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Steam Deck, displaying a library of games, against a blue-purple backdrop

Steam Deck now has over 16,000 games that are officially verified or playable

After two and a half years of graft, there are now over 16,000 games that have received Valve's Steam Deck seal of approval.
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X in its retail packaging, surrounded by a circle formed of the word 'Sale' repeating, against an orange backdrop.

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X already discounted at major US retailers

The paint has barely dried on AMD's Ryzen 9000 Series launch and retailers are already dropping prices by a significant amount.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X in retail packaging, with a cartoon adhesive bandage applied to it

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X & 9900X will receive unique performance patch

Inter-CCD (Core Chiplet Die) latency should improve via future BIOS patches, bringing Ryzen 9 9950X & 9900X in line with their predecessors.
Three Radeon graphics cards, stacked on another, against a red backdrop

RDNA 4 leaks suggest AMD is preparing three new GPUs

Memory speeds, bus widths, and infinity cache sizes for three separate RDNA 4 GPUs have allegedly emerged from AMD's labs.
AMD Ryzen 7 9000 processor, in its retail packaging, with an electric bolt on top of it, surrounded by a yellow glow

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X performance jumps 13% with 105W TDP update

With an extra 40W behind it, the Zen 5 processor can now operate at the same TDP as its predecessor and perform all the better for it.
Razer Wolverine V3 Pro lying on some grass

Razer Wolverine V3 Pro review: part-controller, part-mouse

Wolverine V3 Pro brings the click of a mouse to a controller with great effect, making for a perfect pad in all but price and one omission.
Intel Lunar Lake processor with a streak of fire behind it, against a dark sky

Intel claims Lunar Lake outperforms Meteor Lake by more than 20%

Both multi-thread and single-thread workloads should be demonstrably faster on Lunar Lake processors, according to Intel.
Ryzen 7 9700X in its retail packaging, resting on a wooden worktop

Windows 11 24H2 doesn’t redeem Ryzen 9000 gaming performance

Zen 5 processors do benefit from Windows 11 24H2, but the update does nothing to widen already marginal generational performance gaps.
AMD Radeon graphics card with a reference cooler design, standing vertically in a forest environment

Early AMD RDNA 4 benchmarks reveal more about specs than performance

New Geekbench entries shine a light on RDNA 4 compute unit count and VRAM capacity, but scores are well below expectations.
MBA Radeon graphics card, floating on an abstract floor of cuboids, against a nebulous red background

AMD RDNA 4: news, rumours, and everything we know

Here's everything we know about the upcoming Radeon RX 8000 series graphics cards, powered by AMD RDNA 4 GPUs.
Intel Lunar Lake processor with an exposed die structure

Intel Lunar Lake graphics are “about 1.5x” faster than Meteor Lake

Intel claims Xe2 GPUs should deliver around 50% more performance on mobile devices, including laptops and handhelds.
A picture of an AMD Ryzen 7800X3D on top of GeForce RTX 30 Series card.

My AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D got a huge boost thanks to Windows 11 24H2

Testing Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 5 9600X, AMD processors across several Zen architectures should soon perform better.

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