The FPS Review Weekender Roundup – April 25, 2026

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The launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition was the week’s headline event: the world’s first consumer CPU with 3D V-Cache on both compute dies arrived to widespread coverage, mixed reception on value, and a near-total absence of review samples at sites like the one you’re reading on right now. On the Intel […]

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So, for those of you that enjoy this - if you have more sources/sites that you frequent that you haven't seen in these roundups, I can add to the RSS ingestion that I'm doing for discovery, it should be able to increase the volume/variety.
 
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What I am calling the D2 effect, happening on Amazon U.S. the largest online retailer here. It may be niche but it is already in the top 10 sellers. The D2 effect has propelled the 270K into the top 10 for the first time simply due to the D2 effect compare and contrast of bang for buck done in reviews. The D2 effect also has the 9950X3D in the 3 spot. No other explanation makes sense for why a $657 CPU is suddenly a hot seller.
 
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