AMD

According to official information, AMD has delayed the launch of its budget-friendly B840 and B850 chipsets until next year.

AMD is reportedly planning to push the launch of the Ryzen 9000X3D series to next year, probably around CES 2025.

AMD is reportedly gearing up to launch an even more affordable 3D V-Cache chipset with the Ryzen 5 7600X3D CPU.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, due to its low demand, has seen price cuts among retailers in Germany, leading to a nearly 10% discount.

The Ryzen 7 9700X is AMD's new mid-to-high ranger, only with $40 off the price tag and reduced power consumption numbers. With its 65W TDP, the CPU is also limited in clock speeds and could not perform up to the mark in most tests, including gaming. Single-core performance is incredible, though, and you get full AVX-512 support, but maximizing its performance will require you to remove its power limits through PBO.

AMD plans to increase the TDP on its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs to bump up performance compared to the last generation.

The Ryzen 5 9600X emerges as the new mid-ranger from AMD's lineup, but not as the ideal one. It shows great single-core performance numbers and supports AVX-512 but is limited heavily by reduced power targets and clock speeds. This does mean that power and thermal efficiency are great, but gaming performance numbers have barely improved over the last gen, and AMD continues to trail Intel in multi-threaded performance.

AMD is reportedly now focused on launching its next generation RDNA 4 cards with no focus on entry-level RDNA 3 options.

I tested AMD's Fluid Motion Frames 2 to find out if its actually worth enabling for entry-level builds.