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We have been hearing about AMD's Radeon Pro Duo for a while now but today, the company is finally bringing it to the market, featuring 16 teraflops of compute performance and LiquidVR technology to help developers looking to dive in to creating virtual reality content.

Virtual Reality demands a lot of compute performance to ensure a consistent level of performance, which AMD wants to offer with the Radeon Pro Duo, as well as the LiquidVR SDK, which AMD claims to be the world's fastest platform to enable highly detailed VR experience.

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The Radeon Pro Duo isn't being pitched as a gaming card but rather, a tool for developers to help solve major problems with VR development by reducing latency and enabling faster workflows using FireRender technology, which offers up to 1.73 times GPU scaling. This is also the first product introduced as part of the AMD VR Ready Creator line-up of products, which is aimed at collaborating with and helping developers working on VR projects.

The Radeon Pro Duo will be available from today world-wide with a price tag of £1200/$1500 from select add-in board partners and system integrators. This means that it won't necessarily be widely available for consumers at standard retailers as you might expect.

KitGuru Says: While the Radeon R9 295×2 was served to a broader market, the Radeon Pro Duo has been designed mainly with VR development in mind. What do you guys think of the Radeon Pro Duo? 

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AMD Radeon Pro Duo tipped to launch at the end of this month https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-radeon-pro-duo-tipped-to-launch-at-the-end-of-this-month/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-radeon-pro-duo-tipped-to-launch-at-the-end-of-this-month/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:17:21 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=289341 While AMD initially announced its dual-fiji graphics card way back alongside the Fury last year, it has taken quite some time to get it out of the door. AMD revealed the finished Radeon Pro Duo about a month ago now, boasting three times the power of a Titan Black and now it looks like the …

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While AMD initially announced its dual-fiji graphics card way back alongside the Fury last year, it has taken quite some time to get it out of the door. AMD revealed the finished Radeon Pro Duo about a month ago now, boasting three times the power of a Titan Black and now it looks like the card might finally go on sale at the end of April.

According to Hardware Battle (via videocardz), AMD is planning to actually launch the Radeon Pro Duo on the 26th of April, though those with review units may be able to publish sooner than that, according to these rumours.

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As we already know, the Radeon Pro Duo features two Fiji GPUs with a total of 8192 Stream Processors and 8GB of HBM VRAM, which works out as 4GB per GPU. It also comes with a re-worked All in One liquid cooling system built by Cooler Master, which AMD has been tinkering with since the R9 295 X2.

This won't be a cheap purchase though as it is set to launch with a price tag of $1499.

KitGuru Says: AMD has been working on its dual-fiji graphics card for almost a year now so this has been a long time coming. Are any of you waiting to make the jump to AMD's new dual-GPU? Are you holding out for new Polaris or Pascal graphics cards instead? 

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AMD to give more details on Fury X2 and Polaris GPUs this week https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-to-give-more-details-on-fury-x2-and-polaris-gpus-this-week/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-to-give-more-details-on-fury-x2-and-polaris-gpus-this-week/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:22:42 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=285758 AMD's Radeon Technologies Group will be having an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session this week, during which new information is expected to be revealed regarding the upcoming Fury X2 dual-chip graphics card as well as the newly announced Polaris GPU architecture. The AMA takes place on the 3rd of March, which is this Thursday and …

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AMD's Radeon Technologies Group will be having an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session this week, during which new information is expected to be revealed regarding the upcoming Fury X2 dual-chip graphics card as well as the newly announced Polaris GPU architecture.

The AMA takes place on the 3rd of March, which is this Thursday and one of the moderators in charge has posted a list of topics that AMD are open to talking about during it, which include Polaris, Fury X2, FreeSync, GPUOpen, Vulkan, VR and DirectX 12. AMD will not be talking about its future Zen CPUs though as they are still ‘super secret'.

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AMD's Fury X2 graphics card was actually announced last Summer and was initially due to launch late last year. Unfortunately, delays have pushed things back and now it is rumoured that AMD is holding the card back on purpose in order to time its launch with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

AMD has also talked a little bit about Polaris already this year, with one low power chip being shown off at CES earlier this year. The first Polaris graphics cards are also expected to release this year.

KitGuru Says: Hopefully AMD will be open to shedding some light on the Fury X2 situation during this AMA as many people are pretty curious at this point. Are any of you waiting on new hardware news from AMD? Any plans to upgrade this year? 

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Nvidia and AMD both show off prototype hardware at VRLA https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/nvidia-and-amd-both-show-off-prototype-hardware-at-vrla/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/nvidia-and-amd-both-show-off-prototype-hardware-at-vrla/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:51:37 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=282038 VRLA kicked off over the weekend and it seems that both AMD and Nvidia showed up with prototype hardware. Nvidia went to the event armed with a Light Field Display headset while AMD and PC builder Falcon Northwest came to the event with PCs featuring the long-awaited dual-Fiji GPU. Nvidia's Light Field Display is a …

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VRLA kicked off over the weekend and it seems that both AMD and Nvidia showed up with prototype hardware. Nvidia went to the event armed with a Light Field Display headset while AMD and PC builder Falcon Northwest came to the event with PCs featuring the long-awaited dual-Fiji GPU.

Nvidia's Light Field Display is a prototype and while the company is currently showing off the device rarely at events like VRLA, it isn't disclosing many details so we don't actually know anything about it. We do have the following picture from Nvidia's Twitter account though:

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AMD on the other hand has once again teased its upcoming GPU, which is codenamed ‘Gemini'. This is AMD's upcoming dual-GPU card featuring two Fury X chips on one PCB. This particular graphics card was announced alongside the Fury and Fury X last year but unfortunately, it has seen some delays to release.

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Right now, the current rumour is that AMD will finally release the Fury X2 (or whatever AMD does decide to call the card) around March or April in order to position it as the card for those looking to pick up one of the first wave of virtual reality headsets, such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.

KitGuru Says: We don't really know anything about Nvidia's prototype head display yet but we have heard quite a lot about AMD's new dual-GPU card. Are any of you currently waiting on AMD to release Gemini/Fury X2? What do you think of Nvidia experimenting with its own head-mounted display? 

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You might not be able to buy a Fury X2 until late Q1 2016 https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/you-might-not-be-able-to-buy-a-fury-x2-until-q1-2016/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/you-might-not-be-able-to-buy-a-fury-x2-until-q1-2016/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:16:58 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=276978 Last week, we heard talk of AMD's dual GPU graphics card, the Fury X2, which is currently rumoured to be set to launch this month with an announcement event planned for within the next couple of weeks. However, while the announcement might be coming this month, it may not be available to buy for a …

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Last week, we heard talk of AMD's dual GPU graphics card, the Fury X2, which is currently rumoured to be set to launch this month with an announcement event planned for within the next couple of weeks. However, while the announcement might be coming this month, it may not be available to buy for a bit longer and could face delays.

This is all according to a report from benchlife.info, which says that while AMD is planning on officially introducing the card in December, and some add-in board partners may already have samples, mass production isn't set to gear up until Q1 2016, so the card may not hit store shelves for a little while.

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Obviously, we have no way of verifying benchlife's sources, so take all of this with a pinch of salt. What we do know, is that the Fury X2, referred to internally as ‘Gemini', will feature two unlocked Fiji cores on a single PCB, equipped with 4GB of high-bandwidth memory per graphics core. Due to the way CrossFire works, memory per core doesn't stack, so you will still effectively be using 4GB, rather than 8GB.

Whether this pans out or not, stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information as we get closer and closer to AMD's official announcement.

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KitGuru Says: While a new GPU announcement could be exciting, that hype could wear off if AMD can't follow-up with units on store shelves fairly soon after. That said, this is all still rumour for now, so we will wait and see what happens before coming to any real conclusions. Are any of you running a dual-GPU card at the moment? Are you waiting on the dual-Fiji card? 

 

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AMD Fury X2 tipped to arrive next month https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-fury-x2-tipped-to-arrive-next-month/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/amd-fury-x2-tipped-to-arrive-next-month/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:36:06 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=276622 AMD's next dual-GPU graphics card has been tipped to launch next month. The card was initially shown off back in June at the announcement of AMD's new 300-series and Fury line-up and has been in development under the codename ‘Gemini', though things have been fairly quiet since then. The card itself will feature two fully …

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AMD's next dual-GPU graphics card has been tipped to launch next month. The card was initially shown off back in June at the announcement of AMD's new 300-series and Fury line-up and has been in development under the codename ‘Gemini', though things have been fairly quiet since then. The card itself will feature two fully unlocked Fiji graphics chips.

AMD found success with its last dual-GPU solution, the R9 295X2, which featured a closed loop water cooler. The Fury X2/Gemini will also feature a closed loop presumably, though we won't know for sure until the announcement scheduled for next month. That said, one DICE developer did recently receive a pre-release GPU, though the liquid cooling loop was broken on arrival, according to this tweet.

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DICE and AMD have a close relationship, partnering on titles like Battlefield and Battlefront. DICE developers were also amongst the first to receive Fury cards, so it would make sense for them to have access to the new dual-GPU card.

Right now, it doesn't look like Nvidia is planning an Nvidia 990 or a successor to the Titan Z, though that could change at some point in the coming months.

KitGuru Says: Quite a few of our readers went out and bought R9 295 X2s when they launched. Are any of you still using CrossFire? Would you consider this dual-fiji card? 

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AMD’s dual-GPU Radeon R9 Fury X2 ‘Gemini’ adapter spotted in India https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amds-dual-gpu-radeon-r9-fury-x2-gemini-graphics-card-spotted-in-india/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/anton-shilov/amds-dual-gpu-radeon-r9-fury-x2-gemini-graphics-card-spotted-in-india/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:33:37 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=270710 Advanced Micro Devices has begun to test its upcoming dual-chip graphics card internally. The company shipped six samples of its dual-GPU Radeon graphics adapters to India, which means that the company is developing drivers for the solution. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and exports to and from India, where high-tech companies employ a …

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Advanced Micro Devices has begun to test its upcoming dual-chip graphics card internally. The company shipped six samples of its dual-GPU Radeon graphics adapters to India, which means that the company is developing drivers for the solution.

According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and exports to and from India, where high-tech companies employ a lot of software developers, AMD shipped six “Fiji Gemini” graphics cards from Canada to India. The graphics boards carry two “Fiji” graphics processing units and a cooling system designed by Cooler Master, reports WccfTech.

Typically, AMD begins to send samples of its graphics cards to India months before the announcement. If AMD shipped the very first samples of its dual-GPU Radeon R9 Fury X2 graphics boards to its Indian developers in late September, it may indicate that the product will be formally introduced very late in 2015 or even early in 2016.

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Dual-GPU AMD Radeon R9 Fury. Image by Anshel Sag, staff technologist and technical writer at Moor Insights & Strategy.

The upcoming dual-chip AMD Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card – which may be officially called Radeon R9 Fury X2 or Radeon R9 Fury Maxx – features two code-named “Fiji XT” GPUs with 4096 stream processors and 4GB of HBM memory. In total, the graphics solution features 8192 stream processors and 8GB of high-bandwidth memory. The board has two 8-pin PCI Express power connectors, which means that it can consume up to 375W of power.

Manufacturer suggested retail price of AMD’s Radeon Fury X is $649. It is highly likely that the dual-GPU product will cost over $1000.

AMD did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Looks like AMD Radeon R9 Fury X2 will not be introduced this fall, but will likely hit the market only in winter.

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Winklevoss twins to launch Gemini Bitcoin exchange https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/winklevoss-twins-to-launch-gemini-bitcoin-exchange/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/winklevoss-twins-to-launch-gemini-bitcoin-exchange/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:11:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=232601 The Winklevoss twins, most famously known for their part in helping conceive the idea of Facebook and for receiving a payout from the site's founder, Mark Zuckerberg because of it, have announced that they will be launching a Bitcoin exchange called Gemini in the near future. As it stands, they are waiting for regulatory approval from the …

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The Winklevoss twins, most famously known for their part in helping conceive the idea of Facebook and for receiving a payout from the site's founder, Mark Zuckerberg because of it, have announced that they will be launching a Bitcoin exchange called Gemini in the near future. As it stands, they are waiting for regulatory approval from the Department of Financial Services but expect that to come through within the next couple of months.

On its official website, Gemini describes itself as an American only Bitcoin exchange, whereby any money invested in the currency or the business never leaves the country. With (when given) regulatory approval, it would also be uncharacteristic of most Bitcoin exchanges, which operate in a pseudo-legal space where it's difficult to confirm if currency trading is technically allowed. Many exchange owners in the past have been accused of money laundering or operating unlicensed money exchange operations. Clearly that's something the Winklevoss twins wish to avoid.

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However they wouldn't be the first, as Coinbase launched its own regulated marketplace for the digital currency just a few days ago. They aren't late to the party though, as Gemini has been seeking approval to operate in the US since 2013 and it is only now that it looks like it may receive it.

To counter claims that Bitcoin is an unsecure way of investing however, the twins have put a lot of time and money into digital security, claiming on the official site that they had “assembled the nation's top security experts and financial engineers to make sure Gemini stays secure.”

Perhaps the most interesting part of the site however, is where the service talks about the true benefit of Bitcoin: its ability to send ‘money' instantly to anyone in the world, without delay and without being charged. That's what Bitcoin could be and that's what the Winklevoss twins want to be a part of.

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KitGuru Says: A regulated Bitcoin exchange will be an interesting thing to behold. There will no doubt be some assurance too, that because the twins are rich in the real world as well, if something were to go wrong and the exchange were to lose coins, there would be somewhere to go to get your money back.

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