Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
The default behavior is the built-in local administrator account still leverages and prompts for UAC. Go check the Local Security Policy. Most rules are set on the Administrators group, not the local admin account. It still has restrictions on what it can do. Local System and Trusted Installer...
I doubt it's extra permissions. More likely certain security features being disabled or perhaps less background bloat.
I'm curious if even older Ryzen CPUs benefit from this or even Intel CPUs, like mentioned. Should be easy enough to test. I might try this out on my 3900X.
This is expected and well known. I don't get why everyone is making such a big deal over this. If you have a 7800X3D and want an upgrade for gaming then you have to wait for the 9800X3D.
Older APUs with Vega graphics aren't going to get the same amount of support as newer generations with NAVI/RDNA-based GPUs. I was looking at a mini pc for my mom, and there's no way I would get something with Vega graphics today. The support just won't be there and problems will arise.