There is precisely one sport I can affirm RDNA 3 cell can run

Last week, AMD introduced its upcoming Ryzen 7000 cell CPUs and RDNA 3 laptop computer GPUs, and we bought some very transient hands-on time with them. Well, okay — hands-on time is a stretch. I used to be in a position to play one particular title on one particular all-AMD system within the firm’s demo space at CES 2023 final week. But that does not less than affirm that these chips are actual and practical on this 12 months’s gaming laptops.

The firm had a lot of upcoming laptops from companions on show on the present, together with a few of the most anticipated fashions from Asus and Alienware that we coated over the course of final week. Most of them had been operating movies that confirmed off the laptops’ shows however didn’t clue us in about how the chips inside may carry out.

But there was one — precisely one — laptop computer operating a sport you may really play. That was the Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition, one in every of not-too-many 2023 gaming laptops which were confirmed to be AMD-only (that’s, operating each an AMD CPU and an AMD GPU). This system is anticipated to be out there in Q1.

Look at that snow.
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The TUF on show was, in line with AMD’s signage, rocking a Ryzen 9 7940HS processor and a Radeon RX 7700S graphics card. The 7940HS has eight cores and 16 threads and is constructed on AMD’s Zen 4 structure. It’s not to be confused with the Ryzen 9 7945HX (additionally Zen 4), the monstrous 16-core chip that leads the Ryzen 7000 line. (I requested AMD if I might attempt that one, however they didn’t have any of its methods available.) The 7700S is tailor-made for skinny and light-weight units (the M-series is what you’ll discover in beefier fare this 12 months), providing 32 teraflops of efficiency with 8GB of GDDR6 reminiscence.

The one and solely sport operating on this technique in AMD’s demo space was Sackboy. I don’t actually know how one can play this sport, however it appears to contain plenty of accumulating cash and operating away from (very cute) monsters who’re making an attempt to destroy you.

Four TUF Gaming laptops facing away from the camera arranged atop a bunch of crates.

Here’s the upcoming TUF Gaming line.
Image: Asus

Of course, what AMD had on show was a preproduction pattern, so there weren’t framerates displayed (and if there had been, I wouldn’t be capable of share them). The one commentary I can take away from my transient taking part in time was: Sackboy was operating. It gave the impression to be operating nicely. Jumps and turns had been easy, and Sackboy responded to my faucets of the PS5 controller as rapidly as I might’ve anticipated. I loved taking part in the sport and wasn’t apprehensive about technological limitations.

Now, Sackboy (whereas it does have ray tracing) just isn’t a title we’d anticipate to be significantly difficult for the {hardware} on this laptop computer. (“Is this a CPU-heavy or GPU-heavy title?” I requested the AMD representatives who had been on website. “It is not a heavy title,” they replied.) It was operating at 1920 x 1200 decision. This laptop computer could have a QHD 240Hz choice as nicely, and I’d anticipate that system to be the true check of AMD’s prime {hardware} this season. This specific system is much from a complete have a look at both of those AMD chips and their limitations.

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 keyboard seen from above with a red PS5 controller resting on the touchpad.

Nice lighting, however no RGB on this mannequin.
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If you’d prefer to know extra details about the TUF Gaming A16, Asus described it as “a sleek gaming laptop built to demolish the competition.” It helps AMD’s Smart Access Graphics, which permits Radeon GPUs to manage a system’s show immediately, and has a MUX swap. It’s set to be out there in Q1 of 2023.

AMD has promised that the 7700S can run Cyberpunk 2077 at 87fps, Tomb Raider at 142fps, and Death Stranding at 147fps with most settings. Somewhat unhelpfully, these checks had been all carried out in 1080p, whereas lots of the companion laptops the corporate featured in its keynote will provide QHD screens. We’ll have to see for ourselves simply how nicely these chips can reap the benefits of these shows.

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AMD CEO Lisa Su launched the brand new AMD chips at a keynote in Las Vegas final week.
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All these caveats apart, attending to check out these chips — even on such a lightweight elevate — bought me excited. I’m very a lot trying ahead to seeing them in a laptop computer that’s able to hit cabinets and see if the claims AMD’s making about CPU and GPU efficiency pan out. AMD merely supposed for this demonstration to be a pleasant teaser of what’s to return, and my time with the A16 Advantage Edition definitely completed that. These are actual chips that may run an actual sport, and that’s all we’re going to get for now.

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