For the tower defense fans:

https://store.steampowered.com/category/tower_defense/

I'm not saying is the reason for sure but whatever the issue is can't be anything severe. The delay is only 1-2 weeks. There isn't enough time for AMD to do anything substantial. It sounds like the amount of time it would take for vendors to ship back what ever inventory they've received and for AMD to deliver replacements.

Indeed, but something like this number mistake wouldn't affect the samples for reviewers.

The packaging problem we've heard about before seems more likely, but we still don't know for sure what that problem may be. It could be something like the first batch of processors having issues with heatspreader, causing thermal troubles in some units. Who knows.

Because we all know how Steam tagging is god awful and how these fests aren't exactly what they say on the tin.... what's the likelihood that there's going to be games lumped into this fest that aren't even remotely classed as "Tower defense"?.

Personally I'm guessing there will be some, like a few turn based games that aren't primarily tower based. I wish Valve would be more strict on genre tagging, so I can actually look into these festivals they host, without feeling gimped.

Hi, guys.

Unfortunately, there'll be no news today either.

AMD's gaming revenue falls 59%, but the company posts a 115% data center revenue increase

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-gaming-revenue-falls-59-but-company-still-posts-a-9-year-over-year-revenue-increase

Intel Plans To Layoff “Thousands of Employees” Amid Restructuring Policy & Loomy Quarterly Financial Report

https://wccftech.com/intel-layoff-thousands-of-employees-amid-restructuring-policy-loomy-quarterly-financials/

AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop CPU Prices Confirmed: 9950X $599, 9900X $449, 9700X $359, 9600X $279

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9000-zen-5-desktop-cpu-prices-confirmed-9950x-599-9900x-449-9700x-359-9600x-279/

AMD Ryzen 5000XT AM4 CPUs Launched: Ryzen 9 5900XT For $349 & Ryzen 7 5800XT For $249

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5000xt-am4-cpus-launch-ryzen-9-5900xt-349-ryzen-7-5800xt-249/

Samsung HBM3E Memory Headed To NVIDIA’s AI GPUs Within 2-4 Months

https://wccftech.com/samsung-hbm3e-memory-headed-to-nvidia-ai-gpus-2-4-months/

NVIDIA Begins Sampling Its Next-Gen AI Powerhouse, Blackwell, All Over The World, Mass Production On-Track

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-begins-sampling-next-gen-ai-powerhouse-blackwell-all-over-the-world/

The drop in gaming is apparently mostly due to console sales dropping and the GPUs being mostly flat

Should be sending those to their Q&A department instead and fire their CEO instead.

For comparison with the current offerings MSRP at launch: 7950X $699, 7900X $549, 7700X $399, 7600X $299

So the 9950X and 9900X are $100 cheaper, the 9700X is $50 cheaper and the 9600X just $20 cheaper.

Still, pretty welcome development that the chips across the board have become cheaper this gen at AMD. 

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