AMD’s Pinnacle and Renoir APUs_ Cooler, Faster, and Ready to Dominate Gaming

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00:00Just a year later, they introduced the Pinnacle lineup of processors which featured the same architecture as the Fury lineup,

00:06but with some key differences.

00:08First and foremost, all of the models now featured PCI Express Gen 3 support, which allowed them to reach significantly

00:15higher frame rates in our testing.

00:17Not only that, but they were also built on a smaller 12 nanometers process node, which allowed them to run

00:24cooler and use less power.

00:26Unfortunately, AMD didn't do a great job at marketing these chips.

00:30Hence why I'm not sure if many people even know that they exist.

00:33The last thing that I want to talk about today is the latest iteration of AMD's gaming APOS, the Renoir

00:39lineup of processors.

00:40These are currently the best single-chip solution for gamers who do un-want to deal with a discrete graphics

00:46card.

00:46Not only do they feature faster single-core and multi-core performance compared to their predecessors, but they also feature

00:53faster memory and support for faster PCI Express storage devices.

00:57Plus, they feature a new media engine which allows them to decode 8K60 videos without any help from the CPU.

01:05Their integrated graphics are also a massive improvement over the last gen, thanks in no small part to the fact

01:11that they re-now based on RDNA 2 instead of RDNA 3.

01:14We haven't tested all of them yet, but from what we've tested so far, I can say with confidence that

01:20AMD is finally starting to hit their stride with APOS.

01:23We've seen this reflected in sales figures as well, as a PSR becoming a much more popular choice for budget

01:28gamers.

01:29Either way, it's clear that AMD is serious about competing in the low end of the market,

01:34and I got to say that I am impressed with how far they've become since the days of the old

01:39X2, 3,100+.

01:42Who would have thought that a simple integrated GPU could become so powerful?

01:47I remember back in the day when people thought that IGPs would never be good enough for gaming.