Weekly PC Hardware News Roundup
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This Week's Top Stories
AMD News
9800X3D Launch & Availability: The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has seen overwhelming demand, with retailers struggling to maintain stock. Scalpers are now listing units at 50% above the official MSRP of $479. Mindfactory, a major German retailer, has announced that new stock won't arrive until late December.
Record-Breaking Performance: MSI has achieved an impressive 7.241 GHz overclock with the 9800X3D using liquid nitrogen cooling on their MEG X870E GODLIKE motherboard.
Mobile Graphics: AMD's Radeon RX 8000M mobile GPU series is set to feature four SKUs, with the flagship model offering 16GB GDDR6 memory and up to 175W TGP.
Price Cuts: MicroCenter has introduced significant price cuts on the Ryzen 9000 series, with in-store only deals offering the best prices yet.
Architecture Comparison: Recent testing at 4.8 GHz shows significant architectural improvements between Zen4 and Zen5 X3D processors.
Future Products: AMD's upcoming Strix Halo iGPUs will feature new Radeon 8060S and 8050S branding, with up to 40 RDNA3.5 compute units.
Roadmap Update: An unofficial roadmap suggests AMD may focus on refreshing existing products in 2026 rather than introducing new architectures in the mobile segment.
Intel News
Core Ultra 200 Issues: Intel has acknowledged launch issues with the Core Ultra 200 series. VP Robert Hallock confirmed they've identified problems at both OS and BIOS levels, with fixes expected by early December.
ASUS News
New Motherboards: ASUS is preparing an extensive lineup of new motherboards for both Intel 800 and AMD 800 series chipsets, including a mysterious B850E model.
Mini-ITX Board: ASUS's ROG NUC will feature the Core Ultra 9 185H processor paired with an RTX 4070M, competing in the growing premium mini PC market.
All news sourced from Videocardz.com. Stay tuned for more updates!