'The game is ass on anything else but a 9800X3D': Esports players are complaining about using Intel CPUs at sponsored tournaments rather than AMD X3D chips, with multiple claims of crashing and significantly worse performance
September 1, 2026
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‘The game is ass on anything else but a 9800X3D’: Esports players are complaining about using Intel CPUs at sponsored tournaments rather than AMD X3D chips, with multiple claims of crashing and significantly worse performance

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If one was to take a perusal of our best gaming CPU guide, one would find it predominantly stuffed full of AMD chips. There’s a reason for that—as a general rule, they’re the fastest things you can stuff in the CPU socket of a gaming PC right now. That, and haven’t been prone to crashing…

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A week after removing special status from two Korean memory manufacturers to use US tech in China, the US government is thinking about letting them go for it again, with a caveat

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Let’s play a game of “guess the US administration’s next trade war move”—too late, you lose (me too). This week in the thrilling tale of most likely intentionally jarring ups and downs that is United States import/export policy, the Trump administration is reportedly considering allowing memory manufacturer giants Samsung and SK hynix to have their…

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Interview: “We Did Try To Keep ‘Forest’ In The Name” – How Mario 64’s Princess Peach Helped Bring Animal Crossing To The West

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Leslie Swan’s journey from Nintendo Power to Nintendo legend. By her own admission, Leslie Swan isn’t a very good self-promoter, but she needn’t worry as her credits do a great job of getting across her credentials for her. Over her 28 years at Nintendo, she has been credited on dozens of games as a localization…

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Nvidia has reportedly asked Samsung to double its production of GDDR7, possibly for AI GPUs to China—although we’re hoping for some more VRAM-stacked RTX 50-series Super cards

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Reports indicate that Nvidia has given Samsung the hurry up to double its production of GDDR7, the very same stuff you’ll find strapped to RTX 50-series GPUs. And while it’s tempting to get excited about the idea of many, many RTX 50-series Super variants hitting the market sometime soon with oodles and oodles of delicious…

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