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VideoCardz 18h
AMD releases FSR 4.1 for Radeon RX 6000 ahead of 2027 schedule, adds Ryzen APU support videocardz.com
The Simpsons: Apu returns with new voice after race row: The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw33x6gzgdm0o
VideoCardz Oct 18
All main NVIDIA DLSS technologies have now been ported to AMD Radeon GPUs All main NVIDIA DLSS technologies have now been ported to AMD Radeon GPUs
trendforce Oct 15
“This year is really the year of inference,” AMD’s Lisa Su said at #OCP 2026. It’s also a CPU story.
TrendForce forecasts server CPU shipment growth to ... Show more
The Inference Era Is Also a CPU Story
The Inference Era Is Also a CPU Story
Old Pentium at 4.5 GHz: How it runs modern games: Intel's NetBurst architecture doesn't exactly enjoy the best reputation. A hardware enthusiast wanted ...
pcgameshardware.de/Pentium-Extreme-Edition-965-CPU-266107/News/Tuning-Windows-Optimierung-1557327/
AMD reportedly planning new Ryzen: Less CPU, more GPU: Less CPU, more GPU: The rumored Ryzen AI 7 HX 455 is said to have only 8 cores, but offer the full Radeon ...
pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Zen-Architektur-261795/News/AMD-plant-ungewoehnlichen-Ryzen-Nur-8-CPU-Kerne-volle-16-CU-Grafik-1557212/
Arm claims AGI CPU delivers double the performance per rack of AMD EPYC 9755 in independent analysis — new CPU evaluation methodology developed by Arm ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/arm-claims-agi-cpu-delivers-double-the-performance-per-rack-of-amd-epyc-9755-in-independent-analysis-new-cpu-evaluation-methodology-developed-by-arm-evaluates-agentic-ai-performance-across-seven-workloa
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[News] NVIDIA Chooses Monolithic Die Over Chiplets for Vera CPU, Claims 2× x86 Performance in Agentic AI
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![[News] NVIDIA Chooses Monolithic Die Over Chiplets for Vera CPU ...](https://img.trendforce.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/19143701/nvidia-vera-cpu-20261019-624x351.jpg)
Suspected fraud: Intel CPU under Amazon's Ryzen heat spreader: A supposedly original high-end processor is causing a stir. After unpacking ...
pcgameshardware.de/Ryzen-9-9950X3D2-CPU-284268/News/CPU-Scam-Amazonkunde-entdeckt-mutmassliche-Intel-CPU-unter-Ryzen-Heatspreader-1556946/
Lenovo’s Yoga 9n two-in-one is a 16-inch laptop with the higher-end RTX Spark N1X with 20 CPU cores. It’s one of three RTX Spark laptops we are currently ... Show more
Leak: Powercolor plans compact Radeon RX 9050 with 8 GB: Powercolor is apparently developing a particularly compact graphics card for the Radeon series ...
pcgameshardware.de/Radeon-RX-9050-8GB-Grafikkarte-285841/News/Powercolor-LP-Leak-deutet-auf-kompakte-Grafikkarte-hin-1556932/
Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick.
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Rufus 4.14 and 4.15 Quality of Life option disables Teams, Outlook ... Show more
Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick
Windows 11 26H2 reportedly uses shockingly low RAM with a Rufus installation trick
github.com Oct 18
GitHub - achyudh/llama.cpp: LLM inference in C/C++: LLM inference in C/C++. Contribute to achyudh/llama.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com/achyudh/llama.cpp
Wccftech Oct 03
Gamer Buys Used Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Gets Locked Out of Valorant Because Previous Owner Cheated
wccftech.com/gamer-buys-used-ryzen-7-5800x3d-gets-locked-out-of-valorant-because-previous-owner-cheated/
Key FactsUsed Ryzen 7 5800X3D Reportedly Blocked by Valorant Hardware Ban
Oct 3, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: wccftech.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: wccftech.com
- A German player bought the processor through Kleinanzeigen; according to him, it was blacklisted because its previous owner cheated in Valorant.
- The processor worked, but Valorant immediately removed the buyer; the game had run normally with the previous processor.
- Riot reportedly told him the CPU ID or serial number was blacklisted on August 12; he bought it on September 21.
- The buyer also claimed the motherboard and storage drive were affected; Riot reportedly declined to lift the restriction manually.
Wccftech Oct 14
HP Crams A Full PC Inside A Keyboard, Featuring Ryzen AI Pro 400 And Support For Up To 64 GB RAM
wccftech.com/hp-crams-a-full-pc-inside-a-keyboard-featuring-ryzen-ai-pro-400/
Amazon return scammers may be delidding CPUs, a suspected fake Ryzen suggests: When a Redditor recently bought a second AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition ...
techspot.com/news/114242-amazon-return-scammers-may-delidding-cpus-suspected-fake.html
trendforce Oct 12
[News] CPU Price Hike Wave: Intel Reportedly Up to 20%, Qualcomm 10%, AMD May Join as TSMC Costs Climb
trendforce.com/news/2026/10/12/news-cpu-price-hike-wave-intel-reportedly-up-to-20-qualcomm-10-amd-may-join-as-tsmc-costs-climb/
![[News] CPU Price Hike Wave: Intel Reportedly Up to 20%, Qualcomm 10% ...](https://img.trendforce.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/06155903/Intel-CPU-624x417.png)
Wccftech Oct 16
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H Laptop Was Throttling At 105°C, But A Graphene Sheet Swap Boosted Performance By 35%
wccftech.com/user-replaces-liquid-metal-on-cpu-with-graphene-sheet/
New Radeon RX 9000 models from Japan: Powercolor supplies the designs: The graphics card market is gaining a new player from Japan: Crowxis is expanding its ...
pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/News/Crowxis-Radeon-RX-9000-stammen-von-Powercolor-1556970/
VideoCardz Oct 16
Amazon customer reportedly receives Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with an Intel CPU underneath videocardz.com
Gigabyte confirms new Intel CPUs with DDR4 for early 2027: Because DDR5 DRAM remains very expensive, Intel plans to relaunch older processor designs ...
heise.de/news/Gigabyte-bestaetigt-neue-Intel-CPUs-mit-DDR4-fuer-Anfang-2027-11483573.html
Is the Radeon RX 9070 XT Really Faster Than the RTX 5090?: Can a Radeon RX 9070 XT really beat Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090? We tested 11 games at 1440p and 4K to ...
techspot.com/review/3174-radeon-gpu-faster-than-rtx-5090-overhead/
BMWBLOG Oct 16
A refrigerator in your BMW? That's coming in 2027 to all BMW 7 Series and i7 models and we got an exclusive look at it. Useful feature or a gimmick?
GameFromScratch.com Oct 16
RayLib 6.2 Released: RayLib, the free C based open source game development framework just released RayLib 6.2
gamefromscratch.com/raylib-6-2-released/
SK hynix details H-TPU, tiny cores that offload the Arm CPUs in its SSD controllers
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sk-hynix-to-place-custom-tiny-cpu-cores-in-its-ssd-controllers-to-ease-arm-load-as-drive-speeds-rocket-each-h-tpu-reportedly-draws-2-5-percent-of-a-cpu-cores-power
Paid articlePaywall Core Ultra 4000: Can only the extra cache save gaming performance?: The reliable leaker kopite7kimi claims that Intel's Nova Lake CPUs would hardly differ in ...
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A used CPU works perfectly - | and yet it's locked because its previous owner apparently cheated. 😒
Wccftech Oct 16
User Receives AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition With An Intel CPU Substrate Inside Sealed Pack Box From Amazon
wccftech.com/user-receives-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-dual-edition-with-an-intel-cpu-substrate/
Programmer ports Super Mario 64 to Microsoft’s Zune HD media player — the 2009 iPod rival runs the game natively on its Nvidia Tegra chip ...
tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/programmer-ports-super-mario-64-to-microsofts-zune-hd-media-player-the-2009-ipod-rival-runs-the-game-natively-on-its-nvidia-tegra-chip-with-touchscreen-controls-and-saves
Paid articlePaywall CPU Survey 2026: AMD Ryzen Dominates Among PCGH Readers: For the fourth quarter of 2026, we launched a survey in the PCGHX forum. We are interested in which ...
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Ryzen crashes while gaming: Check this BIOS setting: The Curve Optimizer is quick to set up. However, it's not so easy to determine whether the chosen ...
pcgameshardware.de/Ryzen-7-9800X3D-CPU-280948/News/Absturz-Ursachen-Prozessor-1556767/
DLSS for Radeon Vega: Free mod clears next hurdle: With HelixSR 1.9.0, a developer extends the experimental support of his DLSS modification to older Radeon GPUs ...
pcgameshardware.de/Deep-Learning-Super-Sampling-Software-277618/News/radeon-vega-helixsr-1-9-0-int8-mod-1556687/
RDNA 5: Neue Radeon-GPUs wohl noch in weiter Ferne, aber vor RTX 6000: Leaker Kepler_L2 prophezeit, dass neue Radeon-Grafikkarten frühestens zur Computex im ...
pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/News/neue-Grafikkarten-Vorstellung-Launch-in-weiter-Ferne-1556481/
10 years without maintenance: Water cooling system just keeps going and going: How often does a water cooling system need maintenance? Ingo_Knito ...
pcgameshardware.de/Wasserkuehlung-Hardware-217994/News/Wasserkuehlung-10-Jahre-im-Dauerbetrieb-1556319/
The traditional PC layout might not be the best: unusual GPU placement cuts temperatures by 17°C
techspot.com/news/114183-traditional-pc-layout-might-not-best-unusual-gpu.html
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT & Co.: Prices continue to rise in October: Since September 23, the RX 9070 XT, RX 9070, and GRE have increased again in the PCGH price ...
pcgameshardware.de/Grafikkarten-Grafikkarte-97980/News/Preise-Oktober-2026-RX-9070-XT-9060-XT-GRE-teurer-Vergleich-1556514/
HP’s 14-inch Googbook has an all-aluminum build and weighs 2.7 pounds. It’s certainly nice-looking, with a sturdy build, similar to the HP OmniBook Ultra 14 — ... Show more
BYD and MG: How the Chinese can produce cars so cheaply: Chinese manufacturers like BYD and MG are conquering Europe's roads. They are attacking on price - | ...
bilanz.ch/unternehmen/byd-und-mg-wie-chinesen-so-guenstig-autos-produzieren-koennen/cefwllf
VideoCardz Oct 09
GIGABYTE confirms Intel will launch DDR4-compatible CPUs next year: GIGABYTE prepares existing motherboards for Intel's upcoming CPUs. The early 2027 launch ...
videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-confirms-intel-will-launch-ddr4-compatible-cpus-next-year
AMD drops an EPYC $15,000, 256-core beast — EPYC 9006 Zen 6 'Venice' CPUs get full spec and pricing treatment, from $700 up to $14,904
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-drops-an-epyc-usd15-000-256-core-bomb-epyc-9006-zen-6-venice-cpus-get-full-spec-and-pricing-treatment-from-usd700-up-to-usd14-904
Paid articlePaywall Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus falls to its lowest price ever at $145 — grab an 18-core midrange CPU with 5.3 GHz boost at an entry-level price
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-falls-to-its-lowest-price-ever-at-usd145-grab-an-18-core-midrange-cpu-with-5-3-ghz-boost-at-an-entry-level-price
Paid articlePaywall This monster RTX 5090 Alienware gaming PC costs less than buying the GPU and CPU alone — take $500 off a powerful 9950X3D rig
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Paid articlePaywall Wccftech Oct 07
ASUS Radeon RX 9070 Plunges From Nearly $832 To $629 On Amazon, Its Lowest Price This Year
wccftech.com/radeon-rx-9070-drops-to-629-while-the-gre-edition-is-now-available-at-529/
CPU Upgrade in a 4-Year-Old Gaming PC: Is It Worth It?: The i9-11900K is hardly the solution here: Why a CPU upgrade in a four-year-old gaming PC often fizzles ...
pcgameshardware.de/Leserbriefe-Thema-200713/News/lohnt-sich-ein-CPU-Upgrade-1556048/
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X3D with 128 MB L3 cache has surfaced: An engineering sample of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X3D has surfaced in a Chinese forum. Such a model never made ...
pcgameshardware.de/Ryzen-9-5900-CPU-277123/News/Unveroeffentlichter-Ryzen-9-5900X3D-1555674/
AMD’s secret Zen 3 gaming CPU had 128MB of game-boosting L3 cache but never saw the light of day — canceled Ryzen 9 5900X3D breaks free from the ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-secret-zen-3-gaming-cpu-had-128mb-of-l3-cache-but-never-saw-the-light-of-day-canceled-ryzen-9-5900x3d-breaks-free-from-the-chipmakers-vault
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AMD Hikes GDDR6 Prices For Partners Starting October 1st, While NVIDIA Reportedly Holds Off On GDDR7
wccftech.com/amd-reportedly-raised-gddr6-memory-prices-for-its-partners/
trendforce Sep 28
Meta’s Muse has put server CPUs back in focus.
CPU joins our Weekly Radar this week: lead times are 25–30 weeks, vs. 16–20 in a balanced market ... Show more
Wccftech Oct 05
User Orders AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Twice From Amazon, Receives Intel Core i3 Twice Despite Both Boxes Being Sealed Pack
wccftech.com/user-receives-intel-core-i3-twice-after-ordering-9850x3d-from-amazon/
VideoCardz Oct 05
AMD releases dedicated ROCm 10.1 driver for Radeon RX 9000 and RX 7000 GPUs: AMD's ROCm 10.1 Windows stack now has its own Radeon driver package ...
videocardz.com/newz/amd-releases-dedicated-rocm-10-1-driver-for-radeon-rx-9000-and-rx-7000-gpus
VideoCardz Oct 05
Ryzen 7 9800X3D is back below $430, comes with free AIO and Onimusha game: Ryzen 7 9800X3D is back below $430 in the US with a free 240mm liquid cooler ...
videocardz.com/newz/ryzen-7-9800x3d-is-back-below-430-comes-with-free-aio-and-onimusha-game
AMD says FSR 4 is coming to handhelds and laptops by the end of 2026: Jack Huynh, senior VP of AMD's Computing and Graphics division, recently told South Korean ...
techspot.com/news/114133-amd-fsr-4-coming-handhelds-laptops-end-2026.html
Radeon graphics cards: AMD increases prices for several models: AMD has reportedly raised the recommended retail prices for several Radeon graphics cards ...
pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/News/Preiserhoehungen-was-bedeutet-das-fuer-Deutschland-1556265/
Citi just upped its $AMD price target to $800 from $575, citing stronger CPU demand tied to Meta's Muse.
AMD's CEO Lisa Su said demand for chips is ... Show more
HP takes $2200 off a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 5080 prebuilt at $2,799 — sale slashes 44% off an Omen system that's ready to game however you want
tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/hp-takes-usd2200-off-a-ryzen-7-9800x3d-and-rtx-5080-prebuilt-at-usd2-799-sale-slashes-44-percent-off-an-omen-system-thats-ready-to-game-however-you-want
Paid articlePaywall Get $500 off this sweet Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RTX 5070-powered gaming PC at just $1799 — 32GB of DDR5-6000 comes standard too at a 22% discount
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Paid articlePaywall VideoCardz Oct 01
Modder brings DLSS 4.5 to Radeon RX 9000 GPUs, RDNA 4 uses native FP8: The same modder who brought DLSS 4.5 to RDNA 3 has added Radeon RX 9000 support ...
videocardz.com/newz/modder-brings-dlss-4-5-to-radeon-rx-9000-gpus-rdna-4-uses-native-fp8
Amazon: Bought AMD Ryzen 9850X3D, received an old Intel CPU - | twice: An American Amazon customer has fallen victim to a scam multiple times ...
winfuture.de/news,161752.html
The Witcher 3: Remastered Gets New System Requirements - | How Powerful Your Computer Needs to Be
gamestar.de/artikel/the-witcher-3-remastered-systemanforderungen-ray-path-tracing,3460319.html
CPU Price Index 2026 — the lowest price on every PC processor today: We check the lowest prices on the most popular CPUs so you don't have to.
tomshardware.com/news/lowest-cpu-prices
AMD Ryzen Z3: Zen 6, RDNA 4m, and 12 CUs for handheld PCs: Two leakers have revealed details about the Ryzen Z3 and Ryzen Z3 Extreme on X: AMD is reportedly ...
pcgameshardware.de/CPU-CPU-154106/News/MD-Ryzen-Z3-Zen-6-RDNA-4m-Handheld-APU-Leak-1555551/
Wccftech Oct 02
Intel Nova Lake Desktop CPU Lineup Leak Reveals 7 SKUs: Core Ultra 9 4970K 28-Core Flagship With 125W TDP & 144 MB of bLLC ...
wccftech.com/intel-nova-lake-desktop-cpu-lineup-leak-core-ultra-9-4970k-7-4870k-5-4650k/
Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC hits $999 with 8-core Ryzen CPU, 16GB RAM, and 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD — $600 instant savings on a complete 1080p powerhouse
tomshardware.com/pc-components/nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-gaming-pc-hits-usd999-with-8-core-ryzen-cpu-16gb-ram-and-1tb-pcie-4-0-ssd-usd600-instant-savings-on-a-complete-1080p-powerhouse
VideoCardz Oct 06
AMD EPYC 9006 LP “Verano” confirmed with new SB1 socket: AMD's EPYC 9006 LP "Verano" platform now has a socket name: SB1. A Dynatron cooler page ...
videocardz.com/newz/amd-epyc-9006-lp-verano-confirmed-with-new-sb1-socket
Qualcomm thinks AI agents are ready. But are we ready to trust them?: Qualcomm is building the foundation for AI agents on PCs and other devices ...
digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/qualcomm-ai-agents-snapdragon-local-ai/
More RGB LEDs: Finally – | Intel patents CPU lighting.: Blinding hardware has long been "in," but processors are the last component to resist the RGB LED trend ...
pcgameshardware.de/CPU-CPU-154106/News/intel-patentiert-LED-Beleuchtung-fuer-CPUs-1555509/
AI-generated child abuse images are surging, and parents should rethink sharing kids’ photos online
digitaltrends.com/computing/ai-generated-child-abuse-images-are-surging-and-parents-should-rethink-sharing-kids-photos-online/
OpenAI’s Jalapeño ASICs are deployed alongside AMD EPYC ‘Turin’ CPUs as hosts — Hardware VP says Nvidia’s Vera standalone is ‘a little bit behind… on that ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/openais-jalapeno-asics-are-deployed-alongside-amd-epyc-turin-cpus-as-hosts-hardware-vp-says-nvidias-vera-standalone-is-a-little-bit-behind-on-that-maturity-level
Paid articlePaywall HP OmniBook Ultra (Snapdragon X2 Plus) review: I almost forgot this was a Windows on Arm laptop
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