AMD ticks up the speed on its buzziest gaming CPU
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This CES 2026 prototype from Lenovo could recreate your ultrawide gaming monitor setup on the go. I got a first look at the Legion Pro Rollable concept with a display that can expand not once, but twice to seriously increase your screen size.
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I tried gaming on an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chip — and it kicks off a new era of PC gaming
I played Battlefield 6, Marvel Rivals and more on laptops using an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPU, and its integrated Intel Arc B390 graphics just gave PC gaming a big upgrade.
Dell has revived Alienware Area-51 with a flagship desktop featuring AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RTX 5090 graphics, up to 64GB DDR5 and 12TB SSD storage, built for enthusiasts who want maximum performance,
Alienware says its new Area-51 desktop gaming PC with AMD's new world's best gaming CPU aka Ryzen 7 9850X3D, is the 'king of performance in our portfolio'.
The minimum system requirement is basic but the recommended hardware is fairly high-end, despite only promising 60 fps at 1080p.
With eight cores, AMD's game-changing 3D V-Cache tech, and boosted clock speed the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is set to take the frame rate crown.
ASUS unleashes its new ROG G1000: a new desktop gaming PC with the best hardware on the market, up to RTX 5090, 128GB RAM, 4TB SSD, and SO much more.
It's not the first Zen 5 X3D processor that AMD has released that's faster than the 9800X3D, though. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D has two core chiplets (CCDs), one with 3D V-cache, and one without. When it comes to boost clocks, the latter can hit 5.7 GHz, whereas the former topped out at 5.5 GHz in the tests I carried out in my review of the 9950X3D.