This week, AMD officially announced pricing for its high-end Ryzen 7 processors, with three different SKUs set to roll out starting at £319.99 and going up to £489.99 all set to disrupt Intel's Core i7 lineup. However, not everyone has £300+ to spend on processors, so quite a few are …
Read More »AMD RX 580 and RX 560 benchmarks leak
It looks like there is an AMD RX-500 graphics card series on the way as two new benchmarks have appeared from an AMD employee on the Ashes of the Singularity database, showing performance for an upcoming RX 580 and RX 560 GPU. Both benchmarks were run at 1080p using the …
Read More »KitGuru @ AMD event: Ryzen CPUs set to hit Intel pricing hard
Kitguru has the pricing, we have had a hands on. Is 2017 THE COMEBACK OF AMD?
Read More »AMD Ryzen 1700x benchmark leak shows strong performance against Intel
With the Ryzen launch now imminent, we are starting to see more and more leaks. We have had quite a bit of early information over the last few weeks, from pricing information to retail packaging and new stock coolers. However, today, something a bit more juicy appeared on the web- …
Read More »Ryzen CPU images leak, new stock coolers shown off
It looks like the final pieces of Ryzen are starting to leak. We have seen lineup and pricing leaks, performance leaks and now with the processors starting to go out to retailers, press and others, we are starting to see a bit more of what's in store for us at …
Read More »AMD may launch Ryzen on 28th of Feb, Asus teases X370 motherboard
It looks like upcoming AMD Ryzen motherboards are starting to break cover as not only did Gigabyte begin showing off a new Aorus motherboard today but now Asus is also jumping in, giving us our first look at the upcoming CrossHair VI Hero X370 motherboard. It looks like we may …
Read More »Gigabyte shows off AORUS AM4 motherboard for Ryzen CPUs
With the launch of AMD's Ryzen CPUs just a few weeks away at this point, motherboard manufacturers around the world are starting to debut their supporting hardware. Gigabyte has now done so in a recent Facebook post, showing off its new AORUS AM4 motherboard, complete with orange LEDs and large …
Read More »Nvidia and AMD release new GPU drivers for upcoming games
February is a pretty good month for PC gaming. For Honor and Sniper Elite 4 both launched today and Halo Wars 2 is coming early next week. However, game launches also bring along new graphics card drivers, with AMD and Nvidia both dropping new drivers today with support for upcoming …
Read More »AMD legal complaint calls for ban on products from LG, Vizio and more
It looks like AMD has a bone to pick with LG, Vizio, MediaTek and Sigma Designs as the chip maker has filed a lawsuit recently, requesting bans on products sold by these companies due to patent infringements. In its legal complaint, AMD has requested that the US International Trade Commission …
Read More »There might be a six core Ryzen CPU after all
This is one of those weeks where the rumour mill can't quite make up its mind. Following on from reports just a few days ago claiming that AMD would not be releasing any six core Ryzen processors, a bunch of sources have come out to say the exact opposite. In …
Read More »AMD confirms Vega still on track for Q2 2017
Last night, AMD held its quarterly earnings report, during which CEO Lisa Su revealed a few details about launch plans for the first half of 2017. Firstly, she confirmed to investors that the first Ryzen desktop processor will be launching in early March as previously thought, but secondly, we also …
Read More »AMD’s Ryzen confirmed for early March launch
AMD has confirmed that it will be launching its new-generation CPUs, called Ryzen, in early March this year, giving us our first real concrete launch date for the technology. We were previously told to expect the new chips in the first quarter of this year, but now we know for …
Read More »Rumour: AMD won’t be releasing six-core Ryzen CPUs
Update: Some new reports have now come to light claiming that six core Ryzen CPUs are possible and may see release after all. The rumour mill can't make up its mind, you can find the updated information, HERE. Original Story: AMD is gearing up for the launch of its first …
Read More »Vega GPUs aren’t out yet, but AMD is already giving one away
There is a lot of buzz surrounding future high-end graphics cards at the moment, the GTX 1080Ti is being teased for a launch soon, meanwhile AMD is gearing up the marketing machine for Vega. AMD has been giving us sneak peeks at Vega since late last year and while the …
Read More »MSI’s Joran showcases new Kaby Lake motherboard features
We managed to get some time with MSI's motherboard Guru Joran. He gave us a run down of some of the new features on their Intel Kaby Lake motherboards, as well as a sneak preview of a pair of upcoming AMD chipset motherboards. Single button settings for a DDR4 boost …
Read More »AMD said to have begun sampling quad-core Ryzen processors
We are expecting AMD to bring its first eight-core/16 thread Ryzen CPU to market in just a little over a month and with all of the talk about it, it may be easy to forget that there are more Ryzen CPUs to come. Aside from the upcoming octacore, AMD will …
Read More »AMD said to be launching Vega GPUs in May
It looks like things in the GPU world are going to get very interesting over the next few months. Not only is there a rumour going around that the GTX 1080Ti may be revealed in March but it turns out we may finally see the launch of AMD's new Vega …
Read More »AMD set to launch Ryzen before March 3rd
If you are still hanging on for AMD to release its first Ryzen CPU before upgrading your system, then it looks like you won't need to wait much longer as reports this week indicate that the launch will be happening before the 3rd of March. AMD has been showing off …
Read More »Every AMD Ryzen CPU will have an unlocked multiplier
AMD has confirmed with some slide releases that the next-generation CPUs it will be releasing as part of its Ryzen range, will have fully unlocked multipliers. That's not a restriction to high-end chips either: every single Ryzen CPU will be ‘unlocked,' meaning every chip can be overclocked very easily. While …
Read More »CES 2017: AMD Vega has potential to beat GTX 1080Ti
AMD's CES ultra-tease of its Vega hardware suggests that it could be as powerful if not more so than some of Nvidia's most expensive graphics cards. It suggests that with advancements in the geometry pipeline, its new pixel engine and high bandwidth memory 2 (HBM2) it could end up being …
Read More »AMD unveils FreeSync 2 with Low Framerate Compensation and HDR
If you have been shopping around for a FreeSync display then you may want to hold off for a bit as today, AMD officially unveiled FreeSync 2, an updated and improved version of the open-source adaptive sync technology which aims to deliver pixel perfection. With this update, AMD wants monitor …
Read More »AMD Vega reveal coming Thursday, the rebellion continues
AMD is continuing to champion its new idea of ‘rebellion' in the PC space, with the upcoming debut of its Vega graphics architecture this Thursday at the CES 2017 show. To get us all even more hyped, it's released a new trailer which metaphorically and literally bangs the drum for …
Read More »QNAP TVS-473-16G 4-Bay NAS Review
QNAP's latest TVS NAS series, the TVS-473 sits under the company's SMB midrange label and is available as four, six and eight-bay units. The TVS-473 is the 4-bay entry level model of the series; a 4-bay NAS that so packed full of features it can be used for just about …
Read More »AMD also gave a sneak peek at Vega performance last night
Last night AMD held its ‘New Horizon' event and officially unveiled Ryzen, its next CPU, which went head to head against the Intel Core i7 6900K in a few tests. However, CPUs wasn't all AMD had to demo as there was also a small sneak peek at Vega too, this …
Read More »AMD’s Extended Frequency Range could auto-overclock Ryzen CPUs
AMD's big New Horizon show last night went a long way to giving people confidence that its upcoming Zen processors will be competitive with Intel's best. However beyond stock performance, Ryzen CPUs will also be able to take advantage of AMD's Extended Frequency Range (XFR) feature, which should automatically overclock …
Read More »Reminder: AMD will show off Zen tonight at 9PM GMT
Announced at the tail end of November, AMD's New Horizon event to show off its upcoming Zen CPU architecture takes place later today, 13th December. Although attendance will be restricted, any and all can view online. If you'd like to check in on the livestream, make sure to be ready …
Read More »AMD talk to KitGuru about Crimson ReLive
KitGuru despatched Leo Waldock for an exclusive interview with Andrej Zdravkovic, Corporate Vice President for Software and Platform Engineering at AMD and Terry Makedon, Director – Product Management at AMD about the latest release of their latest graphics software. In 2014 AMD launched Catalyst Omega In 2015 we had Crimson …
Read More »AMD Crimson ReLive drivers should improve all GCN cards 8th Dec
AMD has teased an upcoming update to its Crimson driver platform and though nothing official has been said, leaked slides and rumour suggest it could bring performance gains to all Graphics Core Next GPUs. We won't have to wait very long to find out for sure either, as the drivers …
Read More »Is Intel about to start using Radeon tech for future iGPUs?
Earlier this year, Intel ended up cutting its workforce down by 11 percent, pushing 12,000 or so people out of the company. As it turns out, a heck of a lot of graphics engineers may have been caught in the line of fire back in April, which has since spurred …
Read More »AMD launching RX 490 in 2016? Don’t put your upgrade plans on hold yet
Back in July, AMD accidentally listed the RX 490 on its website for a brief time, which swiftly prompted rumours surrounding AMD's higher-end GPU plans for 2016. It has been a few months since then with very little in the way of new information but this week, reports popped up …
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