As of the writing of this article(Oct 28, 2020) AMD has had their press releases showcasing their new Zen3 Ryzen 5000 processors and their new RDNA2 GPUs, affectionately dubbed “Big Navi” by the community. Early leaked benchmarks of the 5000 series processors put them in striking distance of Intel’s top performing CPUs in gaming performance. […]
Anyone that has looked at the state of the IT industry when it comes to hardware in 2018 has sour memories. From the price fixing fiasco of memory by the manufacturers, to the GPU shortages and price inflation caused by the cryptocurrency craze. However, 2019 appears to be looking like a good year for hardware. […]
For the better part of two decades Intel has been the reigning champion of the Desktop and Laptop world. That is until now, AMD made a splash in the CPU world last year with their Ryzen 3, 5, 7, and Threadripper CPUs. Loosening the stranglehold that Intel has had on the CPU market share. This […]
AMD hasn’t had much happening in the computer processor field for quite some time. The last processor released was the Piledriver series in 2012, yes that’s 5 years ago. However they’ve recently announced a counter to Intel’s newest i-series processors. AMD’s newest AM4 socket and processor, designated Ryzen, has matched the new i-series processors point […]
