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AMD just renamed this top-end Ryzen gaming CPU to make it look newer
The new AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX is still a Zen 4 gaming laptop chip, and it doesn't even increase the clock speed over its predecessor.
AMD Ryzen CPU failures: what’s happened and what it means for you
The Ryzen 9800X3D and 9950X3D are burning out in alarming numbers, and motherboard firmware could be the root cause.
AMD Ryzen 8000HX CPUs unveiled for gaming laptops — but what's changed?
AMD revealed four new Ryzen 8000HX chips, coming with up to 16 CPU cores, 32 threads, up to 5.4GHz boost clock speeds and 75W TDP. These are designed to "deliver desktop-level performance" in gaming laptops, with Zen 4 architecture giving performance boosts.
AMD Quietly Refreshes Ryzen 8000HX Dragon Range Laptop CPUs With These Specs
AMD is rolling out a new round of mobile processors to fuel presumably cheaper gaming laptops, and the timing couldn't be better.
AMD’s Ryzen 8000HX CPUs arrive in laptops, but you might not see a difference
AMD has just unveiled a bunch of new processors for laptops, set to appear alongside some of the best graphics cards.
AMD quietly unveils its refreshed Zen 4 gaming laptop CPUs – the Ryzen 8000HX series
Listings for four new high-end laptop processors recently appeared on AMD's website. Unlike the company's Fire Range and Ryzen AI 300 series, the new Ryzen 8000HX
AMD Ryzen 8000HX processor pops up in Asus ROG laptop listing
As Weibo user recently discovered a listing for an ROG Strix gaming laptop rocking a Ryzen 9 8940HX processor. It’s practically identical to AMD’s prior generation Ryzen 9 7940HX chip, sporting 16 Zen 4 cores and 32 threads albeit with a slightly higher boost clock of 5.3GHz making for a 100MHz uplift.
AMD debuts cheaper Ryzen 8000 HX chips for gaming laptops as tariffs rage
No one wants to spend more than they have to right now…meaning that it might have been an opportune time for AMD to debut its latest Ryzen 8000 Core HX mobile processors for gaming notebooks, which lack some of the features of the Ryzen 9000 series.
AMD quietly announces Ryzen 8000HX series — Dragon Range Refresh arrives to replace AMD's top laptop CPUs
AMD has announced its Ryzen 8000HX line of processors, codenamed Dragon Range Refresh. The premium laptop processors will launch with products soon.
AMD just quietly refreshed its most powerful laptop CPUs
After a couple of listings went live preemptively yesterday, AMD officially announced its Dragon Range refresh on Wednesday. Otherwise known as Ryzen 8000 HX processors, the chips
Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards
To be more specific, at one recent count on Reddit, 98 9800X3Ds are reported to have expired in ASRock motherboards. But ...
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AMD discloses Zen 5 CPU microcode vulnerability and will release a fix soon
Google security teams have found a new medium severity flaw in AMD processors allowing malicious microcode injection without ...
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Tested: AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D absolutely dominates
AMD loves to build to a crescendo. As it’s shown since 2016, when its first Ryzen CPUs launched, the company progresses incrementally but steadily—until Team Red sits all the way at the top.
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Here's where you can buy the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
Cooler Master, Be Quiet!, etc. Well, there you have it - the best prices for AMD's all-new Ryzen 7 9950X3D and a little advice too. Let us know if you spot one of these CPUs for a lower price ...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance
AMD offers an array of tools for overclocking Ryzen 9000 series processors, including "one-click" methods like Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) and auto-overclocking via Ryzen Master, or manual ...