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AMD has made itself quite a reputation with its bundling campaigns over the years, and every new season we can be sure that the company will be giving away free games with the purchase of its hardware. This summer will certainly not be exception as AMD will be bundling Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening titles with its Ryzen 7000 CPUs and Radeon RX 7000 video cards. The latest bundle offer essentially covers all of AMD's existing mid-range and high-end consumer desktop products, sans the to-be-launched Ryzen 9000 series. That includes not only AMD's desktop parts, such as the Ryzen 9 7800X3D, but also virtually their entire stack of Radeon RX 7000 video cards, right on down to the 7600 XT. AMD's laptop...
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1
Today, less than 2 weeks since 17.9.3, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1, bringing support for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (launching today) and The Evil Within...
5 by Nate Oh on 10/10/2017EKWB Releases All New X Series FC Terminals For Multiple GPU Connectivity
EKWB has announced the release of several new EK-FC terminals for use with multi-GPU setups. The new design, EK says, is more minimalistic than the previous version, with the...
8 by Joe Shields on 10/10/2017NVIDIA Announces Drive PX Pegasus at GTC Europe 2017: Level 5 Self-Driving Hardware, Feat. Post-Volta GPUs
At GTC Europe 2017 in Germany, NVIDIA today has announced the Drive PX Pegasus, a new entry to the Drive PX family of computing modules for self-driving cars. Building...
31 by Nate Oh on 10/10/2017GTC Europe: NVIDIA Keynote Live Blog (10am CEST, 9am UTC)
Stay tuned for coverage of NVIDIA's Keynote at GTC Europe. Heading up the presentation is NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang. GTC Europe is now NVIDIA's key automotive event due to...
11 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2017NVIDIA Releases 387.92 WHQL Game Ready Driver: Fast Sync for SLI
Ahead of tomorrow’s launch of Middle-earth: Shadow of War, today NVIDIA has released driver version 387.92, featuring support for four Game Ready titles: Middle-earth: Shadow of War, The Evil...
13 by Nate Oh on 10/9/2017A First Look at Futuremark’s New 3DMark Time Spy Extreme: DX12 Benchmark Now in 4K
This week, Futuremark unveiled Time Spy Extreme, a 4K version of the DX12 gaming benchmark released last July. Slotting into the 3DMark suite, Time Spy Extreme is available under...
16 by Nate Oh on 10/4/2017AMD Announces Polaris-based Embedded Radeon E9170
Today AMD is announcing the Polaris-based Radeon E9170 series, the latest entrant to their embedded graphics offerings. Sporting Radeon-class hardware and long-term support, these embedded products look to markets...
22 by Nate Oh on 10/3/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3
Today, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3, less than a week after 17.9.2, which brought official 2-way multi-GPU (mGPU) support for RX Vega. This update brings...
2 by Nate Oh on 9/28/2017NVIDIA Announces Middle-earth: Shadow of War Bundle for GTX 1080 & 1080 Ti Cards
From today until October 16th (or while supplies last), NVIDIA is offering a Middle-Earth: Shadow of War bundle for GeForce GTX 1080 and 1080 Ti graphics cards, systems, and...
12 by Nate Oh on 9/26/2017Imagination Technologies to Be Acquired by Canyon Bridge for £550M; MIPS Sold to Tallwood VC
Late this evening Imagination Technologies has announced that they have finally agreed to a buy-out offer. After making noise last month as a potential suitor, Canyon Bridge has announced...
62 by Ryan Smith on 9/22/2017NVIDIA Releases 385.69 WHQL Game Ready Driver
After last month’s game-heavy 385.41 update, today NVIDIA has followed up by releasing driver version 385.69 with no less than nine Game Ready titles: Project CARS 2 (9/22), Call...
8 by Nate Oh on 9/21/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2: 2-Way Multi-GPU for Vega
Update (9/26/17): In statements to PCWorld, AMD has elaborated that they are "moving away from the CrossFire tag for multi-GPU gaming," citing that CrossFire technically refers to DX11 applications...
11 by Nate Oh on 9/21/2017GlobalFoundries Adds 12LP Process for Mainstream and Automotive Chips; AMD Planning 12LP CPUs & GPUs
GlobalFoundries on Wednesday announced its new 12LP (leading performance) fabrication process. The new manufacturing technology was designed to increase transistor density and improve frequency potential compared to GlobalFoundries’ current-gen...
32 by Anton Shilov on 9/21/2017Raja Koduri, Head of AMD's RTG, to go on Sabbatical until December
Late last night, PC Perspective confirmed rumors that Raja Koduri, AMD's Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) Senior Vice President and Chief Architect, is to go on sabbatical. Sourcing Raja’s internal...
84 by Nate Oh on 9/13/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1
This afternoon AMD has released their latest Radeon driver update, Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1, which is largely focused on bug fixes. This update continues RTG’s rapid cadence...
12 by Nate Oh on 9/7/2017NVIDIA Ships First Volta-based DGX Systems
This Wednesday, NVIDIA has announced that they have shipped their first commercial Volta-based DGX-1 system to the MGH & BWH Center for Clinical Data Science (CCDS), a Massachusetts-based research...
49 by Nate Oh on 9/7/2017GIGABYTE Unveils GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G for SFF Builds
GIGABYTE has outed their GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G, the newest entrant in the high-performing small form factor graphics space. At only 169mm (6.7in) long, the company’s diminutive...
30 by Nate Oh on 9/2/2017NVIDIA Releases 385.41 WHQL Game Ready Driver: ShadowPlay Highlights for PUBG
After promising an August 24th Game Ready driver for Destiny 2, NVIDIA has delivered by releasing driver version 385.41, focused primarily on game updates. This edition brings Game Ready...
20 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017Cryptomining Demand Drives Exceptionally High Graphics Card Shipments in Q2 2017
This week, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reported significantly higher discrete GPU shipments for Q2 2017, attributing the historically unprecedented increase to cryptocurrency mining, specifically to Ethereum mining. As opposed...
48 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2
This week, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2, quickly following up on this Monday’s 17.8.1 release and the last Monday’s launch of Radeon RX Vega64. This...
6 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017