1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,200 Here it is, folks. The highlight of the AMD booth, at least for me, the Ryzen 7 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:11,120 5700 X3D. It may be dressed in the 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:14,559 Emperor's new clothes. They didn't have any physical samples here for me to 4 00:00:12,559 --> 00:00:19,920 hold, but I'm genuinely stoked on this thing. A new AM4 processor all these 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:26,480 years later. It's clocked a little lower than the 5800 X3D that we know and love, 6 00:00:23,039 --> 00:00:30,000 but it has the same great 3D VCH. And it 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:33,120 comes at a gorgeous dropin replacement 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,440 for your existing DDR4 platform setup 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,040 price of $250, making it a no-brainer upgrade for 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:43,040 someone who wants to increase their gaming performance, but doesn't want to 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:48,000 invest in a whole new motherboard and system memory. I love this move. There's 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,440 a handful of other new Ryzen 5000 series chips that flesh out their lower-end 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,440 options. But given they're the only ones they bothered to bring to the show, what 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:02,239 AMD really wants to talk about is these new Ryzen 7000 CPUs. But first, let me 15 00:00:59,199 --> 00:01:03,920 paint a quick segue to our sponsor. 16 00:01:02,239 --> 00:01:07,520 Headphone juice is not something you should be proud of. These are your 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:11,760 typical headphones that accumulate heat while you game. Ew. Wiki Cushions add a 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:15,360 cooling gel to their cushions to keep your ears sweat free. You can easily 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:20,400 replace them on your headset. Check out Wiki Cushions at the link below. In my 20 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:25,680 hand is the Ryzen 7 8700G, which AMD is calling the next step in 21 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:30,960 personal AI processing. From a CPU standpoint, there's nothing to really 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:34,159 set it apart from Ryzen 7000 series. I'm 23 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,960 looking at eight Zen 4 core, 16 threads, 24 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:42,400 DDR5 memory on the same AM5 platform we're already familiar with. What sets 25 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:45,360 it apart is everything else. Instead of 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:49,759 having kind of weak onboard graphics, we're looking at the same RDNA3based 27 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:55,040 onboard graphics that we've seen in AMD's mobile chips that power devices 28 00:01:52,399 --> 00:02:01,759 like the ROG Ally. So, behind me, you can see Starfield and Balders's Gate 3 29 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:06,320 running on this chip at okay, admittedly 30 00:02:01,759 --> 00:02:08,479 low details, but 1080p 60fps. 31 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,800 The games are freaking running without graphics cards. So, I think it's fair to 32 00:02:10,959 --> 00:02:16,319 say, at least if AMD's performance numbers are to be believed, don't worry, 33 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,959 we'll be validating them later, that this is the final nail in the coffin of 34 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:26,560 those entry-level graphics cards that have always offered a really terrible 35 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:32,319 price toerformance ratio, but now just don't need to exist at all. Moving down 36 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:38,720 to the 8600G, you get some expected reductions in spec. two fewer CPU cores, 37 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:41,840 four fewer GPU cores, but that same AI 38 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,360 NPU processor that 39 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:48,400 we're kind of waiting for software to make use of, but hey, it could come in 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,800 handy someday. And then as you make your way further down, things get very 41 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:59,360 interesting. The 8500G has six cores just like the 8600G, but 42 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:04,720 two of them are traditional Zen 4 cores, while four of them are Zen 4C's. But 43 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:09,680 before you go, gee, that sounds an awful lot like Intel's hybrid architecture. 44 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:14,000 It's not quite the same. Zen 4C is architecturally the same as Zen 4 and 45 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:19,040 should have the same performance at the same clock speed, but the difference is 46 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:23,599 that they're crammed in tighter, meaning that they tend not to turbo up as high. 47 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:29,440 So, there is an expected reduction in performance. Also, the 8500G doesn't 48 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:35,040 have the AI processor and has a lesser GPU. Rounding out the lineup is another 49 00:03:31,519 --> 00:03:38,720 no-show, the 8300G, which has only one 50 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:41,120 traditional Zen 4 core and three Zen 4C 51 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:44,799 cores. I'm going to be really curious to see how that thing performs. One thing I 52 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:49,440 know I'm not going to like is the name. I don't see how upgrading the onboard 53 00:03:46,799 --> 00:03:53,760 graphics and tacking on an AI processor sometimes necessitates an 8000 series, 54 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:59,120 but I guess, you know, sometimes you run out of numbers and you just got to kind of increase the series. Except no, you 55 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:04,400 don't have to do that. You can tack on letters like they've done with the 7600 56 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:09,920 XT. This is a pretty significant upgrade to the existing 7600. 57 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:14,000 Sort of. While you won't find any increase to its stream processor count 58 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:17,919 or compute unit count, there is a bump to clock speeds with the corresponding 59 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:23,759 power bump. And perhaps most importantly, an increase from 8 gigs of 60 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:25,600 GDDDR6 memory to 16 gigs of GDDR6 61 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:29,520 memory, which as we've seen from our benchmarking of this card, can make a 62 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,560 pretty big difference in games that require it. There's a couple other 63 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,520 little things to cover. The support for DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR10 is now mandatory 64 00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:42,960 rather than being optional like it was with the 7600. And the price is 330 65 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:47,840 bucks, meaning that you're looking at a pretty darn good 1440p gaming 66 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:52,960 experience, even in demanding games like Starfield for a pretty reasonable price. 67 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:56,199 This is running at 1440p, right? Low, but yes. 68 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:04,720 Are your headphones cushions hot like a tiny steam room? 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