Summary
- AMD and Bethesda have unveiled a limited edition of 500 Starfield-inspired GPUs and CPUs, adding to the hype surrounding the highly anticipated game.
- The special edition gaming chair, with a color palette matching the upcoming space exploration title, was also revealed at QuakeCon.
- The limited edition GPUs and CPUs will not be available for sale, and only 500 lucky gamers who participate in the QuakeCon giveaway will have the chance to own them.
AMD and Bethesda have recently announced a limited edition of 500 special Starfield-inspired GPUs and CPUs during QuakeCon 2023. Starfield is one of the most eagerly awaited games of 2023, and Bethesda is currently putting out a lot of Starfield merchandise to hype gamers for the launch.
Aside from some big news such as the announcement of Quake 2 Remastered, QuakeCon is also serving as a stage to keep the Starfield marketing going. During the event, Bethesda unveiled a Starfield Special Edition chair, for example. This gaming chair will have the same color palette as the upcoming space exploration title, looks really comfortable, and will be available in both white and blue versions.
Now, AMD, the official PC partner for Starfield, has joined Bethesda to announce a limited set of GPUs and CPUs inspired by Starfield. The GPU model will be a Ryzen 7 7800X3D with custom painting, while the CPU will be the powerful RX 7900 XTX. Unfortunately for gamers who are already dreaming of having this gear, there’s a catch. Only 500 units of each device will be ever made, and they will not be available for sale. According to the official announcement, only 500 lucky gamers who participate in the QuakeCon giveaway during the weekend will take these home.
By using this hardware, gamers will have more than enough power to run Starfield at pretty high settings. The collector pieces actually look great, using Starfield’s “NASApunk” aesthetics, with lots of white space, and some blue and red details. The GPU even comes with Starfield’s logo, and it uses some elements present in the game’s HUD. Overall, the design is pretty similar to the Starfield Xbox controllers that were announced a few weeks ago and would make a pretty good match with them. While they look very good, they don’t seem to offer any kind of special engineering, though. Gamers may expect both the GPU and CPU to work essentially equally to their non-Starfield counterparts.
The rarity of these items and their link to one of the biggest games of the year are certain to ensure that these will quickly turn into collector’s items. Scalpers were selling Starfield Constellation Edition at ridiculous prices a few weeks ago, so if a gamer wants to acquire this set of GPUs and CPUs from one of the lucky collectors who gains them, they will probably need to spend some real cash.
Starfield launches September 6 for PC and Xbox Series X/S.