A while ago AMD just celebrated there 50th anniversary as being the oldest PC Hardware company. By celebrating this they released there Radeon VII and Ryzen 7 2700x Gold Edition package. This grew some slight interest so I decided to give a look into this. Let’s dive further in.
Recently, AMD reached their 50th anniversary, making it the first hardware company to reach 50 years, with addition to this they released there gold editions for Radeon VII and Ryzen 2700x. The last series of AMD I used was the Ryzen Embedded R1000 series. The 2700x CPU has almost 4x the number of threads the R1000 series uses. On average the ones I use are around 4 – 8 threads but I will start getting more up to date ones that are 16 threads
Ports And Power Consumption
I wanted to test this theory out with any Razer modeled PC’s I have reviewed in the past. So far from my experience, I would stick with the B350 motherboards series to go with the 2700x CPU. But I also feel like I am not discovering a lot with the X399 SocketTR4 motherboards. This one has two native USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports which are 20GBPS in total which is pretty insane, and fourteen of the same ports but from Gen 1.
I feel like it would be a bit too much just going off of that which is why I would still have thoughts on the B350, but judging off of personal preferences you could make your own assessment
But we’ve been theorizing about custom experimentation so far but I want to talk more about the Radeon VII Graphics Card within this package as well. This graphics card goes from 1 – 1.3x faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card which I can infer can be contributed to the 945 Mhz and 295 power consumption, at least for top models, to which the average would be below 210.
Overclocking And Memory Process
Since this is 0.3x more for the Radeon VII this would be around 310 SPU. I haven’t noticed any overclocking issues so far with the Radeon VII, but at least until the early generations in the 2700x these overclocking issues started to fade away which is a good sign we can see similarities. It won’t differ too much from previous cards. At least wouldn’t show for a while. The Alienware 51 PC also has the Radeon VII graphics card. If you have the Alienware-51 you could also notice these issues go away. Just to make a strong inference
I want to see what the old Sapphire NITRO GPU would be like with the Ryzen 7 2700x processor since this would seem like a good competitor. The Core clock of the Sapphire Nitro is 1373 MHz and the boost clock is at a similar number of 1580 MHz. I couldn’t find very good clockwork in my opinion with the Ryzen 7 2700x so knowing this it would make a good combination with this custom mashup example I thought of, and something we could see more in the Radeon VII. It is more condensed as the Sapphire Radeon VII is 1400 Core Clock and 1750 MHz for Boost Clock which would make a slight difference
Ballistic Sport LT Memory Card
Most consumers including myself also bought and could recommend a Ballistic Sport LT Memory card as well. The current memory size of 16GB on the Radeon VII at least for the Sapphire model I am using, but it is a nice extension to have nonetheless. This card can go up to 64GB (4×16,) so more than less a heads up for anyone interested in memory customization. You can order this in red or grey, I would pick red as it would blend in with the rest of the build.
There are three display ports with version 1.4 and one HDMI port I found. I ask why they would use version 1.4, which was released three years ago if they can’t simply upgrade it to 1.4a which was only released exactly last year. Not much info about 1.4a was released or was not changed compared to 1.4 so I would assume they would just stick with 1.4 DisplayPort
Gaming In The Gold Package
I found the 1st generation of AMD Ryzen to be fairly enjoyable but the 2nd Gen does take the cake. At least for its time. The Ryzen 7 2700x from I found runs on around 20 – 50 FPS which is better from most other CPU’s I have used within Gen 2.
This is at least if you are playing more 3D games like Assasins Creed or Dying Light I also found testing games like these are good with around 20 – 50 FPS. This CPU supports a significant amount of operating systems, which are Windows 10 64 bit edition, RHEL, and Ubuntu x86 64-bit edition. I am currently using the 64-bit edition of Windows 10, I am currently not a fan of it now because on average when I am using my Dell Inspiron 13 laptop, currently upgrading, the 64 bit is okay but I know it could be better with an AMD setup that which I am currently saving up for to replace this setup.
Speaking of this 64-bit operating system, if you were to play a game, a bit basic, but a game like Minecraft 1.14, it would be fine for a couple of seconds of a basic run or walk but it would freeze for 5 seconds. There will obviously be a significant difference by using this package nonetheless. Just add the Hodilton Ultra 4k Graphics and you are pretty much set for any gaming experience, but a bit much to add for this already big setup
Final Conclusion
From seeing this package for a while I can say it is a very innovative experience for AMD’s 50th celebration of Hardware success. I overall enjoy the many new and unique twists they put in this new package. To cut short I would give this package a solid 4.8 / 5 stars [star rating=”4.8″]
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