XFX and other partners drop the price

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has finally dropped down to $659.99 in the US, which is a significant price drop considering that the same graphics card has been holding the price pretty well.

AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 now part of the driver

AMD has released its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 24.9.1 WHQL driver update, bringing support for new games, as well as adding AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (AFMF 2), Anti-Lag 2 Vulkan support, and other updates to the driver. The new driver also fixes several issues in some games and applications.

Coming next year

NZXT has announced its latest flagship motherboard, the N9 X870E, which is based on AMD's new X870E chipset with support for AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs. Packed with high-end features, the new N9 X870E will be coming in Q1 2025.

Ranging from $699 to $199

Most AMD motherboard partners, including Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, and others, have already announced their X870E and X870 motherboards, and now, these are finally available in all major retail/e-tail shops. In case you missed it, these support the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 series, as well as previous Ryzen 8000 and Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, and are aimed at enthusiasts bringing better VRM, WiFi 7, and USB 4 support.

Zen 5 based

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn, claiming that AMD is building a budget X3D gaming CPU based on its latest Zen 5 architecture.

But only a single SKU

According to the latest rumor, AMD could launch its Ryzen 7 9800X3D SKU as early as November, with the announcement coming at the end of October. AMD is apparently rushing the launch to counter Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake lineup.

Reboot of x86 architecture making it more Zenish

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn, claiming that Chipzilla is planning a major reboot of its x86 architecture to make it a little more like its rival AMD.

One to have for Frostpunk 2 and God of War Ragnarok

AMD has released a preview driver that you might want to install if you are looking to try out Frostpunk 2, God of War Ragnarok, The Sims 4, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Black Myth: Wukong, or Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

For chip manufacturers, not Sony

Reuters broke an exclusive story about Intel losing the PlayStation 6 deal to AMD. My argument is that it is hard to lose something that you didn’t have. What actually happened is that Intel simply didn’t want to go lower than AMD to secure the deal. The process is called negotiation. Sony as any other business will give the business away to a competitor at a lower price than it is paying right now.  

Exclusive: Data center first strategy

Strix point, Ryzen AI 300 is a promising product that replaced the Hawk point Ryzen 8000 series but 2024 was not that kind for AMD consumer business unit in general. A design decision to use data center optimized cores (Zen 5) in notebooks and prioritize data center products and wafers left AMD in a position where Qualcomm managed to get more partners excited about its Snapdragon X Elite / Plus series.