https://videocardz.com/ne...reparing-combat-crates
 
They come with a Ryzen CPU (Ryzen 5 1600 or Ryzen 7 1700), a B350 motherboard and MSI RX 580 Armor graphics cards. Difficult to predict MSI and AMD's marketing on this but if the price is right I think this could sell very well. I wouldn't recommend it for a 4K gaming monitor setup though.
 

Bruno747
Anyone else fing it ironic it has msi hardware and they said AMD wasn't good for gaming.

Things change. Currently AMD is pretty good for gaming. That said it’s been about a decade since the last time we saw anything from AMD that people would consider good for gaming and even then Intel and NVIDIA have been considered better. With AMD it’s always about the cost savings vs. the performance loss.

They should embrace the loot box craze sweeping gaming, put a Threadripper and Vega 64 in one out of every 1,000 boxes hehe.

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Bruno747
Anyone else fing it ironic it has msi hardware and they said AMD wasn't good for gaming.

 
AMD isn't. Their freesync sucks. Their software for gaming is non existent. Their partnered games sucks. They don't offer any unique in-game technology for gamers.
 
Do you actual game? Reading a bunch of selective benchmarks on the internet isn't gaming. I game a hell of a lot and AMD offers literally nothing over Nvidia.
 
 

Yeah Freesync is trash... from 3 years ago maybe.
The two standards are at the point where they’re pretty much equal.
Freesync2 is suppose to be pretty sweet.
Of course RTG has to play catch up to Nvidia.
I wish Nvidia displays came with freesync too so one could jump between systems.

Blind test FS2 vs GS
https://youtu.be/P4hRg6kfLoI

High speed cam FS vs GS
https://youtu.be/0ginM7Vt3gg

You’ve stated before that AMD offers nothing over Nvidia, a statement that’s more of an opinion or a blanket statement than fact. (And I’m not looking to change your mind, but to point out loud and one sided comments like that. EVGA forum is better than that.)
Intel K-lake G
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
Xbox/PlayStation
RX500 series ($200 cards)
The push for more aggressive APIs
Not charging hundreds for adaptive sync
Budget builds
Helping with HBM
Just some things they offer that Nvidia doesn’t.


If you’re talking about the ultra high-end GTX1080ti level of performance, no they do not make a drag car. But that’s not the average gamer. Most people drive a civic.



As for the OP:
Maybe this combo unit is to keep cards around for gamers/system builders and not the crypto market in addition to moving last gen stock as mentioned in the link.

I use MSI and it has lasted longer than expected for a modest ATX board for socket AM3