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With its new Ryzen 7 9850X3D, AMD ticks up the speed on its buzziest gaming CPU

Serious PC gamers agree: AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been one of AMD’s most successful processors in recent years, thanks to its game-boosting 3D V-Cache technology that layers in high-speed cache to ...
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It's not just clock speed: Here's what makes one CPU better than another

When you're comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents how fast the CPU can churn through clock cycles, and naturally, you'd assume ...
CNET

Cache Control can improve speed of any Power Mac?

A reader found that installing PowerLogix's Cache Control X (a utility to view and configure backside cache settings) not only significantly improved performance of his beige G3 (upgraded with a ...
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CPU Cache Explained: L1, L2 And L3 And How They Work For Top Performance

If you're a budding young tech enthusiast or simply a casual PC purchaser, you may have seen "cache" listed in the specifications for this or that processor and wondered what exactly that is. It's ...
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With Its New Ryzen 7 9850X3D, AMD Ticks Up the Speed on Its Buzziest Gaming CPU

AMD's new-for-2026 Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor kicks up the clocks and packs the same extra-fast cache in an effort to outpace the well-regarded Ryzen 7 9800X3D. I have been interested in science and ...