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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

AMD’S ATTEMPT TO create the ultimate gaming and productivity chip has almost worked with the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. It has once again proven the power of the 3D V-cache technology when it comes to squeezing higher gaming performance out of its processors, and has married that to an asymmetrical chiplet layout that can deliver the goods in productivity. The price and small gains in 4K games are the only things spoiling the party.

Once again, AMD has bonded an extra 64MB of

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