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Rate Your Favorite PC Hardware, Peripherals, and Components to Win
This one covers everything you would attach to or install in a PC: Monitors, keyboards, mice, and graphics cards. Plus—for the DIY builder crowd—rate PC cases, CPUs, storage drives, and even motherboards.
Average CPU Performance on PCs Stalls After 20 Years of Gains
PC performance scores submitted to PassMark show what appears to be the first-ever dip in average CPU performance across two decades of benchmarks.
AMD Sees Record Desktop Processor Sales, Thanks to Ryzen 9800X3D
AMD is shipping more desktop chips to keep up with the demand as the Ryzen 9800X3D remains hard to find in stock.
In 2025 AI Gets Real (and a Bit Awkward)
Is this the year that artificial intelligence actually takes over our lives? At CES, we witness the technology shift into overdrive, as AI PCs, self-driving cars, and other AI-equipped gadgets stumble into the mainstream.
A Mountain of Mobile CPUs: AMD's 2025 Fleet Features New Ryzen 9 X3D & AI Max+
At CES 2025, AMD served up a smorgasbord of new laptop processor lines: gamer-riffic X3D chips, a workstation-minded Ryzen AI Max family, and the new low-cost Ryzen 200 series.
3D V-Cache Is Back! AMD Drops Ryzen 9 9950X3D Flagship CPU for Gamers
AMD unveiled two new Ryzen 9 9000-series processors at CES 2025 with frame-rate-boosting 3D V-Cache as its latest top-end desktop chips for gamers and creators.
AMD Unveils Red-Hot Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs With Big AI Focus
At CES 2025, AMD has revealed its next-gen RDNA 4 graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9000 series, which feature a revamped performance architecture.
Sony and AMD Developing AI Tech for Better Gaming Graphics, Ray Tracing
The PS5 developer and US chip-maker are working on a new R&D project dubbed 'Amethyst.'
Intel's Battlemage GPUs for Budget Desktops Conjure Up Competitive Value
Intel's new Battlemage generation graphics cards look impressive for the budget-to-midrange category and are coming soon, but intense competition likely isn't far behind.
The Best Graphics Cards for 4K Gaming in 2025
You need a powerful graphics card to run cutting-edge PC games at 4K resolution. These high-end GPUs are the top performers we've tested for pixel-packed gaming.
The Best Graphics Cards for 2025
Hunting for a new GPU for gaming, multi-display, or something else? Here's everything you need to know to shop the latest Nvidia GeForce, AMD Radeon, and Intel Arc video cards with confidence. (We've tested 'em all.)
Major Layoffs Hit AMD, With Up to 1,000 Employees Potentially Impacted
AMD has seen a 69% decline in its gaming division and hasn't made nearly as many gains in the AI chip sector as rival US chip giant Nvidia.
AMD's Desktop CPU Shipments Jump 10 Percentage Points in a Year
AMD makes significant gains against Intel, which has struggled all year amid layoffs and a CPU voltage bug.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a champ for low-settings 1080p gaming with a high-end graphics card, but it's pricey and not for every PC gamer.
AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D to Cost $479, Will Be Fully Unlocked
The chip launches on Nov. 7, but depending on the PC game, don't expect a huge performance increase over the older Ryzen 7800X3D chip.
AMD Chips Are Powering Newest Starlink Satellites
AMD says aerospace players, including SpaceX's Starlink, are using its Versal custom chips.
The Best Graphics Cards for 1080p Gaming in 2025
Here's how to shop for a right-priced graphics card for playing games on today's best-value monitors—1,920 by 1,080 displays—along with the top-rated GPUs in our testing.
AMD: Next-Gen X3D Chips Slated to Launch Nov. 7
Pricing and specs were not announced, but AMD confirms that its rumored 9000X3D chips for desktops will be landing soon.
Rivals Intel and AMD Create Alliance To Defend x86 Architecture
The x86 advisory group from Intel and AMD arrives as the threat of Arm-based computing continues to advance.
AMD 'Strix Point' Hits the Office With Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series Laptop CPUs
The new AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300 series of mobile processors brings increased speed, higher efficiency, and all the latest AI features to business laptops.
