News & Reviews:   AMD Ryzen

After several users reported online recently about their Ryzen CPUs being mysteriously overclocked without their consent, the culprit has finally been found. Get this, it seems that the problem lies with a bug in AMD’s GPU driver which changed users' CPU settings in BIOS without permission.

Previously, AMD added support for automatic CPU overclocking through one of its GPU drivers last year. This feature was meant to simplify the overclocking experience by adding in a Ryzen Master module into the Radeon Adrenaline GPU drivers.

2020 has been pretty crazy, but it has been great for gamers all around. Whether you're a new proud owner of the PlayStation 5 or a casual mobile gamer, we have read plenty of wholesome news about the gaming industry. So without further ado, here are 10 wholesome gaming news that happened this year.

Now that AMD has seen success with its mobile CPUs for 2020, the company is turning towards the huge OEM desktop PC market. AMD has unveiled the Ryzen 4000G series and Athlon 3000 series APUs that are built on the 7nm process. In particular, the Ryzen 4000 G series will be targeted at OEM and system integrators.

Most of us are familiar with companies that make chipsets for smartphones by now. There's Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek, and Huawei Android devices, while Apple for its iPhones. What's unexpected is AMD seemingly getting ready to join the fray with a new smartphone chipset.

The launch of the latest AMD Ryzen 4000 series of APUs is expected to be announced soon. But before that, many have obviously been given the new processors to test and the results are starting to appear. Recently, a 3DMark benchmark score for one of AMD's upcoming chips appeared on Twitter.

When it comes to gaming laptops, there's no lack of option these days even if you have a tight budget. But this time around we've found an option that you might be interested in. Acer's latest variant of the Nitro 5 gaming laptop comes with pretty good specs and has a price tag that won't make your finance manager (read: wallet) cry.

G.SKILL, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of extreme performance memory and gaming peripherals, announced two new DDR4 memory series that are designed and tested specifically for the new AMD Ryzen platforum. They are the Flare X series and FORTIS series of memory kits.