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Starfield is finally getting AMD FSR 3 support. Six months on from release, the sci-fi RPG developed by Bethesda will finally support AMD's latest upscaling technology. As we saw with DLSS 3, FSR 3 will first be tested as part of the Starfield beta on Steam, before rolling out to all players a few weeks later...

Following on from an announcement at CES, today AMD is officially launching its new Ryzen 8000G series of desktop processors, ushering in a new generation of powerful APUs.

Is this new APU capable of playing games at 1080p? Leo investigates with help from Dark Souls 3

Does the RX 7600 really need a version with 16GB VRAM? We put it to the test today

It looks like some people already have Ryzen 8000G series APUs on their hands. Two of these desktop APUs have been now discovered on Geekbench: the 8-core Ryzen 7 8700G and the 6-core Ryzen 5 8600G...

On January 24th, AMD will not only release the Radeon RX 7600 XT with 16GB RAM but also make Fluid Motion Frames available to the public. This technology will be included in HYPR-RX and provided as a standalone driver setting. What's interesting about this technology is that it doesn't require …

Acer is expanding its lineup of graphics cards with the Predator BiFrost AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT OC and three Nitro models: the Nitro Radeon RX 7600 XT OC, the Nitro Radeon RX 7700 XT OC, and the Nitro Radeon RX 7800 XT OC. The Acer Nitro AMD Radeon RX …

CES is upon us and AMD is kicking things off with a new round of processors. Not only are we getting the Ryzen 8000G APUs, but new Ryzen 5000 series processors are on the way, solidifying the longevity of the AM4 platform. On the graphics side, AMD is launching the recently rumoured RX 7600 XT. 

AMD's rumoured budget graphics card may have a beefy amount of VRAM...

Recently, we reported on speculation surrounding the release of the new Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs, including the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Recent rumors now suggest an imminent release on January 24th. According to Benchlife (via VideoCardz), the card will be released in late January, more specifically, January 24th, a …

EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) is a regulatory agency for registering electronic components and devices before they hit the market. Recently, a relatively unknown manufacturer called Arktek submitted new Radeon SKUs to the website. The listing included various Radeon RX GPUs we already know about, alongside a few surprises. Twitter tech …

The industry is planning to transition away from the traditional ATX standard, which has been in use for decades, to a new standard known as the Intel ATX12VO (Advanced Technology Extended 12 Volts Only). This departure from PSUs with multiple voltage rails (3.3V, 5V, and 12V) to the new single …

Two years on, can the 6500 XT play modern games at 1080p using the lowest settings?

We still have a few giveaways left on the KitGuru Advent Calendar. For Day 26, we've teamed up with AMD to give one lucky reader a new Ryzen 7 7700X processor!

The big day has arrived! For Day 25 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we're teaming up with Sapphire to give away TWO graphics cards. One winner today will get a new RX 7800 XT graphics card and another will get the RX 7700 XT! 

Leo takes us through an EPYC history of AMD Threadripper

AMD has made a significant move by releasing the source code for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3). This technology is available for DirectX 12 and Unreal Engine 5, so developers and enthusiasts can now experiment with and incorporate it into their games and applications. This marks the first …

We test over twenty GPUs, two IQ presets and three resolutions for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

A Radeon RX 6600 LE graphics card has recently been discovered in the Lenovo Geek Pro 2023 prebuilt system. These systems are currently available in China and are equipped with an Intel Core i5-13400F CPU series and an AMD RX 6600 LE GPU. The meaning of “LE” is still unclear. …

AMD has just launched its latest AMD Ryzen 8040 series mobile CPUs, with select models coming with integrated Ryzen AI NPUs, boasting up to 1.6 times greater AI processing performance compared to the previous generation. In AMD's own benchmarks, it claims that the Ryzen 9 8945HS is up to 64 …

We dig into the details of EXPO and talk about the balance between clock speed and latency...

AMD has released its day-one graphics driver for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Ubisoft's latest open world game has already been available to Ryzen and Radeon hardware buyers through a game bundle, now, you'll get optimisations in time for its launch. AMD has worked with Ubisoft to optimise the Snowdrop Engine …

Intel uploaded and swiftly deleted an odd presentation this week. The slides told a story of 'Core Truths', taking aim at AMD's new Ryzen laptop processor naming scheme and accusing AMD of selling 'snake oil'. Leo gives his thoughts...

For Day 6 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with PowerColor to give away a new RX 7000 series graphics card! Our prize today is the RX 7600 Hellhound, an excellent GPU for 1080p gaming. 

AMD has some exciting plans for the beginning of 2024, according to the latest reports. Besides the reported updates to the AM5 platform, the AM4 platform is also expanding with new CPUs and APUs. While the AM5 socket will get the upcoming Ryzen 8000G APUs for desktops, the AM4 platform …

AMD is focused on delivering its Zen 5 architecture across all market categories before moving on to Zen 6, so consumers and data centres shouldn't expect it anytime soon. However, the first reports are starting to come out, showing some of what we can look forward to with future CPUs. …

Imagine you could stack Nvidia and AMD Frame Generation technologies to bump up the FPS. Although it seems unlikely, it's possible to do it in some games, namely Cyberpunk 2077, Modern Warfare 3, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. However, depending on the game, the results vary greatly, so this …

Details of AMD's upcoming Zen 4 update for 2024 laptops seem to have been leaked. From what we see, the Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” series is the first to use the new AMD Phoenix architecture, suggesting that the 8040H series will feature Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphics. According …

AMD looks to be preparing a new range of desktop APUs for launch. The new Ryzen 8000G series is expected to use Phoenix 1 and Phoenix 2 designs, driven by the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures for CPU and GPU cores. Additionally, the first mentions of a new Ryzen …

Tuxedo Computers, a specialist in Linux notebooks, has decided to launch what should be the first mass-produced all-AMD Linux gaming laptop, the Sirius 16, powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS APU and Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU. The laptop has a sleek all-aluminium chassis with configurable RGB keys, providing …