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Ryzen CCX Infinity Fabric Tied to Memory Speeds
With their new Zen architecture, AMD has taken the x86 CPU market by storm. At long last, their Ryzen processors are finally competitive against Intel’s best offerings. Due to the dramatic changes made, the new chips are experiencing some growing pains and we are still working hard to get to know…
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AMD Ryzen Reportedly Crashes With Specific Chain of FMA3 instructions
Every time a new processor series launches, there are always some hardware bugs that surface. AMD previous had the TLB bug with Phenom and Intel had to disable TSX instructions on Haswell. More recently Intel had issues with certain Atom chips, and Skylake would crash under a specific demanding FMA3…
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AMD Confirms Windows 10 Thread Scheduler Working Fine for Ryzen
After the launch of Ryzen, there was speculation about the impact of OS optimisation for performance on AMD’s new Zen architecture. One issue that has been bouncing around the community is with the Windows 10 Thread Scheduler not properly assigning tasks to the two CCX units and the between the…
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AMD Ryzen 7 Launch Slides Leaked
With less than 24 hours to go, AMD will finally launch their new Ryzen 7 processors. Based on the Zen architecture, the new CPUs are set to offer a massive 52% IPC over the best AMD currently offers. While AMD has revealed various aspects of the chips already, there are…
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AMD Prepared Plenty of Initial Ryzen Stock
Last week, AMD finally unveiled their new Ryzen processors. Based off of the new Zen architecture, they feature a 52% IPC improvement over the previous Excavator designs. Now that AMD is competitive, Ryzen processor pre-orders have been flying off the shelves. Luckily for AMD fans, the company has reportedly prepared…
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Intel Gearing Up Response to Ryzen
With AMD’s Ryzen CPUs making waves after its launch last week, Intel is scrambling to come up with a response. After nearly a decade in the lead, the tables may have finally turned with AMD perhaps taking the performance lead. In response, Intel has started to make moves to blunt…
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AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Delivers in SiSoft Sandra Benchmarks
With Ryzen review samples making their rounds, it’s inevitable for more leaks to happen. Building on earlier SiSoftware Sandra benchmark numbers, we now have even more Ryzen results to share. This time, it’s the flagship 8 core 16 thread Ryzen 7 1800X in a total of 3 tests. We have…
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Intel Launches 16 Core Atom C3000 CPU Lineup
Whenever Intel’s maligned Atom lineup is mentioned, it always brings to mind the poor old netbooks. With a purposefully slow architecture, the Atoms were often underpowered for the tasks demanded of them. Since then, Intel has put in the work to make Atom great again and with the new C3000…
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Additional AMD Ryzen Pricing and Launch Details Leaked
With all the excitement around Ryzen, it’s no surprise that even retailer are feeling the effects of the hype. Earlier in the month, we got some pretty comprehensive pricing leaks but even more retailers have joined the fray. This time around, we have Amazon, Memory Express (Canada) and stock information from…
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AMD Ryzen Box Art Pictured Some More
With more and more AMD Ryzen listings popping up online, we’ve been getting bombarded with information. So far, we’ve seen an early version of the box art, the heat spreader and even the CPU itself. Now we have new pictures of the new Ryzen box art AMD is going with…
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AMD Ryzen R7 1800X & 1700X Spotted in Stores
As AMD’s Ryzen launch inches closer each more and more leaks are coming out. So far, both February 28th and March 2nd have been pointed to as being the launch dates. The 28th will see review embargos lift while the 2nd will have processors actually become available to customers. While…
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AMD Ryzen R5 1600X Heaxcore Cinebench Leaked
With under 10 days to go until launch, more leaks for AMD’s Ryzen processors have surfaced. So far, many of the leaked benchmarks have been for the top end octa-core models. Those of course, will be the launch models we will be getting right away. The rest of the lineup…
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Additional Reports Point to AMD Ryzen Launch March 2nd
Over the past couple weeks, there has been a lot of uncertainty about the launch date for AMD’s Ryzen processors. Various dates have been bandied about suggesting either February 28th and March 2nd. Now a new report has come out suggesting that March 2nd will be the date of the…
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AMD Ryzen Reviews May Go Live Feb 28th
Last year, we got a firm deadline of March 3rd for AMD’s Ryzen launch at GDC. Since then, reports have coalesced around a launch on March 2nd. Yesterday, some contradictory information started to come out, suggesting that February 28th would be the launch. Now a new report has come out…
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AMD Ryzen European Pre-Orders Point to Feb 28th Launch
Even with Ryzen so close to launch, the exact date AMD will reveal their new processors is still a mystery. So far, we know that is had to happen before March 3rd before GDC ends. Some reports have indicated March 2nd as the potential date. However, more recent reports have…
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