An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X has been demonstrated breaking the Cinebench R23 (16 core) world record score. Bilibili tech influencerOrdinary Uncle Tonyshowcased his liquid nitrogen-fuelled feat, reaching a multi-threaded score of 55,327 points at a live event in China (h/tmomomo_us) dubbed China Joy. For some perspective, the current best Cinebench R23 (16 core) score in HWBot’s official chart is 50,843, and it was achieved by seasoned overclocking pro Safedisk using a Ryzen 9 7950X....

AMD stock surged on Tuesday, reaching a 52-week high of $158.74. Long-term stockholders were already enjoying riding a steady uptrend, but news of strong AI demand and price target increasesfrom big-name analystsconverged to boost the stock by 8% in a single day. AMD’s all-time high was $164.46 back in November 2021, and it has moved to within striking distance of breaking that record. In addition to the overall optimism regarding greater demand foradvanced AI chips, AMD was put in the spotlight via an investor note from Barclays....

Third-party reviews of the Ryzen 9 9900X have begun to crop up, giving us our first authentic look at the actual performance of AMD’s newZen 5architecture. A Ryzen 9 9900X review by SaddyTech on YouTube has revealed that the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X beast doesn’t have the chops to outperform AMD’s currentRyzen 7 7800X3D, one of thebest CPUsaround. The Zen 4 chip with 3D V-Cache outperformed the Ryzen 9 9900X in gaming at 1080p and 1440p resolutions by up to 23%....

AMD has lowered prices on its Ryzen 8000G series of desktop APUs across all retailers. As spotted byVideoCardz, AMD’s entire suite of current-gen processors with integrated graphics has taken price drops up to $30, indicating a planned change ahead ofRyzen 9000’s release in July. TheRyzen 8000G desktop seriesfirst released in January of this year after a long wait; the last time AMD released desktop APUs before the 8000G series was in 2021....

One of AMD’sRyzen AI Max 300(Strix Halo) APU has gone through Geekbench AI, the AI-focused counterpart to Geekbench 6. Discovered byEverest on X, the Ryzen AI Max 390 (AMD Eng Sample: 100-000001421-50_Y) was tested, but only on the Zen 5 CPU cores, not the GPU or NPU. As always, take the Geekbench result with a pinch of salt since we don’t know the state of the silicon. According to the submission, the Ryzen AI Max 390 is inside HP’s ZBook Ultra 14-inch G1a, which appears to be a mobile workstation device, so the cooling should be adequate....

We knew that artificial intelligence would be part of Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote. The company came out swinging with its own take on AI powered bylarge language models(LLMs) — though AI, in this instance, stands for “Apple Intelligence,” its all-encompassing set of features that will work across its iOS, iPadOS, and macOS platforms starting this summer (in beta).Apple says it wants to make its devices more helpful to users by using AI to assist with tasks ranging from big to small....

We were able to get a preview of ASRock’s upcoming WRX90 WS Evo motherboard forThreadripper Pro 7000 CPUsatCES, and it’s certainly a no-compromises solution. With 24 total power stages, tons of PCIe slots and lanes, and eight slots for DDR5 RAM, the WRX90 WS Evo seems more than capable of handling a 92-coreThreadripper Pro 7995WX. WRX90 is the chipset used in TR5 motherboards for Threadripper Pro CPUs. Compared to the TRX50 chipset, which supports both Threadripper Pro and regular Threadripper 7000 processors, WRX90 features many more PCIe, nearly three times the PCIe 5....

Picking up a new gaming laptop is never something you should do on a whim. It’s important to make sure your next gaming rig has plenty of beefy specs to handle whatever you want to throw at it but it’s equally important to avoid overspending. That said, if you’re in the market for something quick, it helps to take advantage of a good sale which is exactly what we’ve come across today....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict If you have plenty of 6 GHz gear in your home or simply want to futureproof your network, the Asus RT-BE96U is a wise choice. Fastest 6 GHz performance I’ve seen yet Adequate ports, including two 10 GbE ports Support for smartphone tethering Wi-Fi 7 devices still aren’t mainstream… yet Still expensive at $700 Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Bambu Lab isfinally announcing its long-awaited new top-of-the-line printer, the H2D. The machine’s March 25th launch date is just keeping the promised announcement date of “Q1 2025”. At that time, the machine will be available for pre-order. However, the price is still unknown. Unfortunately, we can not say more about the H2D 3D printer due to an embargo that Tom’s Hardware is honor bound to uphold. Out of respect to the manufacturer, we are only showing the first teaser photo, which shows a closeup of the H2D’s dual nozzle....

Gaming laptops can be expensive, but they don’t have to eviscerate your savings account. Over the last few years, some features that you only used to find on the most high-end gaming notebooks have trickled down to low and mid-level models. A PC with a speedy SSD, a high refresh rate display and a GPU good enough for gaming at 1080p can be had for under $1,500.Tom’s Hardwarereviews a large number of gaming laptops with different prices, features, and components....

Portable gaming is nothing new. We’ve been through the Game Boy, the Game Gear, PS Vita, the Nintendo DS, Switch, and many more. But more recently, the idea of portable PC gaming has taken off, letting gamers take their libraries on the road with all of the tweaking and settings that playing on your own rig has to offer. The category was popularized byValve’s Steam Deck, and followed quickly by other big PC names like Asus, Lenovo, and MSI....

Black Friday strikes again with a great deal on one of Nvidia’s most powerful graphics cards. Although the official date for Black Friday is the 29th, people know that the sales seem to start earlier and earlier each year. The biggest retailers like Amazon kicked off their deals coverage on the 21st of this month and we’ve seen some great discounts over the weekend - this is already turning out to be a much better sales holiday for the consumer than last year....