Tek Syndicate - This build features dedicated graphics and the fast Intel G620. This will get you gaming for under $400.
Shaz from GL writes: "AMD could spur the beginning of a new era in handheld gaming with their upcoming APUs"
To me the most important hardware is the battery. Doesn’t matter how powerful the chips are.
There’s no way you’re getting that 40CU 16-core APU in a handheld. That’s too hot and power hungry for that. The highest end APU they’re suggesting is going to end up in gaming laptops that can cool a 100W chip.
I think these articles get things a little out of perspective, Steam Deck has sold around 3 million and Switch has sold 140 million. But if you are browsing certain parts internet you'd think the Steam Deck had sold over 100 million. If articles are going to continue to circulate like this and continue to put the Steam Deck in the same arena then I'm comfortable calling the device a flop.
sure but theres still a limit to what u can put in there ha. power consumption would be the biggest hurdle. and cooling.
I wana try out a pc handheld but I would like to experience a steady framerate etc I don't wana have to keep going into my settings trying to make things smoother in gameplay, that's the only thing that's been keepin me from getting one I've heard others having to go into the settings time from time that'll be annoying
Poor Xbox sales have affected AMD’S bottom line
Oh wow. How surprising! Nvidia overpriced their RTX cards by +100% and AMD instead of offering real competition, decided to join Nvidia in their greedy approach, while not having the same mindshare as Nvidia (sadly) does. The 7900 launch was a marketing disaster. All the reviews were made while the card was not worth the money at all, they lowered the price a bit later on, but not only not enough but also too late and out of "free marketing" window coming along with the new card generation release. Then the geniuses at AMD axed the high-end SKUs with increased cache etc, cause "nobody will buy expensive cards to play games" while Nvidia laughed at them selling their 2000€ 4090s.
Intel had all the mindshare among PC enthusiasts with their CPUs. All it took was a competetive product and good price (Ryzen 7000 series and especially 7800x3d) and guess what? AMD regained the market share in DYI PCs in no time! The same could've have happened with Radeon 5000, Radeon 6000 and Radeon 7000.
But meh. Why bother. Let's cancell high-end RDNA 4 and use the TSMC wafers for AI and then let the clueless "analysts" make their articles about "gaming demand dwingling".
I'm sure low-end, very overpriced and barely faster if not slower RDNA4 will turn things around. It will have AI and RT! Two things nobody asked for, especially not gamers who'd like to use the PC for what's most exciting about PC gaming (VR, high framerate gaming, hi-res gaming).
8000 series will be slow, overpriced and marketed based on its much improved RT/AI... and it will flop badly.
And there will be no sane conclusions made at AMD about that. There will be just one, insane: Gaming is not worth catering to. Let's go into AI/RT instead, what could go wrong..."
Well that's gonna happen when you don't really try. I want to support AMD so badly and give Nvidia some actual competition but they don't very much seem interested in challenging, by their own accord. I been waiting for them to attack the GPU segment the same way they took over CPU, but they just seem so content with handing Nvidia the market year after year, and it's happening again this year with their cancelled high end card.
AMD prcied their cards thinking that they will sell out just like in the mining craze. I suspect reality has hit home when they realized most gamers cannot afford to spend over $500 for a gpu.
AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.
Outstanding work! I love articles like this. The video is very help. Even an idiot could follow these instructions.
Kinda mis-leading without Windows included in the price.
A pretty decent PC for the price. You can definitely pay more for a PC and get a lot less from retailers.
It's also pretty much the rumored specs. of the Nextbox.
Nextbox rumored to have a better CPU, GPU (HD 6770), and Blu Ray drive or some other media. Which would mean the Nextbox should cost around $400 instead of the rumored $299.
The only way the Nextbox could sell for less is cutting cost.
4GB of memory vs. 8GB will save: $10 - $20
(while most of use hope for 8GB in all honesty 4GB is enough)
Using the cheapest Motherboard available save: $10 - $20
Using the cheapest HDD available and sell HDD's at a huge mark-up as they currently do saves: $10 - $20 and earns $50 - $70 for each HDD sold.
Using a cheaper material for the casing save: $10
Using a Power Supply that does just enough to get the job done: $5
A total savings of $45 - $75 meaning it could possibly sell for a $299. But MS would have to bank on XBL subscriptions, exclusives, and accessories to recoup the loss they'll obtain for each console sold. That would be worthwhile as they would provide a console that's in direct competition with Nintendo's Wii-U that should be all around superior and possibly the same price.
But I doubt MS is willing take a loss Day 1 thanks to how shaky things are in the economy, so expect something more along the lines of $349 - $399.
Getting back on topic, this is a solid PC. To get a true powerhouse though simply though in a HD 7950 it'll bring the price up to $600, but you'll be able to play every game in 1080p @ 60fps, and you PC will be solid for 3 - 5 years.
I need to see a vid of how well it runs games.
Bout to start building my first gaming pc. When I'm finished I will have spent about $3000