How 3D Game Rendering Works, Ryzen 5 3600 vs. 3600X, Testing AMD’s new Radeon Anti-Lag

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech July 22 Best Value CPU [Ryzen 5 3600 vs. 3600X: Which should you buy?]( We were among the first to review the Ryzen 5 3600 and at $200 we found the 6-core, 12-thread processor a crankin' good deal. In short, it murders the 9600K in core-heavy productivity benchmarks and was right there for the gaming tests. But without question the most popular question we received afterwards was: [should you buy the Ryzen 5 3600 or the 3600X?]( We were among the first to review the Ryzen 5 3600 and at $200 we found the 6-core, 12-thread processor a crankin' good deal. In short, it murders the 9600K in core-heavy productivity benchmarks and was right there for the gaming tests. But without question the most popular question we received afterwards was: [should you buy the Ryzen 5 3600 or the 3600X?]( Explainer [How 3D Game Rendering Works: Vertex Processing]( In this first part of our [deeper look at 3D game rendering](, we'll be focusing entirely on the vertex stage of the process. This means dragging out our math textbooks, brushing up on a spot of linear algebra, matrices, and trigonometry -- oh yeah! In this first part of our [deeper look at 3D game rendering](, we'll be focusing entirely on the vertex stage of the process. This means dragging out our math textbooks, brushing up on a spot of linear algebra, matrices, and trigonometry -- oh yeah! Graphics [Testing AMD's new Radeon Anti-Lag Feature]( Alongside their new Radeon RX 5700 Navi GPUs, AMD rolled out two new features in the Radeon driver suite. Radeon Image Sharpening which directly targets Nvidia's DLSS, and [Radeon Anti-Lag to reduce input lag]( while gaming. So, how well does the latter work? Alongside their new Radeon RX 5700 Navi GPUs, AMD rolled out two new features in the Radeon driver suite. Radeon Image Sharpening which directly targets Nvidia's DLSS, and [Radeon Anti-Lag to reduce input lag]( while gaming. So, how well does the latter work? Security [WhatsApp spyware could also steal data from your Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook accounts]( Earlier this year, news broke that a vulnerability in WhatsApp allowed a spyware tool to be injected into phones with a simple call that wouldn't need to be answered and also wouldn't leave any trace. The software was architected by… Earlier this year, news broke that a vulnerability in WhatsApp allowed a spyware tool to be injected into phones with a simple call that wouldn't need to be answered and also wouldn't leave any trace. 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