INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At the beginning of 2019, AMD had a lot to respond to
Nvidia was still the king of the graphics hill with its RTX 20-series, and Intel similarly had the CPU space covered with many of the best
processors thanks to powerful single-core performance.But, this has been a year for change, and AMD embraced that
more impressive year.(Image credit: Future)AMD in early 2019:AMD started 2019 with something of a bang
At CES 2019, we not only learned a little bit more about the Ryzen 3000 processors that would be coming, but AMD also introduced the first
consumer 7nm graphics processors in the AMD Radeon VII.The new Radeon VII was the answer to Nvidia that AMD fans had been waiting for, at
rivaled the slower RTX 2080
dispel the long-running impression that AMD products run hot - though some still do.The Radeon VII may not have been the card to rule all
the price of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
That was good news for gamers, and even better new for creatives who could take advantage of the insane 16GB of HBM2 VRAM.That
price-to-performance win was just the first hint of things to come from AMD later in 2019.AMD also had something to show in the mobile space
in early 2019 with the introduction of 2nd Gen Ryzen Mobile processors
It released several models, all with integrated graphics, for mobile devices that tended to feature in more affordable laptops than Intel
architecture.(Image credit: Future)All the cores and all the powerThe events that would make 2019 the year of AMD began to unfold in July,
when AMD launched its first Ryzen 3000 processors
The new CPUs were built on the 7nm Zen 2 architecture, a move which proved to allow AMD to offer substantially more performance while
maintaining similar thermal profiles to the Ryzen 2000 processors before them.The Ryzen 3000 party kicked off hard, with affordable CPUs
that were scoring big in performance benchmarks
The Ryzen 7 3700X also impressed, but the Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X showed that the mainstream processor market and HEDT market are starting
We saw the Ryzen 9 3950X challenge CPUs twice its price.These new CPUs also introduced PCIe 4.0 on compatible X570 motherboards, which
doubles the possible transfer rates of add-in cards, enabling faster SSDs and graphics
3000 series chips without needing a new motherboard, as AMD has stood by its promise to support the AM4 CPU socket.(Image credit: Future)The
Radeon bait-n-switchShortly after the introduction of the new Ryzen 3000 CPUs, AMD also unveiled its mid-tier Radeon graphics cards, the
Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT
These new cards came in at price points that were below the competing Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and 2070
be a fake out, AMD admitted
They lured Nvidia into introducing the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super
AU$570) for the RX 5700 XT, promptly undercutting the new GeForce Super RTX series.These new cards renewed the tight competition between AMD
and Nvidia at almost all levels of the competition
the highest tier for gaming
XT, which can muster the performance needed for strong 1080p gaming with low power consumption and a low price
both the CPU and GPU department has helped AMD come out on top in a number of ways
AMD had a strong hold on eight of the top 10 slots, with the Ryzen 7 2700X landing the top spot followed by the Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5
landing the 10th slot.AMD has seen a bump in the Steam Hardware Survey as well
are expected in late 2020
Once again, they should work on any motherboard with an AM4 socket, keeping the low barrier of entry for users already running a Ryzen
The new Ryzen 4000 series may even double the simultaneous multithreading, which could allow a single core to process four threads (never
hopefully be getting plenty of attention from AMD in 2020 as well
launched at CES 2019, and a follow up makes a lot of sense
A new high-end card, this time built around the Navi architecture instead of the Vega used for the Radeon VII, could be just what AMD needs
screen but hold the full resolution when the scenery is static
The technology shows promise, as materials shatter and tear apart while others melt and deform in realistic ways using multi-core physics
While Nvidia blustered about ray-tracing in 2018, AMD could have something far more compelling ahead in FEMFX.That compelling experience
could also find its way to a much wider audience, as 2020 is all set to be another year for AMD to secretly shine in the console space
looked like a good year for AMD, 2020 appears to hold just as much promise - if not more.JJLAzAzMjaaxck2zWmboZP.jpg?#
