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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (44 children)

New products:

  • AMD Ryzen 300 13" motherboards
  • Translucent bezels (just 13"?) and expansion cards
  • ITX desktop
  • 12" 2-in-1 convertible

Not too exciting for me, personally.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (41 children)

I can't recall anyone ever asking FW for a desktop PC. It's like the one modern electronics product that's already modular. And it looks like they're selling them with mobile processors only also, which, why?

As for the convertible, there's no AMD option?

Nor did I see any details regarding pricing, and their website is 404'd to hell.

E: Got into the website, still no pricing available for 12" convertibel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the main thing with the desktop is that it's a release platform for AMD's new chip (the board is also available by itself), and that the high memory bandwidth is good for machine learning

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they had marketed it purely at AI I wouldn't be so concerned but they also marketed it as a gaming machine, which it would be terrible for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The new Ryzen Ai APU has a surprisingly great iGPU. It is a lot bigger than the default size.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sure, it's a great iGPU. That's like saying it's the fastest golf cart in a Top Fuel race. It doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not true anymore actually, the AI Max 395 is basically on par with a 4060.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes it is. The 4060 is a bottom-tier last-gen card.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

the fps numbers from the event make it seem to be around the 6700xt/6800xt level of performance (ofc marketing so it's prolly a bit lower but still), iGPs these days are not what you remember from 5 years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not remembering anything. I looked at the numbers they posted. They're not impressive as compared to a dedicated GPU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is 6700xt level performance not impressive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not for $1200+ in 2025, no. Especially when it's not repairable or upgradeable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah it makes no sense pricing wise for gaming, the performance is there though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, that price is also without the extra graphics cores as well, which I assume is the config they used in their ratings.

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