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The AMD segment at Computex 2025 was packed with new announcements, with the headliner being the Radeon RT 9060 XT. Check out our article to learn more about the mid-range GPU, and other reveals like FSR Redstone.

AMD Is Preparing ARM-based Chips to Power 2026 Surface Devices
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A new report says that AMD is allegedly developing an Arm-based "Sound Lake" APU for an upcoming Microsoft Surface device, set to release in 2026. It's expected that AMD will use Arm's vanilla Cortex CPU cores.

AMD’s Z2 Chips for Handhelds Are Here But Which Devices Will Use Them?
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AMD claims the Z2 series has more to offer across all fronts, and that will certainly be put to test. The Z2 Series consists of the vanilla Z2, the Z2 Extreme, and a Z2 Go. There are currently no handles slated to launch with the Z2 series, but that could change in a few days.

x86 Advisory Group: Intel and AMD Join Hands to Combat ARM’s Rise
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Intel and AMD have teamed up and formed an x86 advisory group to promote and expand the x86 architecture across platforms. Many tech companies have joined the group as founding members including Broadcom, Dell, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, etc.

7 Best CPUs for Gaming in 2024
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The best gaming CPUs from Intel and AMD are the Core i9-14900K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D respectively in the premium segment. For mid-rangers, the i5-14600K is a really good gaming CPU along with AMD's Ryzen 5 5700X3D for AM4 motherboards. Lastly, budget-centric users can pick up the AMD Ryzen 5 5600, Ryzen 5 7600, or Intel Core i5-12400.

NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super vs AMD RX 7800 XT: Which GPU to Buy?
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AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has 16GB of GDDR6 and Nvidia RTX 4070 Super has 12GB of GDDR6X VRAM. Both offer various advantages, such as AFMF with AMD. Nvidia has a suite of nice-to-have apps such as Chat with RTX. In raw performance, both GPUs stand tall against one another. However, Nvidia has better performance in ray-tracing. Overall, it is up to the user if they prefer the reasons we listed to get RX 7800 XT or RTX 4070 Super. AMD is more value for money, while Nvidia consumes less power.

AMD RX 7900 GRE Released for $549; Perfect RTX 4070 Super Alternative?
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AMD's new Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture. It demands 260W of power with 2x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The VRAM here is 16GB GDDR6, with an effective 18Gbps memory bandwidth. The performance is quite impressive with impressive FPS numbers at 1440p maxed out settings as tested by AMD. According to the company, the new RX 7900 GRE offers more value for your money compared to the competition.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Beats Steam Deck’s CPU Efficiency; 7% Better FPS at 10W!
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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U is a new processor and it has been found in gaming benchmarks that a particular handheld from GPD utilizing this chip is beating the Steam Deck's efficiency. Finally, at 10W, the Ryzen 8000 APU gets 7% more FPS as compared to Steam Deck. We don't think it is impressive enough to meet Valve's demands, but at least we are one step closer to a processor architecture that may be good enough for Steam Deck 2.

AMD’s Anti-Lag+ Making a Return After CS2 Debacle
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AMD Anti-Lag+ is a feature to reduce input lag in games and increase the responsiveness. The horror began shortly after the feature was released back in September 2023. Players started getting banned in Counter-Strike 2 and other anti-cheat systems of games like Call Of Duty and Apex Legends also flagged users who were using Anti-Lag+. With this, AMD had to remove the feature completely from its GPU drivers. Now, AMD's Frank Azor has confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that AMD Anti-Lag+ is coming back soon!

New Linux Patches Posted by AMD! RDNA 4 Graphics Coming Soon?
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AMD's Linux team has just posted a new series of Linux patches. Here, enablement work for AMD's upcoming graphics architecture (GFX12) happened including new components which are LSDMA 7.0, IH 7.0, HDP 7.0, and ATHUB 4.1. Given the version number on these components, it is highly expected that these are meant for AMD's RDNA 4 graphics architecture and not for the older generation. Reportedly, the Linux 6.9 merge window is in mid-2024 but we don't know if AMD will actually announce anything related to RDNA 4 around that time.

AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700 Is Slower in Gaming Versus Ryzen 5 5600
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AMD's Ryzen 7 5700 is slow in gaming performance benchmarks, as revealed by testing of Hardware Unboxed. The new processor has drastically reduced L3 Cache when comparing to Ryzen 7 5700X. Because of this, it ends up being slower than the Ryzen 5 5600 as well. The Ryzen 5 5600 is also a more affordable desktop processor under the AMD AM4 platform.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D AM4 CPU out for Sale; Faster than Core i5-13600KF for Gaming?
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and Ryzen 7 5700 was unveiled back at CES 2024. Now these new AMD processors have been released for sale and you can buy them for $249 (Ryzen 7 5700X3D) and $175 (Ryzen 7 5700). A tech reviewer from China has also shown how these processors are faster in many gaming benchmarks when compared to Intel Core i5-13600KF.

AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) Out; Brings Frame Generation to All DX11/DX12 Games
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The stable driver update for AMD AFMF has been released. With this, RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 architecture graphics cards can easily enable AI frame generation on the driver level. According to AMD, 98% more FPS can be delivered with AFMF enabled. Essentially, the in-game performance doubles after enabling AFMF. AMD Video Upscaling has also been released, which can upscale the video playback in apps like Media Player, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.

CES 2024: AMD Ryzen 8000G AI CPUs Unveiled; New Ryzen 5000 GT for AM4, Too!
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AMD has released new Ryzen 5000 processors for AM4 socket, as well as new Ryzen 8000 (G-series) APU proocessors for AM5 socket. AMD Ryzen 8000 features a new 'Neural Processing Unit' (NPU) for accelerating AI workloads. The new Ryzen 7 5700X3D serves as one of the best upgrades for anyone using AM4 motherboards.

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G ‘Hawk Point’ Benchmark Leaks; Check out the Scores
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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has leaked on Geekbench 5 public benchmark database. Up to 5.0GHz boost clock speed with a core configuration of 6-cores and 12-threads has been revealed here. The processor should be featuring Radeon 740M graphics. AMD has an event planned for CES 2024 where it could potentially unveil these new Ryzen 8000G processors.

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Leaks; Super-Fast Radeon 780M RDNA 3 iGPU!
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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G processor has just leaked on Geekbench. This is an APU, so it will feature very capable dedicated graphics. RDNA 3-based Radeon 780M has been mentioned in the leak. The new AMD processor is expected to launch with 8-cores & 16-threads as per the Geekbench CPU information. The processor should also boost beyond 5.0 GHz.

AMD to Launch Radeon RX 7600 XT in 2024; Details Here
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Radeon RX 7600 XT will launch in 'first half of 2024' as per the new leak. The source also claims no other AMD GPU is planned. EEC filings mentioning this GPU and several others have been spotted, but Benchlife's latest report states only the RX 7600 XT is coming and it will complete AMD's Radeon RX 7000 Series RDNA 3 lineup.

New AMD Zen 5 CPUs Support Added with Latest PMC Linux Driver
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The newest AMD PMC Driver brings support for AMD Zen 5 Processors. It seems that AMD engineers have been pushing many updates, and the latest PMC driver includes notes on 'Family 26 (1Ah) processors'. Reportedly, this a code-name for Zen 5 CPUs! These new processors will launch in 2024.

AMD Launches Ryzen 7 5700 CPU; Best Budget AM4 Processor?
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AMD has launched a new desktop processor under the older Ryzen 5000 series. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 has 8-cores and 16-threads, and is reportedly launching for $180. The processor does not have any integrated graphics, and is supported on most AM4 motherboards after a BIOS update. This new processor is an excellent budget CPU that will offer competent multi-core performance.

AMD Reaffirms AM5 Socket Support Beyond 2025; Check Details
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AMD AM5 socket is used for Ryzen 7000 processors, including the incredibly popular Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Now, AMD has confirmed that it will support this motherboard socket till 2025 'and beyond'. Essentially, AMD has confirmed that AM5 motherboard users will be supported for a long time, with various new CPU upgrades coming for them in the future. While AMD will release new motherboards too, it is great to see their team reassuring everyone that AM5 will last beyond 2025.

AMD Threadripper Pro 7995WX Shatters Cinebench R23 World Record!
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AMD's latest Threadripper literally rips through the Cinebench synthetic test, a benchmark used in CPU reviews. The world record has been broken, and the new CPU has become a favorite among overclockers.




















