A bit different than an APU

AMD has announced that it has gained a contract from China's Zhongshan Subor. The semiconductor company has published a post about a new semi-custom Zen and Vega SoC.


Up to $1799 USD

AMD announced that its new second generation of Threadripper CPUs is open for preorders. AMD's Ryzen Threadripper CPU lineup includes one 32-cores CPU, one 24-cores processor, one 16-cores chip and one 12-cores model.


Two new models

In a few days, AMD will official release the second generation of Threadripper processors. As you might know, this CPUs are compatible with first generation of motherboards. At the moment only MSI and Gigabyte have released new motherboards, the other manufacturers have just updated their BIOS or added cooling kit for the power delivery.


Not all old X399 motherboards might be compatible

During the last days we have published several rumors and leaks about upcoming AMD Threadripper CPUs and AMD X399 motherboards. If you already own an X399 motherboard you should be fine, however if you like overclock you might be interested in this article since your motherboard isn't truly compatible with new high-end CPUs.


Four SKUs

The new series of Ryzen Threadripper processors will include four SKUs with both -WX and -X suffix. As you might know, the -WX suffix stands for "creators and innovators" while -X should mean "enthusiast and gamers".


Alongside with performance data

AMD's first generation Ryzen Threadripper packaging was rather interesting. With the second generation of CPUs, AMD offers another fetching packaging. AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 will come in a futuristic pod fabricated from textured and transparent materials.



With StoreMI technology

Today AMD has officially released their budget-oriented B450 chipset, offering low-cost alternatives to the company's high-end AMD X470 chipset. The B450 chipset should still offer interesting features like 24 PCIe Gen3 lanes, AMD StoreMI technology and DRAM/CPU OC.


Easy way to overclock memory on Ryzen

The user 1usmus is the software developer behind the Ryzen DRAM calculator, this freeware tool might be very useful for anyone who wants to simplifie the process of finding the right memory clock on AMD Ryzen.


Available at $1835 USD

The retailer Canada Computers & Electronics accidentally has listed the upcoming AMD flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processor on its website for a short moment. The 32 cores monster appeared with a price of $2'399 CAD, which is roughly equivalent to $1'835 USD.


In seven years

During the last three years, AMD has had a lot of success due to the launch of Ryzen, Threadripper and EPYC CPUs. With the second generation of Ryzen processors, the company has kept the right pressure on Intel and have sold a lot of units.


Better than NVIDIA

For many years, we have heard stories about AMD graphics drivers. AMD was criticised for its driver support with the Radeon Technologies Group software. With Adrenalin and Crimson drivers, AMD has fixed several bugs and now the company is offering a very good support. A few months ago, AMD commissioned QA Consultants to conduct an independent evaluation of stability of the latest graphics drivers from both AMD and NVIDIA.


Yes, it is July - already

AMD has yet released the next iteration of their Adrenalin software package aka drivers. Meanwhile the versioning is at 18.7.1 and some rather beefy - 28 percent - performance improvement for “Earthfall” has been realized in combination with Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards.


MK2 revision is just around the corner

A few weeks ago, ASRock introduce its new Phantom Gaming X Radeon Vega graphics cards. During an event in Taipei, ASRock has revealed that they are going to release more products during upcoming months. ASRock will introduce the second generation of Phantom Gaming X GPUs in August.


Compatible with 32 core HEDT CPU

Gigabyte has finally revealed the first motherboard compatible with Threadripper 2 processors. This particular board comes with a whole bunch of features as well as an exceptionally good looking color scheme. Due this announcement, Gigabyte confirms that there are no plans for X499 motherboards in a near future.


By the end of 2018

With AMD Polaris, we have seen fast graphics cards at a rather reasonable price, but miners soon began snapping them up and driving prices higher. Since the situation is bit better now, AMD is apparently looking to improve Polaris lineup with a new series of graphics cards.



With 45W TDP

Back in May AMD mentioned the Ryzen low power CPUs, which means powerful processors with up to 45W TDP. Right after the U-series and the H-series branding, AMD is going to release the E-series. These processors should be designed for OEM use only.


Quad-core Ryzen 2000 CPU

AMD's Ryzen 2nd Generation CPU has been very successful since it offers a good improvement over the first generation. Furthermore the price is still rather low and reference CPU cooler is more capable.


More information about AMD rebranding

As you might know, AMD is rebranding its FreeSync 2 technology to FreeSync 2 HDR. Since the FreeSync 2 is compatible with HDR technology AMD decided to do this change. Althought this might have sense, at the moment there is a lot of confusion over the specifications since AMD is basically slapping the HDR badge on existing FreeSync 2 display.


Available in Q3 2018

A few days ago AMD announced its Ryzen Threadripper 2990X which should be available quite soon. Once again, the youtube TUM APISAK has spotted this CPU listed on 3DMark database. Furthermore the chip has been listed on a german retailer for a little over 1500 Euro.


For winners of Intel Core i7-8086K

During the last week, AMD has announced that it would swap 40 Core i7-8086K won with the Intel sweepstakes program with Threadripper 1950X processor. Today AMD has officially opened its replacement program.
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