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AMD Announces Dual-Core Athlon 200GE With Vega Graphics for $55

posted by chromas on Friday September 07 2018, @10:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the cheaper-hardware dept.

takyon writes:

AMD is launching a low-priced Zen APU on Sept. 8:

AMD is keeping the 20-year legacy of the Athlon brand alive with its new Athlon 200GE processors that come armed with Radeon Vega 3 graphics. AMD is bringing the new dual-core, four-thread Athlon 200G processor to market on Sept 8 for a mere $55. But it will be joined by beefier 220GE and 240GE processors in Q4 2018.

AMD is also introducing an Athlon Pro 200GE model and the new second-gen Ryzen Pro series for the professional/commercial market. The Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, Pro 2700, and Ryzen 5 Pro 2600 models will come to market this year, but will debut in OEM systems from Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Launch times will vary by company.

[...] The Athlon 200GE does support the AVX instruction set, which is an advantage over Intel's Pentium and Celeron families. The new Athlon processors likely feature the same underlying design as the Raven Ridge 2200G and 2400G processors, albeit with a pared-down feature set that allows the company to sell Raven Ridge die that suffered defects during the manufacturing process.

[...] The Athlon 200GE only comes with 3 Vega CUs, which is quite the step down from the Raven Ridge 2200G's eight CUs. AMD claims the Athlon 200GE can handle 720p gaming with integrated graphics in various eSports-class titles, and also claims the processor provides enough performance to deliver solid performance when paired with a discrete graphics card, like the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050.

220GE is based on the previous-generation "14nm" Zen, rather than being a "12nm" Zen+ part. The TDP is 35W. It is the very first Zen-based CPU to not support overclocking, although it does support memory overclocking. It supports 4K displays, USB 3.1, and NVMe SSDs.

Also at AnandTech, VentureBeat, and Wccftech.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:42PM (#732170)

    we hate you so screw naming consistency

    ^This. I've had the misfortune of shopping for a bunch of refurbished business machines recently, what a complete fucking nightmare. Putting the information in the name is kind of the point, a name is something that allows us to easily identify things. Or in the case of Intel, click through and read the specs.

    I think we should rename humans along the line of Intels naming conventions. Men should all be called Dave, and discussion about a specific Dave will require further specifics to that individual...

    Do you know Dave?.. Dave with the red hair, glasses and pale complexion. He drives a blue car. His wife is a brunette. He studied CS at college and works in tech. He suffers from mild depression. He has two children. He always wears polo shirts. He once ran naked through his college campus for a drunken bet. He's divorcing his wife Diane after having purchased a Diane 2025 sex doll with Intel Dave Core processor.

    Oh that Dave? Sure I know him. Thanks Dave. I'll be sure to get the genius Dave and Diane's at Intel to use him in their marketing. [dials frantically] Hello Intel, it's Dave calling from Dave Co, I'd like to speak to Dave in Marketing about a Dave that could inspire billions of Daves.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday September 08 2018, @02:09PM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday September 08 2018, @02:09PM (#732194) Homepage Journal

    Dave's not here, man.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday September 09 2018, @03:32AM

      by dry (223) on Sunday September 09 2018, @03:32AM (#732386) Journal

      Yes I am