Sonic the Hedgehog has had a long and varied history with games. Ever since his debut in 1991, The Blue Blur has starred in many games – some great, others no so much so. You can now take a stroll through the history of Sega’s mascot, with the Humble Sonic …

This time last year, Star Citizen officially crossed $208 million in lifetime crowdfunding. Now, to cap off 2019, Star Citizen has crossed a new milestone, with $250 million made to date spread across almost two and a half million backers.  So far, 2,448,842 people have backed Star Citizen during its …

If you're looking for ultimate high core-count performance, Threadripper 3000 is where you should look

Star Citizen's annual convention kicked off this weekend and as usual, Cloud Imperium Games had a ton of exciting announcements lined up for the occasion. Optimisation and tech changes are coming to further improve the game, which will aid in the release of new story missions, a new game mode, …

It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly’ week, with the previous one arriving over the Summer. Now, to celebrate this year's CitizenCon event, Star Citizen will be free to play again, starting on the 24th of November through to the 5th of December. …

Yesterday, u/AMD_Robert clarified the fastest CPU core identification process with Ryzen processors, made by Windows and Ryzen Master. AMD CPUs have a performance ranking for their cores, as ‘fused at the factory and reported by the firmware'. However, Windows and Ryzen Master seem to have ‘different goals when identifying a …

A couple of weeks ago, 1usmus released a custom power profile for 3rd Gen Ryzen systems running on Windows 10, adjusting CPU task scheduling for better performance and boost clock speeds. Now, the first update has begun rolling out, which makes further optimisation changes. The power profile modifies Collaborative Processor …

ASUS has released a number of highly rated wireless routers over the years. To cap off 2019, the ZenWiFi system is joining the lineup, available in both WiFi 6 and WiFi 5 models and Mesh wireless technology for even better coverage.  The ZenWiFi AX is the WiFi 6 model (802.11ax) …

AMD is back with the 16-core Ryzen 3000 CPU... just how good is it?

Earlier this week, AMD officially announced specs, pricing and release dates for the first two SKUs in the 3rd Gen Threadripper lineup. However, it looks like AMD is wasting no time in preparing the next big CPU release, as a new leak hints at a 64-core TR 3990X. A seeming …

AMD teased us a while back with the announcement that the Ryzen 9 3950X and 3rd Gen Threadripper processors would be launching this month. Now, we have all of the final details, with the TR 3960X and TR 3970X being announced alongside the new TRX40 platform. We also have more …

AMD’s commitment to providing support for latest generation processors on the entire range of socket AMD motherboards is set to continue with BIOS updates being released by several manufacturers. Gigabyte recently announced a firmware update of its X570 motherboard lineup and now Biostar has new updates ready across its socket …

AMD has found plenty of success this year thanks to the launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen but there was at least one issue around launch that stuck out. Some early adopters found that their new CPU wasn't hitting its rated boost clock speed. AMD has been ironing out this issue …

The beta version for the latest AMD AGESA update for the Ryzen 3000, released by ASRock, is improving the boost clock across all cores. At the same time, MSI made the 1.0.0.4 patch for the X570 motherboards available, claiming improvements for boot times. As we've previously reported, MSI stated that the next …

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X launch is just around the corner. The new 16-core, 32-thread monster will be arriving in November following a short delay. A small hint of the performance has been revealed via a Geekbench 5 test showing very positive results. An alleged Geekbench 5 result for the AMD …

Over the past few weeks, we have seen a trickle of new CPUs being added to the AMD Ryzen 3000 line up, offering various core-counts and power ratings. The latest rumour suggests AMD may be prepping a Ryzen 7 3750X processor for launch. According to a leaked AMD product master …

With Zen 3 scheduled to be released in 2020, we may get a better than expected performance increase

There is growing optimism that AMD will deliver on its schedule for next-generation Zen 3 processors after TSMC says it has begun mass production of chips based on its new 7nm+ EUV technology. TSMC this week announced it is “delivering customer products to market in high volume”, which means they …

AMD has officially announced two new processors are being added to the Ryzen 3000 line up. Although it looks like they will only be available to OEM system builders for the moment. Since the initial launch of AMD Ryzen 3000 processors back in July, AMD has introduced new products into …

According to MSI, AMD Ryzen CPUs will be getting a new microcode update soon, with a new BIOS which will be packed with over 100 features and improvements being rolled out next month. Microcode is the lowest level of CPU and machine instruction sets that are loaded from the BIOS …

MSI has been teasing information of a new motherboard addition to their already extensive X570 range. The new motherboard features an all-black design with absolutely no RGB and has already managed to set an overclocking record for the Ryzen 9 3900X processor. MSI says the new X570 Unify motherboard is …

There have been plenty of CPU leaks over the last month or so, from Intel 10th Gen and Cascade Lake-X to AMD Ryzen Threadripper and new additions to the Ryzen 9 lineup. Today, another previously unannounced chip has appeared on a retail listing, indicating that the Ryzen 5 3500 should …

All the news from Microsoft’s big Surface event is out now, with the tech giant announcing a ton of new devices. There were a few surprises in there, including news that Microsoft will be entering the smartphone market again with an emphasis on dual-screen devices. Microsoft unveiled a range of …

AMD has today announced the global availability of its new Ryzen PRO 3000 series of desktop processors, with part of the line-up available with integrated Radeon graphics. Ryzen PRO is designed for enterprise systems and will be coming in Q4 2019. Following on from a story we reported on just …

With Ryzen 3900X CPUs appearing to be extremely thin on the ground recently, retailers who have stock are hiking prices up daily. With both UK and US markets showing price increases, it may not be good news for potential buyers. AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900X CPU remains very difficult to get …

AMD fans looking to save a bit of cash on their 12 core 24 thread upgrades may not have to wait much longer, as a new leak has shown what looks like the specification of AMD’s yet to be announced Ryzen 9 3900 CPU. While we are still awaiting official …

AMD fans have reason to be cheerful this week, with news of its highly anticipated B550 Chipset specs being detailed online. This could give users a more budget-friendly incentive to upgrade to the new Zen 2, Ryzen 3000 platform. Hong Kong media HKEPC dropped the leaked specifications for the B550 …

After plenty of rumours, leaks and speculation, today AMD has confirmed 3rd Gen Threadripper's launch in addition to providing an update on the impending release of the Ryzen 9 3950X.

Last week, AMD addressed complaints surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors not hitting their advertised boost clock speeds. Now, a fix is on the way, with motherboard partners currently working to implement the latest firmware update.

While 3rd Gen Ryzen has mostly been positively received, there have been some issues along the way. One of the main issues currently is that a good number of 3rd Gen Ryzen owners aren't able to hit advertised boost clock speeds. Fortunately, AMD is aware and may have found a …