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AMD only just recently began talking about its upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors, but leaks are already starting to flood in. AMD's upcoming ‘Phoenix Point' mobile processors are already appearing in benchmark databases, giving us an early look at specs and performance.  The benchmark entry found by Benchleaks shows an engineering …

An AMD Ryzen 3 7320U CPU has been spotted on the UserBenchmark database. Looking at its naming, most people would claim this is a low-TDP laptop CPU. However, reading the specifications listed in the benchmark entry suggests this could be the previously mentioned Mendocino APU. The database entry, spotted by …

It seems the RTX 4090 won't be the only graphics card launching in October. As per a new rumour, the first Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs will also release that same month, further stacking the fourth quarter of this year with another major component launch. The rumour comes from Greymon55, …

After a surprising launch of the Sapphire Radeon 6700, AMD listed the Radeon RX 6700 on its website. After the listing went online, Sapphire renamed its graphics card, adding the “RX” branding to it. Moreover, the first benchmarks of an RX 6700 SKU have been shared. According to AMD, the …

A few days ago, AMD's FSR 2.0 games list only featured 14 games. However, it has recently received five new entries, increasing the number of supported games to 19. Unfortunately, only three titles support FSR 2.0, but many more should be updated with the feature in the next few months.  …

AMD's annual Financial Analyst Day wasn't only focused on upcoming Radeon products. During the event, AMD also shared a lot of details about its upcoming processors, with new roadmaps for upcoming Ryzen CPUs and APUs.  With the first Zen 4 products set to release this year, we've come to the …

This year at its annual Financial Analyst Day, AMD had some particularly major updates to share. During the event, AMD updated its Radeon roadmap and revealed new details on the upcoming RDNA 3 GPU architecture, and teased RDNA 4 for 2024.

Seasonic's website features a helpful wattage calculator to check how much power you'll need for a given system. This type of tool usually lists available components, but users recently spotted a few unreleased GPUs listed on the calculator, including three RX 7000 series cards.  As first spotted by SkyJuice (via VideoCardz), …

AMD hasn't introduced a Radeon RX 6700 SKU, but it seems Sapphire has one up its sleeve. Using what seems to be the RX 6700M laptop GPU, Sapphire adapted the GPU for desktop graphics cards. One of these RX 6700 cards will belong to the Sapphire Pulse series, while the …

FSR 2.0 launched just a few weeks ago and a number of game developers have already revealed plans to implement the new upscaling tech. Bethesda's Deathloop was the first game to add support in and now, God of War is joining the list. 

As June approaches, graphics cards are becoming cheaper by the week. Since the last price analysis shared, Nvidia graphics card prices have been reduced by six percentage points, and AMD graphics card prices have decreased by five percentage points compared to the previous month.  The latest 3DCenter European GPU market analysis …

Last year, after launching the new MI250X multi-die GPU, AMD revealed plans to power the first supercomputer to break the exascale barrier. Now six months later, that milestone has been achieved, with AMD's 3rd Gen EPYC processors and MI250X powering the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's ‘Frontier' supercomputer.  The Frontier supercomputer …

The era of PCIe 5.0 storage is approaching. Intel Alder Lake already supports such devices, and with the Raphael platform, AMD-based systems will also be able to use them. With the foundations almost set, it's time for the PCIe controller manufacturers to make their solutions available to SSD makers. One …

AyaNeo has a string of new portable gaming systems on the way. This week, the company revealed new details for its Air and Air Pro consoles, and also announced the new Air Plus model, which will feature AMD's recently announced and upcoming ‘Mendocino' APU.  AyaNeo has recently announced the Air …

Late 2022 is shaping up to be quite busy for new PC hardware. Besides the next generation of Nvidia and AMD graphics cards, Intel is also expected to launch its Raptor Lake desktop processors and the first Sapphire Rapids HEDT CPUs.  According to ECSM_Official (via Wccftech), Intel delayed the release …

A few days ago, AMD stated that Ryzen 7000 series chips would come with a maximum PPT of 170W, which would translate into a maximum TDP of 125W. Since then, AMD has corrected itself. As it turns out, Ryzen 7000 processors will have a maximum PPT of 230W and a …

 Today we are back with another high-end system build, this time featuring a very special new graphics card. AMD launched the flagship Radeon RX 6950 XT just a few weeks ago and it will be the centrepiece of this build. But this is not just any RX 6950 XT, this one is seriously Toxic...

Although the DisplayPort 2.0 was created in 2016, there are still no products using the standard. However, that may change soon, as AMD is apparently working on implementing support for the standard on the upcoming Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. As spotted by @Kepler_L2 (via VideoCardz), someone has recently …

Due to on-going stock shortages and pandemic-related game delays, it still feels like the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S console generation has barely begun. Early adopters haven't had many next-gen only releases yet, but it looks like Sony and Microsoft may be planning to introduce more powerful hardware already.  Last …

AMD recently shared more details about the Ryzen 7000 series and AM5 platform, both of which are set to launch in Q3 this year. We've only seen a render of what the new IHS design looks like for the new chips, which is markedly different from previous AMD processors, but …

In the weeks leading up to and during Computex, there have been many briefings, keynotes and presentations. In one presentation, MSI appears to have confirmed AMD EXPO, a new feature coming to the AM5 platform to offer improved memory speeds and compete with Intel's XMP 3.0.  The MSI presentation slide, …

We'll be swiftly moving on to PCIe 5.0 this year and we can expect the first new SSDs fairly soon. This week at Computex, Phison announced a new collaboration with AMD and Micron to build a PCIe Gen 5 ecosystem. On Phison's end, this will include the new PS5026-E26 SSD …

Following on from recent reports, AMD has confirmed Smart Access Storage technology during Computex 2022. The feature will use the DirectStorage API to help reduce load times and improve performance.  AMD Smart Access Storage (SAS) uses Microsoft's DirectStorage API to reduce game loading time when gaming on AMD compatible hardware. …

With the DDR5 generation upon us, AMD is looking to boost its support for high-performance memory. According to newly discovered patent filings, one of the ideas AMD is testing is an auto-overclocking tool for memory, which would make obtaining faster speeds more convenient for users.  AMD filed the patent (via …

Last night during AMD's Computex 2022 keynote, the company gave us our first peak at next-gen PC components, including new details on Ryzen 7000 processors and Socket AM5 motherboards. Now, the first X670 and X670E motherboards have been revealed, with ASUS and MSI being amongst the first.  AMD has three …

Say hello to the new, lower-cost Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 5 5600

Today marks the beginning of Computex 2022 and AMD is hosting the first major keynote of the week. During the event, AMD has given us a preview of what's to come, confirming new details about Zen 4 processors, and the upcoming X670E, X670 and B650 motherboards, the first to use the new AM5 socket. 

In the last few days, there have been a lot of rumours about AMD's 600-series motherboards, with reports claiming we would see new X670 and B650 boards at Computex 2022. Now, just ahead of AMD's keynote, details about X670 motherboards from vendors like ASRock and Asus have emerged online.  Earlier …

You might have seen some news about AMD’s May 2022 Preview driver, promising up to 17% better performance in certain DirectX 11 titles. As someone who spends a lot of time benchmarking different game engines and APIs, this certainly piqued my interest... so today we are benchmarking fourteen DX11 games to see how the new driver performs, pitting the RX 6800 XT against the RTX 3080...

With Zen 4 expected to release later this year, rumours and leaks about the upcoming architecture have become frequent. According to the latest reports, Zen 4 chips will bring a considerable IPC increase over Zen 3, as well as higher clock speeds. Starting with the benchmark entry spotted by Petykemano, …