Tag Archives: Ryzen

AMD fans looking to save a bit of cash on their 12 core 24 thread upgrades may not have to wait much longer, as a new leak has shown what looks like the specification of AMD’s yet to be announced Ryzen 9 3900 CPU. While we are still awaiting official …

AMD fans have reason to be cheerful this week, with news of its highly anticipated B550 Chipset specs being detailed online. This could give users a more budget-friendly incentive to upgrade to the new Zen 2, Ryzen 3000 platform. Hong Kong media HKEPC dropped the leaked specifications for the B550 …

It's ASRock's £300 X570 offering - what does Luke make of it?

At this point, we know that 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors are coming, it is just a matter of when. In the months following Computex, lots of rumours have been circulating, giving us an early idea of what to expect from 7nm Threadripper and its new chipset. Right now, 3rd …

While the first generation of Ryzen processors had some issues maintaining high DDR4 memory speeds, significant improvements have been made since then. Now with 3rd Gen Ryzen and X570, memory makers are able to release blazing fast DDR4 kits tailored to AMD's platform. Corsair's new Vengeance LPX for instance runs …

Last week, AMD addressed complaints surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors not hitting their advertised boost clock speeds. Now, a fix is on the way, with motherboard partners currently working to implement the latest firmware update.

While 3rd Gen Ryzen has mostly been positively received, there have been some issues along the way. One of the main issues currently is that a good number of 3rd Gen Ryzen owners aren't able to hit advertised boost clock speeds. Fortunately, AMD is aware and may have found a …

The launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen appears to be going down very well, leading to a big boost in AMD CPU market share.

There has been plenty of talk surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and the X570 platform over the last couple of months, but we haven't heard much about what's next for Threadripper. We were already told that AMD would be revisiting Threadripper in the future and a third generation could be …

AMD refuses to slow down as next-gen Zen 3 and Zen 4 architectures are on track.

It's a Zen+ APU with Vega 11 graphics, priced at £139.99. Does Luke rate it?

With the jump to 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and the X570 chipset, RAM speeds have greatly improved on AMD's platform. As a result, we have already started seeing new ‘Ryzen optimised' memory kits hitting the market and today, G.Skill is launching its fastest yet. The new G.Skill Trident Z Neo …

How does AMD's Ryzen 5 3600X fare in the mid-range market segment?

Last week, it was widely reported that Destiny 2 was not able to run on AMD's new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboards. Bungie began investigating the issue fairly swiftly but it turns out that the main problem was on the AMD side, as Destiny 2 and several major …

Update (12.07.19): Earlier this week we learned that Destiny 2 players upgrading to AMD's new Ryzen 3000 CPUs and X570 motherboards were having trouble launching the game. Bungie has been investigating the issue this week but so far, the developers haven't been able to patch out the problem. Fortunately, it …

Last week was a huge one in the tech world as not only did we get two new GPUs launching from Nvidia, but AMD's long-awaited Navi GPU and Zen 2 CPU launches both arrived. Reviews for the Radeon RX 5700 series and the Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 3700X …

Looking for a new CPU upgrade? AMD delivers in spades with the Ryzen 3900X and 3700X

Whenever there is a big new tech launch, it is usually a good time to shop around a bit, whether you are interested in the latest and greatest or not. Those looking to upgrade on the cheap will be happy to hear that 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs have received some …

We know that AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are on the verge of release, accompanied by the new x570 motherboard chipset. This jump will pave the way for PCI-Express 4.0 and new hardware that takes advantage of the increased speed and bandwidth. The first PCIe 4.0 upgrades we will be seeing …

After spending a couple of days at Intel's development centre in Israel, Leo returns with an Intel-focused episode to share what was learned.

It is no secret that the launch of the Zen architecture has brought plenty of competition back to the CPU market. AMD is about to make another leap with Zen 2, which will also introduce the first 7nm desktop CPUs to the market and put them in the hands of …

The launch of the Zen architecture back in 2017 brought some much needed competition back to the CPU market and AMD is about to hit a new milestone with the launch of Zen 2 next week, which will make the jump to 7nm technology. According to a report, the impending …

Leo bumped into Steve from Gamers Nexus at Computex, and they got talking about a whole range of topics - including 16-core Ryzen 3000

After a long day at Computex, Leo is sharing his first impressions and reactions to AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen launch.

Now that AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are officially here, accompanied by the new x570 motherboard chipset, the PCIe 4.0 generation can get started. During AMD's keynote this morning, we heard about a few SSD makers planning to make the jump to PCIe 4.0 and now it looks like CORSAIR …

AMD has been making a habit of showing up at E3 for a few years now. Back in 2015, we saw Lisa Su arrive to launch the Radeon R9 Fury. One year later, AMD returned to the gaming-focused event to show off DOOM running on Ryzen, while also announcing the …

There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …

AMD's next generation Ryzen processors are just around the corner and motherboard makers are busy preparing for the launch. Since launching Ryzen, AMD has been committed to maintaining motherboard compatibility across generations and that will be continuing. We've already seen MSI issue BIOS updates to add 3rd-gen Ryzen support to …

AMD seems to be on track to launch the first Zen 2 processors and Navi graphics cards in Q3.