I don't have Instagram or Twitter. Seems like this website would be the best place to go for information pertaining to this website. Maybe they could just start linking to articles on other websites if they're not going to cover major hardware releases anymore.
Although I have sympathy for what Ryan is dealing with, the fact that there is a single point of failure in the publication of big ticket items like next gen GPUs and that this was a problem in prior generations (GTX 1050 review missing among others) should have resulted in planning that addressed the shortcoming when it was exposed years ago. What you see now is a consequence of that failure back when there was lots of time to build out a workable solution a long while back when it was a non-critical matter.
In my opinion, the simple problem is that there is no reliable way for me to pay toward my usage of Anandtech. It's past time to offer a subscription as an option. I refuse to allow any ad network executing javascript on my devices, as do most people who have seen the breadth of attack options from that vector. I also don't upgrade hardware enough for the affiliate links to make much sense. Please let us contribute.
Best thing to do is go to another website, about the only reviews they can manage to release now are for cell phones no one cares about. So sad what this site became after Anand sold it.
Honestly, at this point, Gamers Nexus is the best review site/channel for GPUs. Nobody comes close to matching their level of thoroughness and testing methodology. Anandtech is good for CPU and architecture deep dives and industry news, but them releasing reviews of new graphics cards is pretty pointless.
GN does have very good technical articles. But for gaming benchmarks it's hard to beat Hardware Unboxed. That's the Youtube name; many of their reports also appear in writing on the TechSpot site.
And yeah I too am here wondering how the Radeon 6800 series launch wouldn't even be mentioned on AT.
I suspect that if Ryzen 2000-series support is being dropped in these new firmware images, then so is Ryzen 3000G-series APU support as they're all Zen+ parts. That means a one-way flash for builders who want to upgrade to a 5000G-series APU when they are released in 2021.
The Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac is still up. I have no plans to upgrade from my 2600 until AM5, but it's nice to know I could. This was my first ASRock board and it's worked out well so far.
I have the Asrock B450 Pro4 and updated to 4.50 firmware, my R5-1600AF still runs as expected as my mobo had 128mb BIOS, loss of 2000 support should only be for the 16mb/32mb BIOS boards.
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duploxxx - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Ian, since this is a topic related to AMD... where is the 6800-6800XT review ????shabby - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Or the ampere review.yeeeeman - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Ryan who does these reviews has some personal issues, check out his InstagramUnashamed_unoriginal_username_x86 - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
... Instagram?????DYM Twitter?
29a - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
I don't have Instagram or Twitter. Seems like this website would be the best place to go for information pertaining to this website. Maybe they could just start linking to articles on other websites if they're not going to cover major hardware releases anymore.PeachNCream - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Although I have sympathy for what Ryan is dealing with, the fact that there is a single point of failure in the publication of big ticket items like next gen GPUs and that this was a problem in prior generations (GTX 1050 review missing among others) should have resulted in planning that addressed the shortcoming when it was exposed years ago. What you see now is a consequence of that failure back when there was lots of time to build out a workable solution a long while back when it was a non-critical matter.lmcd - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
In my opinion, the simple problem is that there is no reliable way for me to pay toward my usage of Anandtech. It's past time to offer a subscription as an option. I refuse to allow any ad network executing javascript on my devices, as do most people who have seen the breadth of attack options from that vector. I also don't upgrade hardware enough for the affiliate links to make much sense. Please let us contribute.at_clucks - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
Soo... he's posting on Twitter and that doesn't leave time for AT reviews?https://twitter.com/RyanSmithAT/
shabby - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
Lol ya strange 🤷🏼♂️lmcd - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
https://twitter.com/RyanSmithAT/status/13272135408...fun fact it turns out benchmarks take substantial time and power, which constant power outages from PGE's horrific service would prevent.
29a - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Best thing to do is go to another website, about the only reviews they can manage to release now are for cell phones no one cares about. So sad what this site became after Anand sold it.Cooe - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
This is nonsense. Ian's CPU reviews are still the best in the entire business.oRAirwolf - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
Honestly, at this point, Gamers Nexus is the best review site/channel for GPUs. Nobody comes close to matching their level of thoroughness and testing methodology. Anandtech is good for CPU and architecture deep dives and industry news, but them releasing reviews of new graphics cards is pretty pointless.Kurosaki - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
Does GN have a GPU bench, stretching several years back also? Where can I find this bench?Arbie - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
GN does have very good technical articles. But for gaming benchmarks it's hard to beat Hardware Unboxed. That's the Youtube name; many of their reports also appear in writing on the TechSpot site.And yeah I too am here wondering how the Radeon 6800 series launch wouldn't even be mentioned on AT.
Flunk - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
Great, now where are those processors?shabby - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
You can find them next to the 6800xt's, rtx 3080's, and new consoles...supdawgwtfd - Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - link
Both are in stock right now near my home.You just need to live in a backwater of a city (Darwin Australia)
Smell This - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
I am lurking for the GB B450 Aorus mini-ITX & 3rd Gen Ryzen --- standing by for the BIOS Update Information.Another build, with a Ryzen 5 3600XT, is burning a hole in my pocket ;--)
eth4n - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
B450M-HDV R4.0 bios is still online, it was a great choice overtime :DLucky Stripes 99 - Thursday, November 19, 2020 - link
I suspect that if Ryzen 2000-series support is being dropped in these new firmware images, then so is Ryzen 3000G-series APU support as they're all Zen+ parts. That means a one-way flash for builders who want to upgrade to a 5000G-series APU when they are released in 2021.artifex - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
The Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac is still up. I have no plans to upgrade from my 2600 until AM5, but it's nice to know I could. This was my first ASRock board and it's worked out well so far.lmcd - Friday, November 20, 2020 - link
350 board is doing well also, but unfortunately upgrading is constrained to Zen 2 :-/ It's tough to justify but I might.daddelbud - Saturday, November 21, 2020 - link
Great story, but Gigabyte had them available end oktober?Been running with 5600x and gigabyte aorus b450 itx since go live
jimbuscus - Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - link
I have the Asrock B450 Pro4 and updated to 4.50 firmware, my R5-1600AF still runs as expected as my mobo had 128mb BIOS, loss of 2000 support should only be for the 16mb/32mb BIOS boards.