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A close-up photo of an AMD Zen 4 CCD chiplet resting on top of an unidentifiable Ryzen 7000-series X3D processor, as shot by Fritzchens Fritz
Tech leaker suggests that AMD has a Ryzen 7 7700X3D lined up in the wings but if the specs are correct, it'll need to be genuinely cheap to sell well

By Nick Evanson Published

News Who's upgrading to AM5 these days when DDR5 is so stupidly expensive?

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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor
Intel is reportedly forcing PC builders to buy its latest, most expensive 18A CPUs and I'm wondering what that means for Arrow Lake desktop chips

By Jeremy Laird Published

News There are no Intel 18A desktop CPUs, so what are we meant to buy?

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A screenshot of a Bilibili video showing the CPU world record overclock attempt in May 2026 by wytiwx
Overclockers squeeze a record-topping 9.2 GHz out of a 14900KF, just 800 MHz shy of the ten gigs that Intel promised us all those years ago

By Nick Evanson Published

News But since it's just 1% faster than the previous record, that lofty goal remains just as elusive as ever.

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Forza Horizon 6: Three sports cars racing past the finish line towards the camera, nearly crashing into each other.
Advanced Shader Delivery banishes long loads and shader stutter on first time launch, but only for certain games and there are a number of other caveats too

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I don't have this problem on PS5, I'm just saying.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a photo opportunity with autoracing officials and champions on the South Portico of the White House on April 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a brutal duel between the world's two largest economies. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips

By James Bentley Published

News This is after Trump turned up in China to increase AI trade.

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An image of a delidded and sanded Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor, as sold by Thermal Grizzly, against a yellow/orange background
Intel's 270K Plus is worthy of being picked by Thermal Grizzly as a delidded option, and it's even cheaper than a stock 285K

By Nick Evanson Published

News One for the serious clockers only but I still kinda want one.

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor held between a person's finger and thumb
AMD now owns 38.1% of the overall x86 CPU market according to new research but actually lost ground in desktop PCs

By Jeremy Laird Published

News The CPU market giveth, and the CPU market taketh away...

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Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India
The US has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to 10 Chinese firms, but sources say they're still waiting for the go-ahead from China itself

By James Bentley Published

News Nvidia said it had 0% market share in China mere months ago.

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor held between a person's finger and thumb
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 75% It's the most powerful gaming CPU money can buy, but you really shouldn't.

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Score: 75%
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Trump confirms he brought Jensen Huang on his expedition to convince China to 'open up'

By James Bentley Published

News Or as Trump calls him, 'Great Jensen Huang'.

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