While the price of AMD's eight-core processor with 3D V-cache rockets elsewhere, it's currently on offer at several retailers in the UK.

AMD has released a series of updates to address the performance issues that plagued the Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors following their delayed launch. These updates bring significant improvements for recent PC builders who were disappointed with the chip's initial performance, which isn't really living up to AMD's big all-out promises.

AMD is releasing new BIOS updates that will boost performance for its Ryzen 9600X / 9700X processors and address some latency issues. The performance improvements and latency reductions arrive around a month after disappointing Zen 5 desktop CPU reviews and appear alongside updates to Windows 11 that include optimized AMD-specific branch prediction for both Zen 4 and Zen 5 chips.