K. Following my review last year, I kept it in my PC for further testing and general usage, with my testing intensifying ...

Telemetry results from CPU-Z for April 1 show that eight-core processors are finally more popular than six-core chips. Monitor and GPU adoption also saw notable swings.

The Ryzen 9800X3D and 9950X3D are burning out in alarming numbers, and motherboard firmware could be the root cause.

AMD just announced over a dozen new laptop CPUs, which will appear in over 150 new laptops being announced at CES 2025 and later this year, including a new 3D V-Cache chip for gaming laptops and some ...

Sounds of PR silence After more than 100 Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors keeled over, mostly while paired with ASRock boards, AMD has finally broken its vow of silence—only to point fingers at “memory ...

Need a top-notch new gaming CPU? AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D is finally widely available at its MSRP If you've been biding your time, wanting a Ryzen 9800X3D CPU for your gaming PC, but not wishing to pay ...

The board appeared on Reddit with a damaged AMD Ryzen 9800X3D gaming CPU, and is one of several ASRock boards featured in threads about 9800X3D CPUs that have stopped working. For example ...

Over the past few weeks several owners of ASRock motherboards and 9800X3D CPUs have complained of the boards cooking their CPUs, showing dramatic burn marks on their underside. The blame was ...

Original article follows... Despite being one of the best processors on the market for PC gamers, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been having a rough time since its launch in November last year.

AMD launched its 2nd Gen 3D V-cache last year with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The company has provided a performance comparison of the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D against the 7950X3D and the Intel Ultra 9 285K.