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AMD accuses Intel's Arrow Lake of being a 'horrible' product and implies a lack of options for consumers has caused the Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortage
By James Bentley published
News AMD is taking its victory lap a little early.

Intel on its next-gen laptop chip: 'Panther Lake will take everything you love about Lunar Lake to the next level'
By Nick Evanson published
news The first chip to be made on Intel's 18A node is on target for release later this year.

AMD has just announced the two new 9000-series X3D chips we were hoping for, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D
By Jacob Fox published
News But both have the same amount of 3D V-Cache as the 9800X3D.

AMD's throwing the considerably hefty Ryzen 9 9950X3D at gaming laptops and calling it a Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
By Jacob Ridley published
News That's one beefy laptop chip. If you can even call it that.

Intel unveils second round of updates intended to bring Arrow Lake desktop chips up to expectations: 'our software for the 200S has reached full performance'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Long story short: update your BIOS.

A German retailer reports the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has outsold the entire non-X3D 9000 line
By James Bentley published
News 3D V-Cache takes the win.

PC Gamer's biggest hardware stories of 2024: Elon Musk, the rise and rise of AI, brilliant builds, the humbling of big tech giants, orb pondering aplenty, and much more
By Jess Kinghorn published
2024 in hardware Looking back at another year of head-turning headlines, as decided by you.

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming CPU of 2024
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year AMD wins, no matter what. But which chip?
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