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Best CPU Deals 2024: Save on AMD and Intel
By Stewart Bendle last updated
We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs.
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Intel 13th Gen CPUs allegedly have 4X higher return rate than the prior gen
By Jowi Morales published
The Intel CPU return rate has quadrupled in four years.
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Game dev adds in-game crash warning for 13th and 14th Gen Intel CPUs
By Aaron Klotz published
Alderon Games has incorporated a Raptor Lake-specific crash message for customers' gaming PCs. This message notifies gamers about Raptor Lake's instability problems if the game crashes.
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AMD's 128-core EPYC CPU becomes the multi-threaded performance champ in CPU-Z
By Anton Shilov published
AMD's 128-core EPYC 9755 'Turin' processor with Zen 5 cores is 57% faster than the 128-core EPYC 9754 processor with Zen 4c cores in CPU-Z multi-thread benchmark, says Leaker.
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Ryzen 9 9950X supercharged with 6 GHz overclock
By Mark Tyson published
It looks like those who have got their AMD Ryzen 9000 samples early are continuing to test them, as an interesting new benchmark result has been shared online.
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AMD Zen 5 'Fire Range' CPUs retain FL1 packaging, but may mean refreshed laptops will stick with RTX 40 graphics
By Anton Shilov published
AMD's partners can swap Zen 4-based 'Dragon Range' CPUs with Zen 5-based 'Fire Range' CPUs in their notebooks, so expect Zen 5 gaming laptops rather sooner than later.
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New Zen 5 128-core EPYC CPU wields 512MB of L3 cache
By Aaron Klotz published
AMD appears to be increasing its L3 cache sizes for Zen 5 EPYC. New evidence reveals that a new 128-core Zen 5 EPYC part will arrive with 512MB of L3 cache without the use of 3D V-Cache technology.
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Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims its 16-core 3C6000 CPU matches Intel's Ice Lake 16-core Xeon Silver 4314
By Anton Shilov published
Loongson's 16-core 3C6000 datacenter CPU offers performance comparable to that of Intel's Xeon Silver 4314 'Ice Lake' processor, so it will still be around four years behind market leaders.
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