The AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D is the undisputed gaming champion. And unlike its X3D predecessors, it's also a capable all-rounder ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the new king of gaming CPUs. If you want the fastest frame rates, this is right now the chip you want in your rig. But with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D still alive, and potentially ...

We finally got a dedicated Intel NPU on desktops for background AI computing, but it all requires a new style of motherboards ... the 170W Ryzen 9 9950X and even the 120W Ryzen 9 9900X.

GIGABYTE has introduced X3D Turbo Mode, a feature for X870E, X870, and 600 series motherboards built to optimize gaming ...

While the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X launched back in ... thanks to it being compatible with the recently-released X870 motherboards as well as the last-generation X670 platform. AMD has committed to ...

For the Arrow Lake bench, I used the high-end Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Hero motherboard ... of every CPU I tested short of the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X. Photoshop is somehow even worse, with the ...

Look out for the Ryzen 9000 X3D CPUs later ... CPUs only have a limited number of motherboards that they can fit into. This is referred to as socket compatibility, and this is also why you can ...

it’s just a bit better than the 9900X from the same generation. The ‘X’ just indicates a higher-power version of the processor. AMD will typically launch non-X variants of its Ryzen ...

If you’ve been eyeing the Ryzen 9 9900X ... You can also use your older AM5 motherboard, as not only does the 9900X work on the new X870 chipset, but it’s backwards compatible with the older 600 ...

However, we're in the middle of a socket change with Ryzen processors, meaning motherboard compatibility can be a bit tricky, so I'm listing my top picks that all feature the AM4 platform you need ...