Computex

As part of Computex 2022, many new motherboards for the upcoming AM5 socket have been announced, set to release in time for the launch of the AMD Ryzen 7000. AMD’s new platform will support three chipsets: The X670, X670E, and B650. New AM5 chipsets The X670 platform will be aimed at enthusiasts and will come with a range of bells and whistles to make the most of the next-gen AMD CPUs. MSI and Asus have already announced a few models, but they’re not the only manufacturers to have something new up their sleeves. AMD…

MSI X670 motherboards have been announced at Computex 2022. The lineup includes Meg X670E Godlike, Meg X670E Ace, MPG X670E Carbon WiFi and Pro X670-P WiFi. These X670 motherboards offer support for the AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processors that were announced along with a new AM5 socket. MSI says that all new MSI X670E and X670 motherboards include support for PCIe 5.0 as well as DDR5 memory. The rear USB Type-C will now support up to DisplayPort 2.0 output, as per the Taiwanese company.As per the announcement by MSI, the…

Nvidia's near hour long Computex 2022 keynote presentation has wrapped. There wasn't a lot of fresh meat for PC gamers and enthusiasts during the show, but the new Asus ROG Swift 500 Hz G-Sync monitor caught our eye. SVP of Nvidia's PC Business, Jeff Fisher revealed this new monitor and called it "the lowest latency, highest refresh rate, G-Sync eSports display ever created." The Asus ROG Swift 500 Hz G-Sync monitor has been "designed from the ground up for eSports," says (opens in new tab) Nvidia. Central to its…

Asus ROG Swift 500Hz gaming monitor with a 24.1-inch display has been unveiled on Tuesday in Taiwan during Computex 2022 as the latest offering in the Asus' Republic of Gamers (ROG) division's monitor lineup. The new gaming-focused monitor is built based on the Nvidia G-Sync display technology and offers a 500Hz refresh rate. The new Asus ROG Swift 500Hz gaming monitor has a frameless display and has the Nvidia reflex analyser for reducing system latency by combining both GPU and game optimisations. Further, for esports…

Alongside the announcement of Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs, AMD also announced the brand-new AM5 socket and 600-series chipsets that AM5 boards will feature. These new motherboards for Ryzen 7000 will bring new features and more performance across the board. To get you up to speed, we rounded up everything you need to know about AM5 and X670. You’ll need one of these new motherboards if you plan to upgrade to Ryzen 7000 later this year, so it’s best to start planning now. The new AM5 socket AMD AMD announced the new AM5…

AMD has officially announced a new storage technology today at Computex 2022 today, called Smart Access Storage (SAS). The goal of SAS is to reduce game loading times on AMD hardware by accelerating texture streaming and acceleration data decompression, with the help of Microsoft’s DirectStorage API and AMD’s own Smart Access Memory technology. Info given about SAS was incredibly brief, but AMD does promise to share more details about the technology in the coming months.We originally reported on Smart Access Memory a few…

Corsair Voyager a1600 AMD advantage edition has been unveiled at Computex 2022 as the company's first-ever gaming and streaming laptop. The Voyager a1600 gaming laptop will be equipped with AMD Ryzen 6000-series processors and AMD Radeon RX 6800M GPU. The company says that this laptop also comes with Corsair and Elgato's vast ecosystem of exclusive software and technologies. Moreover, the laptop will feature a touch bar above the keyboard with ten touch shortcut buttons.Corsair Voyager a1600 laptop priceThe pricing and…

AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su announced some details of the company's upcoming Ryzen 7000 series CPUs at her Computex 2022 keynote, along with a new AM5 socket and 600-series chipsets for motherboards that will accompany them. The company also teased an upcoming ‘Mendocino' CPU lineup for affordable mainstream laptops and Chromebooks as well as a new SmartAccess Storage feature for high-performance laptops. While specific details of models, pricing, and features were not disclosed, AMD did say that these products will launch by the…

(Image credit: AMD/Twitter)AMD CEO Lisa Su is set to present the Computex 2022 keynote on May 22 at 11pm ET (UTC+8), and you can watch the festivities live, or later at your own convenience, in the embedded video below. We've also included a guide to the different time zones below. If you're in the US, you'll have to be a night owl to catch the show live, but we expect it will be worth the trouble. AMD is expected to share new details about its 5nm Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Zen 4 CPUs that will soon vie for a spot on our list…

Computex is just hours away and will feature keynotes from some of the biggest names in tech, including AMD, Nvidia, and Microsoft. There will almost certainly be some exciting announcements from each brand, but since Computex takes place in Taipei, Taiwan, the keynotes don’t occur at the most convenient times (at least for those of us in North America). Microsoft and AMD’s keynotes will have you staying up into the wee hours of the morning tonight, while Nvidia’s keynote doesn’t take place until late tomorrow evening.…