A while ago we already mention that AMD is planning two new processors, this involves the quad-core AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X. The two processors are the ZEN+ replacements for the existing 1300X and 1500X SKUs. ACER made a small mistake and placed the unannounced procs on their webpages.

Download AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.7.1 WHQL driver. This release contains support for Earthfall as well as updates to stability with new end-user issue fixes.

Elgato today announced Stream Deck Mini, a brand-new addition to its line-up of streaming and video production tools. A miniaturized version of the ground-breaking Elgato Stream Deck live content tool, Stream Deck Mini offers six fully-customizable LCD keys, allowing creators to easily switch scenes, launch media, control chat, configure an unlimited number of actions, and more. 

We review the ASUS TUF X470 Plus-Gaming, optimized for Ryzen 2000 / Zen+ on a motherboard with an ATX form factor. Alongside the release of Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700X processors, AMD prepped the X470 chipset, that offers a more fine-tuned experience for your Ryzen processor. The new board offers is more appealing budget wise as it is selling at a 159,- USD/EUR price point.

Intel is prepping NUCs based on 8th generation Coffee Lake SoCs. The NUC8i3BEH, NUC8i5BEH and NUC8i7BEH will look have a slot for 2.5″ drive and a slightly higher case.

Microsoft is developing two new game consoles. One is a traditional successor for the Xbox One, while the other is only intended to stream games from the cloud.

Toshiba introduced a new lineup of solid state drives (SSDs) that are based on its 96-layer, BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory, to achieve a capacity increase of approximately 40 percent per unit chip size over 64-layer 3D flash memory.

The bold new HP Z Workstation line-up7t will enhance productivity of professional workflows and deliver powerhouse cost-optimized performance with software-certified experiences, without sacrificing graphics power, expandability, seamless experience or security.

Little change, here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

Monster Hunter: World
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Grand Theft Auto V
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale
Event Pass: Sanhok
Clicker Heroes 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Jurassic World Evolution
Enter the Gungeon
Raft

Today Square Enix and Eidos Montréal released ten minutes of gameplay of their upcoming action-adventure game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The gameplay is narrated by Narrative Director Jason Dozois and focuses on Paititi, which is a hub in which Lara Croft can find side missions, challenge tombs, and trade. Shadow of the Tomb Raider will release on September 14th for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. 

Sony announced a camera sensor for smartphones with a staggering 48-megapixel resolution, that would be a photo of 8000x6000 pixels. The new product achieved compact pixel size of 0.8 μm, making it possible to pack 48 effective megapixels onto a 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) unit, thereby supporting enhanced imaging on smartphone cameras.

More news from the NVIDIA front today. We already learned that there is NVIDIA activity during Gamescom in Germany, add to that an email proclaiming one to be from NVIDIA towards a board partner. This email talks about GeForce GTX 1180, 1170, 1180+ and 1160 by name. 

The performance speculation is about to begin, over the weekend a screenshot surfaced showing a 3DMark FireStrike result, in that result set a GeForce GTX 1170 listed as well as some specifications. We have a thing or two to talk about in this news item. 

NAND is a growing business, and Samsung knows it. They are reportedly investing an additional US$2.6 billion to ramp up NAND production in 2019. The company has invested US$6.4 billion this year on NAND flash memory and the additional money will take the total investment to US$9 billion. 

ASUS today announced new workstation products built upon the latest Intel Mehlow platform, including the WS C246 PRO and WS C246M PRO motherboards, and the E500 G5 and E500 G5 SFF workstations. 

Yeah, you need to read that twice, but Microsoft released new updates due to issues caused by security patches released earlier this month. These updates caused issues with Exchange, Lync and Skype, but users also reported problems with their DHCP settings and Blue Screens of Death (BSODs).

EK is releasing a new AM4 socket based monoblock tailor-made for the MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard. The EK-FB MSI X470 Pro Carbon RGB Monoblock has an integrated 4-pin RGB LED strip and it offers unparallel aesthetics. The RGB LED in the monoblock is compatible with MSI Mystic Light Sync.

HDR gaming has been a topic of long discussion. One point in the discussion would HDR have a performance impact. The short answer should be not much, or close to NIL. However, in a more extreme situation like Ultra HD and HDR, there could be an effect. Some benchmark is now available. 

A while ago, and actually, multiple times we've spotted the AMD Picasso codename in AMD's roadmaps, an APU design, and successor to Raven Ridge. It seems that Picasso has surfaced in a benchmark database.