On CPU side - it definitely looks like the new Ryzen processors are good: I had given up on AMD… until today - Ryzen 9 3900X & Ryzen 7 3700X Review - YouTube
It looks like memory compatibility situation might now be much better than on Ryzen 2700X and X470 motherboards.
I probably should have waited until now to do my first Ryzen build, it would probably have saved me months of RAM problems.
RX5700XT GPU is a welcome improvement from Vega 64 reference in gaming.
In reality it is the 3 year later replacement for the RX480 8GB and can now compete with RTX2060 Super.
I think the price of is still too high.
I think the lack of a good dual fan 2 slot high reference cooler with backplate on both cards is a mistake.
Nvidia are also bundling games with the Super cards, so the current lower price will not compensate for this:
NVIDIA to Offer "Super Fast. Supernatural" Bundle for RTX SUPER: Wolfenstein: Young Blood and Contro...
I think AMD need to introduce a new good game bundle with these new GPUs.
The XBOX 3 month game pass is only worth about $15 and you do not get to keep any games w/o subscription.
I have been trying the Xbox game pass for PC (Beta). It is not great. Download times are long, and mostly older games.
In terms of feature differentiation.
I think AMD should have fixed Radeon Chill so it is useable w/o killing Keyboard Input only FPS, because currently Chill is almost completely useless.
Radeon Image Sharpening uses Contrast Adaptive Sharpening and there is already a similar image sharpening filter available in ReShade.
I do not know if the new RX5700/XT have a better GPU upscaling algorith or if it is the same as already available on Vega 64.
Hopefully RX5700XT AIB 2 PCIe slot high (40mm) dual fan version will turn up before Nvidia release an RTX 2060 on 7nm.
I think the Nvidia Super cards are only a temporary defense against RX5700XT on 7nm.
