Corsair unveils Force MP600 PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD
Reaching 4,950MB/s
Corsair has announced its latest Force-series SSD, the PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe Force MP600 capable of reaching sequential transfer speeds of up to 4,950MB/s.
AMD confirms 3rd gen Threadripper CPUs are coming
Based on Zen 2 architecture
Although these were not announced or discussed during its Computex 2019 keynote, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, has confirmed that 3rd generation Threadripper CPUs are coming.
AMD announces 3rd generation Ryzen desktop CPUs
Computex 2019: 7nm Zen 2, 15 percent IPC, PCIe 4.0, and five SKUs
At its Computex 2019 keynote, AMD has unveiled the new 3rd generation Ryzen desktop CPUs based on the 7nm manufacturing process and the new Zen 2 architecture, promising up to 15 percent IPC increase over first-generation Zen architecture and coming on July 7th, with five SKUs for starters.
AMD confirms Q3 2019 launch for Zen 2 and Navi
3rd Gen Ryzen, EPYC, and Radeon VII+Navi, all in Q3
During its annual shareholder meeting, AMD has confirmed that its 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs, 2nd Gen EPYC, and Navi-based graphics cards, will all launch in Q3 2019.
World of Warcraft Classic launching in August
Beta already underway
Blizzard has officially set the World of Warcraft Classic release date for August 27th, with a closed beta test already up and running for those invited.
AMD to stream "Next Horizon Gaming" event at E3 2019
As well as the Computex 2019 keynote
AMD has announced its new "Next Horizon Gaming" event that will take place at the E3 2019 show on June 10th, which will be live-streamed. It has also announced that the Computex 2019 keynote on May 27th will be live-streamed as well.
AMD releases Radeon Software 19.5.1 driver
One to have for RAGE 2
AMD has released its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1 driver which brings optimizations for RAGE 2 game as well as adds support for Windows 10 May 2019 Update, Instruction Tracing for Radeon GPU Profiler, and brings several bug fixes.
AMD Zen 2-based 3rd gen Ryzen ES chip spotted
A 16-core chip running at 4.2GHz Boost clock
An engineering sample of AMD's Zen 2-based 3rd generation Ryzen CPU has been spotted online, showing a 16-core chip with 3.3GHz base and 4.2GHz Boost clocks, and running on AM4 X570 motherboard.
Nvidia releases Geforce 430.64 graphics driver
Day-one support for games and performance improvements
Nvidia has released its latest Geforce 430.64 graphics driver which brings day-one support for RAGE 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms games, increases Vulkan performance in World War Z game, and brings some bug fixes and SLI profiles.
Respawn promises Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gameplay at E3
At the EA Play event
While the initial trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was great, it raised a lot of question which should be answered during EA's Play event scheduled to start on June 7th.