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When Nvidia first announced real-time ray tracing support on its RTX graphics cards, the feature was poorly received. The ray tracing support came with a higher price tag, and only a handful of games adopted the feature.

But despite Nvidia’s steep RTX tax and limited games support, the RTX graphics cards started the ray tracing conversation. Fast-forward to E3 2019, and the question about ray tracing being a gimmick has been laid to rest as more developers are incorporating support for the feature in their games.

At E3 2019, ray tracing has come out in force. Nvidia’s biggest RTX win came in the form of the partnership with Nvidia and CD Projekt Red, a partnership which will bring real-time ray tracing support to Cyberpunk 2077, one of the biggest games showcased at the event.

Head of GeForce marketing at Nvidia, Matt Wuebbling, said; “Cyberpunk 2077 is an incredibly ambitious game, mixing first-person perspective and deep role-playing, while also creating an intricate and immersive world in which to tell its story. We think the world of Cyberpunk will greatly benefit from the realistic lighting that ray tracing delivers.”

Ray tracing is an advanced graphics technique. It is used to give movies ultra-realistic visual effects. The RT cores in Nvidia’s GeForce RTX cards are specifically designed to accelerate ray tracing to render in-game visual effects in real time.

Head of Studio at CD Projekt Red, Adam Badowski, said: “Ray tracing allows us to realistically portray how light behaves in a crowded urban environment. Thanks to this technology, we can add another layer of depth and verticality to the already impressive megacity the game takes place in.”

But it isn’t just Cyberpunk 2077; ray tracing is coming to several other titles like Watch Dogs: Legion, the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Dying Light 2, Sword, Fairy 7, Wallenstein: Young Blood, and Remedy’s Control to name a few. Ray tracing has become so popular that next-gen Xbox and PlayStation console will also integrate the feature.

Considering the next-gen consoles will use AMD graphics, we’re likely to see the feature on the next-generation of AMD cards as well. So, it’s safe to say that Nvidia’s big ray tracing gamble seems to have paid off.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Spider Man aka Tom Holland on tear jerking Iron Man scene: There was no real script at all
When Tom Holland who is gearing up for his upcoming MCU movie Spider-Man: Far From Home was asked what was it like to shoot the highly emotional Iron Man sequence to which he said this.
Written By Pinkvilla Desk  Mumbai  Updated: June 14, 2019 06:17 PM  46336 reads 0 comments
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Spider Man aka Tom Holland on tear jerking Iron Man scene: There was no real script at all

Avengers: Endgame was the most awaited movie and MCU fans flipped out when they saw major sequences such as fat Thor, Captain America getting the hammer and the return of decimated heroes, but one scene which broke fans hearts was that of Iron Man’s death as he brought back the decimated. So, when Tom Holland who is gearing up for his upcoming MCU movie Spider-Man: Far From Home was asked what was it like to shoot the highly emotional Iron Man sequence, he said, “It was interesting because when we shot that scene with Robert there was no real script at all”.

Tom further added, “There were just Kevin Feige, two Russo Brothers, myself, Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle. They kind of brought us to the set. They kind of told us what was gonna happen of what wanted to happen and then, we sort of just improvised if I can remember correctly. So, it was really really interesting way to shoot such a kind of pivotal scene in the movie but it was really emotional day and looking back to now it was may be it was the craziest day I have ever had on the set you know but it was really amazing and turned out to be a fantastic scene.”

When asked whether Spider-Man has what it takes to carry forward the legacy of Iron Man, he said that he does have the potential but he has to realise.He also said that the Far From Home movie is about him becoming Iron Man as the movie is about him becoming Spider-Man. He also said that he was amazed on how he didn’t give out any spoilers this time during press tours of Avengers: Endgame.

Check out the full interview right here:

A while back AMD announced the Ryzen 3000 mobile lineup and also allowed OEMs to pair the CPUs with NVIDIA’s GTX 16-series (Turing) GPUs, paving way for a new breed of gaming laptops available for as low as $999. Till now most of these portable gaming rigs were fitted with Intel chips and started at a minimum of $1300-1400. After the global launch a few months back, these AMD-NVIDIA gaming notebooks are now also available in India. The cheapest variant sells for 63K.

Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42
Price: ₹49,990 (Prev-Gen)

The Acer Nitro 5 packs an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U CPU and a Radeon RX 560 (4GB) GPU, making it the cheapest gaming laptop at just 50K. The Polaris based GPU should be just fine for casual gaming and the accompanying Ryzen processor gives Intel’s i5s a run for their money, all the while costing lesser.

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Processor 3.60 GHz (boost)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 560X 4 GB GDDR5
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Storage: 1TB HDD 5400RPM
Laptop weight: 2.7kg
ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DT
Price: ₹62,990.00

The new Asus TUF Gaming lineup is selling like hotcakes thanks to its hybrid NVIDIA-AMD configuration that gives it just the right balance of price and performance. With a Ryzen 5 processor and the GeForce GTX 1650 4GB, boasting the new Turing architecture, it‘s one of the most potent gaming laptops in this price range. It also comes with a 512GB NVMe based SSD for lighting fast loading times.

Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Processor 3.70 GHz (boost)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB
RAM: 8GB DDR4 RAM
Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
Laptop weight: 2.2kg

We’re working on a full E3 2019 games list now that our expo schedule has crossed off all of the press conferences from the likes of Nintendo, Microsoft and Bethesda.

What games are at E3 2019? There are hundreds, even though Sony PlayStation isn’t at the Los Angeles Convention Center this year, likely in prep for next year’s PS5.

The biggest E3 game highlights include Cyberpunk 2077 starring Keanu Reeves, new hardware care of the Xbox Project Scarlett specs, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Halo Infinite and a new Avengers game to name a few.

We’ve compiled an E3 2019 trailers list, and also came up with list for the best Xbox One games at E3 2019, best PS4 games at E3 2019, and best Nintendo Switch games at E3 2019. There’s something for everyone at this year’s expo.

E3 2019 GAMES LIST

Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 (new game and trailer)
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (new trailer and release window)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (new trailer, but delayed)
Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield (new release date)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (new release date)
Super Mario Maker 2 (new trailer)
Astral Chain (new trailer)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (new trailer)
Cadence of Hyrule ~ Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (coming to North America via Nintendo)
No More Heroes 3 (announced for a 2020 release date window)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6
Microsoft

Halo Infinite (release window, coming to Xbox Project Scarlett)
Gears 5
Blair Witch
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Xbox One and PC)
Bleeding Edge
Battletoads
Age of Empire II: Definitive Edition (PC)
Wasteland 3
Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC first, Xbox One later)
Minecraft Dungeons
Spiritfarer (coming to Xbox Game Pass)
12 Minutes (Xbox One and PC)
Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions Expansion
Crossfire X
Gears Pop!
Take-Two Interactive/2K Games

Borderlands 3
The Outer Worlds
Electronic Arts and EA Sports

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
Apex Legends Season 2 (PC)
Battlefield 5: Chapter 4 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
The Sims 4 Island Living (PC)
FIFA 20 (PS4, Xbox One, and PC)
FIFA 20 Legacy Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Madden 20 (PS4, Xbox One, and PC)
CD Projekt Red

Cyberpunk 2077
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition
Konami

Contra Rogue Corps (Xbox One PS4, PC and Switch)
Contra Anniversary Collection
Bethesda

Deathloop (Platforms unknown) (Trailer)
Doom Eternal (Xbox One PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch)
The Elder Scrolls: Blades (debuting on Nintendo Switch; iOS, Android updates)
Fallout 76: Nuclear Winter (Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC sneak peek)
Ghostwire: Tokyo (Platforms unknown)
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PS4, Xbox One and PC)
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot (VR)
Commander Keen (iOS and Android)
Square Enix

Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (PS4, Nintendo Switch and mobile)
Final Fantasy 8 Remastered
Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers (PC)
Circuit Superstars (Square Enix Collective, developer Original Fire)
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Romancing Saga 3
Scarlett Grace
Dragon Quest Builders 2
The Last Remnant Remastered (coming to Nintendo Switch)
Trials of Mana: Collection of Mana (coming to Switch)
Ubisoft

Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC)
The Division 2 (Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC)
For Honor (Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC)
Watch Dogs Legion (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Stadia) (game play available)
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (game update)
Roller Champions (PC download available now, other platforms unknown)
Gods & Monsters (Xbox One,PlayStation 4, PC, Stadia and Switch)
Sega

Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Nintendo Switch)
Phantasy Star Online 2 (Xbox One)
SEGA Genesis mini console coming September 2019 with mini games like Mega Man:The Wily Wars, Earthworm Jim, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2, Ecco the Dolphin and 35 more classic games.
Namco Bandai

Tales of Arise
Dragonball Z: Kakarot
Code Vein
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
RAD
Various

Elden Ring (via FromSoftware)
Dying Light 2 (from Techland)
Way to the Woods (Team 17)
Dauntless (coming to Nintendo Switch via Phoenix Labs)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (En Masse Entertainment)
Dead by Daylight (coming to Nintendo Switch via Koch Media)
New Super Lucky’s Tale (coming to Nintendo Switch via Playful Corp.)
Empire of Sin (John Romero multi-console game)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Playtonic)
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Playtonic)
NINTENDO DIRECT

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 (Image credit: Nintendo)

Nintendo is at E3 2019, although it doesn’t hold press conferences anymore. Instead, is hosts a Nintendo Direct live stream. It’s jam-packed with games.

The big Nintendo E3 news is the fact that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch and it’s a direct sequel to the console’s launch game. No release date was announced, but we did get an 82-second trailer featuring Link and Zelda traversing a dark dungeon. 

We also got to see more of Luigi’s Mansion 3, which was announced at E3 last year, and this year’s update on the game’s progress shows off  a green gooey Luigi doppelganger. He can squeeze through steel gates and cross over normally deadly spikes. It’s coming out in 2019, though Nintendo didn’t give us a specific date at E3.

We also got a first look at another Zelda game: The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening, which does have a firm release date: September 20, 2019. It’s around the corner. One Nintendo game not coming as quickly as fans had hoped is the next Animal Crossing game. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was delayed to March 20, 2020.

The Nintendo Direct at E3 actually began with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC. It’s getting a Dragon Quest 11 cross-over and, later in the E3 video, we got news of a Banjo Kazooie crossover.

WHEN IS E3 2019?

E3 stands for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and while that hasn’t changed from year to year, the press conference schedule has gotten shuffled. So we’ll explain it quickly.

The official E3 2019 dates are Tuesday, June 11 to Thursday, June 13. However, that’s just for the portion of the show held inside the Los Angeles Convention Center. You know, the massive show floor where game demos happen.

E3 press conferences happen in the proceeding days, and this year it started with EA Play on Saturday, June 8 at the Hollywood Palladium. EA’s full day event offered deep dive trailers into EA’s biggest titles.

Sunday belonged to Microsoft and Bethesda, while Monday is being reserved for the PC Gaming Show, Square Enix and Ubisoft E3 press conferences. Nintendo has its video presentation Tuesday, right before the E3 show floor opens.

EA AT E3 2019

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EA E3 press conference time
It’s over, but we have the EA Play re-cap. It started on Saturday, June 8 at 9:15am PT for fans with tickets at the Hollywood Palladium.

What happened?
EA didn’t come with surprises, but dedicated about 30 minutes to each previously announced game, providing ample time for game walkthroughs, not just simple trailers and sizzle reels. We actually got to learn about new modes and gameplay mechanics. It was meaningful.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order: gameplay, release date, trailers and news
Apex Legends Season 2: Battle Cry
Battlefield 5 Chapter 4: Defying the Odds – here’s everything new coming
FIFA 20: release date, news, Volta modes and everything else there is to know
Madden NFL 20 release date, trailers and gameplay changes
The Sims 4: Island Living expansion
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was the highlight from Respawn Entertainment looking a bit like Uncharted with a lightsaber and The Force powers (that’s not a bad thing). There was no Titanfall 3, from the developer, but we did see Apex Legends Season 2: Battle Cry get a start date of July 2.

EA Sports gave us deep looks into both FIFA 20 and Madden 20, while Battlefield 5 Chapter 4 and The Sims 4: Island Living expanded their respective (and very different) universes.

What wasn’t at EA’s E3 2019?
We didn’t get many surprises – BioWare’s Dragon Age 4 has been an E3 no-show, even though it did get a teaser trailer at last year’s The Game Awards. Likewise, we didn’t see anything from PopCap (famous for Plants vs Zombies) and Ghost Games, the new stakeholders of the Need for Speed franchise. And, like we mentioned, Titanfall 3 was a no show, which is no surprise – Respawn is working on two other big games already being shown at E3.

The next big update for PUBG Mobile rolls out today and it should hit the Google Play store and Apple App store any moment. A server maintenance notice was released yesterday and said that the game would be taken offline from 00:00:00 to 08:00:00 (UTC) on 11 June and the new update should roll out from June 12. The update will have a size of 1.98 GB for Android and 2.45 GB on iOS.

The new version of the game is expected to include a special partnership with Godzilla: King of the Monsters movie, new Bizon gun, Kar98k skin in the gun lab, new skins and clothing and most importantly, the team deathmatch mode.

The team deathmatch mode will be a new addition where two squads of four players each, fight each other in a small area with standard deathmatch rules. If you die, you get respawned immediately, if you kill an opponent you get one point. The first team to get 40 points, wins. While the update is just hours away, the official patch notes for the 0.13.0 update are already out:

– Added Team Deathmatch mode to EvoGround. This new mode features fast-paced firefights in both FPP and TPP. Players can also create their own rooms with room cards

– Added control settings for FPP. Players can now have separate settings for TPP and FPP

– Upgraded 3rd party app prevention system and enhanced detection of cheating behavior via Virtual App, emulators and modifiers

– Added MVP showcase system at the end of each match. All players will receive a default MVP pose. The top 3 players in Classic mode or the MVP of the winning squad in TDM will be featured

– In Vikendi, players will now leave footprints, trails and tire tracks on snow

– Added a dedicated button for climbing that can be enabled in the settings

– When killed by friendly fire, now players can decide if the teammate should lose merit or not

– Added a Godzilla theme. Godzilla themed lobby background will be available together with many themed events and rewards after the update

– Added new popularity gift and ranking reward. Every week, the top 100 players in the list may collect the title All-time Popularity or Recent Popularity

– Added Charisma Ranking. The permanent outfits and firearm/vehicle finishes collected by a player will increase their Charisma

– New Achievements:

Victory Legion: Complete 1/5/10/20 matches with Dominating in Team Deathmatch

Alpha & Omega: Get the first kill and final blow in a Team Deathmatch

T-800: Achieve Terminator 1 time in Team Deathmatch

Envoy of War: Complete a series of missions in Team Deathmatch.

Other Improvements

– Survive Till Dawn and Darkest Night changes:

The old zombies have been replaced by 4 types of new zombies

Liquid Nitrogen Grenades now leave behind a cloud of freezing smoke on the ground for a long period after explosion, reducing the movement speed of any unit in the area

Added new mode combat modifiers

Certain zombies now have new abilities: Tanks will empower nearby allies; Skinners can slow nearby players

A new factory has replaced the police station

– Inventory improvements:

Players can now combine items in batches

Equipped items will be displayed on top

Duplicated new items will no longer be indicated by a red dot and the “new” tag

The Backpack and Helmet tabs have been moved to the Customization tab.

– Arcade mode opening times have been adjusted. Mondays and Wednesdays: Sniper Training & War; Tuesdays and Thursdays: Mini-Zone & Quick Match; Fridays to Sundays: All Arcade modes are available. All times are in UTC

– Protective items are now 25% more durable. Their effectiveness remains unchanged

– Players can now bolt/reload a bolt action rifle while moving instead of completing the process while aiming down sights

– Improved the animation in FPP when running while holding an SMG.

– Vehicles now have improved feedback on explosions

– Event Center now has improved interactions and better tutorials for the event missions

– Crew Challenge Qualifying Round has been expanded. Now 6 qualifying matches will be held every day, up from 5. Each squad can participate up to 3 matches per day, up from 2. Each squad is allowed to participate a total of 18 qualifying matches, up from 12. And new items have been added to the Crew Shop

– Players who have registered for Crew Challenge will now receive a notice 10 minutes before a match starts

– Players can now collect all rewards from daily missions, progress missions and achievements all at once

– Added 3 new Clan Insignias for Lv. 7, Lv. 9, and Lv. 10

– Added a latency indicator to the main screen. Green, yellow, and red represents a good, average, or bad connection

During E3 Coliseum 2019, the first in-game multiplayer screenshots were revealed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

The first image shows a player in a full Gillie Suit, complete with a silenced sniper rifle. Infinity Ward’s new engine allows for dynamic cloth, so when the Gillie Suit moves, the rest of the suit will move realistically.

The character is also wearing a veil over his/her head, and as the character moves, so does every part of the clothing and suit.

The second image showed and teased the return of the Juggernaut suit and Special Ops to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Infinity Ward art director Joel Emslie also discussed he asked for, early on, heavy metal music to start playing as you near a Juggernaut, as the soldier inside chose it as his music of choice on the battlefield.

Other details were revealed during the panel, including that while some character are returning from 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, all the voice actors are new.

They also further discussed their new engine, that took over 5 years to create, which allows for such things as the caliber of a bullet determining how/if it can penetrate a wall and make it through.

5 signs that a new age of CS:GO has begun
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5 signs that a new age of CS:GO has begun
With the 2019 Counter-Strike season almost reaching the halfway mark, we have already witnessed massive changes taking place in the global circuit. From the fall of some big teams to the rise of the underdogs, entertaining events and some big upsets, the season has yet to dissapoint in terms of pure entertainment value. All of this has culminated into what we believe to be the onset of a new era in the competitive circuit.

Here are five signs that might point towards this.

1. ENCE – From Rags To Riches

The organization who has had a rough history, started out once again last year with an aim to put Finland out there on the competitive scene. Though the team did consistently well, the big break that propelled them up the ladder was their brilliant performance at IEM Katowice 2019.

While they were not the talk of the town stepping into the tournament, the dark horses became the centre of attention as they advanced through the stages.

ENCE came into the spotlight after surviving the Legends stage and made it into the top eight. But this was just the start as the Finns went on to face the top three teams in the world one after the other.

Every win, a celebration and an achievement equivalent in their fans’ eyes to claiming the major. The finals against Astralis was a bit of a buzz kill but the barrier had been breached and ENCE’s name cemented.

In a bid to cater the people who use low-end hardware and in turn expand its own user base, PUBG Corp is all geared up to introduce a ‘lite’ version of the popular battle royale game in India. While the game is already available across Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, and Bangladesh, the PUBG India Facebook page has now confirmed that the lite version is coming to India soon.

Needless to say that PUBG enjoys an incredible amount of popularity around the world and celebrities are not averse to the craze as well. From the world of football to cricket, mixed martial arts to even acting, a host of celebs are self-confessed PUBG players.

MS Dhoni: Our very own cricketing legend, Dhoni is one sportsperson who is extremely fond of PUBG Mobile. In fact in interaction with ESPN, Indian Cricket team member Kuldeep Yadav revealed Dhoni’s addiction to the game. Not only that, he revealed that Manish Pandey, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kedar Jadhav, along with Dhoni are the best players of the game PUBG in the Indian team.

Neymar Jr: The Brazilian football icon is not only passionate about his profession but turns out he is a passionate PUBG player as well. He has even gone so far as to ask PUBG Corp to give him his own server, which is still awaiting a response. In fact, such is his passion that Red Bull had sent a gift package to the PSG star player that comprised of several customised PUBG goodies on his birthday.

Terry Crews: From cricket and football, our next celebrity is from the world of Hollywood. Turns out Brooklyn Nine-nine actor Terry Crews is extremely good at PUBG Mobile. According to reports, Crews teams up with his son Isaiah to play PUBG on his PC.

Demetrious Johnson: MMA fighter Demetrious Johnson actively streams his PUBG matches and has even participated in Uproar’s The Golden Chicken tournament.

Deadmau5: World-renowned EDM artist Joel Thomas Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 loves playing PUBG Mobile and as even participated in a duo match alongside the famous Cloud 9 streamer, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek.

With E3 just kicking off, AMD has been involved in a flurry of recent announcements. Two weeks ago, AMD held the opening keynote for Computex 2019. On the CPU side of the house, AMD announced the third generation of Ryzen processors, the first to be using the “Zen 2” core. The new lineup included a new 12-core, 24-thread offering on the AM4 socket, meaning consumers now have another increase of cores on the mainstream AM4 socket. A July 7th release date was announced for those products.

With a new processor lineup usually comes a new line of motherboards. The X570 chipset will power new AM4 motherboards released alongside the third generation of Ryzen. Current owners of a motherboard utilizing the X370/X470 chipset will also see some love in the form of support for the new CPU lineup, even if they will not see an update to support PCIe 4.0.

On the Radeon graphics side of the house, AMD announced the new RDNA architecture and upcoming RX-5700 series graphics cards based on that new architecture. Last week came a rather unexpected announcement that Samsung will license AMD’s RDNA-based Radeon graphics technology for use in mobile segments, presumably as part of their Exynos SoC. It is extremely noteworthy given that AMD sold its previous mobile IP to Qualcomm in 2009. After the acquisition, Qualcomm then rebranded that technology as Adreno, an anagram of Radeon. Adreno is still in use in new Snapdragon SoCs.

With this new processor added to the Ryzen product line, AMD once again doubles the core and thread count available to mainstream consumers. Users will have to wait a short while to acquire this CPU as it will not be released until September. Separately, AMD has made a change in name by introducing Gamercache as a name for the increased total cache.

Also announced was a new generation of Ryzen-G processors. Since these APUs are a year behind the rest of the Ryzen lineup, the R3-3200G and R5-3400G will not use the “Zen 2” core. The two APUs pick up from where the previous generation stopped, making improvements in both CPU base and boost frequencies.

The R5-3400G receives a few more improvements that are not included on its sibling. AMD added Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO), a new TIM and improved graphics clock speeds. They have also changed the bundled cooler to the Wraith Spire for the R5-3400G, allowing to take better advantage of the improvements added specifically to that APU.

Both the R3-3200G and R5-3400G will be available on July 7th alongside the other Ryzen processors releasing that day.

Radeon RX 5700XT

AMD Radeon Graphics Related Announcements

On the graphics side of the house, the talk was about details on RDNA and the upcoming RX-5700 series, named so in celebration of AMD’s 50th anniversary. The initial release of RDNA-based graphics technology will include an RX-5700 and RX-5700XT graphics card with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. These GPUs are designed to compete against the NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 and 2070, respectively. In regards to cooling, the reference models of the RX-5700 series will use a blower design, leaving other cooling designs to the different manufacturers that offer Radeon graphics cards.

Just as AMD has added new names and terms on the CPU side, the RX-5700 series also adds some names and terminology. AMD has now added a third “Game Clock” that sits between the base and boost clocks. The new level essentially establishes a sustainable clock speed under load, allowing the boost mode to become a variable target speed. This behaves in a similar fashion to Precision Boost Overdrive, meaning that the graphics card automatically adjusts the clock speed without overheating.

There are improvements in graphics technology beyond RDNA and the RX-5700 series. Radeon Display Engine, which supports both the HDMI 2.0b and DP 1.4 HDR standards. The new DisplayPort support includes Display Stream Compression (DSC), allowing displays of 4K/240Hz, 4K HDR/120Hz and 8K HDR/60Hz though a single cable.

Radeon Media Engine improves hardware-based encoding and decoding on H.264, H.265, and VP9 standards. These improvements will have a wide reach, from gamers who also stream (Twitch/OBS) and into higher-end production using applications like DaVinci Resolve. Finally, the XT-5700 series will also receive a new feature called Radeon Image Sharpening.

Along with new graphics hardware comes software improvements. On July 7th, the Adrenalin software package will release a new update – one that goes beyond just supporting the XT-5700 series. Owners of GCN based graphics cards will be able to use features such as Radeon ReLive and Link – which will be offered for both Android TV and Apple TV. Custom settings will have a new feature to save those settings, allowing for easy reconfiguration in situations such as a “clean uninstall” or format and re-installation of Windows and applications. New technologies include an “anti-lag” feature and a new GPUOpen developer toolkit named FidelityFX. AMD is working with many game developers in implementing these tools, some which joined AMD on stage at the Next Horizon event.

Finally, AMD has identified an error in the RX-5700 series renderings. The renders show an 8+8 power connection, but the actual models (as photographed above) only require an 8+6 pin connection.

We will be providing more details on much of these announcements in upcoming articles.