Ryzen

How to decide between a 12th-gen Core or Ryzen 6000 laptop

As AMD’s Ryzen processors gain prominence and market share, you should expect to see more laptop manufacturers offer options for either the upcoming Ryzen 6000 processor or Intel’s 12th-gen Core, Alder Lake. But buying a laptop isn’t as simple as choosing one chip over the other—there are subtle variations at the platform level than can…

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AMD admits to Ryzen performance stuttering, a fix will take months

AMD said this week that customers with Ryzen-based PCs may experience intermittent performance “stuttering,” due to an integrated Trusted Platform Module, or TPM. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t expect a fix to be available until May, unless customers want to shell out for a replacement component before then. AMD doesn’t define what “stuttering” is, but you…

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Where to buy AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 5 5600G APUs

AMD’s G-Series APUs went on sale August 5 and didn’t sell out immediately. AMD Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 5 5600G APUs are on sale starting August 5, and good news—they’re not sold out yet. If you’ve…

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