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Hardware and Technologies Yesterday, 06:50 PM
Integrated graphics in modern CPUs have seen a massive leap in performance, gradually eating into workloads that used to be the sole domain of dedicated graphics cards. According to XDA Developers, buying a budget discrete GPU in the $300–$500 range in 2026 is often a tough sell: the latest iGPUs can handle modern games, video editing, and even keep up with current graphics feature sets. -
Hardware and Technologies August 20, 2026, 07:05 PM
AMD has been developing its FSR frame generation tech for several years now, but one of its biggest issues appears to remain unresolved. Hardware Unboxed’s latest testing shows that a high FPS counter doesn’t always mean a genuinely smooth experience — in a number of modern titles, generated frames are delivered unevenly, making a supposed 120 FPS feel worse than a stable 90 FPS without Frame Generation. -
Hardware and Technologies August 20, 2026, 11:12 AM
After several months of relative calm, the graphics card market is once again on the move upwards. The old warehouse stock that allowed stores to hold prices has gradually run dry, and new batches are now arriving with a significantly higher cost. This is most evident on the GeForce RTX 50 with 16GB of memory: some models have shot up by hundreds of euros over the past few months. -
Hardware and Technologies August 19, 2026, 10:43 AM
Thermal Grizzly is offering a professionally modified AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 for buyers who want to skip the delicate part of the process, and it is backing the chip with its own warranty. The company is asking $1,402.83 including VAT for the processor, which is far above AMD's $899 recommended price for the standard model. -
Hardware and Technologies August 17, 2026, 06:40 PM
AIDA64 Extreme beta 8.35.8405 now lists AMD's upcoming Zen 7 server chips in its database, even though the processors are still far from release. The beta arrived on August 16, 2026, and its release notes suggest hardware support is arriving well ahead of launch. -
Hardware and Technologies August 17, 2026, 12:25 PM
ScatterVolt has broken down the current CPU‑GPU pairings and put together recommendations for different use cases — from budget gaming PCs to powerful rigs for 4K, editing, and local AI inference. In some cases, the blogger advises against spending extra on pricier components, since their performance would simply be overkill for the average user. -
Hardware and Technologies August 16, 2026, 04:01 PM
AMD did not send Radeon RX 9050 8GB review samples to journalists, and Hardware Unboxed says the company also prevented partners from forwarding cards to independent reviewers. Even so, the channel managed to obtain one Radeon RX 9050 through side channels and test it, while saying it could not show the card itself, its box, or even name the exact partner model. -
Hardware and Technologies August 13, 2026, 07:05 PM
A Reddit user says a Ryzen 7 7800X3D failed after about three months of use, leaving the chip visibly burned and swollen even on an AM5 system running the latest available BIOS. The machine reportedly shut down while gaming, then fell into a boot loop, and the owner was told to send the CPU through RMA. -
Hardware and Technologies August 10, 2026, 11:49 AM
Cards like the Radeon RX 580 have long been considered veterans of the gaming market, but they still hold their own in plenty of 1080p titles. A new benchmark shows just how much the landscape has shifted over eight years – the fresh Radeon RX 9050 averaged nearly double the performance of the legendary Polaris card across twelve games. And the gap is especially striking in modern heavy hitters, where the RX 580 is already starting to dip into uncomfortable FPS territory. -
RAM crisis pushes buyers to desperate measures: in Taiwan, a flagship GeForce RTX 5090 now comes bundled with four Radeon graphics cards — or you don't get one at all
Hardware and Technologies August 8, 2026, 05:29 PM
Buying an RTX 5090 as a standalone product at Taiwanese retailer PC Home is no longer possible. The seller has put together several bundles, and in each one, NVIDIA's flagship comes loaded down with a pile of components buyers almost certainly don't need. The most absurd option looks like this: an ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC plus four ASUS Dual Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards. Want the top NVIDIA card? You're taking home four AMD cards as a bonus, for around $7,720. -
Hardware and Technologies August 7, 2026, 12:11 PM
In Q2 2026, AMD posted strong financial results—revenue beat expectations, and the Q3 outlook also came in above consensus. But against that backdrop, another metric stands out: the company’s accounts payable surged by $2.36 billion. -
Hardware and Technologies August 6, 2026, 12:29 PM
It looks like handheld gaming devices are inching ever closer to full-fledged laptops. GPD has gone ahead and dropped the performance specs for the Win Max 3 before its official unveiling, claiming that its integrated graphics can go toe-to-toe with a mobile GeForce RTX 4070. There’s just one catch, though — and the company is keeping quiet about it for now. -
Hardware and Technologies August 6, 2026, 09:24 AM
You’d think that the more processor choices there are, the better it is for buyers. But in practice, an abundance of similar models, bizarre pricing, and chips vanishing from store shelves can turn the selection process into a real minefield. This is exactly what German journalists have accused AMD of, claiming that the Ryzen X3D lineup has become so convoluted that even seasoned users are left confused. -
Hardware and Technologies August 5, 2026, 08:56 AM
AMD reported second-quarter 2026 results that set a new revenue record, but the standout was its data center business: sales there more than doubled and rose to 58% of the company's total revenue. Gaming, by contrast, fell 31% year over year. -
Hardware and Technologies August 4, 2026, 06:09 PM
Amazon is selling and shipping AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D directly, and buyers also get free returns on the chip's official Amazon listing. The processor is priced at $333.99, which is its lowest Amazon price in 90 days.
According to Amazon's price tracker, this is the lowest price recorded for the Ryzen over the past 90 days. During that period, the processor ranged from $333.99 to $365.99, while Amazon currently shows the discount as 26% off the $449 MSRP. -
Hardware and Technologies August 3, 2026, 07:03 PM
HWiNFO's changelog points to a new way of reading VRAM temperatures on AMD Navi cards, with the feature still listed under upcoming changes and no release date attached yet. Instead of a single overall VRAM value, the sensor mode will show individual GDDR6 package temperatures. That should make it easier to spot uneven heating on a card when one memory area runs hotter than the rest. -
Hardware and Technologies August 3, 2026, 06:23 PM
While Intel is scrambling to reclaim the crown in gaming CPUs, AMD continues to hold the throne. Fresh benchmarks have shown that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is once again faster than everything else in gaming—and it also delivered an unexpected surprise: even with a single stick of RAM, it can go toe-to-toe with last year's flagship running in full dual-channel mode. -
Hardware and Technologies August 3, 2026, 12:23 PM
Every month, Steam’s hardware survey reveals what millions of gamers around the world are actually running. July’s report is especially telling: NVIDIA has cemented its dominance among graphics cards, AMD keeps eating into Intel’s lead, and the era of 8GB VRAM finally seems to be fading. -
Hardware and Technologies July 17, 2026, 06:08 PM
AMD released the Ryzen 7 7700X3D on July 16, 2026, and the new AM5 chip is already on the market in the United States for $329. The launch immediately raised questions about value, with ComputerBase arguing that a new PC build based on the older Ryzen 7 5800X3D now looks hard to justify. -
Hardware and Technologies July 16, 2026, 10:38 AM
In Hardware Unboxed's 13-game benchmark run, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D held up surprisingly well in Full HD, averaging about the same performance as the Ryzen 5 9600X and finishing roughly 10% ahead of the Ryzen 5 7500F. It also came out about 30% ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600X, underscoring how much gaming life the older AM4 chip still has left when frame rates are the priority.
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