Tag: AMD

AMD reveals 300 series, and Fury X

AMD’s conference announced the company’s latest range of GPUs – the 300 series and the Fury series. In total, eight GPUs were announced. The R7 segment of the 300 range consists of the 360 and 370, these will be aimed towards online gamers who prioritise energy efficiency. The R9 series makes up AMD’s mid-range and ...

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Tags: AMD, E3, fury, Fury X, GPU, graphics, Nvidia, R7, R9

New 15″ MacBook Pro Announced with Force touchpad and AMD graphics

In addition to their force touchpad toting MacBook and 13″ MacBook pro, Apple have announced the 15″ MacBook pro. Its force touchpad offers the same functionality as the one seen on these models: ‘taptic’ feedback when performing certain tasks, providing a sense of depth to the pad. Apple have opened up the developer API for the trackpad, meaning ...

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Tags: AMD, Apple, Intel, Macbook

Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition get driver updates from Nvidia and AMD

Ubisoft and BioWare have just launched their highly anticipated titles, Far Cry 4, respectively Dragon Age Inquisition, and the two graphics giants Nvidia and AMD have been hard at work to make sure they will be on schedule with the new drivers for these two high-end games. The updated software has already been set in ...

Ubisoft slams AMD for their Assassin’s Creed Unity shortcomings

Ubisoft is still struggling with numerous performance issues in Unity’s gameplay and the developer has not yet found the ideal formula to overcome these shortcomings. Two patches have been deployed last week for the PC and PS4 versions, while the Xbox One version is also scheduled for some serious patching shortly. Recently, Digital Foundry tested ...

Leaked Specs of the Radeon R9 390X reveal 4GB of 3D Stacked HBM and 4096 Stream Processors

After Nvidia was in the spotlight yesterday with an alleged future launch of the Big Daddy Maxwell GM200 GPU, today its eternal AMD rival will be enjoying some attention thanks to a major leak which emerged on the SiSoft Sandra benchmarking database. It seems that AMD is pulling out its premium guns for the future ...

AMD Radeon R9 290X 8GB cards are now available

AMD seems to be making all the right moves in the last couple of weeks. After introducing a price cutting strategy for its high-end Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 models, the highly anticipated 8GB version of the Radeon R9 290X is finally available. Four R9 290X models have been identified on OCUK. AMD’s long-term ...

AMD Radeon R9 290X and 290 get substantial price cuts – Nvidia backed against the wall

AMD gamers will be very pleased to learn that the Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 high-end graphics cards are currently retailing at a significantly reduced price compared to previous weeks. Two well known online retailers, Amazon and Newegg have listed the R9 290X at $379, respectively the R9 290 at $309. You can jump ...