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    Intel Core i9-14900K Microcode 0x129 BIOS Fix: Before vs After Performance Benchmarks

    Introduction The Intel Microcode 0x129 BIOS fix has now been released to motherboard manufacturers, and motherboard manufacturers have now released official non-Beta BIOS for many motherboards. We are going to apply the new Microcode Fix on our ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PRO WIFI motherboard, with our...
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    AMD Will Boost Performance of Zen 5, Zen 4, and Zen 3 CPUs with New Windows Update, Delivering up to 13% Faster Gaming Performance on Ryzen 9 9950X

    There's some discussion about security mitigations that were in place, that caused cache flushing on Zen architecture, and it was just overlooked, since the buffer sizes increased with zen 5, it treats it a little worse, so this update removes those mitigations since AMD put hardware mitigations...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 9700X/7700X to Deliver up to 35% Improved Gaming Performance with Windows 24H2 Update, Benchmarks Show

    Just keep in mind - This is a RYZEN performance update, NOT a Zen 5 performance update. Zen 3/4/5 affected. The scaling between generations doesn't change.
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    AMD Will Boost Performance of Zen 5, Zen 4, and Zen 3 CPUs with New Windows Update, Delivering up to 13% Faster Gaming Performance on Ryzen 9 9950X

    Free performance is nice, but, this will also improve performance on zen 3, and 4. Therefore, this problem has existed for 4 years, and has been holding back CPU performance for 4 years, only to realize there's an issue now. What this won't change probably is the scaling still between Zen 4...
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9900X CPU Review: 12-Core Zen 5 at $499

    Introduction AMD’s Ryzen 9 SKUs of the Ryzen 9000 series CPUs based on the new Zen 5 architecture are launching and will be available in retail on August 15th, 2024. We are talking specifically about the top-dog, flagship, 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X as well as the high-end 12-core AMD Ryzen 9...
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU Review: 16-Core Zen 5 at $649

    Introduction AMD’s Ryzen 9 SKUs of the Ryzen 9000 series CPUs based on the new Zen 5 architecture are launching and will be available in retail on August 15th, 2024. We are talking specifically about the top-dog, flagship, 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X as well as the high-end 12-core AMD Ryzen 9...
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    Black Myth: Wukong Developers Release Benchmark Tool for PC Users Ahead of Its August 20 Launch

    NICE, looking at it to consider adding to the gaming suite. Seems to be pretty graphically intense. If they have this benchmark, I wonder if they'll have a benchmark in-game at all.
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    Intel Says Its Future CPUs Will Not Be Affected by 13th and 14th Gen Core Instability Issues

    Their probably worried about brand tarnishing, maybe. I think a lot of people may look at this situation and say that they'll skip the next generation based on past experiences. With Arrow Lake on the horizon, I'm sure they want to start with a clean slate. However, people remember. You...
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    ASUS Is the First Motherboard Manufacturer to Offer Intel’s New Microcode Update to Address 13th/14th Gen Core Instability Issues

    Darn, the Tuf Gaming Z790 Pro WIFI I have doesn't have the BIOS available yet. I am planning to do a comparison test, hopefully that BIOS will come soon to this motherboard so I can do that.
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    AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU Review: 8-Core Zen 5 at $359

    I will echo what David said. So far, I have only seen 1 TechTuber report stability issues, but I haven't watched a ton of videos yet. I do not know if stability problems are a widespread issue. For my testing, I had absolutely no stability problems with the 9700X and 9600X. I actually tried...
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    AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU Review: 6-Core Zen5 at $279

    Introduction AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs based on the new Zen 5 architecture are launching and will be available in retail soon on store shelves and online retailers. Announced at Computex 2024, the AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs and Zen 5 architecture launch a new generation from AMD on the...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU Review: 8-Core Zen 5 at $359

    Introduction AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs based on the new Zen 5 architecture are launching and will be available in retail soon on store shelves and online retailers. Announced at Computex 2024, the AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs and Zen 5 architecture launch a new generation from AMD on the...
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    NVIDIA Still Has the Best Upscaling Solution, AMD FSR 3.1 vs. DLSS 3.5 Testing in Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Shows

    DLSS's benefit over FSR is that DLSS has trained reference images for the games it works in, thus it is able to more precisely know what the image is supposed to look like in reality. Whereas FSR does not, it's a simple spatial and temporal scaler. Until AMD creates machine learning that is...
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