A couple days ago we told you about a YouTuber that published a review on an AMD Ryzen 5 series CPU, the Ryzen 5 1400. Today, a review of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU Review Published”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2017 at 2:07pm
The Radeon Technologies Group has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.1 video card drivers! This release adds new product support for the Oculus Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) feature as well as the SteamVR Asynchronous Reprojection Continue reading “Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.1 Video Card Drivers Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 4, 2017 at 7:08pm
The AMD Ryzen 5 series of CPUs is set to launch on April 11th, but that hasn’t stopped an individual (Santiago Santiago.) on YouTube from posting a review on the $169 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 1400 CPU Review Shows Up On YouTube!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 3, 2017 at 3:52pm
We have two video cards spotted in a leak, the AMD Radeon RX 570 and RX 580. The leak confirms a few details of the Polaris 10 based graphic cards available this April. Both AMD Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 570 and RX 580 Video Card Photos Leaked”. …more
By Scott Aguirre •
Mar. 30, 2017 at 1:14pm
A source has found another Ryzen leak. This time, the leak has information of an unannounced AMD Ryzen processor with 12 cores and 24 threads. It appears this CPU is being prepared for AMDs HEDT Continue reading “12 Cores and 24 Threads : New AMD Ryzen Rumored to Be Spotted”. …more
By Scott Aguirre •
Mar. 27, 2017 at 10:42am
AMD X370 Motherboards Meet The FLIR Thermal Imager Thermal performance is important to PC gamers and enthusiasts, so we wanted to take a look at VRM thermal performance on some of the AMD X370 motherboards Continue reading “Thermal Image Testing on AMD X370 Motherboards by ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 24, 2017 at 5:08pm
AMD Ryzen – Single-Rank Versus Dual-Rank DDR4 Memory Performance After finishing up our DDR4 memory scaling article on an AMD Ryzen processor with an AMD X370 chipset powered board we were left wondering if memory Continue reading “AMD Ryzen – Single-Rank Versus Dual-Rank DDR4 Memory Performance”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 23, 2017 at 9:54pm
Back in January of 2016 we talked a bit about plans that Microsoft had for ending new CPU support for Windows 7 and 8.1 computers. A recently revised service document has now surfaced that seems Continue reading “Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs Running Latest Chips to Get Blocked from Updates”. …more
By Shane McGlaun •
Mar. 20, 2017 at 2:30pm
The AMD Radeon Technologies Group has posted Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.2 drivers for download. This release focuses on support for the upcoming launch and early access release of Mass Effect: Andromeda. RSCRE 17.3.2 Continue reading “Crimson Relive 17.3.2 Drivers Released For Mass Effect: Andromeda”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 16, 2017 at 3:11pm
Could this be the very first image of the upcoming AMD Radeon RX VEGA video card reference design? The images of an AMD Radeon RX VEGA graphics card have with a white backplate with the Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX VEGA Video Card Pictures Leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 16, 2017 at 2:13pm
The folks over at Guru3D appears to have mixed embargo dates and announced AMD Ryzen 5 series processors yesterday (opps)! AMD long ago said that the Ryzen 5 series was coming in Q2 2017 and Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 Processors Start At $169 and Launch on April 11th”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 15, 2017 at 2:32pm
AMD has stated that the thread scheduling on the new Ryzen processor is working as intended. AMD says that it has investigated reports that claim incorrect thread scheduling is happening on the Ryzen parts. AMD Continue reading “Ryzen Thread Scheduling is Just Fine says AMD”. …more
By Shane McGlaun •
Mar. 14, 2017 at 1:10pm
CPU Bottleneck Exposed By GeForce GTX 1080 Ti? Last week, NVIDIA released the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition graphics card. This is the fastest desktop consumer graphics card in the world and we were Continue reading “CPU Bottleneck? GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Tested on AMD Ryzen versus Intel Kaby Lake”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 13, 2017 at 10:10pm
If you’ve looked at building an AMD Ryzen 7 system you’ll find that the processors are pretty easy to find, but good luck finding a motherboard. Most of the AMD motherboards based on the X370 Continue reading “One Motherboard Maker Explains Why AMD AM4 Boards Are Missing”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 10, 2017 at 2:45pm
Micro Center has slashed the price tag on the one week old AMD Ryzen 7 1700X processor from $399.99 down to $349.99 when you go to the store locally to purchase one! That $50 price Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Price Drop Already Happening At Micro Center”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 8, 2017 at 5:19pm