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Samsung about to shun AMD
Published in News
Monday, 06 May 2024 11:43

Samsung about to shun AMD


Will return to making its own in-house chip

The Dark Satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn, claiming that Samsung is set to abandon AMD’s RDNA GPU architecture and revert to using its homegrown integrated graphics for its Exynos SoC.

AMD confirms sampling of Zen 5 EPYC Turin processors
Published in PC Hardware


Silicon looks great and is on track to launch later this year

During its Q1 2024 financial report, AMD confirmed the status of its future products, including the Zen 5 CPU architecture, namely EPYC Turing CPUs.

AMD RDNA 4 architecture could feature all new Ray Tracing engine
Published in Graphics


To offer much better performance

According to the latest rumor, AMD might implement a completely new Ray Tracing (RT) engine with its upcoming RDNA 4 architecture GPUs that are expected to debut with the Radeon RX 8000 graphics card series. The new RT engine could give a much higher performance compared to the current RDNA 3-based GPUs.

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F shows up on Amazon for pre-order
Published in PC Hardware


Launching on May 14 at $299.99

Amazon has briefly jumped the gun on AMD's Ryzen 7 8700F APU, which should launch alongside the Ryzen 5 8400F on May 14th, listing it for pre-order at $299.99.

AMD’s AI results anger Wall Street
Published in News
Thursday, 02 May 2024 12:00

AMD’s AI results anger Wall Street


Bubble bursts

The Cocaine Nose Jobs of Wall Street are furious after AMD’s results were not as wonderful as they expected.

MSI Claw gets big performance boost thanks to BIOS and driver update
Published in Gaming


Up to 150 percent boost

MSI had a rough time peddling the Intel-based Claw gaming handheld console mostly due to a high price and lackluster performance compared to similar AMD-based handheld consoles, but now it might get a chance with a recent 25 percent price cut and big performance BIOS and driver update, which boosted performance up to 150 percent.

AMD's Strix spectacular
Published in News
Monday, 29 April 2024 10:46

AMD's Strix spectacular


Slim Laptops to pack Zen 5 power

The spec sheets for AMD's forthcoming APU ranges, Strix Point and Strix Halo, have been leaked, and they're shaping up to be rather smashing.

AMD’s new chips might have a slower video RAM than Nvidia
Published in News


But that might not be a bad thing

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s coming chips might ship with a slower video RAM than its Nvidia equivalents.

More price drops for AMD cards
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:15

More price drops for AMD cards


Radeon RX 7700 XT now more viable

AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT has seen a price adjustment. Its MSRP has been reduced from €422 to €394 (originally $449 to $419 USD), with some models, like the Sapphire PULSE variant, being offered for around €376 ($399 USD).

AMD's Zen 5 chips set to sizzle
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:49

AMD's Zen 5 chips set to sizzle


MSI drops firmware news

The dark satanic rumour mill is in overdrive about AMD's new Zen 5 desktop processors claiming that they are so close you can hear the silicon sizzle.