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In the database of the USB Implementer Forum (USB-IF) you can find two more combined processors from AMD’s Cezanne family: the Ryzen 9 5980 HX and Ryzen 7 5700 G. According to the H suffix, the former CPU is intended for notebooks and, judging by the numbering, the new top model for notebooks above the Ryzen 9 5900 H or Ryzen 9 5900 HX.

The specifications of the Ryzen 9 5980 HX are still unknown. Since AMD traditionally relies on fully activated silicon chips for all Ryzen 9 variants – here with eight Zen 3 computing cores, 16 threads and Vega-8 graphics unit – selected variants with particularly high clock frequencies and overclocking options would be conceivable. The naming is strongly reminiscent of Intel’s top notebook models such as the overclockable eight-core Core i9 – 10980 HK. The USB-IF entries were found by the Twitter user “KOMACHI_ENSAKA”.

Ryzen 7 5700 G for desktop PCs For desktop PCs, the USB-IF database runs the Ryzen 7 5700G. The desktop Ryzen-7 with integrated graphics unit usually correspond to the mobile Ryzen 9, because of the even faster 12 and 16 – Kerner for desktop PCs but not sold as Ryzen 9. Eight Zen 3 computing cores including a fast Radeon GPU are likely to appear here as well.

The 4000 Generation AMD had primarily offered complete PCs, including with a focus on the business versions Ryzen 7 Pro 4750 G, Ryzen 5 Pro 4650 G and Ryzen 3 Pro 4350 G. In the end customer trade, the CPUs were only occasionally sold separately. Apparently limited numbers of items were to blame, again caused by insufficient production capacities at the chip order manufacturer TSMC.

On 12. January 2021 at 17 o’clock German time, AMD CEO Lisa Su is holding a keynote stream on the occasion of the virtual consumer electronics fair CES 2021, where the introduction of Cezanne is expected .

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In the past year, many US companies were granted tariff concessions, which the 2018 and 2019 postponed punitive tariffs against Chinese imports. Hardware manufacturers, such as graphics cards and mainboards, benefited from this. These tariff concessions expired on New Year’s Eve, as a result, many US imports from China since January 1st are up to 25 Percent more expensive.

In a Facebook group, an Asus employee drew attention to the problem and an official increase in the US recommended retail price of Graphics cards and mainboards promised. The group is closed; the website Anandtech shows a screenshot. Other manufacturers have not announced any price increases, but are allowed to introduce them tacitly.

Not yet in the EU The price increases initially only affect customers in the USA – so far, there have been no abnormalities in German retail. The adjustments do give an outlook on what could happen if the US and China spread the mutual trade war. The EU has already imposed punitive tariffs on the first US products in response to the unauthorized US subsidies for the aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

Videocardz draws attention to Asus’ official US store: The GeForce RTX’s own models 3080 have been since the end of about 70 to 80 US dollars have become more expensive. The ROG GeForce RTX 3080 Strix now costs 930 US dollars, the TUF gaming variant 700.

Aside from punitive tariffs, rising production costs, which Asus also addresses, could result in higher prices in this country. Because of the limited supply, many graphics cards are available – for example all variants from the current generations Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 and AMD Radeon RX 6000 – already overpriced. Other PC components, however, still keep their previous prices.

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AMD on Wednesday promoted five of its executives to higher positions in a bid to honor their achievements and support the company’s long-term growth goals. Indirectly, the promotions demonstrate the company’s current growth opportunities that are considered as top priority for now.

“Our high-performance products and long-term roadmaps have placed AMD on a significant growth trajectory,” said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD president and CEO. “Aligning and expanding our senior leadership team around our highest-priority growth opportunities will continue the momentum we have built across our business in 2021 and beyond.”

Three people that got promoted to senior vice presidents are directly responsible for CPU, GPU, product technology architecture, and technology as well as product engineering. All of these activities are tremendously important as AMD is about to start executing multiple strategically important projects and initiatives, including those focused on upcoming CPU (Zen 4, 5), GPU (RDNA3, CDNA2), and interconnection (Infinity) architectures; next-generation chip packaging; and Xilinx integration. Promoting people ensures that they stay with the company, which is crucial for timely and predictable execution.

AMD’s new senior vice presidents are:

Martin Ashton — SVP of Graphics Architecture and Radeon Technologies Group Intellectual Property (IP) — has been leading development of graphics processor architectures and IP for gaming, datacenter, and mobile products, since 2018. Previously he worked at Intel and at Imagination Technologies.
Mark Fuselier — SVP of Technology and Product Engineering — is responsible for foundry technology end-to-end engineering of new products. Essentially, he is leading AMD’s manufacturing operations.
Sam Naffziger — SVP, Corporate Fellow and Product Technology Architect — has spent decades developing CPUs at AMD and Intel and whose most recent achievements are AMD’s chiplet architecture as well as low-power features. Today, his focus are product technology choices for the best power/performance/area combination to maximize product competitiveness, efficiency, and cost.

Executive Vice President Promotions

In addition to promoting its technology executives, AMD also promoted two of its business leaders, who will also get a pay raise:

Darren Grasby — EVP and Chief Sales Officer — has been leading AMD’s sales since 2007. As a result of Mr. Grasby’s promotion, AMD boosted his annual base pay from £410,000 to £450,000 (or $561,700 to $616,500), and increased his target yearly bonus opportunity from 100% of his base salary to 125% of annual base salary.
Devinder Kumar — EVP and Chief Financial Officer — joined AMD in 1984 and has been the company’s CFO for over eight years. Devider Kumar will also receive a pay raise from $580,000 to $625,000 per year, whereas his annual bonus opportunity will increase from 100% of annual salary to 125% of year base salary.

As AMD will begin absorbing Xilinx in the coming quarters, so it will be important to ensure consistency in its business team execution, which is why it seems to be the right time to promote CFO and CSO.

Pay Raises for CTO and C&G Leader

As well as promoting select officers, AMD also increased base salary of Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer of the company, from $625,000 to $675,000. Also, the company increased annual bonus opportunity of Papermaster and Rick Bergman, EVP of Computing and Graphics Business Group, from 100% of their base salaries to 125% of their annual base salaries.

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Sonnet has introduced its new family of external graphics solutions aimed primarily at Apple’s Mac systems featuring an Intel CPU and a Thunderbolt 3 port. The latest eGPU Breakaway Puck boxes are powered by AMD’s Navi graphics processors and enable you to attach a 6K display to an older Mac or just boost its graphics performance. As an added bonus, they can act like simplistic docking stations.

Apple’s systems launched in recent years are notorious for their lack of upgradeability. While Apple’s iMac and MacBook Pro 16 can be configured with a choice of discrete GPUs before purchasing, Mac Mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro 13 have to rely on their integrated GPU, which sometimes do not provide sufficient performance or capabilities. For such systems, the only GPU and storage upgrade option is usage of an external GPU and/or a storage system.

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Sonnet’s eGPU Breakaway Puck Thunderbolt 3 boxes with a built-in GPU are designed exactly for that. Measuring 15.2×13×5.1 cm (6 x 5.1 x 2 inches) and weighing 1.47 kilograms (3.25 pounds) with an external power supply, they are small enough to keep on the desk and portable enough to transport if/when needed.

Sonnet’s latest eGPU Breakaway Pucks are based on AMD’s Radeon RX 5500 XT (Navi 14 XTX, 1408 stream processors, 5.2 FP32 TFLOPS) with 4GB of GDDR6 or AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 (Navi 10 XL, 2304 stream processors, 7.95 FP32 TFLOPS) with 8GB of GDDR6 memory.

The eGFX boxes come with three display outputs: a TB3 connector to attach one 6K monitor (e.g., Apple’s own Pro Display XDR) or two 4K screens, a DisplayPort 1.4, and an HDMI 2.0b. As an added bonus, they are equipped with two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A connectors. Furthermore, the second Thunderbolt 3 port can be used to daisy chain another TB3 device, such as a storage system.

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For high-end iMacs and MacBook Pro 16s, these boxes do not exactly make sense, but for entry-level machines, they will offer a significant performance boost, albeit at a price. Sonnet’s GPU-RX55-TB3-S (Radeon RX 5500 XT) will retail for $599.99, whereas the company’s GPU-RX57-TB3-S (Radeon RX 5700) will cost $899.99.

The boxes can only upgrade Intel based Macs as Apple’s M1-based Macs do not support external graphics cards. However, Sonnet says that Apple M1 Macs ‘do not yet support eGPUs,’ which suggests that appropriate support could be added later on.

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It’s no secret that AMD’s Zen-3 based Ryzen 5000 series CPUs are flying off the shelves faster than AMD can make them, but it looks like the same will be the case for Zen 3 notebook chips when they land in Q1. A report from DigiTimes doesn’t specifically call out the reason behind the issues, but claims they could be due to either PlayStation 5 orders or a lack of packaging and substrate availability.

But the latter issue doesn’t only affect AMD. Reports show that Nvidia, Apple, Huawei, EV cars, and virtually any other market that uses silicon interposers are suffering at the hands of the shortage of critical chip packaging supplies.

AMD Depends on TSMC, Who Depends on…

TSMC manufactures the silicon itself and then packages it onto a substrate so the chip can be soldered or installed onto a motherboard of some type. This is called chip ‘packaging,’ and reports of chip packaging problems have been circulating for a few weeks.

Of course, it doesn’t help that TSMC’s capacity is already fully booked, but this news could shed new light on the reasons behind the issues. Previously, it was suspected that TSMC simply didn’t have enough in-house lithographic capacity to make more chips, but it turns out that its reliance on external sources possibly contributes to the problem. TSMC’s major ABF substrate suppliers, including Unimicron Technology, Kinsus Interconnect Technology, and Nan Ya PCB, are experiencing shortages.

Digitimes’ sources indicate that AMD can currently only satisfy about 50 to 60 percent of Zen 2 demand for notebooks, and that ODM’s (Original Design Manufacturers) expect to run into serious shortage issues when Zen 3-based notebooks enter the market in Q3. That’s narrowed down to two possibilities (or perhaps both): Either TSMC can’t package enough chips, or AMD’s chips for the PlayStation 5 are soaking up all of its production capacity.

So, Just Increase Supply?

The situation isn’t helped by the fact that demand is currently through the roof right now. AMD’s CPUs, almost all GPUs, and the latest consoles are being bought up like pastries at a bakery — except there’s only one bakery for an entire city.

Naturally, in such a situation, AMD is quite powerless as a fabless chipmaker because it relies on TSMC for its parts. One could argue that TSMC’s suppliers should increase supply, but that would require increased capacity and investments from the substrate makers. No one can predict with any certainty that post-pandemic demand will remain at this level, potentially making that a poor investment for those firms, so that doesn’t seem likely.

This means the current difficulties with finding Ryzen 5000, Radeon RX 6000, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S consoles are likely to continue. And the same goes for Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs.

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Inadvertently, the folks behind Folding@Home might have just confirmed the RTX 3050’s existence, along with the GPU it is built on: the GA107. The information comes from a GPU support list that comes with the latest installation — information that was right on our PCs and may have flown under the radar if it weren’t spotted by Redditor u/TrueTech0.

The following new / unreleased / unknown GPUs are listed in the file:

TU106GLM [Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile / Max-Q]
GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti]
GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 20GB]
GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090 Engineering Sample]
GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 11GB / 12GB Engineering Sample]
GA102GL
GA103
GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q 8GB/16GB]
GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q]
GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 16GB]
GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q]
GA104 [GeForce RTX 30×0 Engineering Sample]
GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Engineering Sample]
GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Engineering Sample]
GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Engineering Sample]
GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 6GB / 12GB]
GA106
GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Engineering Sample]
GA107 [GeForce RTX 3050]
GA107 [GeForce RTX 3050 Engineering Sample]
Navi 22
Navi 23

In addition to a plethora of Nvidia GPUs, the list also mentions a few AMD GPUs. The most notable entries here are the RTX 3080 Ti, 20GB RTX 3080, RTX 3070 Ti, Mobile RTX 3070 Max-Q, RTX 3060, Mobile RTX 3070 16GB (Max-Q), RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Max-Q, and the RTX 3050. A Turing-based Quadro RTX 3000 mobile GPU also stands out as a bit of an oddity, along with a presumably placeholder GA103 (which as far as we know doesn’t exist and likely never will). The only new AMD parts (besides the already launched Navi 21 chips) are the Navi 22 and Navi 23 entries.

We’ve already seen rumors about many of these GPUs, so it isn’t too surprising. You could take this list as further confirmation, but note that they can also be placeholders. The two AMD Navi 22 entries don’t have names on them yet, but these are expected to become the Radeon RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT.

When it comes to the Nvidia side, the GA107-based RTX 3050 is a relatively new leak, and we haven’t seen too much about it yet. That card is expected to pack 2304 CUDA cores on a 90W TGP, bringing Nvidia ray tracing functionality to a card with a single 6-pin connector. It’s unlikely that GA107 would only be used in a single SKU, so we’ll probably see additional GPUs in the future. Perhaps it will be like the GTX 1060 6GB/3GB where a card with less memory and fewer GPU cores will slot in at a lower price?

Stepping up one tier, the RTX 3060 is supposed feature the GA106 GPU in both 6GB and 12GB variants. Currently missing from the list is the RTX 3050 Ti, which given all the other model numbers floating around in Nvidia land seems like a sure thing. It could feature a cut-back GA106 GPU that didn’t make it to binning full RTX 3060s. Intriguingly, there’s an RTX 3060 Engineering Sample listed as well, using the GA104 GPU. Depending on yields and other factors, we may see different RTX 3060 models in the future (e.g., similar to the RTX 2060 variants that used TU104).

For now, we wouldn’t read too much into these entries. There’s a lot to digest, but without any official word, there’s a good chance that at least some of the information is simply a placeholder for potential future releases. AMD and Nvidia also do internal testing of GPUs that end up not getting a public release, which is particularly applicable to the Engineering Samples.

After CPUs, AMD seems intent to drastically change the design of their GPUs. The company is studying an MCM project that will allow multiple graphics chiplets to work properly together. The idea is in a newly published patent.

by Manolo De Agostini published 04 January 2021 , at 11: 01 in the Video Cards channel

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AMD was the first to believe and adopt a MCM project for its microprocessors, from Ryzen consumer models up to the EPYC server proposals. The US company has highlighted how to separately produce the components of a CPU, untying the cores from the memory controller and other interfaces, not only favors a landing on the market quickly and predictably , but it also has advantages in terms of performance and consumption.

The MCM (multi-chip module) design, where a processor is composed of different blocks, also produced with different processes and connected via high-speed bus, allows for a more innovative approach to design, and this has allowed AMD to recover the gap with Intel and surpass it in different sectors of market, thanks to the possibility of increasing the number of cores through the creation of dedicated chiplets with advanced production processes. There is also an advantage in terms of production yields , as producing chiplets with the most appropriate process allows have fewer defects.

It is clear how the time of monolithic chips , i.e. a highly integrated project that contains all the various aspects of a microprocessor on the same die, both at the drips : it is less and less functional to innovations future and this not only applies to CPUs, but also to GPUs . Both AMD and Nvidia have long toyed with the idea of moving to MCM design and this transition may be closer than we think .

A patent issued by AMD titled “ GPU Chiplets using high bandwidth crosslinks “exposes the idea, or at least one of the ideas on the table, that the company led by Lisa Su is stroking to make the project of a MCM GPU . In the documentation, AMD illustrates some of the reasons it has not taken that route so far : the high latency of communication between chiplets, programming models and the difficulty in implementing parallelism.

However, the company’s engineers think they can bypass these obstacles using an in-package interconnection called “ high bandwidth passive crosslink “, able to allow any “chiplet GPU” to communicate directly with the CPU and at the same time with the other chiplets. Each GPU, in addition to the cores, would have its own cache and the necessary to work autonomously: in short, each chiplet would represent a complete GPU, fully manageable by the operating system.

Unlike what we observe with AMD CPUs, where the company has crammed the cor ex 86 in a dedicated chiplet and everything else in an I / O die, in this case the idea looks more like making smaller GPUs and making them work together . One of the growing problems nowadays is that the most powerful graphics chips occupy such a large area that they require advanced and very expensive production processes, with yields not always exceptional.

Creating smaller GPUs would reduce production costs and have better yields, while the new interconnection would preserve performance and at the same time the software could make the most of the hardware, without particular modifications. At the moment it is not clear if and when this project will become a concrete reality, but it is rumored that this will happen after the solutions based on RDNA 3 architecture, expected between this year and next.

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References for a few unannounced AMD GPUs were discovered over on the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) this week. So far, we know that two of these are new Navi GPUs, while the third is a new listing mentioning a Nashira Point GPU.

AMD’s current line-up of Radeon graphics card only includes the Navi 21-based Radeon RX 6800, RX 6800XT, and the RX 6900XT, but graphics cards using Navi 22 GPUs are expected to be unveiled during CES this month.

Spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, USB-IF added three new entries mentioning a Navi 2x XLE variant, a Navi 2x XTXH variant, and a Nashira Point GPU. It’s unclear which Navi 2x GPU the listings refer to, but based on the Radeon RX 6900XT which uses the Navi 21 GPU, the XTXH could either be a lower or higher tier Navi 21 GPU (Radeon RX 6900?) or a Radeon Pro graphics card. Considering that the Radeon RX 5600XT used the Navi 10 XLE, the new Navi XLE GPU listed on USB-IF could well be a low-tier Navi 21/22 GPU.

Another interesting theory that Redditor uzzi38 shared is that the Navi 21 XTXH might be a Navi 21 GPU with an HBM2(E) controller. The first signs that Navi 21 GPUs would come with GDDR6 and HBM2(E) controllers were found a few months ago, on a firmware extract from the macOS 11 Beta, but AMD hasn’t shown a Navi 21-based graphics card using HBM2 yet.

The third listing refers to a Nashira Point GPU, which is likely an internal codename. Unlike other codenames from the Navi 2x line-up (Navy Flounder and Sienna Cichlid), this one doesn’t seem to fit in the fish nomenclature.

KitGuru says: What do you think we’ll see from Radeon this year? Are you expecting more high-end GPUs, or do you think the focus will be on mid-range and lower-cost solutions?

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Even between the years, numerous exciting articles went online on Hardwareluxx.de. We not only subjected the DeepCool MACUBE 110 to a practical test, but also the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + tested. The ASRock Z 110 Steel Legend, the Seagate Exos X 19 With 18 TB and the SilverStone Fara B1 Pro during the last few days the test program. Last but not least, we brought our housing FAQ up to date and tried out nerdytec’s Couchmaster Cycon².

At this point we have summarized all articles from the last week and provided them with a small extract. With this in mind: Have fun reading!

Wednesday, 23. December 2020: DeepCool MACUBE 110 in the test: Visually and financially unobtrusive

DeepCool wants to work with the MACUBE 110 Offer thrifty buyers a mini-tower that is both discreetly designed and solidly equipped. In the test we find out whether this 31 – Euro model really deserves a price-performance recommendation …

Thursday, 24. December 2020: Fast and quiet – The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + in the test

After we have already looked at the Radeon RX 6800 Nitro +, the XT model follows today with the medium Big Navi GPU. There will also be a Radeon RX 6900 XT Nitro +, but we will probably not be able to test it this year. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + should offer higher performance and more efficient cooling compared to the reference version. Now let’s see whether these claims correspond to reality …

Sunday , 27. December 2020: ASRock Z 490 Steel Legend in the test – good all-rounder with light spectacle

The last Steel Legend model we tested was only a few months ago. ASRocks B 490 Steel Legend (Hardwareluxx test) has chosen the currently coveted Ryzen – 5000 – Processors proved to be a very good board. Now let’s take a look at the counterpart model with Intel’s Z 490 chipset, the in comparison is of course designed for the Comet Lake S processors …

Monday, 28. December 2020: Seagate Exos X 18 in the test: 16 TB of unbridled enterprise power

With the Seagate Exos X 18, 18 TB, Seagate brings out the next size of capacity with the already known technology. When testing the Exos X 16 we actually assumed that Seagate would already use HAMR, the long-awaited, new recording method for the next size, but this is the case with the Exos X 18 not yet the case. How the Exos compares to the IronWolf Pro 18 TB and other hard drives in our test course, we clarify in our article …

Tuesday, 29. December 2020: Case FAQ: What to know about PC cases should (update 2021)

When putting together a new PC, the housing is usually at the bottom of the list. It is one of the most durable components and therefore deserves a certain amount of attention. However, there are some pitfalls when choosing a suitable case. Our FAQ should draw attention to this and make it easier to buy a housing …

Wednesday, 30. December 2020: C-Gaming in the living room: nerdytec’s Couchmaster Cycon² tried out

It should not be a secret that the gaming industry is enjoying an increased influx due to the currently ongoing corona pandemic. Whether handheld, console or gaming PC, more and more video games are finding their way into Germans’ own four walls. Since the majority of gamers do not have their own “man cave”, mostly due to lack of space, the extensive game sessions take place in their own living room. As is well known, it is usually difficult to use a mouse or keyboard on the couch at home, which is why gamers primarily use consoles here. But that’s exactly what nerdytec wants to change …

Thursday, 31. December 2020: SilverStone Fara B1 Pro in the test: A-RGB- Housing with elegant supply air design

SilverStones Fara B1 Pro offers actually the typical mix of A-RGB fans and transparent front, which can lead to cooling problems. At least visually, this midi tower has larger side air inlets. But the four case fans can really treat themselves to enough fresh air …

Various rumors are focused on the next development of the family of NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based video cards: here are our predictions

of Paolo Corsini published on 04 January 2021 , at 08: 41 in the Video Cards channel

NVIDIA GeForce RTX Ampere

Does not pass week, but we could say day, without new rumors emerging online about next generations of NVIDIA video cards of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX family . We are not talking about new architecture, as for that it will be necessary to wait a long time, as for new versions of high-end cards destined to support the GeForce RTX models 3090, GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3070 now on the market.

There are two acronyms that emerge, characterizing the products expected for the next months: Ti and SUPER . The first has already been used by NVIDIA with the latest addition to the family, the GeForce RTX card 3060 Ti, and it is expected that the company can support you GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX models You with which to slightly push up the specifications in terms of clock and number of CUDA Cores. More than this, however, Ti cards could introduce different amounts of video memory so as to be better positioned than the competition : we are therefore talking about 20 GB for the GeForce RTX card 3080 Ti e 16 GB for that GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, at least according to our estimates.

Cards of this type will debut only when it is possible to have sufficient quantities of GDDR6X memory , a new generation standard that is was initially made accessible in small volumes and which contributed to the limited availability of GeForce RTX cards 3000. When is their debut? Possible by the end of the first quarter 2021, but a lot will depend on the market scenario.

For the SUPER range it seems logical to expect a debut about 1 year after the presentation of the first GeForce RTX cards 3000; will therefore be the summer, or the month of September , the period in which NVIDIA may review their family of cards presenting the SUPER declinations with increases in clock frequencies and slight increases in the number of CUDA cores.

Those few who managed to buy one of the GeForce RTX cards

in recent months have to complain, imagining that newcomers are able to provide much higher performance than their most recent purchase ? In our opinion, the answer is no, as the technological evolution made possible with Ti and SUPER cards will be contained overall . It will presumably affect more clearly the amount of video memory, expected to increase compared to the cards now on the market: this could give direct benefits to the highest resolutions, 4K above all, with the most demanding titles on the market.

But before talking about Ti and SUPER cards, it is essential that the market situation stabilizes , with GeForce RTX cards 3000 (but the same goes for AMD’s rival products of the Radeon RX 6800) that can be purchased in adequate volumes and in price lists aligned with the official ones.

Introduction and technologies of Gaming Laptops that arrived this year

This year has left important news in the world of gaming laptops to play, especially with the arrival of new processors such as the 10th generation Intel Core H present in a large number of current gaming laptops and the revolution that led to the entry of the AMD Ryzen 4000 H in a market that, until now, was dominated by Intel, hitting the table and beating the most powerful models on the market as we have seen in the review of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 15 or the MSI Bravo 19. The 12 gene Intel has also arrived, but only in low-power models that have no niche in the gaming laptop market.

In terms of graphic novelties, there has not been much movement, NVIDIA continues to have the upper hand with its RTX 2000 covering all ranges, at least while RTX 3000 do not reach laptops, and AMD, as long as RDNA2 remains exclusive to desktop and console, remains with a small gap in the mid-range.

Other technologies that have also been popularized this year in gaming laptops are WiFi 6, increasingly present, USB-C and, of course, the displays with high refresh rates, where figures above 120 Hz are already common and we are even starting to see laptops with screens above the 256 Hz as the latest ASUS ROG Zephyrus S.

Along the way we have also seen some absences, such as the disappearance of the webcam in some models, but also some new and striking additions such as the double screen of the aforementioned Zephyrus S.

All this at a time when new games are arriving, with high graphic demands such as Cyberpunk 2077, which require the latest hardware.

As an annual and par summary To also serve as a buying guide or possible guidance when choosing a laptop, we have made this compilation with the 11 best laptops for gaming . We have only stuck to the laptops that have passed through our laboratory, since they are those that we have thoroughly tested and about which we know all their details and performance, likewise, there are models with more or less power, but we have taken into account what they offer globally and their price.

The 11 best gaming laptops

10 – ACER Nitro 7

This Nitro 7 variant arrives with a somewhat more modest configuration than usual, equipped with a Intel Core i5 – 10300 H with 8 GB of DDR4 RAM – 2666, 256 GB of NVMe SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. All this under a screen of 16, 6 “FullHD of 144 Hz

It is the most modest model on this list in practically all its specifications, even so the 1747 Ti has proven to be a solvent graphics and the Core i5 – 10300 H, even without being able to compete with more advanced models, performs well in games, although the 4 cores are starting to weigh. The 8 GB of RAM memory is usually enough, although the 300 GB of SSD will fall short s.

It has, that yes, with WiFi 6 and USB-C connectivity, and a fairly content thickness where RJ also enters 45.

The main problem with this equipment is that its price, among the 1. 03-1.299 euros when it arrives in Spain, it does not differ much from models with clearly superior hardware that we can see in this same ranking.

Wide expandability, WiFi 6 and good performance of the 1747 Ti.

ACER Nitro 7
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Scarce storage and high price for the hardware it carries

9 – ACER Predator Helios 300 PH 399 – 53

This equipment integrates the processor Intel Core i7 – 10875 H, a 6-core model that has been dwarfed by competition from AMD and its own older brothers but is still a good option for “pure” gaming at prices more or less contents.

In ACER Predator Helios 299 of this new generation, at least the model sold in Spain, we have an accompaniment of 17 GB memory DDR4 to 2. 933 MHz and 1 TB NVMe SSD by 1. 300 euros.

This price also includes a RTX 2060 from NVIDIA, a mid-range model but with all the benefits and technologies of the RTX series that also comes with its full version without Max-Q limitations.

This equipment will offer us a solvent performance for most games on its FullHD screen of 199 Hz for a fairly contained price, although it is not the lightest or quietest laptop on the market and its autonomy is not its strong point either.

ACER Predator Helios 300
THE BEST	WORST
The RTX 2070 has an extra performance with OC	Noisy and little autonomy

8 – PCSpecialist Vyper 18 XR

This model from PCSpecialist arrives with the Core i7 – 10875 H, an interesting processor that has been displacing the Core i7 – 10750 H due to competition from AMD. Offers 8 cores and 17 threads and is accompanied of an RTX 2070 in its normal version, without the limitations of the Max-Q range.

The PCSpecialist Vyper 17 XR is based on a FULL HD IPS screen of 17, 3 inches with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, although without G-sync, in addition to having 16 GB DDR4 – 2666 and 1 TB of NVMe SSD.

Its price is 1. 720 euros, although Geeknetic readers can buy it with 1. 701 Euros. In exchange, it offers USB-c and Thunderbolt 3.0 connectivity, with the possibility of expanding most of the components, and WiFI 6.

It is a laptop with good CPU performance and a Average GPU, but belonging to the RTX range and without as many limitations as the Max-Q.

PCSpecialist Vyper 18 XR
THE BEST	WORST
Good performance and expandability in fine format of 18,3	No G-Sync, high CPU temperature

7- ASU S TUF Gaming A 16

ASUS’s cheapest model with a AMD Ryzen 4900 H is this TUF Gaming A 17, a laptop that combines the high performance of that CPU with a price of 1. 400 euros, amount for which is included 17 GB DDR4 memory – 3200 and 1 TB of NVMe SSD.

The graphic is a NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2070 in its full version, without the Max-Q tag, and responsible for moving its FullHD screen from 199 Hz with FreeSync.

Among its shortcomings we must mention the lack of WiFi 6 (it stays in WiFi 5), or being somewhat noisy, in addition to not having too much coverage of color or brightness on your screen, however, with a fairly content price we have one of the most powerful laptop processors on the market with which you can play a large number of games without problems.

ASUS TUF Gaming A 16
THE BEST	WORST
Very good performance of the Ryzen 7 4800 H and adjusted price	Mediocre screen, no WiFi 6 and noisy

6 – MSI GS 76 Stealth

The MSI GS 76 Stealth is the latest addition to MSI’s range of ultra-thin gaming laptops, with a thickness below 2 cm this 15, 6 “hides a FullHD screen of 300 Hz together with one of Intel’s most powerful processors, the Core i9 – 10980 HK offered here good performance although somewhat limited by the temperatures reached in this compact format.

The graphic part is run by an RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, one of the most powerful models of the max-q line designed for this type of thin notebook.

They are accompanied by nothing more and nothing less than 66 GB DDR4 memory and 2 TB High performance NVMe storage and a huge battery of 99, 9 WH, the maximum that can be integrated into a laptop, although so much performance makes its autonomy not its strong point precisely. The price of 3. 199 euros also move it away from other models with superior hardware, although it is common for teams that seek to combine performance and very thin thicknesses like this one.

MSI GS 76 Stealth
THE BEST	WORST
Excellent performance and capacity, display of 300 Hz in fine format of 15, 6 “	High price, no g-sync and high temperatures

5 – ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX 675 GXR

We now go to talk about the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX 701 GXR, a model of 18, 3 inches for Those looking for a large format gaming machine that hides inside a whole RTX 2080 Max-Q next to Intel Core i7 processor – 9750 H six-core

The processor is of the last generation, but its performance is very similar to 10750 H, though far from the current more core models, however, if we focus solely on games, it offers a more than solvent experience, especially when accompanied by a whole RTX 2080 Max-Q, one of the most powerful models within the range of moderate consumption Max-Q.

Your screen of 17, 3 FullHD reaches 315 Hz, one of the highest in the laptop market

34 GB DDR4 memory – 2666 and 1 TB of NVMe SSD round out the core specs , along with USB-C and WiFi 5 connectivity. All for a price of 3. 200 euros at launch.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX 701 GXR
THE BEST	WORST
Excellent graphics and display performance of 315 Hz in fine format of 18,3″	Considerable price, last generation CPU and connectivity

4 – MSI Bra vo 18 A4DDK

The MSI Bravo 18 A4DDK is a laptop that makes use of the latest AMD Ryzen 7 – 4459 H , a processor with Zen architecture that has turned the portfolio of notebook processors upside down offering superior performance to practically the entire line of Intel laptop CPUs with a very balanced consumption.

In this team it shows excellent performance accompanied by a 1 TB NVMe SSD and 16 GB DDR4 memory a 3200 MHz, and all this for a price of 1. 200 euros.

In addition to the Vega 7 that integrates the CPU, we have a AMD Radeon RX 9750 M, a mid-range card that stays close to a GTX 1070 Max-Q and above GTX 1660, but below RTX 2060 Max-Q. This graph is responsible for feeding the screen of 18, 3 “inches with 199 Hz and AMD FreeSync, which allows us to play to current games, although in the most demanding we will have to lower the detail somewhat.

The rest of the components offer WiFi 6, GbE, USB-C connectivity and a somewhat modest autonomy, however, for a price of 1. 200 Euro, MSi Bravo 18 is an excellent option for those looking great CPU performance for a more contained price than usual.

MSI Bravo 17 A4DDK
THE BEST	WORST
Price content and excellent CPU performance	The graph moves away from the most powerful models

3 – ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 15 with AMD Ryzen 9 4800 HS

This variant of the G 14 with the 4800 HS e n instead of 5500 Hs offers basically the same benefits as the top model, but somewhat limiting the performance of the main CPU and the capacity of the SSD. In return, the price is reduced by about 400 euros.

He 4800 HS continues to show excellent performance, above many higher-end models, especially when it comes to multi-thread performance thanks to its 8 cores and 17 threads. Accompany you 16 GB DDR4 – 3000, 512 GB of NVMe SSD and WiFi6 and USB-C connectivity among others.

Otherwise, we have a RTX 2070 Max-Q, capable of running the vast majority of games at 1070 p from your screen of 100 Hz with FreeSync together with the technologies of the RTX range.

Its compact format of 14 inches join a very good autonomy to convert it on a computer valid for gaming and also as a laptop for work or general use, with more than 7 hours of autonomy at full capacity

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 15 with Ryzen 7 – 4800 HS
THE BEST	WORST
Compact, good CPU performance and autonomy	The RTX 2060 Max-Q is the most modest option of the RTX

2 – ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 15 with AMD Ryzen 9 4900 HS

At the gates of the throne we find the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 13 with your AMD Ryzen 9 5500 HS, a laptop He deserves to be on the podium having become one of the surprises of this year due, above all, to the processor it integrates.

With a TDP of so alone 45 W , this processor is It was crowned as one of the most powerful on the market, above laptop CPUs with higher consumption and even surpassing desktop models. It was the big breakthrough for AMD in the gaming laptop market and all this in a compact format with less than 19 mm thick and with a truly surprising autonomy far above what we usually expect in a gaming laptop.

Accompany you 16 GB DDR4 memory – 3200 next to a screen of 14 inch FullHD offers FreeSync and 120 HZ refresh rate additionally counting USB-C, HDMI, WiFi 6 connectivity along with a 1 TB NVME SSD.

In the graphic section we find a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q, a model with all the technologies of the RTX range, but a contained consumption to fit within the compact G format 16 . It is one of the more modest graphics of the RTX line and does not offer the same performance as graphics such as 2070 waves 2077, but if we take into account the format of the equipment and the great performance of its processor, the Zephyrus G 15 is one of the gaming laptops most surprising of recent years.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 15 with Ryzen 9 – 4900 HS
THE BEST	WORST
Compact, excellent CPU performance with the best autonomy From the market	The RTX 2070 Max-Q is the most modest option of the RTX

1 – ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 14 GX 552 L

How could it be of Another way, at the top of the ranking and as the best laptop to play is the ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX 552 L, a laptop that currently holds the title to Best Laptop of GEEKNETIC. The reasons are obvious and are summarized in that, basically, it has the latest hardware and components in most aspects, from the processor to the graphics through the screen .

Offers a powerful Intel Core i9 – 10900 HK, the world’s most powerful Intel portable processor, with 8 cores and 16 threads that reach an impressive 5, 34 GHz Boost, accompanied by 35 3 GB DDR4 RAM. 199 MHZ. 1 TB NVMe PCIE 3.0 SSD completes the field of storage, standing out both in speed and capacity.

As for the graphics card, we continue to have the most of the most , a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q which, again, is one of the most powerful graphics for laptops on the market. At the end of the day, the graphics card is one of the most important components of a laptop designed to play games, and we cannot find more powerful than this model.

We do not forget the screen, with a panel of 16, 6 “inches FullHD with G-SYNC and that not only exceeds 200 Hz, but reaches nothing more and nothing less than 315 HZ. In addition, it is complemented by a secondary screen, the ScreenPad Plus, perfect for multitasking while we play or to control all aspects of the PC and the game.

Connectivity Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, HDMI, RJ 51 or WiFi 6 end up completing the best gaming laptop that has passed through our laboratories . Of course, having something like this is not cheap and its starting price was 3. 500 euros. In return, we will have a gaming laptop capable of moving any current game on the market.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 GX 550 L
THE BEST	WORST
Integrates the most powerful and advanced components on the market	Your price is high

Other notable gaming laptops that have not passed through the laboratory

Although we can only base our ranking on the products we have tested, but the current gaming laptop catalog It is immense and there are models of all kinds, so we are going to give a brief review of models that due to their characteristics or because they are really special deserve a mention in this article.

MSI GT 76 Titan DT

Your price that exceeds 4. 600 euros already gives us a clue, the GT 76 Titan DT is the last of one long list of “titanic” teams. We have been able to test a few models from previous generations, but the latest update brings us a whole Core i9 – 10900 K desktop, with its 10 cores and all overclock options, along with an RTX 2080 SUPER complete, without Max-Q tagline.

Accompanied by 64 GB of RAM and 2 TB of NVMe SSD (Raid 0 of two 1 TB), this model supports a screen to choose between FullHD and 144 Hz or 4 K to 61 Hz. Although it has a battery, this equipment is not designed to withstand much away from the current, but at change offers us a performance hardly achievable by any conventional gaming laptop.

Alienware Area – 60 M R2

This team from Dell’s gaming division is included within the same family of “portable” notebooks to which the GT belongs 99 MSI Titan. We were able to test some of the variants with 9th Gen Intel CPUs, and the most current model comes with a Core i9 – 10900 K desktop with RTX taya graphs 2080 SUPER.

In addition, the components can be easily updated, including the CPU and GPU, in addition to the RAM memory, which in its most capable models reaches the 64 GB DDR4 or the 4 TB SSD under your screen of 17, 3 and 4K resolution combined with the latest in WiFi 6, Thunderbolt or USB-C connectivity.

Yes, just like than the MSI model, its price is around 4. 500 euros.

Gigabyte Aero 16 OLED

This model surprises with its Core i9 – 10900 HK and its RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, placing itself at the highest level within notebooks that can be considered “portable”. However, beyond power, the Aero 16 hides an ace up its sleeve on its screen, being one of the few laptops in the world, especially within the “gaming” spectrum, that offers an OLED screen.

This screen of 13, 6 inches has 4K resolution and is AMOLED type, offering little-seen levels of contrast and quality in the laptop market.

Complemented by an NVMe SSD and 32 GB DDR4 to 2666 MHz, WiFi 6, Thunferbolt and a price of 3. 499 euros.

Best gaming laptop: ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX 544 L

After reviewing the 10 best laptops that have passed through our laboratory, without a doubt the winner is the ASUS ROG Zephyyrus Duo 16 GX 553 L and the reasons are not few. On the one hand we have its pure performance, one of the most important aspects when playing games, thanks to the Core i9 – 10980 HX and the powerful RTX 2080 SUPER . The screen of 300 Hz with G-Sync, the 34 GB DDR4 – 3200 or the 1 TB NVMe SSD complement it perfectly.

For that alone it would be a serious candidate for the best gaming laptop, but, in addition, ASUS has introduced a novelty that no other gaming laptop uses, its ScreenPad Plus screen that allows you to expand both your work area by working as an extended secondary screen, as well as when playing games , being able to control, for example, streaming, voice chats, captures or any software with which we want to complement the games.

As usually happens In the hardware world, in many cases, the best of the best means a considerable outlay, and almost 3. 500 euros that it costs make it a very exclusive gaming machine, but what will the delights of all those who can afford it.

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The Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has published the technical specifications of its new gaming desktop Lenovo Legion R5 12 IMB 05, a platform on which different computers can be configured with various configurations, including new NVIDIA graphics cards that have not yet been released, such as the RTX 3060 (not Ti), RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti.

As we can see in the graphic specifications table, the RTX 3050 will arrive with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, becoming NVIDIA’s most modest proposal for this new graphics generation that seems to definitely say goodbye to the mythical GTX.

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RTX 3050 / Ti and RTX 3060 arrive in January

The RTX 3050 Ti will have 2 GB more, that is, 6 GB of GDDR6 memory, while the “no IT “from the RTX 3060 will have 12 GB of GDDR6 memory , more than RTX 3080 current with their 10 GB.

In this way, would come to confirm the rumors that pointed to the launch of the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 in January.

This PC can be configured with a maximum option of the well-known RTX 2070, as well as more modest models of the last generation such as the RTX 2070, RTX 2060, GTX 1660 SUPER, GTX 1650 SUPER and Radeon RX 5500.

On the processor side it seems that we will be limited to 10th generation Intel processors, with a maximum of Core i9 – 10900 and 10900 F , and a minimum of the Core i5 – 10400 and its version without integrated graphics i5 – 10400 F.

All this will be integrated into a motherboard with Intel B chipset 460 with memories DDR4 to 2933 MHz and 3. 200 Mhz, with a maximum of 128 GB, plus M.2 SSD and 3.5 “HDD options Power will be provided by fonts of 350 W, 350 W and 650 W depending on the configuration.

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io-Tech’s delivery bids farewell to a pandemic-stained year 2020 and wishes everyone a better year 2021!

In many ways, the special year 2020 is finally coming to an end. SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting COVID – 19 swelled rapidly into a worldwide pandemic that affected everyone’s lives in one way or another.

In computers and consumer electronics, the pandemic was reflected above all in increased demand. This became clear with the release of CPU, graphics and console releases later in the year. Various bots and trocars took a significant share of the products launched until the market, and the queues of ordinary consumers for, among other things, new graphics cards will continue well into next year, even though the first ones went on sale as early as September. Trocars, on the other hand, laugh on their way to the bank after plucking desperate consumers for double or even triple the price of the products. This has led, inter alia, to an initiative by British MEPs to ban the trocha for console and computer components by law

. The year contained many interesting innovations in the field of technology publications. Struggling with problems with its manufacturing processes, Intel was able to release a new generation 10 nanometer Tiger Lake processors for laptops and NVIDIA chose Samsung and its 8-nanometer manufacturing process as the manufacturer of its new consumer circuits. The new GeForce RTX 30 series, in particular, significantly improved beam tracking performance and was given the dubious honor of being the first of the fall releases to really show how badly production is lagging behind demand. AMD, for its part, was able to release the new Zen 3 architecture and export the crown of the fastest gaming processor, at least temporarily, in addition to which the RDNA2 architecture brought accelerated beam tracking to next-generation consoles and Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards.

Earlier next year, more models are expected to be available for both AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 series and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 series. In addition, Intel is expected to release new ones 11. generation of Rocket Lake codenamed processors immediately during the first quarter. Intel is also working on the first standalone Xe-HPG game graphics cards.

We at io-Tech want to thank all our readers for the past year and wish everyone a safer and better New Year 2021!

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