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AMD busts Ryzen performance myths, clearing Windows 10 from blame

RYZEN PERFORMANCE IS the mystery that has launched a thousand conspiracy theories, performing like a champ (go.pcworld.com/ryzenrev) in productivity and content creation tasks but occasionally delivering fewer frames than you’d expect in games. AMD debunked most of those conspiracy theories in a recent blog post (go.pcworld.com/ryzenblog).

For starters, the company said Windows 10’s scheduler isn’t guilty. Internet hardware detectives had started to focus their blame on Windows 10 scheduler, the part of the operating system that doles out work to

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