AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is incredible, but entirely unnecessary
… And that is before you even look across the aisle at the competition. …
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Don't waste your PC upgrade budget until you've fixed these 3 things firstHow much cash for extra cache?
Objectively, the 9950X3D2 is the most capable consumer desktop processor AMD has ever built. It's certainly touted as a niche product, and there is no doubt that, for a specific class of professionals running heavy rendering or AI workloads, it will be the go-to choice. The economics of it, however, means that it will only appeal to a narrow segment of buyers, and even in those segments, the 270K Plus gives it strong competition while having no business competing with it, especially given its price-point. There's also a broader question that lurks within the minds of potential buyers. Is now e
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is incredible, but entirely unnecessaryAMD keeps following Nvidia's playbook, and it's setting back Radeon years of progress
… With just a few generations of clear vision, sustained investment and a refusal to compete on Intel's terms, Team Red was able to turn the market around for good, and the results of this competition is being enjoyed by consumers to date. …
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
… The question worth asking, therefore, is whether AMD would have moved at all without that sustained pressure. …
Don't waste your PC upgrade budget until you've fixed these 3 things first
… For instance, if your cooler has to work with recycled warm air that's lingering in your case due to negative air pressure, you're already at a disadvantage. …
I tested Claude's two biggest competitors because of its usage limits, and one banned my account
… The email blames "a surge in malicious users and abusive activities" for putting "extreme pressure" on their servers, which it says has "prevented a large number of legitimate users from receiving the expected quality of service." Z.ai's solution to protect legitimate users from degraded service wa… …
I paid for Gemini, Claude, and Copilot for a month, but only one of them is worth the subscription
… A OpenAI B Google DeepMind C Meta AI D Anthropic Correct! Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool, built on top of their Claude AI models. Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI researchers and has positioned Claude as a safety-focused AI assistant. …
Claude is still the best agentic coding tool, but Anthropic's tightening grip is the best argument yet for going local
… Your access depends on Anthropic's compute, Anthropic's commercial pressure from OpenAI and xAI, and Anthropic's view of fairness across the user base, none of which are yours to influence. …
Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine
… Related You don't have to wait for the Steam Machine - I built my own I'm too excited to wait until preorders open A kernel-level fix that finally prioritizes your game Foreground apps now get first dibs on VRAM A new batch of kernel-level patches bring about a foundational change in how Linux hand… …
My RTX 5090 can't keep up with Apple Silicon on the biggest local LLMs, and I hate to admit it
… With that said, PCIe hops between cards introduce latency that hurts long-context generation, and multi-GPU orchestration is its own software project to maintain. …