AMD Radeon VII rumored to be in short supply
No custom cards from AIBs, at least not yet
A new rumor regarding AMD Radeon VII supply has been spotted online saying that AMD will have just 5,000 pieces at launch and that there won't be any custom cards from AIB partners, at least not yet. As always, it should be taken with a grain of salt as AMD has quickly denied such rumors.
Nvidia releases Geforce 417.71 WHQL driver
Brings default Adaptive Sync support on some monitors
As promised and detailed earlier, Nvidia has released its newest Geforce 417.71 WHQL graphics driver which brings support for the Geforce RTX 2060 graphics cards as well as brings the so-called G-Sync Compatible Support, or VESA Adaptive Sync support on some monitors.
AMD has no plans to use chiplet design for next-gen APUs
Will use a different design similar to mobile parts
According to post-CES details showing up online, it appears that AMD will not use the same chiplet design for its next-gen APUs, keeping the chiplet design for its 2nd generation EPYC and 3rd generation Ryzen desktop CPUs.
The Division 2 system requirements listed
Coming to Epic Game Store and Uplay
Ubisoft has unveiled a couple of details regarding The Division 2, including availability, a new features overview trailer, and system requirements for the game which is expected to launch on March 15th.
AMD rolls out Radeon Software 19.1.1 driver update
Fortnite performance boost and a couple of bug fixes
AMD has rolled out its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.1 driver update which brings minor performance improvements in Fortnite as well as fixes several bugs seen with earlier driver version.
AMD shares more Radeon VII details
7nm Vega for up to 13.8TFLOPs of compute performance
In addition to a few details shared during the CES 2019 keynote hosted by Dr. Lisa Su, AMD's CEO, the company has also disclosed a few more details regarding the new Radeon VII graphics card, including some of the specifications and performance.
AMD can put two 8-core chiplets on 3rd gen Ryzen
Possible 16-core SKUs
Although AMD only previewed an 8-core/16-thread engineering sample of 3rd generation Ryzen CPU at the CES 2019 keynote, the delidded CPU showcased at the keynote, as well as comments from Dr. Lisa Su, AMD CEO, suggest that we could see SKUs with two chiplets, so 16-core/32-thread SKUs are possible.
AMD previews 3rd gen Ryzen at CES 2019
Up and running with Radeon VII
In addition to details regarding 2nd generation EPYC CPUs, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, also gave a preview of its third generation Ryzen CPU.
AMD announces the Radeon VII at CES
Vega 7nm GPU with 60 CUs, coming Feb. 7th for $699
At its CES 2019 keynote, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, unveiled AMD's first 7nm gaming GPU, the Radeon VII (seven).
3DMark Port Royal available for download
First dedicated Ray Tracing benchmark
As announced earlier, UL Benchmarks has now officially launched its first dedicated ray tracing benchmark, the 3DMark Port Royal.