AMD Ryzen Zen 3 & Zen 2 Demolish Sales Records
I’ve spoken a few times on Youtube about how AMD has been absolutely crushing it against Intel when it came to the the sales and revenue at Germany’s biggest tech retailer, Mind Factory. Now we have a new report for December, thanks as always to the Reddit user Ingebor. There’s quite a lot to discuss […]
Ryzen 3700X Vs 1700X – Zen 1 ROCKS But Should You Upgrade For Gaming
The first generation Ryzen is still a pretty impressive chip, but if you’re running a Ryzen 7 1700X, should you upgrade to a Zen 2 based CPU? As the title of this article probably hints, I’ve done the testing and the answers we’re left with are pretty intriguing. This follows on from my Zen 1 […]
Xbox Series X – Redefining The Next Generation Consoles | Analysis Part 1
The eighth console generation was a radical departure to what we saw in the ones which proceeded it as both Microsoft and Sony launched their upgraded, mid-generation refreshes to satisfy gamers who demanded consoles capable of running titles at 4K (or at least close to it) with improved graphical fidelity. Sony’s Playstation 4 Pro launched […]
Zen 3 & Ryzen 4000 Analysis – IPC, Clock Speed, Core Count & More Analysis
On March 2nd of next year, it will have been three years since the launch of the first-gen Ryzen processors and with their launch, AMD caused significant disruption to what consumers expect from mainstream processors. It’s easy to focus in on the core count increase, doubling the core count over Intel’s then flagship offerings, but […]
AMD Zen 5 In Design | Threadripper SKUS Leak | Ryzen 3950X Benchmark Leaks
AMD’s Mark Papermaster has just confirmed that the companies engineers are currently in the design phase of the Zen 5 CPU architecture. Details were scarce on what we’ll see on the Zen 5 design, but during the EPYC Horizon executive event, AMD confirmed their leapfrog approach for chip design was paying off, and that their […]
ThreadRipper 3 Benchmarks Leak | Zen 2 ‘Sharktooth’
After the launch of the Ryzen 3000 series and of course Rome, the other eagerly line of processors from AMD is the 3rd generation ThreadRipper processors, codename CastlePeak. A little bonus tidbit – ThreadRipper wasn’t originally planned by AMD, instead, it started as a passion project by a group of engineers at the company. The […]
Ryzen Reigns in Amazon Bestsellers & Mindfactory.de
Regular viewers will know that a every month, we discuss how AMD is doing against Intel in the Mindfactory.de hardware sales race for the previous month. For those not in the know, Mindfactory.de is the biggest digital retailer in Germany, and every month the Reddit user ingebor compiles some very helpful graphs showing how Ryzen […]
AMD On a Roll | Zen 3 Design Complete and Zen 4 In Progress
AMD has built great momentum since the launch of the original Zen processors over two years ago, and despite their second-generation Epyc processors known as Rome only being announced days ago, the company are keen to emphasize its robust future roadmap. Judging from what the company have disclosed in both roadmaps and comments, the 12nm […]