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Chip maker and graphics card specialist AMD has launched another scathing attack on its rival Nvidia. AMD’s gaming scientist Richard Huddy has said that his rivals Gameworks functionality – which offers a range of in-game visual extras such as detailed hair and physics – is detrimental to the performance of …
Read More »Accessories Update: AMD R9 Fury X GPU and Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, AMD shows off its latest fast and furious graphics card and Microsoft up its performance with the Xbox One Elite controller AMD R9 Fury X As PC players prepare to enter virtual reality with the upcoming …
Read More »AMD tipped to manufacture Nintendo NX processor
Just like the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U, Nintendo’s NX console could be powered by an AMD processor. VentureBeat reports that, as with the other machines, signs are pointing to an AMD APU (a chip that combines both a graphics processor and central processor), with AMD chief executive Lisa …
Read More »AMD calls time on Mantle, halts future optimisations
Graphics card specialist AMD looks to be giving up on its PC gaming API Mantle. Mantle was announced in 2013 and was supposed to be an alternative to Microsoft’s DirectX, allowing developers the chance to use more of the power available in PC hardware and AMD GPUs than would otherwise …
Read More »Report: Microsoft held AMD buyout talks
Source claims computing giant could purchase chip firm
Read More »AMD reveals new VR-focused flagship graphics card R9 Fury X
AMD is doubling-down in its efforts to attract prospective virtual reality users with a brand new flagship GPU. The R9 Fury X is a dual-GPU card that features an ace up its sleeve – HBM. HBM stands for ‘high-bandwidth stacked memory’, a new design for graphics cards that AMD is …
Read More »AMD will unveil new Fiji GPUs at E3
What AMD believes will be the next era of PC graphics cards will be unveiled on June 16th. The company has confirmed that its new Fiji GPUs will be revealed at its ‘AMD Presents: The New Era of PC Gaming’ at E3, which takes place on the same day as …
Read More »AMD to release its next-gen x86 CPU in 2016
A brand new PC processor will be released by AMD in 2016, the component company has revealed. The x86 Zen architecture will boast something called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT), which is very similar to Intel’s existing Hyperthreading tech that allows the CPU’s cores to split tasks. In AMD’s case, this apparently …
Read More »PC gaming finally gets its own E3 press conference
PlayStation and Microsoft (and possibly Nintendo?) will this year be joined on the E3 stage by a conference dedicated solely to PC gaming. AMD has teamed up with PC Gamer to host the PC Gaming Show on June 16th, bringing with it speakers including Dean Hall and Cliff Bleszinski as …
Read More »AMD lets slip Windows 10 release date
New OS expected to arrive this July
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