AMD unveils high-end processor and graphics chip for PC gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 10, 2019
Updated June 20, 2025
1 min

Advanced Micro Devices unveiled a high-end Ryzen microprocessor and a new Radeon Navi-based graphics processing unit (GPU) for PC gaming.

CEO Lisa Su said in a speech at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) that AMD is unveiling the Ryzen 3000 Series processors and the Radeon 5700 Series graphics cards. The Ryzen 3900 X has 12 cores and runs at 105 watts and costs less than half the price of Intel’s competing chip, Su said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.