Recent content by Paul Alcorn

Hi folks, thanks for the feedback. As I am sure many are aware, Microcenter is a pick-up only store, and most of the population does not have access to one. I would have to drive about 4 hours to the nearest one in Kansas myself. As such, our deal statements apply to items that are widely...

Thanks for the sharp eyes, guys. Fixed!

These are new models in the Z2 family that AMD announced today.

Yes, Jarred has moved on to work in the industry. We wish him well! As such, there is a delay in our 9060 XT/5060 reviews as we re-establish the pipeline, but those reviews will be published soon. After that, the cadence and launch-day reviews will return to normal. Thanks for the patience.

We are now down to the part of the forum thread where most of the commenters have obviously not read either the article or the other comments in the thread. This is evidenced by repeated complaining about power consumption metrics, which are in fact covered in the article, or calls for a 9950X3D...

I definitely would not expect an AI to have better comprehension than a human. Here's the response you shared from Grok. But let me fix your bolding in the Grok quote you provided to highlight that Grok at least gets something right: "Grok Answer: Based on the title “AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs...

There are far more tests for power than y-cruncher — there are two albums of power testing, both with multiple tests covering consumption and efficiency. Everything from Idle, Active Idle, y-cruncher, Cinebench, Blender, etc. (11 direct power tests, 7 efficiency tests).

I can present an article title to you, but I cannot comprehend it for you. Re-read the title. At no point does it state that this is a "gaming faceoff." Please read my response prior to your comment.

Please re-read the title, as I believe you are interpreting it wrong. The first half of the headline says this is a faceoff of two processors; it does not say this is a gaming-only faceoff. The second half points out that these are gaming flagships. The thought process here is simple: The Core...

My life would be much simpler if there were users who simply turned on their computer, loaded a game, and only played the game (no web browser, no Discord, no anything), then shut down the computer. That use case really doesn't exist, at least not for the overwhelming majority of users. So the...

Thanks for the feedback. We do mention that Intel chips have different types of cores, and ultimately, the proof is in the pudding, which is the application benchmarks. Theoretical comparisons are always great, but the end performance tells the tale. We do have detailed performance-per-watt...

Yes, this is accurate. Also, there is an 'active idle' use case that we model and have measurements of that type of workload. Sorry for the confusion on the wording in the article. I have corrected that.

We are reaching out to Microsoft for clarification. However, I don't think Microsoft would issue an update to a system that doesn't support it.

The Windows 11 minimum system requirements page also points to this list of CPUs. Expand the processors section, then follow the "list of approved CPUs" link. This then takes you to the same list of processors as cited in this article. Barring another list of minimum supported processors...

Apples and oranges, in this case.