Dark days ahead for Nvidia and AMD
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 14:09

Dark days ahead for Nvidia and AMD


Pacific Crest has been looking at its tarot cards


The divination team from Pacific Crest have been shuffling their tarot cards and are seeing some dark clouds forming for AMD and Nvidia.

2017 could be when barbarians overwhelm Intel
Published in News
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:22

2017 could be when barbarians overwhelm Intel


Empire doomed


It has been said for a while now that Intel’s glorious empire, on which the sun never sets, could be overthrown by barbarians, but so far the chip maker has managed to thrive.

AMD's Zen-based Summit Ridge CPUs to be branded as Ryzen
Published in PC Hardware


Summit Ridge coming in Q1 2017

A set of leaked slides confirms that AMD has decided to brand its upcoming Zen-based Summit Ridge AM4 CPUs as Ryzen and these should be coming in Q1 2017.

AMD Vega handles Doom like a champ
Published in Graphics
Monday, 12 December 2016 21:55

AMD Vega handles Doom like a champ


Hits almost 70 FPS at 4K/UHD

AMD's next-generation Vega GPU is coming soon and according to the newest information, it packs enough punch to run Doom at 4K/UHD resolution at almost 70 FPS.

AMD Radeon RX 460 can be unlocked
Published in Graphics
Monday, 12 December 2016 11:16

AMD Radeon RX 460 can be unlocked


To full 1024 Stream Processors and 64 TMUs

According to a fresh overclocking guide, AMD Radeon RX 460 can actually be unlocked to its full potential, providing additional TMUs and Stream Processors as well as decent performance gain of anywhere between 10 and 12 percent.

AMD and Intel team up for Holiday Bundle
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Friday, 09 December 2016 16:15

AMD and Intel team up for Holiday Bundle


Great Core i5 and RX 480 bundle with two games

It appears that AMD and Intel were caught together under the mistletoe and decided to make a neat Holiday Bundle in cooperation with Newegg.com.

AMD releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive drivers
Published in Graphics


The major driver update

AMD has released its newest major driver software update release for this year, named the AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition, which brings a couple of new features as well as performance improvements.

Future Intel CPUs might have AMD graphics
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 11:40

Future Intel CPUs might have AMD graphics


A rumor wheel turns like a hamster treadmill

Although the information is scarce and there is certainly no confirmation from either Intel or AMD, the rumor is that these two companies have signed a licensing deal that should put AMD GPU in future Intel CPUs.

Mystery AMD graphics card spotted in benchmark
Published in Graphics


Most likely a dual-GPU Polaris

A mystery AMD GPU has been spotted in the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database, which goes in line with previous rumors that AMD is possibly preparing a new graphics card, called the RX 490.

AMD promises a Zen sneak peek on December 13
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 November 2016 15:04

AMD promises a Zen sneak peek on December 13


It will be streamed


While waiting for Zen is remarkably like waiting for Godot, we have just been told that AMD will be holding a sneak peek of its high-performance Zen CPU on 13 December.