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Hardware and Technologies April 20, 2026, 06:39 PM
Results from an unconventional graphics card comparison between the Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090 have surfaced online. The tests were run on an identical platform featuring a Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and 64GB of DDR5-6000 RAM. The difference came down to the operating conditions: NVIDIA’s flagship ran at native 4K with DLAA anti-aliasing, while the AMD card used FSR 4.1 upscaling with active frame generation. -
The CPU Is 17 Years Old And It's Still Running Cyberpunk 2077: A 2009 PC Can Still Surprise You In Games
Hardware and Technologies April 20, 2026, 12:06 PM
Budget-Builds Official YouTube channel enthusiast tested a rig based on an Intel Core i7-860 processor and a 2GB Radeon RX 460. After cleaning, swapping the power supply, and installing Windows 11 IoT, the system was put through its paces in a bunch of games and delivered some pretty solid results. -
Hardware and Technologies April 17, 2026, 12:32 PM
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ ray tracing benchmarks are out. Native 4K testing without upscalers shows that the frame rate drop varies, but on average across the games tested, enabling RT cuts performance by about a third. -
AMD Is Re-Releasing a 2022 Processor Again. Why Would the Company Bring Back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in 2026?
Hardware and Technologies April 16, 2026, 06:03 PM
The AM4 platform is about to turn ten years old, and it looks like AMD has decided to celebrate the occasion not with discounts on new AM5 motherboards, but by bringing a legend back from the dead. Promo materials for a re-release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D have surfaced online. -
Hardware and Technologies April 16, 2026, 01:20 PM
The component market remains unstable, and that directly affects the final cost of a PC build. Under these conditions, some users are putting off buying modern processors. YouTube channel Budget-Builds Official grabbed a Ryzen 3 1200 (one of the cheapest options on the second-hand market), overclocked it to 3.8 GHz, and paired it with an RX 6700 XT to test it across two dozen games. -
Hardware and Technologies April 16, 2026, 11:27 AM
Just days before the official launch, benchmark results for AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor have surfaced in the HWBOT enthusiast database. Early numbers paint a mixed picture: peak performance is notably lower than what the standard Ryzen 9 9950X3D can deliver. -
Comparison of Nine X3D: Testing Reveals How Much Gaming Performance of X3D Series Processors Has Actually Increased
Hardware and Technologies April 13, 2026, 01:16 PM
Tech bloggers from Hardware Unboxed took the brand new GeForce RTX 5090 and ran three generations of AMD gaming processors through it, from Ryzen 5000X3D up to the latest 9000X3D. The results confirmed expectations, but with a couple of unexpected exceptions. The main takeaway might disappoint those who've already rushed to swap their 7800X3D for the new model. -
Hardware and Technologies April 9, 2026, 11:30 AM
A 2014 CPU, a 2017 GPU, bought on eBay for £45 as a "for parts or not working" lot. After cleaning off corrosion and messing around with the RAM, the system fired up and delivered a steady 60 fps in GTA V, nearly 240 fps in CS2, and even managed to run Cyberpunk 2077. -
Hardware and Technologies April 9, 2026, 10:25 AM
AMD has just dropped the price of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, and it’s predictably painful. The new chip pulls 200W and, according to the company, isn’t meant for gaming but for crunching heavy data. The only real question is — who actually needs this kind of hybrid? -
Has the Two-Stick RAM Rule Bitten the Dust? AMD X3D Chips Wipe Out the Difference Between Single and Dual-Channel Memory
Hardware and Technologies April 8, 2026, 12:41 PM
When building a PC, the mantra has always been: you need two sticks of RAM, or you'll take a frame rate hit. But AMD's 3D V-Cache processors are breaking that rule, and tests show the difference between one and two sticks of RAM in games is no more than 1–2% – and sometimes there's no difference at all. -
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 pops up in stores: AMD’s new flagship will cost noticeably more than its predecessor
Hardware and Technologies April 6, 2026, 02:03 PM
Just two weeks ahead of the official launch, Canadian and UK retailers have listed the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition in their catalogs. Early price tags vary, but they’re significantly higher than the current flagship’s starting price. While AMD hasn’t announced official MSRP yet, analysts agree: a chip with two 3D V‑Cache chiplets isn’t going to come cheap. -
Hardware and Technologies April 3, 2026, 05:16 PM
While competitors have long since moved on to DDR5, AMD keeps cranking out CPUs for the five-year-old AM4 platform. Another such processor has landed in the hands of Hardware Unboxed testers. The results are a mixed bag: for owners of older systems, it offers up to 70% more gaming performance, but for a fresh build, buying it makes zero sense. -
Hardware and Technologies April 2, 2026, 06:23 PM
RAM and SSD prices have risen so much that even major tech outlets have stopped calling new gaming builds “budget-friendly.” Fresh recommendations for CPU and GPU pairings have been revealed — from the most affordable option all the way up to 4K. -
Hardware and Technologies April 2, 2026, 10:37 AM
Valve released its fresh Steam hardware and software survey for March 2026. The data shows an unexpected turnaround: Linux just shot past macOS, while the once-growing popularity of 32GB of RAM suddenly took a nosedive. -
«We Have a Plan, And It’s Better Than Ever»: Intel Announces Timeline For Reclaiming The Best Gaming CPU Title
Hardware and Technologies April 1, 2026, 12:42 PM
Intel is no longer denying the obvious: in the gaming segment, the company is losing to AMD and is in a catch-up position. For the first time in a long while, a corporate executive has publicly acknowledged that gamers are flocking to the competitor in droves, calling it «a pit we have to climb out of.» But the main point isn’t this admission—it’s the promise: Intel has a plan to once again create the world’s fastest gaming processor. -
Hardware and Technologies March 31, 2026, 10:42 AM
AMD has been trying to catch up to NVIDIA in the gaming GPU space for several years now, but they keep ending up in second place. Industry experts say the reason is simple: Team Red isn’t coming up with anything original — they’re just copying the competition. Until the company changes its strategy, leadership is out of the question. -
In 2026, a 10-year-old Core i7 turned out to be just 25% slower than a top-tier AMD. Is that a fail or a win?
Hardware and Technologies March 31, 2026, 10:04 AM
YouTuber Tech YES City compared the Core i7-6850K (Broadwell-E, 2016) with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with an RTX 5060 Ti. At 1440p, the average FPS gap across three games was 25%. Meanwhile, some X99 motherboards refused to boot with the new graphics card. -
Hardware and Technologies March 30, 2026, 06:07 PM
An eight-year-old graphics card, a technology promising to increase VRAM capacity using system RAM, and modern games — an experiment meant to prove that older solutions still have plenty to offer, but reality turned out to be harsher than the marketing claims. A tech reviewer tested whether HBCC turns the Radeon RX Vega 64 into a viable modern gaming card and got some unexpected results. -
AMD is prepping AM5 for a decade, following in AM4’s footsteps: one socket for three processor generations and beyond
Hardware and Technologies March 30, 2026, 10:00 AM
During the presentation of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, AMD Senior Vice President Jack Huynh stated that long-term socket support for the company isn’t a marketing gimmick, but a commitment to customers. The occasion to bring this up again was AM4’s tenth anniversary: the platform launched in 2016 and remains active to this day, still receiving fresh processor shipments even in 2026. -
Users Demand FSR 4 for RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 — AMD Responds with Silence and a Leaked Version That Says It All
Hardware and Technologies March 27, 2026, 04:57 PM
AMD has found itself at the center of another controversy, and it’s one it created through its own silence. Owners of previous-gen graphics cards have been asking for official FSR 4 support on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 for ages — especially since a working version of the tech has been available unofficially for some time, and Sony is happily using its counterpart in the PS5 Pro.
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