generation of Ryzen processors looming over the horizon, now seems like a good time to pick up a second-generation processor for a bargain price. At the moment, you can purchase an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X desktop CPU for ...

Daniel R Deakin, 28 Apr 2019 03:29

Cooling fan or jet engine...(Image source: YouTube/Tweak.dk)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X-powered workstation looks ready for take-off in fascinating time-lapse build video

Danish desktop enthusiasts have built an incredible workstation based around an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. The desktop computer was actually undergoing a thorough upgrading session in a venture labeled “Project Threadripper”. T...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 Apr 2019 08:48

AMD could be developing Radeon RX Vega 9 graphics. (Source: AMD)

Mysterious AMD Ryzen 5 3550U APU with Vega 9 iGPU mentioned online

There has been mention of an AMD Ryzen 5 3550U with Vega 9 made online, but no other information has been offered apart from the names for the two potential components. AMD already has a Ryzen 5 3550H mobile processor in its lineu...

Daniel R Deakin, 24 Apr 2019 10:13

It's not yet been confirmed if the red AMD Radeon VII is a genuine product. (Source: VideoCardz)

AMD's upcoming 50th anniversary preparations continue with alleged special edition red Radeon VII graphics card

Another limited edition product has been unearthed that will be seemingly part of AMD’s 50th anniversary celebrations. A red version of the great value for money Radeon VII desktop graphics card has made an appearance, although it...

Daniel R Deakin, 23 Apr 2019 06:53

Four XFX Radeon RX Vega 64 desktop graphics cards with liquid cooling were used. (Source: Reddit - u/RadeonRampage365)

AMD fan amazes the red team with custom build PC featuring four Radeon RX Vega 64 LC graphics cards

AMD has posted a tweet on its Ryzen Twitter account showing what can be done with just one Ryzen Threadripper 1950X HEDT chip and four Radeon RX Vega 64 LC graphics cards. The builder of the custom desktop PC setup has called his ...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Apr 2019 11:37

The next-gen Xbox codenamed Anaconda is confirmed to be more powerful than the PS5. (Source: Microsoft)

Insiders confirm next-gen Xbox will be more advanced than PlayStation 5

The next pitched battle between Sony and Microsoft in their console wars is starting to heat up. The latest news to surface is courtesy of some Microsoft insiders who say that the next-gen flagship Xbox will be more advanced than ...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 22 Apr 2019 06:31

AMD introduced Ryzen in February 2017. (Source: HotHardware)

Images and specifications for AMD's Picasso Zen+ Ryzen 3 3200G desktop APU leaked

Two images of one of AMD’s upcoming Picasso range of desktop APUs have been leaked online. The pictures themselves don’t reveal very much, apart from the fact that AMD is likely preparing to finally release the desktop APU counter...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Apr 2019 08:41

AMD's 7nm+ Zen 3 chips could have a 20% greater transistor density over Zen 2

The Zen 2-based Ryzen, EPYC and Threadripper chipsets should make for exciting launches soon. This is because their state-of-the-art 7nm architectures should deliver performance improvements in many areas compared to their Zen+ pr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 19 Apr 2019 20:27

Atari VCS to use AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 SoC, still has no firm release date

Atari announced this week that the Atari VCS would switch to an AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 APU, officially ditching the Bristol Ridge A10 it had planned to use last year. While the R1000 will bring better performance and support for...

Sam Medley, 18 Apr 2019 18:04

Asus is offering the FX95DD laptop in a limited time presale. (Source: Asus)

Asus reveals FX95DD laptop with AMD's Ryzen 7 3750H and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050

Asus has added the FX95DD laptop to its Chinese website as part of its FX/ZX series of computers. The device will feature a Zen+ Picasso AMD Ryzen 7 3750H APU in combination with the Pascal-based Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU. The n...

Daniel R Deakin, 17 Apr 2019 08:24

The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 chips feature dual 10G Gigabit Ethernet. (Source: AMD)

AMD announces Ryzen Embedded R1000 series with the R1606G and R1505G processors; 3DMark 11 performance comparison unearthed

AMD has introduced two embedded processors as part of the new Ryzen R1000 series. The models are the Ryzen Embedded R1606G and the slightly lower-specced Ryzen Embedded R1505G. Both chips come with two cores and four threads. Stra...

Daniel R Deakin, 17 Apr 2019 06:57

Owners of MSI X370 motherboards could be in for a Matisse-related disappointment. (Source: MSI)

Updated | Alleged MSI tech support email states older 300-series motherboards won't support AMD Ryzen 3000 processors

An email that has supposedly come from MSI’s German-language tech support team has stated that the company will not be offering support for AMD’s upcoming line of Ryzen 3000 Matisse desktop processors on older motherboards (300-se...

Daniel R Deakin, 17 Apr 2019 02:28

Sony confirms PlayStation 5 specifications: 7 nm Zen 2 CPU, Navi GPU, 8K, 3D audio, and more

Mark Cerny, lead architect behind the PlayStation 4, has confirmed several details about the specifications of Sony's next-generation console. The PlayStation 5, as it is rumored to be called, will run on an AMD APU consisting of ...

Sam Medley, 16 Apr 2019 23:38

The Gigabyte promo image may have just revealed the launch date for AMD's Ryzen 3000 series. (Source: Reddit - u/sxodan)

Leaked Gigabyte Aorus X570 promo material points to May 27 for AMD Ryzen 3000 launch

A piece of leaked marketing material purportedly from Gigabyte has led to considerable speculation about what could occur on the date mentioned on it. The image pertains to the gaming-related Aorus sub-brand, with some believing i...

Daniel R Deakin, 16 Apr 2019 06:36