11:49AM EDT – AMD’s second and closing product keynote of the month is going down immediately, with an occasion AMD has dubbed “Where Gaming Begins”. Hosted as at all times by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, AMD might be specializing in the brand new Radeon RX 6000 sequence and extra, unveiling for the primary time their newest era of video playing cards. Powered by the corporate’s new RDNA2 structure, the RX 6000 playing cards and related RDNA2-powered sport consoles mark an necessary launch for AMD as they set up the technological cornerstone of gaming merchandise for years to return.
11:54AM EDT – Ian right here, I’ll be working this Live Blog. Set to start out on the hour
11:55AM EDT – If it is something just like the CPU announcement on the eighth, anticipate some quick paced motion
11:56AM EDT – We extremely encourage readers who’re following us reside to place the AMD Livestream and the AnandTech Live Blog aspect by aspect to get as a lot data as you may muster. Here’s the hyperlink to the livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHpgu-cTjyM
11:57AM EDT – As earlier than, we anticipate it to be pre-recorded, which often means a sooner tempo than traditional
11:59AM EDT – The countdown begins
12:01PM EDT – In comes the metallic music
12:02PM EDT – An opening video of what’s most likely a sequence of optimized video games
12:02PM EDT – Far Cry 6, WoW Shadowlands
12:02PM EDT – Godfall
12:02PM EDT – Lisa Su to the stage
12:03PM EDT – Ryzen 5000 video was essentially the most watched launch in AMD historical past
12:03PM EDT – Now for Navi and RX6000
12:03PM EDT – 5700XT + Ryzen 3000, AMD turned first firm to announce excessive perf CPU+GPU collectively
12:03PM EDT – 2020 is yr of the gamer
12:03PM EDT – Next-gen consoles
12:04PM EDT – World’s greatest gaming processor – Ryzen 5000
12:04PM EDT – Leadership perf/watt
12:04PM EDT – Drop in improve
12:04PM EDT – Also have to compete at excessive finish GPU
12:04PM EDT – AMD is prepared
12:04PM EDT – Most highly effective gaming GPU from AMD
12:05PM EDT – Taking one other massive step with RDNA2
12:05PM EDT – Big NAVI
12:05PM EDT – 26.8B transistors, 7nm
12:05PM EDT – Laura Smith, AMD Fellow
12:06PM EDT – Engineers have had plans within the works with RDNA2 since earlier than RDNA got here out
12:06PM EDT – Broad ecosystem relationships
12:06PM EDT – Console, PC, and past
12:06PM EDT – Targets for RDNA2
12:07PM EDT – Infinity Cache
12:07PM EDT – Pushing Performance wants good design and energy
12:07PM EDT – Significant positive factors in all areas
12:07PM EDT – Leveraging CPU methods for clock gating
12:07PM EDT – Improve efficiency, minimizing information motion
12:07PM EDT – 30% extra environment friendly
12:08PM EDT – Infinity Cache for double the bandwidth
12:08PM EDT – at much less energy than a wider bus
12:08PM EDT – graphics optimized, excessive density cache primarily based on Zen3 cache
12:08PM EDT – Minimizes bottlenecks
12:08PM EDT – 256-bit GDDR6 interface with Infinity Cache
12:08PM EDT – Frequency
12:08PM EDT – RDNA2 has customized libraries and excessive velocity design flows
12:09PM EDT – +30% frequency enhance over RDNA
12:09PM EDT – +54% efficiency
12:09PM EDT – DX12 Ultimate
12:09PM EDT – Sampler suggestions
12:09PM EDT – DirectStorage API
12:09PM EDT – Mesh Shaders
12:09PM EDT – DX Raytracing
12:10PM EDT – Double the efficiency at higher energy effectivity
12:10PM EDT – RDNA3 by finish of 2022
12:10PM EDT – Scott Herkelman to the stage
12:10PM EDT – New Radeon RX 6800 XT
12:11PM EDT – Aimed at 4K highest settings
12:11PM EDT – 2250 MHz increase clock, 16 GB GDDR6, 128 MB Infinity Cache
12:11PM EDT – 2015 MHz sport clock
12:11PM EDT – Check out Scott’s t-shirt
12:11PM EDT – 300W Total board energy
12:12PM EDT – Beats the competitors at much less energy
12:12PM EDT – Against 3080
12:12PM EDT – 1440p max wins as effectively
12:13PM EDT – Rage mode
12:13PM EDT – One click on overclocking
12:13PM EDT – Only AMD can ship processors and GPUs
12:13PM EDT – AMD Smart Access Memory
12:13PM EDT – Leverage CPU+GPU reminiscence entry
12:14PM EDT – Comes by means of a BIOS setting
12:14PM…
