By the way, MSI has launched the AGESA update that fixes the USB problems for the previous gen chips, X470 and B450

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-issues-agesa-1-2-2-bios-updates-for-msi-x570b550-motherboards-fixes-usb-issues.html

Microsoft Store Fee Lowered from 30% to 12% for PC Games; Halo Infinite Will Have Crossplay and Cross-Progression

https://wccftech.com/microsoft-store-fee-lowered-from-30-to-12-for-pc-games-halo-infinite-will-have-crossplay-and-cross-progression/

While this is good for devs, I'd still like functional windows store


AMD is going out of its way to prevent further bioses for zen 3 on x370

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/mzzuth/amd_is_going_out_of_its_way_to_prevent_further/

Recently Asrock released a bios for X370 to enable Ryzen 5000 to run on them. Seems that AMD didn't like that. This is similar to when Asus enabled PCI-E 4.0 on their Crosshair VI Hero x370 because it was capable of doing it as long as you had CPU that was capable like a Ryzen 3000 but AMD said lol no. And thus, Asus had to remove it in their future BIOS update. The way that AMD treats their first generation purchasers is a lesson I won't forget.


NVIDIA reintroduces GeForce RTX 3060 cryptomining hash limiter

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reintroduces-geforce-rtx-3060-cryptomining-hash-limiter

Round 2... Fight!


AMD Promises To Increase Radeon RX 6000 RDNA 2 Graphics Card Supply & Ramp Production

https://wccftech.com/amd-promises-increase-radeon-rx-6000-rdna-2-graphics-card-supply-ramp-production/


AMD Reaffirms That Radeon RX 6000M RDNA 2 Mobile GPUs Are On Track For Q2 2021 Launch

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-6000m-rdna-2-mobility-laptop-gpu-launch-q2-2021/

Yeah AMD is pretty shady on the X370 compat. My Gigabyte was capable of PCIE 4.0 prior to newer AGESA for Zen 2 CPU's. And ASROCK X370 and B350 boards are 100% capable of running Zen 3 as would be other boards with an update. Its all marketing and BS.

Even lower boards are capable of SAM or resizable bar but its garden-walled to Zen 3 and X570/B550 boards. I guess they are a business, still scummy though.

Yea that's a good point. AMD really needs to get this out sooner than later.

Yea pretty much. This is the kind of shady stuff that I expect from AIBs, not AMD themselves. If a motherboard manufacturer wants to support their older mobos, why not let them? I am sure there is a business reason for it but still. As a gen 1 purchaser, really rubs me the wrong way. But I'll remember to wait next time loll.

I doubt we'll see a lot more desktop GPU cards anytime soon as all the new production will go to make those mobile GPUs.

Regarding AMD's attitude towards X370 and X470 board when it comes to the new features, I agree that it's a shitty attitude that doesn't do any favors to AMD's image.
But it's also true that not all X370 or X470 boards could support SAM or PCIE 4.0, only a small amount of them could. With that in mind, AMD could have decided to block those features to avoid confusing part of the market and the bad press from those users. It really is/was a "bad if you do, bad if you don't situation".

Yea but there should be a distinction between official and unofficial support. We have seen the official support slides from AMD which clearly states what they do and they don't support. If the motherboard vendors want to support their older platforms, AMD should leave them to their own devices since the people that will be looking deeper into unofficial support are enthusiasts that know what they are getting into.

Yes and no. I agree with you that if some AIBs want to go the extra mile and provide some of their products with better features, both AMD and also Intel should let them. after all, if it doesn't work or there's a problem, it's the AIBs fault.

But nowadays it's easy for people that aren't enthusiasts to find out about these features through a simple Google search, only to end with incomplete information or without fully understanding what they found.

It's not a clear black or white situation here.

There's a new game on Steam called Crypto Mining Simulator, and yes, it's about what the name says. I'm so disappointed that I don't even feel like posting the link to the game.

Couple more things today.

Steam's Golden Week sale is live!

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/goldenweek

Asus PG32UQX Review

$3000 USD
No HDMI 2.1
Noisy due to the active cooling

And the biggest offence is this:

What kind of nonsense ghosting/artifacting is this? For a $3000 monitor? Seriously? And there's a lot more issues if you watch the review. Solid Skip even if you have deep pockets. HDR implantation on this monitor sounds great but everything else sounds yikes. Specially as a $800 monitor has less ghosting/artifacting...

Yeah, not worth it. While some of you won't even give it a chance as it will be a 60Hz monitor, the upcoming OLED monitor from LG could be very interesting, Shame it's a "Pro" monitor, but if the panel is good, other may use it in gaming models.