Enlarge (credit: AMD ) Back in September , AMD added support for simple CPU overclocking to its graphics drivers. If you had a Ryzen 5000-series CPU and wanted to benefit from a bit of extra performance, this auto-overclocking function could save you from needing to download the more complex Ryzen Master utility , and the […]
Enlarge / AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nearly a year and a half after the launch of the first Ryzen 5000 processors , the Zen 3 CPU architecture is finally coming to cheaper chips. AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 and 5600 CPUs (which go on sale today for $159 and $199, respectively) are both […]
Enlarge (credit: AMD) When AMD introduced its first Ryzen 5000-series chips and the Zen 3 architecture in late 2020, the lineup notably did not include any new CPUs below $300. If you wanted cheaper chips, your best bet was to go with previous-generation chips like the Ryzen 3600, 3300X, and 3100. But those processors have […]
Enlarge (credit: AMD) Microsoft and AMD have both released patches to fix the AMD Ryzen performance bugs present in the initial versions of Windows 11, according to an AMD knowledgebase article that was updated late yesterday. AMD has provided a new chipset driver to fix a problem that broke the “preferred core” feature that can […]
Enlarge (credit: AMD) Most people shouldn’t rush out to install brand-new operating system versions on day one, and Windows 11 is no exception to that rule. AMD has published information about a pair of bugs that can reduce performance for Ryzen processors running Windows 11 by as much as 15 percent, though how much slowdown […]
Microsoft’s latest Surface PC: the Surface Laptop 4. [credit: Microsoft ] After recent leaks suggested an imminent arrival, Microsoft has officially launched the latest entry in its line of Surface PCs: the Surface Laptop 4. The new laptop starts at $999 and will be available to purchase in the US, Canada, and Japan as of […]
Enlarge (credit: AMD) As expected, AMD took to the CES stage this week to announce new laptop CPUs. Most of the new Ryzen 5000 mobile family of chips share similarities with the desktop CPUs the company announced a few months ago, and they’ll start shipping with laptops from some of the bigger computer-makers in February. […]