Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday revealed all the details about its new family of graphics cards, the Radeon R9 and the Radeon R7 300-series. As reported, the whole lineup is based on existing graphics processing units with minor speed-bumps to improve performance in certain cases and games. The flagship Radeon …
Read More »AMD’s official Radeon R9 Fury X test results: World’s fastest GPU
Advanced Micro Devices this week officially unwrapped its new flagship single-chip graphics card based on the highly-anticipated “Fiji” graphics processing unit. The new AMD Radeon R9 Fury X graphics adapter has a number of advantages that can make it one of the world’s highest-performing solutions. In fact, according to AMD’s …
Read More »Gigabyte GTX980 Ti G1 Gaming Review
Nvidia's GTX980 Ti has stormed the performance benchmarks in the last couple of weeks and now modified, partner cards are hitting retail. We have already looked at the excellent EVGA model last week, and today we analyse the new Gigabyte G1 Gaming version which features a beautiful new cooler with …
Read More »SK Hynix confirms mass production of first-gen HBM memory
SK Hynix, one of the world’s major producers of memory, on Tuesday said that it had begun volume shipments of its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) designed for bandwidth-demanding applications. The first products to use HBM will be AMD’s Radeon R9 Fury-series graphics cards, but eventually other devices will utilize the new …
Read More »Dual-GPU flagship AMD Radeon R9 Fury X2 graphics card pictured
Even though AMD’s new-generation dual-chip flagship graphics card is only expected to hit the market several months from now, the company already uses such graphics card for demonstrations. The new add-in board does not resemble current-gen dual-chip graphics adapters. The upcoming dual-chip AMD Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card – which may …
Read More »AMD unveils project Quantum: Ultra-small PC with extreme performance
Small form-factor personal computers have gained significant popularity in the recent years. A lot of people want to have tiny PCs that can perform everyday tasks without overheating or causing too much noise. Back in 2012, Intel Corp. introduced NUC [next-unit of computing] PCs that can deliver enough performance for …
Read More »AMD officially reveals R9 300-series and Fury GPUs
AMD has finally stopped teasing everyone and has announced its new graphics card lineup for 2015. The expected R7 and R9 300 series graphics cards made an appearance but AMD also has four Fiji powered graphics cards up its sleeve all with HBM memory on-board, which is more than we …
Read More »AMD Fiji, HBM and product ‘rebadging’
It has been some time since AMD were able to punch Intel on the chin at product launch — and this year Nvidia have been left to dominate the graphics industry. Their Nvidia's GTX980, GTX980 Ti and Titan X simply have no competition whatever way you look at it. The …
Read More »AMD Radeon Fury X poses for camera once again
Although Advanced Micro Devices and some of its allies have published a number of teaser photos of AMD’s upcoming Radeon Fury X graphics cards, they have not revealed the actual look of the boards. Fortunately, a Chinese web-site has managed to picture the whole adapter and thus reveal its design. As …
Read More »EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+
A couple of weeks ago we reviewed the latest Nvidia GTX980Ti reference card, and today we follow up with a look at the latest flagship model from one of their key partners. The ‘EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+' is quite the mouthful, but EVGA have earned a …
Read More »Futuremark develops benchmark for VR hardware, workloads
Futuremark has this week announced that it had begun development of the world’s first comprehensive suite to measure performance of workloads associated with virtual reality. The new benchmark will test performance of personal computers as well as VR headsets. VRMark is expected to be released this year and currently Futuremark …
Read More »Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan X gets more affordable in the U.K.
Nvidia Corp.’s latest ultra-high-end graphics cards offer unbeatable performance and do not really have direct rivals. Unfortunately, when it comes to prices, not everything looks truly good, especially in Europe. Fortunately, stores like Overclockers UK and their partners this week offer substantial discounts on Nvidia’s flagship product. The suggested retail …
Read More »AMD Radeon 2015 roadmap leaks: Whole lineup now revealed
A web-site has published a slide that reveals AMD’s graphics products lineup that will be available later this year. The image does not only unveil the names and positioning of AMD’s upcoming Radeon solutions, but also code-names of the new graphics processing units from the company. If the slide published …
Read More »Specifications of AMD’s Radeon Fury confirmed by benchmark database
Even though Advanced Micro Devices openly demonstrates its next generation graphics processing unit, it has never confirmed specifications of the product. Nonetheless, multiple leaks have already revealed the vast majority of technical details about the upcoming AMD Radeon Fury graphics card and recently specs of the device were confirmed once …
Read More »Nvidia shows off Gameworks effects in Batman: Arkham Knight
Rocksteady's finale to the Batman: Arkham series is due to launch in two weeks and just like the past titles in the series, this one is backed by Nvidia and the Gameworks program. Not only will buyers of certain Nvidia graphics cards get Arkham Knight for free, but Nvidia users will …
Read More »XFX shows off its own R9 390X ahead of official announcement
It looks like AMD is giving its board partners clearance to continue teasing us with the upcoming 300-series of graphics cards. XFX has updated its R9 290X Double Dissipation product page, with images of the upcoming Hawaii-based R9 390X with the double dissipation cooler attached. Images show off the card …
Read More »Nvidia’s ‘Big Pascal’ GPU reportedly taped-out, on-track for 2016 launch – rumour
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly taped out its next-generation high-performance graphics processing unit that belongs to the “Pascal” family, according to a market rumour. If the information is correct, then Nvidia is on-track to release its new GPU around mid-2016. The company needs its “Big Pascal” graphics processor to build next-generation Tesla …
Read More »EVGA 980 Ti Classified K|NGP|N Edition: Engineered to overclock
At the Computex 2015 trade-show, EVGA is demonstrating its new graphics card that has all chances to become the highest performing GeForce GTX 980 Ti-based solution on the planet. The graphics adapter is designed to offer maximum overclocking potential and will also feature very high clock-rates out-of-the-box, when it becomes available later this …
Read More »MSI preps external graphics solutions with Thunderbolt 3 interface
The first two generations of Thunderbolt interfaces revolutionized the market of external storage devices and professional equipment. With 40Gb/s of bandwidth, the third iteration of Thunderbolt can be a game changer for external graphics processing solutions designed for notebooks. In fact, MicroStar International is already working on two Thunderbolt 3-based …
Read More »AMD teases ‘Fiji’, but refuses to reveal ‘Fury’
At a press conference at the Computex trade-show Advanced Micro Devices has officially demonstrated its first graphics processing unit with high bandwidth memory (HBM) code-named “Fiji”, which is set to power AMD’s next-generation flagship graphics card known unofficially as the Radeon Fury X. But while the company did show its …
Read More »Asus readies Strix GTX 980 Ti: The ultimate GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Asustek Computer is working on a new Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti-based graphics card that promises to offer no-compromise performance. The new adapter is based on Asus’ own design and will feature increased clock-rates and an advanced cooling system. The board is demonstrated at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. The Asus …
Read More »Zotac reveals AMP! Omega GTX 980Ti at Computex
Nvidia launched its new flagship gaming GPU on Sunday evening, the GTX 980Ti. We have already reviewed the reference model directly from Nvidia and now we are starting to see custom cooled solutions from board partners pop up. At Computex 2015, Zotac is showing off a couple of new GTX …
Read More »AMD to reveal new GPUs at E3
If you have been following the recent rumours surrounding AMD's next batch of graphics cards, then you may have been expecting to see them appear at Computex this week. However, it looks like AMD's 300-series will be skipping the event, with an announcement due to take place at E3 on …
Read More »Nvidia drops prices of GeForce GTX 980, GTX 980 Ti. But not for Europe
In an unexpected move, Nvidia Corp. reconsidered recommended pricing of its graphics cards following the introduction of its GeForce GTX 980 Ti early on Monday. Unfortunately, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be considerably more expensive in Europe than in the U.S. Nvidia will sell GeForce GTX 980 Ti for …
Read More »MSI celebrates shipment of 100 millionth Nvidia GeForce graphics card
MicroStar International this year celebrates shipment of its 100 millionth graphics card based on Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce graphics processing unit. It took MSI over 14 years to ship 100 million GeForce graphics adapters and today the company is among the leading producers of such graphics cards with a number of …
Read More »Gigabyte cosies up to Nvidia at Computex
Building relationships with other companies is one way to give yourself a boost in the technology game and big trade shows like the currently ongoing Computex in Taiwan, are a popular place to announce such alliances. While Gigabyte hasn't done anything quite so formal, it seems from our impressions of …
Read More »AMD appoints Intel and LSI veteran to lead computing and graphics BU [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Correcting comments regarding Matt Skynner. Advanced Micro Devices on Monday appointed Jim Anderson on the position of senior vice president and general manager of its computing and graphics (CG) business group. Jim Anderson is a veteran from Intel Corp., LSI and Avago Technologies. Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and …
Read More »Nvidia GTX980 Ti Review
Nvidia's Maxwell architecture has dominated the market since last year and today they release their new flagship board – the GTX980 Ti … slotting in above the GTX980 in the high end. The GTX980ti features 6GB of GDDR5 memory and a list of uprated specifications to bring it closer in …
Read More »EVGA introduces GeForce GTX Titan X with hybrid liquid cooler
EVGA on Friday introduced one of the world’s first mass-produced GeForce GTX Titan X graphics cards with a hybrid liquid cooling system. The new board will hit the market in June and will be one of the world’s highest-performing single-GPU graphics adapters. For those, who already own a GeForce GTX …
Read More »The name of flagship AMD Radeon revealed: Fury is back
AMD’s next next-generation flagship Radeon graphics card will be the world’s first add-in-board to use stacked high-bandwidth memory (HBM) that will ensure unprecedented performance and will open a number of new doors for graphics adapters. It is rather ironic that for a graphics card that shows the future of GPUs, …
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