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Earlier today, the AMD Rewards website was updated with a new marketing promotion—standard edition digital copies of Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds (due on February 28) will be bundled with qualifying purchases of select Ryzen processors, Radeon graphics card, as well as Team Red-powered gaming laptops. AMD's previous "Game Bundle Promotion" campaign rolled out last autumn—at the time, participating customers were gifted digital copies of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening. Unfortunately, the latest iteration grants access to a single AAA title. Multiple hardware and gaming news outlets have advised prospective buyers to make use of the Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance benchmark utility; in preparation for the game's full release. Preview builds have reportedly brought fairly potent test systems to their knees.
Curiously, AMD's list of eligible products does not include any desktop (AM5) 3D V-Cache models—a glaring omission, given the nature of this promotion. Instead, various standard SKUs are listed; at the top we spotted their Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. The cheapest options seem to be the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 7700 (non-X) models. Qualifying graphics card options are restricted to the Radeon RX 7000 series; there is no mention of next-gen candidates—terms could be amended later this week; AMD will be presenting its new Radeon RX 9070 series on February 28. Team Red board partners are expected to reveal their respective participations with this Monster Hunter Wilds promo campaign; Sapphire—a well regarded AIB—announced its involvement, as of this afternoon. Interestingly, ASUS has introduced a similar marketing initiative, also involving Capcom and its popular Monster Hunter franchise.
VideoCardz and Tom's Hardware have kindly extracted lists of qualifying products.
Eligible AMD Ryzen processor SKUs:
Eligible AMD Radeon GPUs:
Eligible AMD Ryzen laptops—qualifying hardware must utilize Ryzen Al 9 300, 7000HX, 7000X3D, 8000 or Al Max series processors:
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Curiously, AMD's list of eligible products does not include any desktop (AM5) 3D V-Cache models—a glaring omission, given the nature of this promotion. Instead, various standard SKUs are listed; at the top we spotted their Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. The cheapest options seem to be the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 7700 (non-X) models. Qualifying graphics card options are restricted to the Radeon RX 7000 series; there is no mention of next-gen candidates—terms could be amended later this week; AMD will be presenting its new Radeon RX 9070 series on February 28. Team Red board partners are expected to reveal their respective participations with this Monster Hunter Wilds promo campaign; Sapphire—a well regarded AIB—announced its involvement, as of this afternoon. Interestingly, ASUS has introduced a similar marketing initiative, also involving Capcom and its popular Monster Hunter franchise.
VideoCardz and Tom's Hardware have kindly extracted lists of qualifying products.
Eligible AMD Ryzen processor SKUs:
- Ryzen 9 9950X
- Ryzen 9 9900X
- Ryzen 7 9700X
- Ryzen 5 9600X (not available in Japan)
- Ryzen 9 7950X
- Ryzen 9 7900X
- Ryzen 7 7700X
- Ryzen 7 7700
Eligible AMD Radeon GPUs:
- Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Radeon RX 7700 XT
Eligible AMD Ryzen laptops—qualifying hardware must utilize Ryzen Al 9 300, 7000HX, 7000X3D, 8000 or Al Max series processors:
- ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16
- ASUS ROG Strix G17
- ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17
- ASUS ROG Flow Z13
- HP Victus 16
- MSI Alpha 17
- MSI Stealth A16 Al+
- Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16
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