AMD celebrates its 50th anniversary with blinged-out Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII Gold Editions

AMD’s hitting the big 5-0 on May 1st, and to celebrate the milestone, the company just announced blinged-out new “Gold Edition” models of its respective CPU and GPU flagships, the Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII. They are already available, and AMD’s bolstering their arrival with a slew of promotions and sales.While some earlier leaks whispered of spec bumps, the Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Radeon VII Gold Edition stick to the stock specifications of their namesakes, rather than being faster, cherry-picked models like Intel’s nostalgic Core i7-8086K. That’s not terribly disappointing though, as both the 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 2700X and the beastly HBM2-laden Radeon VII are insanely powerful components.To read this article in full, please click here