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I test gaming laptops for a living — here’s why you should avoid any with Intel Lunar Lake

Why are all Intel Lunar Lake laptops just notebooks and not gaming laptops? There's a big reason.

Tom’s Guide

Final Fantasy XVI and God of War Ragnarok drop for PC this week — AMD has preview drivers, Nvidia shows benchmarks

AMD and Nvidia dropped drivers and benchmarks, respectively, ahead of two major PS5-to-PC ports. There's also a Dead Rising Remaster and a Souls-like to keep you busy.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD microcode improves cross-CCD latency on Ryzen 9000 CPUs — Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X cross-CCD latency cut in half to match previous-gen models

AMD has released a new AGESA microcode update for Zen 5 that cuts the cross-CCD latency of the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X in half, matching the previous gen Ryzen 9 7950X and 7900X.

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5 'Strong Buy' AI Stocks That Could Benefit from a Fed Rate Cut

As the Fed gears up for its long-awaited September rate cut, here are 5 AI stocks that could benefit from more accommodative policy.

Barchart

Latest Windows 11 update gives some PCs a real speed boost for gaming – if you don’t run into some reportedly nasty bugs

Windows 11’s latest update boosts gaming performance for some AMD users, but others are seemingly facing crashes and glitches.

TechRadar

PlayStation 6 tipped to stick with AMD for one great reason

Sony will apparently use AMD again for the PS6, despite an Intel bid for the contract.

Hands-on with Thunderbolt 5: Is this bleeding-edge dock a sensible set of future-proof ports or just trivial tech?

Kensington's SD5000T5 EQ Thunderbolt 5 Triple 4K Docking Station opens up even more connectivity with an all-new Thunderbolt 5 USB-C cable, even if your new laptop likely doesn't support it.

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New PS6 report claims AMD will be designing the console's chip

AMD allegedly secures the next generation of PlayStation hardware over Intel, according to a Reuters report.

TechRadar

Supercharge your screen setup with Hisense’s new gaming TV range

Take your living room gaming TV setup to new high-spec heights

GamesRadar

How AMD could make Valve's Steam Deck obsolete

With AMD's Ryzen Z chip looking like it will make a fool out of the Steam Deck's current hardware, Valve is facing some pressure

Laptop

6.3 GHz Ryzen 9 9700X beats 7.1 GHz Core i9-14900KF in liquid nitrogen AVX showdown

AMD's Ryzen 7 9700X broke the OCCT AVX benchmarking world record with liquid nitrogen, setting a score that outpaced a liquid nitrogen-cooled i9-14900KF operating at 800MHz higher clock speeds.

Tom’s Hardware

Intel reportedly lost a PS6 deal worth $30 billion to AMD, with Sony eyeing next-gen backwards compatibility

On the heels of the PS5 Pro, the PS6 looks to be AMD-powered

GamesRadar

PlayStation 6: Sony reportedly chooses AMD chip to keep older games playable

A PS6 that can play the full PlayStation back catalogue, stretching back to the PS1, would be a gamer’s dream

Evening Standard

Intel reportedly lost PlayStation 6 chip design contract to AMD in 2022 — the $30 billion deal was up for grabs

Intel lost out to AMD in its bid to design and fabricate processors for the upcoming Sony PlayStation 6. According to three insiders, Intel and AMD were the two final contenders in the PS6 chip design and fabrication tender.

Tom’s Hardware

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Intel was in the running to make the PlayStation 6 APU but lost out to AMD due to disputes over profit margins, report claims

It's alleged that the contract was worth a cool $30 billion, which Intel could really do with right now.

Windows Central

A new AMD graphics feature massively increases framerates with AI tech for smoother gameplay, but there's a catch

AMD's AFMF 2 technology brings AI enhancements to your integrated graphics, significantly boosting frame rates in demanding games. Ryzen AI 300 CPU users can (probably) take immediate advantage, but there is a catch.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD’s Linux graphics driver is getting too big for older machines

Linux users are complaining that the AMD graphics driver for their OS of choice is getting so big that it is causing issues. Red Hat Linux desktop engineer Hans de Goede highlighted this issue at the weekend. Graphical boot menus are timing out before AMDGPU can load.

PC Gamer

AMD is set to finally join Nvidia with FSR 4, using AI to power frame generation, though no word on upscaling yet

Now, how long will Intel take to get in on the frame gen action?

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Put down that Windows gaming handheld! Wait 'til early 2025

A recent announcement from AMD could spell disaster for unreleased Windows gaming handhelds.

TechRadar

We could be witnessing the death of the graphics card in real time right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it

Could the dedicated graphics card become a thing of the past? I think so - here’s why.

Creative Bloq

How to build a power PC on a budget

Lance Evans scours the internet to take on the challenge of creating a custom 3D workstation at a reasonable price.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD EPYC CPU hacked onto B650 motherboard, hits 6.6 GHz with liquid nitrogen — $159 EPYC 4124P shows immense overclocking potential

Overclocker pushes the EPYC 4124P to 6.6 GHz with LN2 on a Gigabyte's B650E Aorus Tachyon motherboard.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD’s laptop OEMs decry poor support, chip supply, and communication — OEM complains the company has "left billions of US dollars lying around" due to poor execution: Reports

Analysts and media contend that AMD is losing the confidence of laptop OEMs because of its focus on AI and data center GPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

AMD hides Taiwan branding on Ryzen CPU packaging as it preps new chips for China market release — company uses black sticker to erase origin information

AMD hid the information on the back of its packaging for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D that says that AMD processors are diffused and made in Taiwan.

Tom’s Hardware

Intel preps Xeon R1S CPUs with 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes — Granite Rapids rumored with up to 80 cores for single-socket platform

Intel's Xeon R1S CPU with 136 PCIe lanes could be a competitive choice for communications, edge, and high-performance storage platforms.

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