AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7800X3D: a close call

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7800X3D: a close call

AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already one of the best processors you can buy. It delivers productivity and gaming gains across the board, though not in equal strides. Despite the improvements AMD made, the last-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still potent competition, particularly when it comes to gaming. These are two of the go-to … Read more

Your next gaming PC could be fully built by Nvidia

Your next gaming PC could be fully built by Nvidia

Nvidia might be at the heart of your next gaming PC, not just through a graphics card, but also through your processor. Team Green is working on an Arm-based PC platform that’s built around a CPU and GPU designed by Nvidia and that is reportedly set to launch in September 2025, according to DigiTimes. According … Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D shakes things up in a big way

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D shakes things up in a big way

We all knew it was coming. A string of rumors over the past several months has pointed to AMD releasing the Ryzen 7 9800X3D on November 7, but the company itself just confirmed the new CPU. It’s looking for a spot among the best processors, packing 3D V-Cache on top of an eight-core Zen 5 … Read more

AMD CPUs just got a major performance update for games

AMD CPUs just got a major performance update for games

Major motherboard brands are gearing up for the release of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D processors with BIOS updates that add support for the new CPUs. Alongside support, some brands, such as Gigabyte and Asus, have added an “X3D Turbo Mode,” which is said to boost performance by up to 35%. The update is targeting some … Read more

The death of Moore’s Law is finally starting to stink

The death of Moore’s Law is finally starting to stink

For more than two decades we’ve heard about the death of Moore’s Law. It was a principle of the late Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, positing that the number of transistors in a chip would double about every two years. In 2006, Moore himself said it would end in the 2020s. MIT Professor Charles Leiserson said … Read more

Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs can still consume a ton of power

Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs can still consume a ton of power

Intel has made a big deal about the efficiency of its upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs, which are looking to earn a spot among the best processors when they release later this week. Some early benchmark results HXL on X (formerly Twitter) show that the CPUs can still draw a ton of power if you stray … Read more

The launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D feels very close

The launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D feels very close

We may not talk about feelings much when discussing the best processors, but a mountain of leaks and rumors have been swirling about AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D — and they’re becoming too big to ignore. The most recent development is a post on the Chiphell forum (via Wccftech) that claims the processor will be … Read more

Sorry, gamers — Intel’s new CPUs won’t deliver any gains

Sorry, gamers — Intel’s new CPUs won’t deliver any gains

Intel is setting expectations for its upcoming Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs. Although the company is holding strong that the new generation will be competitive with the best processors when they release on October 24, the new range of CPUs won’t deliver much, if any, performance gains for gamers — and that’s coming from Intel itself. … Read more

Intel did the unthinkable with its new Arrow Lake CPUs

Intel did the unthinkable with its new Arrow Lake CPUs

It finally happened. Intel killed Hyper-Threading on its desktop CPUs. The new Arrow Lake range, called Core Ultra 200S, ditches the simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) feature that Intel has held onto for more than a decade. And according to Intel, it doesn’t need the extra threads to still deliver a generational performance improvement, even up against … Read more

What to buy now that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is sold out

What to buy now that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is sold out

There’s no doubt about it — the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the best gaming CPU you can buy. And if you’re building a high-end gaming PC, it’s the CPU you should look out for. There’s just one problem: Over the past several weeks, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has slowly faded from store shelves, and now, … Read more