Publication: Indian Horizon English Daily

American chip maker AMD has said that it will increase its India headcount by over 25% this year as the company deepens its global research and engineering work in the country including strengthening work with notebook and desktop makers. AMD, which competes with bigger rival Intel globally, has been looking to gain traction in India as the market for notebooks and desktops expands, especially in areas such as gaming and premium categories.

Publication: The Times of India

Taiwanese tech major Asus in partnership with chip maker AMD, has rolled out a slew of computing devices in the Indian market aimed at consumer segments including gamers. “PC market de-grew but Asus has recorded a growth of 60 per cent.” AMD India Managing Director, Sales, Vinay Sinha also pointed that the fastest growing segments within the consumer segment are ultrathin and gaming.

The notebook

Publication: The Times of India – PTI Flash

Rockstar’s hit title, Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally come to PC, but there’s a catch. The game doesn’t run all that well. The graphics options include up to 40 settings but only a couple of them seem to have any actual impact on the in-game performance.  AMD cards perform the best at the balanced quality graphics preset. At highest quality, the RTX 2070 Super performs on par with the RX 5700 XT while the 2080 Super manages to edge past it. So, anyone with a Navi card should start with that preset as the baseline and then make changes according to their own preferences

Publication: TechQuila

Asus has launched two new laptops and a new desktop in the Indian market. Released in partnership with AMD, the new computers include ZenBook 14 (UM431DA) and ZenBook Flip 14 (UM462DA) laptops, and ROG Strix GL10DH desktop. While ZenBook 14 and ZenBook Flip 14 are targeted at regular and business consumers, the ROG Strix GL10DH is aimed at gaming enthusiasts. All the newly announced computers are now on sale in the country.

Publication: Gadgets 360

“We have a strong relationship with ASUS and the new laptops reiterate AMD’s commitment to bring choice and great performance in the ultrathin category to consumers in India. This form factor is witnessing significant growth, especially among millennials. The on-the-move generation is looking for a device that can cater to their personal and professional digital needs, 24*7. They want enhanced security, productivity, entertainment on-the-go, multi-tasking and long battery life at a good price point. AMD powered ASUS ZenBooks and ROG gaming systems meet these aspirations.”

Publication: Inspire2Rise

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today launched the TRX40 AORUS motherboards which deliver the best performance on the newest 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors. The flagship TRX40 AORUS XTREME packs a beastly direct 16+3 phase digital power design and pairs it with an equally impressive thermal solution consisting of Fins-Array Technology, a Nanocarbon Baseplate, an 8mm mega heatpipe, aluminum I/O armor, and a 5cm chipset fan. TRX40 AORUS motherboards are PCIe 4.0 ready and are designed to maximize PCIe 4.0 performance with lower impedance and superior PCIe 4.0 signal quality.

Publication: Click It News

EK Water Blocks, the leading premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is releasing EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT D-RGB water blocks that are compatible with reference design AMD Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards. These water blocks are an evolution of the EK-Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT RGB blocks which featured regular RGB. The new Quantum blocks feature 5 V D-RGB addressable LEDs for even more lighting customization and control of every LED diode separately.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Also launches AMD-powered gaming laptop, ROG Zephyrus G, and gaming desktop, ROG Strix GL10DH. Vinay Sinha, Managing Director, Sales, AMD India Pvt Ltd, said the ultra-thin form factor was witnessing significant growth in India, especially among millennials. “The on-the-move generation is looking for a device that can cater to their personal and professional digital needs, 24*7,” he said, “They want enhanced security, productivity, entertainment on-the-go, multi-tasking and a long battery life at a good price point. AMD-powered ASUS ZenBooks and ROG gaming systems meet these aspirations.”

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Asus is hands down one of the best brands when it comes to laptops. Well, this time around we have another great laptop from the Company to review. We are talking about the all-new ASUS ZenBook Flip 14 UM462DA which is a 2 in 1 Laptop from the Company.Hardware – Processing & GPU Performance: Under the hood, the ASUS ZenBook Flip 14 UM462DA has either AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700U Mobile Processor or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U Mobile Processor which is quite new and powerful. This is coupled up along with up to 16 GB of RAM.

Publication: Gadgets Diary