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AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. AMD is committing to AM5 through 2029 and relaunching old chips. AMD is committing to AM5 through 2029 and relaunching old chips. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Computex 2026 is underway in Taiwan, and we’re expecting all manner of flashy computers with jaw-dropping prices (or no prices at all) as the entire industry navigates RAMageddon. But for desktop PC gamers, AMD has a different pitch. It’s relaunching three old components alongside a big new promise: You won’t need to buy a new motherboard until 2030. Today, AMD is promising it will keep supporting its AM5 desktop motherboard socket with new Ryzen processors through 2029, which likely means you can keep upgrading to newer CPUs till the end of the decade without changing your board. Even if you’re still on the older AM4 socket,

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Jun 2, 2026·EngadgetT2 · Outlet report
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review: A cheaper GPU for a wildly expensive era - Engadget

It may be a lesser RX 9070, but it’s still a solid 1440p gaming performer. If you haven't noticed yet, it's a pretty bad time to buy hardware, PCs and anything that needs RAM. You can thank the AI companies for that. AMD has one potential…

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review: A cheaper GPU for a wildly expensive era - Engadget

It may be a lesser RX 9070, but it’s still a solid 1440p gaming performer. If you haven't noticed yet, it's a pretty bad time to buy hardware, PCs and anything that needs RAM. You can thank the AI companies for that.…

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Jun 1, 2026·GizmodoT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
AMD’s Plan to Fix RAM Costs: Bring Back Bygone CPUs

The next generation of AMD gaming CPUs is the last generation of AMD gaming CPUs. With astronomical RAM prices gatekeeping gamers from upgrading, the chipmaker has released its former best-in-class AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D…

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AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it

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It may be a lesser RX 9070, but it’s still a solid 1440p gaming performer. If you haven't noticed yet, it's a pretty bad time to buy hardware, PCs and anything that needs RAM. You can thank the AI companies for that. AMD has one potential…

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T2 · Outlet reportGizmodoJun 1, 2026

The next generation of AMD gaming CPUs is the last generation of AMD gaming CPUs. With astronomical RAM prices gatekeeping gamers from upgrading, the chipmaker has released its former best-in-class AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a price better…

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