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As part of AMD’s latest Where Gaming Begins product presentation, the prolific processor designer announced the next member in its Radeon family of video cards, the Radeon RX 6700 XT. Following the tried and true scale-down release strategy that has come to define the GPU industry, the company is preparing its second RDNA2 GPU to further flesh out its lineup of video cards. Set to be released on March 18th, the Radeon RX 6700 XT will be AMD’s anchor card for 1440p gaming, succeeding the last-generation RX 5700 XT and giving AMD’s product lineup a more wallet-friendly option than their 4K-focused 6800/6900 series cards. The launch for the latest Radeon card will be an all-out affair, with both reference and partner custom cards launching...
Acer at CES 2021: Gaming Laptops Update With Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA Refreshes
Today at CES, Acer is announcing some refreshes of their gaming lineup as well as a brand-new compact gaming notebook. Acer has been a close partner with AMD over...
3 by Brett Howse on 1/12/2021AMD Previews 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’ Performance
Since the announcement of AMD’s Zen 3 core microarchitecture, we’ve been expecting three series of products to be announced: desktop Ryzen, mobile Ryzen, and enterprise EPYC. So far the...
9 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021AMD to Launch Mid-Range RDNA 2 Desktop Graphics in First Half 2021
The recent launches of high-end graphics cards from both sides of the aisle has left a number of questions on the table about what will be offered for those...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Notebooks
It has been a year since AMD launched its previous generation Ryzen Mobile processors. At the time, the update from Zen to Zen 2, as well as moving to...
116 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021Samsung Confirms AMD RDNA GPU In Next Exynos Flagship
Today during the Exynos 2100 launch event, Samsung's Dr. Inyup Kang, VP and GM of the System LSI division, confirmed that their partnership with AMD on integrating a next-generation...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/12/2021The AMD CES 2021 Keynote: A Live Blog from 11am ET / 8am PT
For the second year in a row, AMD has an official CES Keynote. A year on from the launch of Ryzen 4000 Mobile series processors, and after a recent...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021Lenovo Announces New IdeaPad 5 Laptops at CES: AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and 5G
Always one of the biggest set of announcements for CES is from Lenovo, with updates to a lot of their lineup being announced every January, as well as some...
16 by Brett Howse on 1/7/2021Installing Windows on an Xbox One APU: The Chuwi Aerobox Review
Ever since consoles moved to the same underlying architecture as modern desktop computers, there has always been an underlying question as to whether those same processors could run regular...
100 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/24/2020Hands On: ASRock 4X4 BOX-4800U Out-of-Band Management using Realtek DASH
Many computing use-cases require out-of-band management. For example, rack-mounted servers have dedicated LAN ports that connect to a baseboard management controller (BMC) chip for this purpose. PCs used in...
9 by Ganesh T S on 12/16/2020Testing The World’s Best APUs: Desktop AMD Ryzen 4750G, 4650G and 4350G
There are two very important levels of graphics performance in modern systems to consider – one is if the graphics system is sufficient for seamless use, and the second...
102 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/16/2020Biostar Launches B550M-Silver: Micro-ATX with 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6
Biostar has launched its latest AMD B550-based board, the B550M-Silver. Aimed at gamers looking to use AMD's latest Ryzen 5000 processors, it brings a host of premium features to...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/14/2020Launching Today: AMD's Radeon RX 6900 XT - A Whole Lot of Radeon for $1000
This morning AMD is releasing the final and most elusive member of their initial wave of Radeon RX 6000 series cards: the Radeon RX 6900 XT. The flagship part...
54 by Ryan Smith on 12/8/2020The GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX Motherboard Review: All The Small Things
Sometimes less is more, and when it comes to motherboards the mini-ITX form factor has some of the most enthusiastic fan club members. Small form factor systems are becoming...
71 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/7/2020Investigating Performance of Multi-Threading on Zen 3 and AMD Ryzen 5000
One of the stories around AMD’s initial generations of Zen processors was the effect of Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) on performance. By running with this mode enabled, as is default...
120 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/3/2020Best CPUs for Workstations: December 2020
Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data...
17 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/1/2020AMD EPYC Rome in (Deep) Mini-ITX? ASRock Rack's New ROMED4ID-2T
ASRock Rack has unveiled its latest small form factor motherboard designed for AMD's EYPC processors, the ROMED4ID-2T. It is based on a new proprietary form factor similar to Mini-ITX...
25 by Gavin Bonshor on 11/26/2020ASRock Brings Zen 2 NUC : 4X4 BOX-4800U Renoir Mini-PC Reviewed
AMD-based ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) systems are slowly gaining market acceptance, with the Zen architecture slowly catching up with Intel on both the performance as well as power consumption front...
52 by Ganesh T S on 11/25/2020“Microsoft Pluton Hardware Security Coming to Our CPUs”: AMD, Intel, Qualcomm
One of the key tenets of having good security is reducing how attackable your system is. This is what we call an attack surface – a system needs as...
26 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/23/2020AMD Precision Boost Overdrive 2: Adaptive Undervolting For Ryzen 5000 Coming Soon
One of the ways that enthusiasts tinker with their processors is through overclocking: the attempt to get more performance by changing frequencies and voltages, up to the limits of...
60 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/23/2020GIGABYTE’s New AMD BRIX Series: Now With AMD Ryzen 4000U Renoir!
One of the key questions when AMD launched its latest Ryzen Mobile processor family, Renoir, was when the chip would be available in the Mini-PC space. At the time...
32 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/21/2020