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In a move meant to combat AMD's Ryzen Threadripper launch, earlier this year Intel announced a new line of Core i9 processors, ranging from a 10C/20T chip all the way up to an 18C/36T behemoth. We have already seen what the 10-core 7900X can do but we have seen very …

This week, well-known overclocker and delidder, Der8auer, decided to take a look at what was going on under the hood of AMD's Threadripper processors. We already know that this particular CPU uses two dies containing eight cores each, connected via Infinity Fabric. This is how AMD managed to hit 16-cores. …

RX Vega has been on the market for over a month now but custom GPUs are still nowhere to be found.

This has been a big year for AMD so far, we've had Ryzen, Threadripper and Vega but there is still more on the roadmap. AMD still has its next generation Raven Ridge APUs lined up, featuring a Ryzen CPU and Vega graphics combined. Now, we are starting to get a …

With the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 now out and in the hands of consumers, it looks like it is time for Radeon Technologies Group head, Raja Koduri, to take a break and catch up on family time. Koduri will be taking a three month sabbatical from RTG, …

This week, the PC gaming service ‘Raptr' announced that it would be shutting down at the end of this month, just one year after AMD officially dropped support for the app. Raptr has been around for close to ten years and for a while, it also came bundled with Radeon …

If you've been on the edge about upgrading your rig so far this year, then this might finally be the time to take the leap!

AMD has had a very strong year so far - Threadripper has been one of the highlights. The team behind the development was surprisingly small, but very focused and passionate.

Over the last few years, Intel has had a massive €1.06 billion fine looming over its head after the European Commission ruled that the company had violated antitrust laws. At the time, Intel was offering rebates to OEMs to retain the upper-hand over AMD in the market. Intel has been …

AMD promises to "keep the pressure on" with future Ryzen CPUs.

AMD's latest Threadripper chip lowers the buy-in price for its HEDT platform.

Back in early 2014, AMD was hit with a lawsuit accusing the company of overstating demand for its ‘Llano’ APUs. According to the complaint, AMD led investors to believe that these APUs were in high demand, even though supply issues were going on behind the scenes. The complaint gained class …

AMD’s RX Vega 56 hit the market earlier this week, bringing Vega down to a more affordable price while still offering solid performance, particularly against Nvidia’s GTX 1070. Now, it looks like those willing to tinker with their GPU may be able to unlock even more performance, as a user …

AMD's GTX 1070 competitor has hit retail! Launch prices start at £380 in the UK.

QNAP has launched its latest business-class, AMD-powered NAS known as the TS-x73U. This latest addition to its AMD-powered offerings comes in 8,12 and 16-bay models and are equipped with AMD Embedded R-Series RX-421ND quad-core CPUs running at 2.1GHz with a boost to 3.4Ghz. Beyond that, the TS-x73U comes with single …

With Vega firmly upon us - this week we look at an early sample of the upcoming, custom cooled ASUS Vega card.

Can AMD's Radeon RX Vega56 take on Nvidia's immensely-popular GTX 1070?

Updated with AMD's official statement.

First impressions of the new AMD RX Vega 56 and 64 cards have been impressive, with the red team now rivalling Nvidia on most of its high-end cards, however one of the main complaints in our RX Vega64 review is that the cooler is “loud with sub-par cooling” that can …

Can AMD assert its authority with a long-awaited return to the high-end GPU market?

Can AMD knock Intel off the consumer processor throne that the company has sat upon for so long?

Over the last week or so, various CPU cooler makers have been announcing support for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Threadripper and Socket TR4. Rather than having a separate announcement for every CPU cooler maker though, AMD has made things easy for us by creating a running tally of liquid cooling solutions …

Moar cores! Today we unbox the new 16 core and 12 core Threadripper processors from AMD which shipped to KitGuru in a fantastic customised box kit.

Over the last few months, crypto-currency mining has had a massive resurgence, which has caused a lot of issues for those building gaming PCs. Not only have prices become inflated, particularly for mainstream GPUs like the RX 500 series, but stock levels have been very low in some countries. With …

As we have seen from the images, AMD’s Threadripper is a big CPU. It packs a lot of power but it is also much larger physically compared to Ryzen 7 or even Intel’s processors. With that in mind, CPU cooler compatibility could potentially be an issue. Fortunately, cooler makers are …

Fresh off of AMD announcing a third Threadripper processor, MSI are preparing its X399 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard with an abundance of modern features. Alongside the X399, MSI are also releasing updated versions of its X370 and B350 boards. Built on the SocketTR4 platform and a massive 13 phase (10+) …

Last year, AMD made waves with its new Wraith CPU cooler, bringing style and efficiency to a market often dominated by large and loud designs. AMD fans were ultimately disappointed when the company originally said that these coolers would only be available as a part of a bundle, but rejoice …

AMD will be launching the RX Vega in just a couple of days time but we have already been given a decent idea of performance ahead of time. Now today, we have our first look at two out of the three versions of Vega in the flesh, one featuring a …

AMD's Ryzen desktop lineup is a step closer to being complete with the launch of Ryzen 3. Four cores and four threads starting at £104.99.

Just ahead of the RX Vega launch, AMD has detailed its biggest driver update of the year...