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AMD RX Vega 64/56 cards close to GTX 1080/1070
Published in Graphics


Waiting for the final driver

According to our sources, the performances of AMD's upcoming RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 graphics cards are close to Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070.

EKWB announces its AMD Vega water blocks
Published in News
Thursday, 03 August 2017 08:08

EKWB announces its AMD Vega water blocks


For Vega FE, RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56

EK Water Blocks has announced its newest full-cover single-slot EK-FC Radeon Vega water block which should support both the recently launch Radeon Vega Frontier Edition as well as the upcoming Radeon RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 graphics cards.

AMD delayed Vega to ramp up volume
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 03 August 2017 07:44

AMD delayed Vega to ramp up volume


At least that is what the company is saying

It appears that AMD has previously delayed the launch of its Vega GPU in order to have good volumes at launch.

AMD plans few Radeon Pro SSG
Published in News
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 22:37

AMD plans few Radeon Pro SSG


We find AMD's lack of faith in Radeon Pro SSG disturbing

Shortly after posting the previous story about the Radeon Pro SSG not showing up until Q4, the real reason was uncovered.

AMD Radeon Pro SSG won't launch until Q4
Published in News
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 20:44

AMD Radeon Pro SSG won't launch until Q4


Radeon Pro SSG still has a long way to go

Today at Siggraph on the show floor we were told - although not able to physically see the card - that the post production demo that was being shown was utilizing the upcoming Radeon Pro SSG.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 comes in September
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 20:22

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 comes in September


Together with custom RX Vega 64 cards

While AMD and most of its AIB partners have announced the standard Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics cards, which should hopefully become available on August 14th, it appears that the US $399 priced Radeon RX Vega 56 is coming in September.

AMD briefly shows the RX Vega Nano
Published in Graphics
Monday, 31 July 2017 16:01

AMD briefly shows the RX Vega Nano


Vega GPU for mITX builds 

In addition to a fleet of RX Vega graphics cards and the Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, AMD has also briefly unveiled the mini-ITX RX Vega Nano graphics card at its Capsaicin event at the Siggraph 2017 show.

AMD Vega 64, water cooled and 56 revealed
Published in Graphics


Official specs, pricing but no bench

AMD has shared a few updates on the highly anticipated HBM 2 based Vega architecture and we finally know the official specs.

AMD announces good Q2 2017
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 12:44

AMD announces good Q2 2017


Stocks jumps 9.85 percent

AMD has announced its Q2 2017 results and they are a bit better than Wall Street expected with $1.22 billion revenue versus an expected $1.16 billion.

AMD selling MXM GPUs to miners
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 10:26

AMD selling MXM GPUs to miners


At the right quality and price

There is no doubt that AMD GPU profits are coming from bitcoin miners and AMD is taking advantage of this sudden interest.