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Xiaomi and AMD Join Forces - New RedmiBook is the Laptop for Everyone?
AMD and Xiaomi have joined forces - as a result, RedmiBook 14 AMD, based mainly on AMD technology, will appear on the market. The device will debut in just a few days.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
October 15, 2019
AMD Officially Announces Radeon RX 5500
AMD has officially announced Radeon RX 5500. The GPU will be available this quarter and will be weaker than the Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT models, including GeForce GTX 1650.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
October 7, 2019
Ryzen 3500X From AMD Provides Competition for Intel's Core i5-9400F
First tests and „unboxings” of Ryzen 3500X processor appeared on the web. It was compared with its direct competitor, Core i5-9400F from Intel, and AMD did quite well.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 24, 2019
Cheap AMD Radeon RX 5300 XT May Debut in October
The offer of one of the German store includes PC sets equipped with Radeon RX 5300 XT GPU and B550 chipset (supposedly supporting PCIe 4.0). Both configurations will reach consumers in October.
hardware & software
Konrad Serafinski
September 24, 2019
AMD Claims That 7nm+ Epyc CPU Will Defeat Intel's 10nm Xeon
AMD has announced that Epyc processors based on Zen 3 have already been designed, which means they will be available next year. The company also said that the new processors would outperform direct competition from Intel.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 18, 2019
Gotta be Fast - First Information About New Radeons
The first details about the new Radeon GPU from AMD, have appeared in the web. The chipsets will have, among others, a very fast HBM2E memory and hardware ray tracing support.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
September 16, 2019
AMD Will Improve CPU Performance to Match the Advertising
AMD issued a statement on the latest Ryzen 3000 series processor scandal, which did not reach the declared Boost speeds. The case got so big that something had to be done about it.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 4, 2019
Der8auer: only 5.6% of Ryzen 9 3900X CPU achieve declared speeds
A well-known hardware reviewer and overclocking specialist, der8auer, conducted a survey which showed that a small fraction of Ryzen 9 3900X CPUs achieve the declared Boost speeds.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
September 2, 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Sells Better Than Intel's Entire 9th Generation
Sales statistics of the German online store Mindfactory.de show that AMD has completely dominated Intel in the local market. This situation persists for the second consecutive month.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
September 2, 2019
AMD Ryzen PRO CPU Advertisement May be Misleading
In the recently published advertising spot of Ryzen PRO processors there is information that they reach frequencies up to 5 GHz. However, tests and measurements suggest something completely different.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 30, 2019
AMD GPU Sales Top Nvidia for the First Time in 5 Years
This is what everyone expected - AMD outperformed Nvidia in terms of GPU sales in the second quarter of 2019. The data provided by Jon Peddie Research analysts includes all desktop GPUs.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 30, 2019
AMD Will Pay $12.1 Million in Damages for Misleading Customers
Finally, the four-year-old case against the AMD has come to an end. It concerned misleading customers when advertising the processors of the Bulldozer family. The court ordered a $12.1 million fine.
hardware & software
Barth Faryna
August 29, 2019
AMD is Preparing Navi 14 Budget GPU - Will it be the Successor of Radeon RX 570?
From the information that appeared in the Compubench database, we learned that AMD is working on three mysterious graphics cards based on Navi 14. Everything indicates that we will see the successors of cheaper cards from the Polaris family.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 29, 2019
GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 5700 XT - Extensive Benchmark
Hardware Unboxed prepared a video comparing the performance of Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU in dozens of games. Which chipset is better?
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 28, 2019
AMD Radeon VII Probably Reached End of Life Status
AMD has not yet officially confirmed this information, but it seems that after less than nine months the production of Radeon VII has been discontinued. This is not a great surprise in the considering high price of the model and only slightly worse performance of the latest RX 5700 series cards.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 26, 2019
110 Degrees Inside Your PC? Not a problem, says AMD
AMD has addressed users' concerns about the high temperatures reached by the Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT cards. According to the manufacturer, new systems are adapted to operate at this temperature, and higher measurements are partly due to increased accuracy.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 14, 2019
AMD Said to be Working on „Nvidia Slayer”; New GPUs Next Year?
There are rumors on the web that AMD is working on cards to dethrone Nvidia chipsets. The GPU in question is to represent the Navi 23 family, support hardware ray tracing and debut on the market next year.
hardware & software
Conrad Hazi
August 13, 2019
We Know the Prices of Two Designer Radeon RX 5700 XT Models
Two designer Radeon RX 5700 XT models have appeared in pre-order in the Overclocking UK store. These are versions with cooling from ASUS and Sapphire companies.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
August 9, 2019
Google and Twitter Switch to AMD EPYC CPU
AMD has announced that Google and Twitter will use its latest EPYC Rome processors built in 7 nm architecture.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
August 8, 2019
SWAPGS - New Vulnerability Detected in Intel Processors
BitDefender experts have found another CPU security gap, dubbed as SWAPGS. The problem is likely to be limited to Intel CPUs of Ivy Bridge generation or later, although some researchers suggest that AMD products may also be susceptible to the exploit.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 8, 2019