PC World - USA (2019-07)

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JULY 2019 PCWorld 35

wood-clad laptops to funky multi-screen
notebooks to a radical new vision for
desktops that move beyond the boring-old
ATX form factor. And did we mention PCIe
4.0 is a thing now?
Buckle up, and be sure to hit those links
throughout to learn more about each topic.



  1. AMD’S CUTTING-EDGE
    RYZEN ONSLAUGHT
    AMD kicked off Computex with a bang (go.
    pcworld.com/bang), revealing its hotly
    anticipated Ryzen 3000-series processors—
    culminating in a monstrous 12-core, $500
    chip that marks the debut of the Ryzen 9
    family. Eight-core Ryzen 7 processors were
    also announced, with stupid-good power
    efficiency, higher clock speeds, and a launch
    date of July 7. These will be the first 7nm chips
    ever to hit the streets.
    They’ll also be the first processors to


support the cutting-edge PCIe 4.0 interface,
although you’ll need a new X570
motherboard to take advantage. Fortunately,
you should have plenty of options, as Asus
alone plans on launching over 30 different
X570 boards.


  1. RADEON RX 5700
    You know what else supports PCIe 4.0? The
    Radeon RX 5700 (go.pcworld.com/bang),
    the first consumer 7nm GPU, and one based
    on AMD’s fresh “Navi” architecture, now
    dubbed RDNA. AMD says the Radeon RX
    5700 should go toe-to-toe with the GeForce
    RTX 2070 and offer 25 percent better
    performance per clock and 50 percent
    better performance per watt than existing
    Radeon Vega GPUs. Navi GPUs will also
    advance to the speedier GDDR6 memory
    that debuted alongside Nvidia’s RTX
    20-series. Yes, please!







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