ASUS and AMD Announce Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Giveaway

[btarunr]

ASUS today announced the launch of the exclusive Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Collector's Edition graphics card, developed in collaboration with AMD and Focus Entertainment and officially unveiled at the ROG press event during Gamescom on August 20. At the Gamescom press event, ASUS revealed that this card is based on the TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX and is custom-built for a global giveaway for gamers and fans of Space Marine 2 and the Warhammer 40K universe.

To celebrate the game's launch, ASUS and AMD collaborated on a live stage event at the Gamescom Hall on August 23, where three randomly-chosen audience members competed to win one of the exclusive Space Marine 2 graphics cards. After several rounds of quickfire questions centered around Warhammer 40,000 lore and Space Marine 2, one of the participants received the first Space Marine 2 graphics card prize.



August 23 to September 16: Online giveaway
For a chance to win a Space Marine 2 graphics card, gamers and Warhammer 40K fans can tune into the following YouTube and Twitch channels on the dates listed below:

• September 3: Sandman of Terra https://www.youtube.com/@SandmanofTerra
• September 4: Games Workshop
• September 6: Ninjon
• September 7: GmanLives
• Date to be announced: Focus Entertainment

Additionally, a broader prize pool - including themed custom PCs built by Maingear and Scan UK and featuring exclusive graphics cards - is up for grabs on the ASUS Space Marine 2 giveaway landing page. The prize pool includes several Space Marine 2 graphics cards ready for deployment into new or existing gaming PCs, ROG Ally X handheld consoles ripe for playing on the go, and a host of high-end ASUS gaming peripherals ideal for asserting dominance in all the game's combat modes.

More ways to win cards will also be announced on the ASUS Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Experience landing page, after September 9.

Terms and conditions apply. Please see the landing page for details.

More games, more glory: Two-game bundle
Gamers interested in purchasing new hardware or upgrading existing PC builds can also acquire Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening for free with the purchase of an AMD Radeon RX 7000 series graphics card or a variety of Ryzen 7 processors. Both of the included games have vibrant worlds that can take advantage of high GPU horsepower, making it well worth picking up an ASUS Dual or TUF Gaming Radeon 7000 series graphics card.

To keep systems running smoothly between games or during creative tasks, users can also snag an AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor and pair it with an ASUS X670E motherboard now - or with an ASUS X870E motherboard available soon.

• Availability: Worldwide
• Games: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening
• Eligibility period: August 6 - October 5, 2024
• Redemption deadline: November 2, 2024
• Eligible products:
  • ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX, 7900 XT, 7900 GRE, 7800 XT, 7700 XT and 7600 XT standard models and OC editions
  • ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7900, 7900 XTX, 7900 XT, 7900 GRE, 7800 XT, 7700 XT and 7600 XT standard models and OC editions
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 7900X3D, 7950X, 7900X, 7900
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 7700X, 7700

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[john_]

ASUS and AMD Announce Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Giveaway

On other news, ASUS and Intel announce 50 new Intel motherboards.
Also ASUS and Nvidia announce 100 new RTX cards.

 

[thegnome]

On other news, ASUS and Intel announce 50 new Intel motherboards.
Also ASUS and Nvidia announce 100 new RTX cards.

Yup, they didn't even have a Strix AMD card this time. The weirdest thing is honestly how there always double the amount of Intel boards, despite AMD being more popular (just look at the 7800X3D).

 

[las]

Yup, they didn't even have a Strix AMD card this time. The weirdest thing is honestly how there always double the amount of Intel boards, despite AMD being more popular (just look at the 7800X3D).

Asus sells like 98% Nvidia GPUs, obviously they are not going to waste time and money on making (good) AMD cards, especially not when AMD has like 10% dGPU marketshare.

Nvidia's grasp of desktop GPU market balloons to 88% — AMD has just 12%, Intel negligible, says JPR

The discrete GPU industry is returning to seasonality.

www.tomshardware.com

So its pretty logical if you ask me. Strix is a high-end custom solution, but AMD has no high-end GPUs really. Demand is very low for AMD GPUs in general.

Asus never really made good AMD GPUs, they just re-used their Nvidia cooler and called it a day. Spending too much R&D funds on it, was pointless.

If you want an AMD GPU, usually buy Sapphire, XFX or Powercolor instead. They probably have 50-75% of all AMD GPU sales... (Consumer / Gaming segment) and don't make or sell Nvidia cards, meaning full focus is on AMD here. The exact opposite of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Gainward etc. They have 95% or full focus on Nvidia, for good reason. They make much more money here.

 

[Gigaherz]

Asus never really made good AMD GPUs, they just re-used their Nvidia cooler and called it a day. Spending too much R&D funds on it, was pointless.

Ever heard of the matrix Platinums?

 

[las]

Ever heard of the matrix Platinums?

Yeah thats many many years ago and it was nothing special on the AMD side.

Back then, AMD was more competitive than today. Nvidia sits at like 85-90% dGPU marketshare.

Matrix series has been Nvidia only for years. 4090 Matrix is the fastest consumer GPU you can buy. Yet terrible value.

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

Haven't owned an AMD GPU since the 9700 Pro. Which was only a thing because the 5800 Ultra was a flop.