AMD has launched their NVIDIA RTX 2080 rival, named Radeon VII based on second-generation Vega and built as the worlds first 7nm GPU.

AMD releases another milestone in the high-end desktop (HEDT) market pushing cores to 32 and threads to 64 with their Threadripper 2 2990WX, 2970WX, 2950X and 2920X processors.

As the market becomes flooded with graphics cards (GPUs), we get additional options with the high quality ASRock RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 reference cards. This should help further stabilize the pricing and allow gamers to pickup Vega series cards closer to MSRP.

PowerColor has taken the Vega series a step further with the launch of Vega 56 Nano Edition. Looking to make the most of your mITX build, Powercolor has you covered!

What is Computex? Well, to keep it simple, it's an incredibly large technology trade show where manufacturers show new products and concepts to the public. Historically, you shouldn't expect actual product launches, but you can expect details about upcoming product launches. This year was no different and beyond the normal innovations (thinking more RGB stuff), we got new product details from both AMD and Intel.

Intel has confirmed that Jim Keller has joined their ranks.  He will lead chip design for Intel's future efforts in the CPU market space.

AMD officially launched their second generation Zen based processors codenamed "Pinnacle Ridge" as the successor to the popular "Summit Ridge" first generation.  This includes the new Ryzen 7 2700(X) and Ryzen 5 2600(X) series of processors.  We provide the new specs on these processors and some information on utilizing the 3XX series motherboards from first generation Ryzen CPUs.

ASRock has stormed into the GPU market with a new brand called Phantom Gaming. They are launching their own version of the Polaris family of chips: RX 580, 570, 560, and 550.

Microsoft has announced support for Radeon FreeSync technology with Xbox One X and Xbox One S models.  Enabling smooth and tear-free game play for console users!

AMD has has finally launched their new APUs, codenamed Rave Ridge which provides both Vega and Ryzen archtiectures.  These new APUs just might be the gaming price/performance hero we needed!