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Read More »Five manufacturers commit to making FreeSync compatible displays
Monitors that support AMD’s refresh rate synchronisation technology should become widely available in 2015. TechSpot reports that five manufacturers have committed to releasing FreeSync compatible displays – LG, BenQ, ViewSonic, Samsung and Nixeus. Confirmed models span in size from 23.6-inch to 34-inch, the latter of which will be offered by …
Read More »AMD unveils new graphics card driver Catalyst Omega
Graphics card specialist AMD is stepping up its efforts in the battle with rival Nvidia with a revamped version of its Catalyst GPU drivers. The news comes from TechSpot, although that link appears to be down – but not before NeoGaf grabbed some of the details. Catalyst Omega offers a …
Read More »AMD cuts the price of the Radeon R9 295×2 graphics card
The super-powerful Radeon R9 295×2 has been significantly discounted. Eurogamer reports that the card, which is effectively two R9 290Xs shoved onto a single card and running in parallel, can now be had for around 490, representing a substantial saving over its 1,200 launch price and still a lot less …
Read More »Ubisoft investigating Assassin’s Creed: Unity issues for AMD PC owners
Aside from the widespread issues affecting the console versions of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, the PC version is also being hit by apparent performance concerns. Ubisoft has said that those running either an AMD processor and graphics card are having trouble sustaining decent framerates at decent settings. There have also been …
Read More »Cheaper, cooler Xbox One processor in production – report
An Xbox One Slim could already be in the pipeline at Microsoft, a new report claims. Eurogamer reckons that AMD has developed a smaller, cooler and – crucially – cheaper version of the CPU at the heart of Xbox One. The new chip is based on 20nm as opposed to …
Read More »AMD shedding 700 jobs
PC component manufacturer AMD plans to cut seven per cent of its global workforce. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that the number represents some 710 positions. The news comes as the company admitted that Q3 revenue is likely to decline by about 16 per cent to $1.43bn. The job …
Read More »Nvidia: ‘AMD customers stuck with sub-par gaming experiences’
The war of words between Nvidia and AMD is getting nasty. In a Kotaku feature examining the ongoing tensions between the two firms, an Nvidia rep stated: If AMD spent as much time working on their drivers and actually making investments in gaming than they did talking about us, then …
Read More »AMD transforms as divisions are unified
AMD has announced that it will combine its previously separate business, global operations and sales arms to create a singular organisation The move comes as part of the company’s previously announced multi-year strategic transformation. The new unified organisation will become responsible for all aspects of product strategy, product execution, sales …
Read More »AMD says PS5 and Xbox Two will arrive sooner than you think
Don’t expect PS4 and Xbox One to hand around as long as their predecessors. That’s according to components supplier AMD which says that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are already planning their successors. The life cycle of the products are probably going to be shorter,” AMD’s senior VRP and CFO Devinder …
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