AMD is prepping its main processing unit for the upcoming slim version of the Xbox One as revealed by an accidental leak on the Linkedin profile of an AMD Senior SOC (system on chip) Physical Design Manager. According to this behind the scenes feed, the company has developed a 20nm processor destined for Xbox One Slim consoles; a chip that will ...
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AMD “Tonga XT” Radeon R9 M295X outperforms the R9 M290X and GTX 780M
AMD Radeon’s Mobility graphics card, the Radeon R9 M295X continues to be veiled in a mysterious aura, as it has not been officially launched yet, and a series of speculations were floating around this mobility card for some time now. Most definitely, it will be based on Tonga architecture and will be codenamed Tonga XT or Amethyst XT, according to ...
Read More »Graphics Card Frame Pacing analyzed
Frame pacing is a term used with regularity in the PC gaming world, although its meaning continues to be somewhat unclear to many PC gamers out there, but luckily the guys from game-debate published a great article in which they thoroughly explain what frame pacing involves. In video games, frame pacing is an essential factor for ensuring a smooth rendition; ...
Read More »AMD is setting up a new Never Settle game bundle
AMD is preparing to update their Never Settle game bundle, but this information remains unconfirmed as online publication Fudzilla ranks it in the rumor section. However, the staff over at Fudzilla seem to have a very accurate source in their pockets which proved to be on point lately. The upcoming Tonga XT GPU is still carrying on without a release ...
Read More »Leaked AMD plans for a 3D High Bandwidth Memory 9 times faster than GDDR5
AMD and SK Hynix seem to have been partnering up for some great things behind the closed doors of their secret labs. In an exclusive report, courtesy of game-debate.com, leaked presentation slides have been surfaced showcasing future plans between the two manufacturers, in which they are working on developing 3D stacked High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) capable to outperform current GDDR5 ...
Read More »AMD announces Intel i5 competitor in the form of the new E Series processors
The two major manufacturers are at it again apparently. Intel came out and announced its latest line of i7 processors earlier at Pax Prime and AMD followed shortly with an announcement of their own. But interestingly enough, the company presented a competitor for the i5 series and not the i7. The new AMD E Series is aimed at PC owners who ...
Read More »AMD rumored to release a new Radeon R9 flagship this summer
Word on the street is that AMD is preparing a replacement for their Radeon R9 290X graphics card. The rumor that surfaced on VideoCardz claims the new GPU will “take the performance crown back” from Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780 TI. This information supposedly comes directly from one of AMD’s board partners, nevertheless we urge you to take it with a ...
Read More »Half-Life 2 is coming to the Android-based Nvidia Shield console
Tech website PC Perspective received a very surprising gift today that teases Half-Life 2 for the Nvidia Shield. The gift comes in the form of a bright green crowbar with the message “What would Gordon do?” engraved on it. A picture was immediately taken and posted on Twitter in order to share the good news. The crowbar was sent by ...
Read More »AMD Never Settle Forever campaign returns
AMD announced the return of the Never Settle Forever campaign, promising to give gamers who buy Radeon cards up to three games or indie adds, depending on the type of GPU they chose. Buyers can also get a $10 off coupon and a free-to-play game FireFall. The first time AMD launched the Never Settle packs they included a bunch of ...
Read More »AMD aiming for the top with Radeon R9 295X2
After much speculation and a lot of teasers, AMD is releasing their long-awaited Hawaii-powered entry to their dual-GPU series of cards, available worldwide from April 21. AMD has a very powerful GPU at its disposal now, and with its R9 295X2, AMD is going beyond anything it’s done before, making it clear that they’re aiming for the top. Almost a ...
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