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Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming CPU
By Nick Evanson published
New CPU guide I've been buying and using CPUs for PC gaming for over three decades, so now you can learn from the mistakes I've made in the past.

AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 86% All the gaming benefits of 3D V-Cache for a reasonable sum.

AMD confirms next-gen Zen 6 CPUs to launch in 2026 and 'Medusa' APUs to launch in 2027
By Jacob Fox published
News This is the first official confirmation we've got.

A few Redditors faked the recent Ryzen 7 9700X3D benchmark leaks and explain 'why you can't trust online bench databases'
By James Bentley published
News Playing X3DChess.

OK, the Xe3 GPU in Intel's Panther Lake chip officially isn't Celestial, it's really just Xe2 'Plus Plus,' but even Intel itself doesn't yet understand how it all relates to its shock new deal with Nvidia
By Jeremy Laird published
News So, that's all cleared up now. Not.

AMD's dual V-Cache uber CPU gets a (rumoured) name and a high-clocked single-die cousin: Give it up for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 and Ryzen 7 9850X3D
By Jeremy Laird published
News 5.6 GHz across the board...

Apple announces new M5 chip with double the per-core performance of the M1 and it's got me wondering why AMD and Intel can't keep up with Apple's single-core performance gains
By Jeremy Laird published
News New M5 chip is about twice as fast as the original M1 in raw single-thread benchmarks.

Intel attempts to clarify whether the new Xe3 iGPU in Panther Lake is next-gen Celestial technology but I'm left confused and fearing for the future of Intel Arc graphics
By Jeremy Laird published
News So is it Celestial, or not?
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