PC World - USA (2019-12)

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consumption and
also about 7 percent
cooler. AMD said
Eco Mode can be
turned on and off
from within a new
version of the Ryzen
Master utility.
The company
said the mode was
added by request
from users who
want to use Ryzen
CPUs inside home
theater PCs and other environments with
limited thermal and noise headroom. AMD is
casting a wide net, saying the new Eco Mode

will apply to other 105-watt Ryzen-based

chips. Eco Mode will also allow 95-watt chips

to drop to 65 watts, and 65-watt CPUs to

According to AMD, the Ryzen 9 3950X will outrun the Core i9 in some games.

Content creation though, is a cake walk.