Intel's 80286 CPU celebrates 44 years of x86 history

Intel released the 80286 processor on February 1, 1982, making the CPU 44 years old. According to the company, the 16-bit chip represented a significant evolution ...

It looks like XeSS 3 and multi-frame generation can be enabled on older Intel GPUs with the most minor of tweaks, so it's not just Panther Lake that gets in on the fun

Intel has been keen to talk up the benefits of XeSS 3 and multi-frame generation in recent months, alongside the launch of ...

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review - true gaming CPU excellence

With a clock speed bump and... not much else, the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D still manages to impress as the fastest gaming CPU ...

Ryzen 9850X3D review: AMD’s bragging-rights gaming CPU gets more to brag about

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D mostly does what it says it does: It’s a mild speed bump to AMD’s best gaming processor that, in most ...

Chinese RISC-V Chipmaker SpacemiT Launches K3 AI CPU, Highlighting the Rise of Open-Source Hardware in Intelligent Computing

The K3 chip is the result of more than 1,200 days of development. According to the company, it is among the first ...
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Best gaming CPU 2026

What is the best gaming CPU? Your choice of processor will fundamentally affect your PC's frame rates, so you want to make sure you buy the very best gaming CPU you can afford when building a new PC.