The PC is a black, 5.98 x 6.39 x 6.14 inch (152 x 162.4 x 156mm) box, with ports and a grille for a fan in the back and a removable faceplate and customizable LED light strip in the front. Inside, Valve says the Steam Machine features a "semi-custom" AMD Zen 4 CPU with six cores and up to 4.8GHz clock speeds, and a "semi-custom" RDNA3 AMD GPU, along with 16GB DDR RAM, 8GB GDDR6 VRAM and either 512GB or 2TB of storage

You will have to wait a bit longer before you can buy a Steam Machine and you may have to pay more for one, too. Valve had intended to release the console-style SteamOS-powered device in early 2026, and AMD CEO Lisa Su just claimed that the company was on track to start shipping it soon

The flagship Alienware Area-51 desktop PC has been updated with the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor, now available for purchase in Malaysia.

It was also during this time when the company announced the release of a refreshed version of its Area-51 desktop featuring the Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor and 3D V-Cache technology. Now, just shy of a month from the […] The post Alienware Refreshes Area-51 Desktop With AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU; Starts From RM34,269 appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Microsoft could launch the next-generation Xbox console sometime in 2027, AMD CEO Lisa Su has revealed during the semiconductor companys latest earnings call

Microsofts next-generation Xbox console may still be on course for a 2027 launch, according to comments from AMD CEO Lisa Su

A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing Usually diversity is a sign of a healthy and resilient business. But for the folks on Wall Street, the breadth of AMD's portfolio is a bug, not a feature one that sent the House of Zen's share price down by more than eight percent in after hours trading on Tuesday

AMD's first-quarter forecast fell short of what some analysts were hoping for amid an AI spending boom

AMD's CEO doesn't seem concerned with current memory prices, suggesting the company is focusing its efforts on the enterprise

AMD's CEO Dr

Nvidia and AMD are leaders in the GPUs, which power large language models and have skyrocketed in demand with the data center buildout.

One of Loongson's 12-core CPUs has been benchmarked by Phoronix. The Linux outlet discovered the chip is three times slower on average than AMD's latest six-core CPU the Ryzen 5 9600X

But the MacBook Pro reigned supreme in the single-threaded test, scoring 4,310 points compared to the MSI's 2,864. Computer PCMark 10 Geekbench 6 Geekbench 6 GPU Cinebench 2024 MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ (Intel Core Ultra X7 358H) 10,169 2,864/16,633 56,425 117/719 Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5, 2025) N/A 4,310/18,003 48,840 197/1,034 GPU: 6,143 Dell 16 Premium (Core Ultra 7 255H, NVIDIA RTX 5070) 7,780 2,711/15,919 109,443 127/1,104 When it came to games, the Prestige 14 reached a surprisingly high 80-95 fps in Arc Raiders while playing in 1080p with medium graphics settings, as well as AMD's FSR3 upscaling and 2x frame generation

Crucial's 32GB Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 kit is now the cheapest 32GB kit in its class

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and a single AMD RDNA4 architecture GPU has charted in the PC Video Card Usage tables

A Brazilian modding team has improved its resurrected RTX 5070 Ti with a hole in it by recycling parts from an RTX 2080 Ti and an AMD RX 580 to break a benchmark world record

Samsung akhirnya mengumumkan kesemua TV OLED dan monitor OLED mereka untuk tahun 2026 kini secara rasmi menyokong NVIDIA G-Sync. Selama ini produk OLED keluaran Samsung hanya menyokong teknologi AMD FreeSync Pro

Microsofts Maia 200 AI chip is here, but the company will still buy from Nvidia and AMD to ease compute pressure without full independence

AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture

Puget System just released its annual reliability report for 2025, noting which computer components suffered the least number of failures in testing and deployment

AMD, Alphabet and Amazon are among the heavyweight companies reporting earnings in the week ahead.

A new rumor suggests that AMD will be upgrading Zen 6 to 48MB of L3 cache to compensate for the four additional cores that will be introduced to Zen 6's CCD

If you are using NVIDIA graphics the NVIDIA R580 series or newer is recommended while using the X.Org session. If you are using Intel or AMD Radeon graphics, Mesa 24.2+ is recommended and using the Wayland session

We sat down with AMD at CES 2026 for a roundtable Q&A all about consumer products for gaming

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor is AMD's latest CPU release

Here's a cheat sheet for you to use when you're shopping. MacBooks At least M2 processor At least 16GB of RAM At least 256GB of SSD storage Windows laptops The most recent generation processor available from Intel or AMD At least 16GB of RAM At least 256GB of SSD storage (512GB SSD is a safer baseline if you plan to keep lots of files locally) Chromebooks Intel Core i processor At least 8GB of RAM (4GB is the bare minimum for a basic Chromebook) At least 128GB of storage, preferably a SSD Gaming laptops At least AMD Ryzen 9000 series or Intel 14th Gen Core CPU At least 16GB of RAM (ideally 32GB if you can swing it) At least 1TB of SSD storage For GPU recommendations, check out our guide to buying the best GPU for your needs Budget laptops The most recent generation processor available from Intel or AMD At least 8GB of RAM At least 256GB of SSD storage (consider a 512GB SSD if you can swing it) How we test laptops Engadget has been reviewing laptops for two decades , and while the definition of what a portable PC is has changed considerably since, our obsession with testing their limits and serving up informative buying advice remains the same

With DRAM prices still inflated, this Newegg combo delivers fast memory, a capable Zen 4 CPU, and liquid cooling in one value-focused package

The tradeoffs in the $499 9850X3D make it hard to get excited about.

AMD isnt trying to break new ground or make airs with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D was never set up for success, but our testing reveals the ugly side of AMDs latest X3D CPU: higher power consumption for minuscule performance gains

This years Ryzen is still my top choice for PC games.

The time has arrived, AMD has officially launched the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which is pretty much a faster version of Ryzen 7 9800X3D that is already blazing fast

Intel's AI strategy begins to take shape as the company announces mysterious x86 CPU with AI acceleration and programmable logic

With DDR5 costs still climbing, this combo offers one of the most cost-effective ways to build a high-end gaming PC using AMDs top gaming CPU

Nvidias DGX Spark brings a slice of Grace Blackwell power to the desktop for AI developers and enthusiasts

An official collaboration between AMD, V-Color and Cooler Master hints at more possible bundle deals in the future

Can a $70 AIO compete with the best coolers on the market? Weve tested SAMAs L70 with AMDs Ryzen 9 9950X CPU, and the results surprised us

It is being rumoured that AMD will continue using its RDNA3.5 GPU architecture well into the year 2029

Asus ExpertBook B3 G2 business laptop sports Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and a 1.41kg starting weight

PowerColor's RX 9060 XT 16GB is on a $20 discount on Newegg with promo code, making the card as cheap as the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB with double the VRAM capacity

Official hardware combos are now a reality, at least in China, where AMD has collaborated with Cooler Master and V-Color to provide gamers with a convenient all-in-one solution

AMD has just reminded us that its X3D CPUs don't require fast memory speeds

AMD steadily gains desktop, server, and cloud market share while Intel loses ground due to performance, thermal, and architectural challenges

Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards

AMD reveals Ryzen 9850X3D costs $499, dispelling rumors that gaming champ CPU would be really expensive

Following past issues with ASRock motherboards, we're now seeing an uptick in reports of problems with Asus boards

Rumours have it that AMD is currently working on a successor or rather, a refresh of its Strix Halo lineup, also known as its Ryzen AI Max series

AMD has confirmed that its Ryzen 7 9850X3D will be available from 29 January 2026 onwards

AMD telah melancarkan cip pemprosesan kelas desktop terbaru mereka, AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D dan ia adalah satu-satunya penawaran cip desktop terbaru keluaran syarikat tersebut

You'll be able to buy AMD's new Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor in a week's time, with a small bump in pricing over Ryzen 7 9800X3D's original launch price.

At CES earlier this month, AMD announced the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, a more wallet-friendly take on its $700 9950X3D

AMD has confirmed that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D will hit retail on January 29 at an MSRP of $499

U.S. lawmakers have advanced the AI Overwatch Act, a bill that would lock the highest-performance AMD and Nvidia data center AI processors behind Congressional approval and veto power for exports to China and other adversaries

If you're thinking about upgrading to a new graphics card this year, your window for doing so at MSRP has closed. When I first reported on this at the start of December, things were looking bleak but you could still find GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA at close to their recommended prices

We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD's Q&A session

Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year AI networking startup Upscale AI on Wednesday announced it has raised $200 million in Series A funding to challenge Nvidia's dominance of switches for rack-scale AI systems, putting it in competition with the likes of Cisco and AMD.

Many Copilot+ PCs use Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, the latest of which the company announced in September 2025 . Up until this point Microsoft's handheld efforts have been focused on PCs running AMD chips , but expanded support for Arm and Qualcomm's own teases certainly makes it seem like an Arm-based Windows 11 handheld could be announced sooner rather than later

Nvidia has reportedly increased the TDP of premium Rubin processors by 500W to 2.30 kW in a bid to boost clocks, memory bandwidth, and performance per Rubin GPU and per rack

AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC is compact, developer-focused, supports 128GB memory, full connectivity, and allows OS choice for AI workloads

Save 21% on the list price for this MSI Codex Z2 gaming PC, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for just $1,579

Nvidia's N1X chip could debut in laptops within the next couple of months, with next-gen N2 CPUs rumored to follow later in 2027

Overclockers OC_Beer recently posted a screenshot of what is believed to be the clockspeeds of the unreleased AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D on at the Overclock forums

Setahun lalu keranda Intel telah mula diusung dan ramai sudah bercucuran air mata. Kegagalan Intel memberikan persaingan dalam melancarkan GPU berkuasa berbanding AMD dan NVIDIA menyebabkan CEO Pat Gelsinger dipaksa meletakkan jawapan sebelum digantikan oleh Lip Bu Tan

either due to the update itself or some compatibility issues with GPU drivers." After you install the January 2026 Update, Windows triggers random black screens where the desktop freezes for a second or two, the display goes black, then everything comes back. I can't pinpoint any specific configuration, but I can confirm the black screen issue has been observed on a small subset of PCs with both Nvidia and AMD GPUs

Elon Musk wants Tesla to iterate new AI accelerators faster than AMD and Nvidia

AMD researchers argue that, while algorithms like the Ozaki scheme merit investigation, they're still not ready for prime time

T2 Desktop targets x86_64, arm64, and riscv64, delivering "a fully polished, streamlined out-of-the-box experience," according to project lead Ren Rebe (also long-time Slashdot reader ReneR): I>[T2 Desktop] delivered a full KDE Plasma desktop on RISC-V, reproducibly cross-compiled from source using T2 SDE Linux. The desktop spans more than 600 packages from toolchain to Qt and KDE and targets a next-generation RVA23 RISC-V flagship desktop, including full multimedia support and AMD RDNA GPU acceleration under Wayland

AMD will try to keep graphics card prices as low as possible for gamers during the DRAM shortage

AMD gave the bug a low severity score and released a fix, so update now

We attend a roundtable interview with AMD to discuss their graphics technologies like FSR Redstone, and more at CES 2026

AMD acquired NexGen for a bumper fee in the mid-1990s in a bid to boost its own chip range

ASUS is the first of NVIDIAs add-in board (AIB) partners to comment on the memory crunch. AIBs are the companies that produce the majority of GPUs you can buy from NVIDIA and AMD

Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required If you use virtual machines, there's reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD's CPUs

Shares of chipmakers AMD and Nvidia popped along with equipment makers like Applied Materials after TSMC reported better-than-expected results

U.S. introduces new export rules for AI and HPC accelerators developed in America that allow shipments of AMD's MI325X and Nvidia's H200 GPUs to Chinese entities, but only if their developers meet demand of American customers and meet other requirements of the Department of Commerce

You might want to move fast to grab a mid-range GPU, if you're after an Nvidia card, that is

Trump allows exports of Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X chips with 25% tariff

IOI also "fixed" the minimum CPU info. The original specs stipulated that gamers would need at least an Intel Core i5 9500K or AMD Ryzen 5 3500