AMD gives three months of Xbox Game Pass for Ryzen and Radeon buyers
Published in PC Hardware

 
Includes current and upcoming Radeon and Ryzen products

AMD has announced its latest bundle which includes three months of Xbox Game Pass for PC with purchase of some upcoming Radeon and Ryzen products as well as existing ones from select retailers/e-tailers and select regions.

AMD talks Precision Boost Overdrive in Ryzen 3000 series
Published in PC Hardware


Promises higher single-core boost clocks

AMD took to Youtube to reveal a bit more information regarding its upcoming AMD Ryzen 3000 series, specifically, the new Precision Boost Overdrive, which promises to bring higher single-core boost clocks.

AMD furious at Chinese allegations
Published in News
Monday, 01 July 2019 12:34

AMD furious at Chinese allegations


Wall Street Journal in the doghouse

The Wall Street Journal is in the doghouse with AMD after releasing an anti-Chinese story with the chipmakerā€™s name on it.

Intel admits AMD is a danger again
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 01 July 2019 12:12

Intel admits AMD is a danger again


Leaked memo warns of AMD formidability 

Intel is getting rather concerned at AMD's Zen 2 advancements and an internal memo that just leaked out to public venues indicates that AMD is starting to give Chipzilla a good kicking in its reptilian diodes.

AMD fixes borked SEV encryption
Published in News
Friday, 28 June 2019 12:47

AMD fixes borked SEV encryption


Epyc fail

AMD has issued a firmware patch to fix its  Secure Encrypted Virtualization technology (SEV) encryption.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 review leaked
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 12:15

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 review leaked


Without the correct motherboard

Spanish tech site El Chapuzas Informatico has published an exclusive AMD Ryzen 5 3600 review with benchmark comparisons spanning apps such as: Cinebench, wPrime, and Aida64 (memory); plus gaming benchmarks from the 3DMark family, Unigine Heaven 4, and Superposition; plus games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Far Cry 5 and Total War Warhammer 2.

Via might save Huawei's bacon
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Monday, 24 June 2019 10:49

Via might save Huawei's bacon


Chinese firm caught between ROC and hard place

While US semiconductor firms Intel and AMD and others are effectively banned from shipping their technology to Chinese giant Huawei, another firm could fill the X86 processor hole in its motherboards.

AMD releases Radeon Software 19.6.2 graphics driver
Published in Graphics


Expands Vulkan API support

AMD has released its newest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.2 graphics driver which fixes some issues and adds further Vulkan API support with new extensions.

Custom Radeon RX 5700 cards come in mid-August
Published in Graphics


If all goes well

According to our sources, custom Radeon RX 5700 won't be available before mid-August.

Rest of AMD RX 5700 specifications revealed
Published in Graphics


Might explain why non-XT is priced higher than expected

AMD has released full specifications of its upcoming Radeon RX 5700 series, which reveal a few more details regarding the actual RDNA architecture behind first 7nm Navi GPUs as well as explains why the RX 5700 (non-XT) is priced a tad bit higher than expected.