We recently stacked the Ryzen 5 7500F against Intel's Core i5-12400F across a wide set of games to see which CPU makes the most sense on a new budget PC build. The takeaway was easy: the 7500F came ...

In this piece, I explain with data why when testing a CPU's gaming prowess, we pair powerful flagship tier graphics cards, like an RTX 4090, and run them at lower resolutions like 1080p or 720p. For ...

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

A new AMD Ryzen CPU benchmark leak has just appeared, and it shows the potentially awesome power of the company's new Threadripper CPUs for multi-threading work. This new leak appears to show the raw ...

Crimson Desert is the type of game that shouldn’t ever see the light of day. Built originally as a prequel for popular MMO Black Desert Online before being scrapped and redirected to a single-player ...

Microsoft’s latest KB5041587 update includes AMD-specific performance improvements. Microsoft’s latest KB5041587 update includes AMD-specific performance improvements. is a senior correspondent and ...

The latest Starfield update is yet to go live for all players but those willing and brave enough to try it early can do now do so and may find their frame rates are higher than usual. This is thanks ...

Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max make deceptively large changes to how Apple’s high-end laptop and desktop chips are built. We’ve already covered those changes in some depth, but in essence: The M5 Pro and ...

Zen 5 is here, and the entry-level AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU is a winner. The architectural overhaul and improved efficiency deliver impressive single-core performance, so much so that gaming with the ...

Gamers Nexus called it a “wasted opportunity.” Hardware Unboxed declared it a “flop.” Even in our own Ryzen 7 9700X review, I said the CPU doesn’t have “enough meat on the bone to justify an upgrade.” ...