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AMD Zen 5 CPU boosting update backported to Windows 11 23H2, arriving sooner than expected

Now arriving on Windows 11 23H2 instead of waiting for 24H2
In brief: AMD's Zen 5 series chips arrived earlier this month to some salty reviews over the performance discrepancies that didn't reflect the promised uplifts. Not long after, the chipmaker announced that the problem would be addressed in Windows 11's 24H2 update. But now in an unexpected twist, the fix is landing sooner than expected.
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Resellers rebrand DeepCool as Shaking Tank to sidestep US sanctions

They're also blurring out the logos on products to hide any branding
Through the looking glass: At first glance, it may appear that the Chinese cooling company DeepCool has been sneakily rebranding and reselling its products stateside under the name "Shaking Tank" in an attempt to sidestep economic sanctions imposed by the US government. But things may not be so simple.
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AMD is pushing Microsoft to release Ryzen 9000 performance-boosting update sooner

Reviewers weren't seeing the kind of performance uplifts AMD promised, but a fix is coming soon
In context: When AMD launched its new Ryzen 9000 CPUs earlier this month, there was a lot of hype around the promised performance gains across the board, including gaming. AMD's own pre-release benchmarks showed a tidy 9% generational uplift over Ryzen 7000 in 1080p gaming, and around 6% higher frame rates compared to Intel's best. But once the reviews started rolling in, not everyone was seeing those kinds of improvements.
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