AMD’s Ryzen 4000 desktop processors have finally arrived, but before you get your hopes up, be warned, these aren’t the next-gen powerhouse chips we were expecting. 

Six G-Series chips, including the AMD Ryzen 4700G, make up the first batch of the next-gen Ryzen 4000 desktop processor family, with AMD claiming they’re powerful enough to run games (in Full HD at low settings) without a graphics card. 

However, these processors will initially only be available in pre-built systems from third-party manufacturers, meaning you won’t be able to buy them to upgrade your gaming PC. 

AMD’s new Ryzen 4000 chips are built upon the existing 7nm Zen 2 architecture instead of the widely anticipated Zen 3 architecture. This means the new G-Series chips feel like scaled up versions of AMD’s current mobile processors rather than fully fledged next-gen desktop CPUs.
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