Computex teasers, products

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• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017

  Not sure if these guys will be at Computex, but apparently there's a new Amiga out there, for those that might be nostalgic...

  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/the-a-eon-amiga-x5000-reviewed-the-beloved-amiga-meets-2017/
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  Just found this link via a youtube video.  Took a screenshot of the page for y'all.  Possible Threadripper MHz stats?

  Skroutz is apparently an online retailer of some sort, maybe from Greece(?).  Release date is expected to be soon (Google Translation), no pricing info as of yet on that page.

  The listed clock speed (from the screenshot) for the Threadripper 1998x is 3500 MHz, or .100 Mz slower than Ryzen 7 1800X (3600 MHz).  So just a wee bit slower, not bad for 16 cores vs 8, assuming that the listed stats turn out to be accurate!

  

  

  threadripper_skroutz_screen.jpg

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  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on May 2017
• nonesuch00 Posts: 18,444

  May 2017

  thanks. nice synopsis
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017

  Here's a teaser for the Intel i7 Extreme Edition mobo and 12 core processor:

  http://wccftech.com/aorus-x299-gaming-3-gaming-7-gaming-9-motherboards-intels-hedt-platform-pictured/

  Also, new version of MSI's 1080Ti, bigger and beefier...

  http://wccftech.com/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-lightning-z-computex-teaser/
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017

  Nvida's Volta may get it's debut tomorrow:

  http://wccftech.com/nvidia-rumored-debut-new-volta-graphics-card-computex-tomorrow-watch-live-keynote/

   

  Also, Asus has started to promote their ROG X-299 Mobo...

  http://wccftech.com/asus-rog-strix-x299-e-motherboard-official-video/
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  Press conferences from Computex are beginning to trickle in.  First off though, the rumormill is all abuzz about this one...

  Here's a new rumor mentioning 18 core processors from Intel:
  https://videocardz.com/69900/exclusive-intel-to-launch-18-core-core-i9-7980xe-cpu

  Here's Anandtech's recounting of the Asus press conference.  Lots of Intel laptops, I'm not seeing anything AMD related though...

  http://www.anandtech.com/show/11457/asus-computex-2017-press-conference-live-blog

  Guru3D is talking about a lot of X299 and 1080Ti products, posting scoops abtout the products they are seeing at Computex.

  http://www.guru3d.com/

  This may be of interest to a few of you here: An external GPU housiing for Thunderbolt 3 from Powercolor.  Just the thing for those upcoming Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptops, sucb as the Zenbook Pros with 2 TBolt ports that Asus just announced!

  http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/computex-powercolor-shows-external-thunderbolt-3-gpu-gaming-box.html

  For those looking for Radeon Pro news to tide you over until AMD's press conference later this week week:  AMD was at NAB last week, talking about their partnerships with Adobe and other vendors...

  http://pro.radeon.com/en-us/amd-announces-radeon-pro-duo-at-nab-show-2017/

  AMD was also at Liveworx 2017 last week, but I'm not finding a post conference synopsis of what they discussed there at the moment.

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on May 2017
• nicstt Posts: 11,715

  May 2017

  tj_1ca9500b said:

  Not sure if these guys will be at Computex, but apparently there's a new Amiga out there, for those that might be nostalgic...

  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/the-a-eon-amiga-x5000-reviewed-the-beloved-amiga-meets-2017/

  Damn, still my favourite PC ever.

  I still have a working Amiga 1500; my 4000 bit the dust a long time ago.
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017

  Here's a leak detailing suggested pricing for the new Intel Kaby Lake X and Skylake X processors:

  http://wccftech.com/intel-kaby-lake-x-skylake-x-pricing-leaked-core-i9-7920x-7900x-7820x-7800k-i7-7740k-i5-7640k/
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  I was beginning to get worried that I hadn't seen any mobos for Threadripper yet.  Here's a couple from Asus!

  http://wccftech.com/asus-rog-x399-zenith-extreme-x370-crosshair-vi-extreme-motherboard/

  And some other X399 Mobos:

  http://wccftech.com/gigabyte-x399-aorus-gaming-7-amd-ryzen-threadripper-motherboard-pictured/

  Also, I saw some pics of the Ryzen laptop during my internet rounds:

  https://videocardz.com/70007/asus-rog-gl702zc-is-worlds-first-ryzen-powered-laptop

  Hopefully we get a version of said laptop with a 1080 in it.  Nvidia talked about 1080's for laptops in their Keynote.

   

  I followed the liveblog from Nvidia's Keynote yesterday.  It was mostly about using GPU's for AI oriented stuff, although they did mention Volta briefly.  I was expecting more product oriented stuff not as much application related stuff. 

  There are lots of 1080Ti variants showing up at Computex, which is to be expected.

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on May 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  Here's a link to Anandtech's live blog of Intel's presentation at Computex.  They are claiming a 30% increase in performance for the 8th gen core-i chips over the previous ones, among other things:

  http://www.anandtech.com/show/11470/intel-computex-2017-press-conference-live-blog

  And here's a link to a couple of WCCF Articles talking about the i9's and their performance numbers:

  http://wccftech.com/intel-core-x-core-i9-7900x-vs-core-i7-6950x-cpu-benchmarks/

  http://wccftech.com/intels-x299-based-core-x-series-breaks-8-world-records-hwbot-performance-matters-taipiei-event-core-i9-7900x-overclocked-5-8-ghz-ln2/

  Looks like Intel is taking AMD seriously, based on their suggested MSRP's.  More cores for the same price as the previous gen processors, and a performance boost to boot?  YAY!

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on May 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  AMD's Computex press event starts in a few minutes.  Anandtech is doing a liveblog here:

  http://www.anandtech.com/show/11476/computex-2017-amd-press-event-live-blog-starts-10pm-et

  Will post any interesting tidbits that we don't already know later.  Perhaps we'll get Threadripper pricing among other things.

  Edit:

  Post conference wrap-up:

  Saw a Ryzen+Vega APU running on a really thin laptop, a couple of Threadripper and Vega demos, and some OEM's showcasing a Ryzen product or two.

  Short form: RX Vega will launch around SIGGRAPH at the end of July.  Threadripper some time this summer (no firm date).  So, pretty much, for today, it's all about Ryzen 5 and 7, with the other products showing up later this year.  The Anand live blog linked above will give you a better play by play, but essentailly if you followed AMD's Analyst Day coverage, you are already pretty much up to speed.

   

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on May 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Computex Day 3 update (or is it day 4? Taipei is a day minus a few hours ahead of the US).

  Day 3 is boring.  Lots of minor products like glass and wood cases, some mention of Apollo Lake, but nothing that will be of interest to most of you here.  The big reveals have already happened.

  If anything interesting pops up, I'll post an update, but I'm not holding my breath.  Short form: i9, Threadripper, Vega soon, 1080Tis abound!

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on June 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  June 2017

  Nothing really interesting for Computex Day 3 unless you are shopping for cases, cooling, etc.

  http://www.tomshardware.com/news/computex-2017-highlights-day-3,34614.html

  In somewhat related news, apparently Ryzen prices have dropped in the last few days:

  http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-prices-drop-ahead-of-threadripper-launch/

  So if you were contemplating a Ryzen 5 or 7 build, the price drops are welcome news.  If you are waiting on Threadripper, pull up a comfy chair, it'll be a while... (sometime this Summer).

  The EPYC server chips were supposed to hit the market in late June.  I'll be interested in seeing pricing on those.
• kyoto kid Posts: 41,405

  June 2017

  ...well, if all these new CPUs are W10 only, not much to get excited about here. Unless Daz starts supporting Linux.
• JamesJAB Posts: 1,762

  June 2017

  I'm running Win10 Pro on both of my systems, and have no big complaints.
  Win10 Home can be frustrating when it decides that it's update and restart time regardless of what the computer is doing.
• Ghosty12 Posts: 2,077

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  kyoto kid said:

  ...well, if all these new CPUs are W10 only, not much to get excited about here. Unless Daz starts supporting Linux.

  Well it has been said in another thread that Nvidia is supposedly in talks with Microsoft over the reserved vram thing..  doing some investigating and some folks are saying it is an Nvidia driver Cuda issue with Win 10 how true that is well whow knows..  But when looking I did find mention of a program called Process Explorer that supposedly reports vram usage more clearly..

  OT Those volta cards look very interesting indeed will have to wait and see what they are all about.. One good thing is that when I get the finances I will be able to get an I9 and some other goodies.. :)

  Post edited by Ghosty12 on June 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  June 2017

  Here's a review of the 8Gb GAorus 1080 (not Ti) with 11Gb/s memory, one of the cards showcased at Computex:

  http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1080_aorus_11_gbps_review,40.html

  It's quiet apparently, and with a $539 US price point (current price on Newegg).  This might be a decent alternative to a full 1080Ti for those on a slightly more limited budget.  The faster memory does indeed seem to make a significant difference.

   

   
• kyoto kid Posts: 41,405

  June 2017

  ghosty12 said:

  kyoto kid said:

  ...well, if all these new CPUs are W10 only, not much to get excited about here. Unless Daz starts supporting Linux.

  Well it has been said in another thread that Nvidia is supposedly in talks with Microsoft over the reserved vram thing..  doing some investigating and some folks are saying it is an Nvidia driver Cuda issue with Win 10 how true that is well whow knows..  But when looking I did find mention of a program called Process Explorer that supposedly reports vram usage more clearly..

  OT Those volta cards look very interesting indeed will have to wait and see what they are all about.. One good thing is that when I get the finances I will be able to get an I9 and some other goodies.. :)

  ...for Volta to reach the gaming and enthusiast market, it may be a while. As I mentioned the first Volta release will be a Tesla compute unit. Most likley for graphics the next step will be the Quadro pro line. With Volta, Nvidia is introducing NVlink which is a conpletely new and different interface from PCIe offering a pipline between GPU-CPU as well as GPU-GPU that is 5 to 12 times wider than PCIe. This means a totally new MB configuration (and I don't expect it will ve cheap).
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  The folks over at Guru 3d have been chatting with a few of the motherboard partners.  Apparently we'll be seeing the 6, 8, and 10 core Skylake X processors soon, possibly in the next week or two, but the mobo partners haven't even seen, let alone had a hands on with, the larger cores yet...

  http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/computex-2017-intel-core-i9-launches-with-up-to-10-cores-first-does-4-3-ghz-on-lcs.html

  So, no new word on when the 12 core, etc. Skylake X products will enter the product chain.

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on June 2017
• tj_1ca9500b Posts: 2,057

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  This is more of a Computex followup post, but relevant nonetheless.

  WCCFTech has noted that the AMD's Radeon Pro Vega has been officially introduced, complete with die shot.

  http://wccftech.com/amd-debuts-radeon-pro-vega-unveils-detailed-die-shot-22-tflops-400gbs-8-16-gb-hbm2/

  And AMD released an official press announcent today for the Radeon Pro 500 series for the Imac.

  http://pro.radeon.com/en-us/pro-500-series-for-updated-imac/

   

   

  Post edited by tj_1ca9500b on June 2017