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If all the rumours surrounding AMD’s new line of graphics cards are to be believed, this Q4 is going to be a bloodbath in the graphics card sector. Fudzilla reports that AMD’s new Hawaii GPU, which AMD last week confirmed it will be unveiling in September, will retail for a …
Read More »AMD to reveal Radeon HD 9000 flagship GPU next month, slashes 7990 prices
The next generation of AMD PC graphics cards will be officially revealed on September 25th. BSN reports that AMD’s 9000 flagship, codenamed Hawaii and part of its Volcanic Islands family of cards, will be shown off at a special press even tin Hawaii itself. It will presumably carry the 9970 …
Read More »AMD releases Crossfire-fixing 13.8 beta driver
Graphics card specialist AMD has finally released its long-awaited beta driver aimed at fixing the problems faced by multiple graphics cards users. Microstutter has been an ongoing issue for those who use two or more AMD graphics cards (a process known as Crossfire) in their PC. The issue effectively led …
Read More »AMD promises Crossfire-fixing new drivers on July 31st
A long-awaited driver update that promises to fix one of the biggest issues dogging AMD graphics card will be released on July 31st. AMD confirmed as much on Twitter last night. The driver upgrade will apparently fix problems that were identified earlier this year with users running two AMD Radeon …
Read More »AMD’s transformation "into a gaming company"
For a long time it has played second fiddle to Nvidia and Intel in the PC components space, but AMD now has other plans. Being signed as the component supplier for the PS4 (and according to a litany of sources the New Xbox as well), AMD’s position amidst the games …
Read More »Detailed PlayStation Orbis specs leaked
Consumer site IGN has gone live with what it believes are some quite specific early specs for Sony’s PS3 successor, PlayStation Orbis. It reckons the console will use custom chips based on AMD’s A8-3850 CPU and Radeon’s HD 7670 GPU – a rebranded version of the HD 6670 rumoured to …
Read More »More Wii U tech specs rumoured
Nintendo’s next generation home console will run a custom edition of AMD’s Radeon R770 GPU, according to a fresh round of unconfirmed reports. The graphics chip giant is apparently building a custom Radeon R770 GPU for the console, according to Japanese website Game Impress Watch. The report, citing AMD insiders, …
Read More »AMD unveils worlds fastest graphics card
Compared to the cut-throat hardware race that defines the PC market, console gaming is a casual hand-in-hand walk in the park – and this has been once again demonstrated today with the unveiling of AMD’s latest power-mad graphics card. The ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 builds on the existing 4800 …
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