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Back in late 2022, AMD and UL Benchmarks confirmed that an FSR feature test benchmark would be coming to 3DMark in the future. Now just a few months later, that day has finally arrived, with the FSR Feature Test for 3DMark now becoming available.  The FSR Feature Test is part …

The AMD processor programming reference has revealed an interesting bit of information regarding the Ryzen 7000 “Phoenix” chips. As per the documentation, the upcoming series of APUs will feature SKUs with a hybrid architecture, meaning they'll pack performance and efficiency cores. InstLatX64 (via VideoCardz) found a Phoenix 2 hybrid APU …

At GDC last week, AMD shared some more official details about FSR 3, the next generation of its upscaling technology. FSR 3 is still in early development, but AMD has some lofty goals for the new version, including a 2x frame rate improvement over FSR 2. 

While AMD hasn't announced its next-gen Ryzen processor plans yet, it would seem that partners are already in the know. In a recent press release, Gigabyte reportedly confirmed that the "next generation" of Ryzen desktop processors will launch later this year. 

Resident Evil 4 Remake is out and as we've already covered, Nvidia GPU users can already download a new Game Ready driver with day-one optimisations for the game in place. If you are using an AMD graphics card and you plan on picking up the game, you'll want to download …

The AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX mobile processor is shaping up to be quite capable. We've already seen a few benchmark results of this chip, with AMD's new mobile CPU giving Intel 13th Gen Core mobile chips a run for their money. However, it seems you can squeeze a bit more …

Raja Koduri departed AMD and began working at Intel five years ago, marking the blue team's journey towards releasing discrete graphics products. The Intel Xe GPU architecture is now well established and the groundwork has been laid for future generations of graphics cards. Now, Koduri is departing Intel to start his own company. 

At CES 2023, when AMD announced the Ryzen 7040HS laptop processors (codenamed Phoenix), the company stated that we would see the first laptops using these chips by March. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case, with AMD pushing the release of the mobile processors to April. In an official statement shared …

The Radeon 780M iGPU is set to debut in new Ryzen 7000 series laptop processors, but we still don't entirely know what to expect in terms of performance. That is now starting to change through benchmark leaks, the first of which shows the Radeon R780M pumping out similar performance to …

The Ultra 79 XTX prebuilt from CyberPowerPC goes full AMD

AMD Ryzen 7000 series mobile chips have already appeared in various benchmark databases, but up to this point, none were of a Ryzen 7x40U SKU. That has now changed after spotting the first benchmark result of the Ryzen 5 7640U. The Geekbench entry shared by Wccftech is listed as “AMD …

AMD might not be done with the RX 6000 series just yet. Recently, listings were found for an RX 6300, a seemingly new entry-level GPU, although upon investigation, it does seem to be a desktop variant of the RX 6300M.  The graphics card listing was shared by HXL, while @KOMACHI_ENSAKA …

We've already seen both the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D release, but we're still waiting to see the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in action. With the launch just a couple of weeks away, AMD has shared its internal benchmarks for the processor, claiming it to be up to …

It seems to be deal season for AMD. Recently we covered a very good discount on the RX 7900XT graphics card. Now, AMD is offering discounted hardware bundles for a limited time, so you can get the CPU, motherboard and RAM you need all together at a lower price.  The …

Intel 600/700-series motherboards already support 24GB and 48GB memory sticks, allowing you to equip up to 192GB of DDR5 memory. AMD, however, still hasn't introduced support for non-binary memory, but that is reportedly changing with the release of AGESA 1.0.0.7 BIOS firmware. As per chi11eddog (via Wccftech), AMD will introduce …

The Last of Us Part 1 is heading to PC in just a few weeks time. In preparation, today Sony has revealed detailed PC system requirements for those looking to play at 1080p, 1440p and 4K. Additionally, PC-specific features for the game have now been confirmed.  We'll start off with …

AMD has been working on new FidelityFX technologies. Besides FSR 3, we don't know what other technologies the company has up its sleeve, but that should change in a few weeks. AMD has now confirmed plans for a FidelityFX-focused presentation at GDC.  Jason Lacroix, principal member of technical staff at …

Following on from a leak earlier today, AMD has now officially announced its latest GPU game bundle. Starting today and running through to the 15th of April, anyone who purchases select Radeon RX 7000 series or RX 6000 series graphics cards will get a free copy of The Last of Us Part 1. 

AMD already has its next game bundle lined up for potential Radeon graphics card buyers. According to a recently spotted retail page, AMD will soon be offering free copies of The Last of Us Part 1 with its current and previous-gen graphics cards. 

AMD FSR 2.2 has been available for some time, but an Unreal Engine plugin had yet to be made available to developers. That is finally changing, with the plugin now available to make FSR implementation easier for developers using the engine.  FSR 2.2 has been around for two months already, …

Given that the vast majority of PC gamers use Steam, Valve's Steam Hardware Survey usually offers a decent look at PC hardware trends and adoption. The February 2023 Steam Hardware Survey results have now been shared and it looks like new-gen GPUs from Nvidia are finally starting to be more widely used, although AMD's RX 7900 series has yet to appear on the list. 

It has been a couple of months since AMD's new RX 7900 XT and XTX graphics cards launched and we're now starting to see some good deals popping up. Today, the Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card can be found for £100 under MSRP. 

With the Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU now available, many have had a chance to take a closer look at the chip and how it was built. Under the hood, you'll find two six-core CCDs, with the same L3 cache configuration as the Ryzen 9 7950X3D.  This information comes from Andreas …

The Ryzen 7040HS laptop processors were announced earlier this year, with plans to ship inside laptops before the end of Q1. In an odd turn of events, the product page for this series of CPUs has been updated ahead of launch, altering the spec sheet with lower iGPU clock speeds …

Today, AMD officially launched its new Ryzen 7000X3D series processors and MSI is armed for the occasion with the return of the TOMAHAWK motherboard. The new MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WiFi motherboard launches today, with support for all AMD Ryzen 7000 processors.  Inspired by military designs, the X670E TOMAHAWK WiFi is …

Following on from launch reviews yesterday, AMD's new Ryzen 9 X3D processors are now available. Both the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and the Ryzen 9 7950X3D are now in stock at etailers, with prices starting at £619.99.  At just under £620 for the Ryzen 9 7900X3D, it does seem that UK …

The first Geekbench scores of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX have been found. According to the results shown here, it seems AMD Ryzen 7000 mobile series flagship CPU will be as powerful as Intel's 13th Gen Core equivalent in single and multi-core performance. The benchmark results found by Olrak were …

The first Cinebench R23 scores of the Zen 4-based AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX processor have been shared online. Based on the results, the CPU looks to be on par with Intel's top-end 12th Gen Core mobile chips. According to the photo posted on Bilibili (via @9550pro), the AMD Ryzen 7000HX …

Earlier this month AMD addressed its ongoing lack of new drivers for previous-generation graphics cards. While the new RX 7000 series GPUs have had driver updates, those using AMD's older-gen cards have gone months without an update. That finally changes this week, with AMD bringing the driver drought to an end. 

We check out three Threadripper Pro CPUs and see how they stack up in 2023