AMD Radeon R9 280X Targets The $299 Price Point When the AMD Radeon HD 7970 was introduced in 2011 it cost $549 and made short work of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 580 video card. The AMD Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 280X Video Card Review w/ ASUS, XFX and MSI”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 15, 2013 at 3:46pm
Earlier today we brought you news that Microsoft would not be supporting AMD’s Mantle API on the Xbox One. We reached out to AMD for a comment to this as it didn’t exactly sound like Continue reading “Find Out Why AMD’s Mantle API Doesn’t Need Next-Gen Console Support”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 15, 2013 at 2:54pm
Last month AMD announced Mantle, a brand new API designed to fully unlock the graphics potential of their Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. AMD said that they were working closely with leading game developers like Continue reading “AMD Mantle Technology Will Not Be Available on Xbox One”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 15, 2013 at 11:37am
The new AMD Radeon R7 and R9 series video cards went on sale this morning and a number of our readers have asked if they can enable AMD CrossFireX technology with their current AMD Radeon Continue reading “AMD Radeon 7000 and Radeon R200 Series Mixed CrossFire Testing”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 11, 2013 at 10:02pm
CYBERPOWERPC Takes Pre-Orders for Radeon R9 290X-Infused PCs Bundled with Battlefield 4 Video Game CITY of INDUSTRY, CA (October 10, 2013) – CyberPower Inc., www.cyberpowerpc.com a global manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, gaming laptops, and Continue reading “CYBERPOWERPC Takes Pre-Orders for Battlefield 4 PCs w/ AMD Radeon R9 290X GPUs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 10, 2013 at 7:59pm
What is the best video card for $199? When it comes to discrete graphics, the $199 price point is known as the gamer’s sweet spot by both AMD and NVIDIA. This is arguably the front Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 270X & Sapphire TOXIC R9 270X Video Card Reviews”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 10, 2013 at 5:28pm
MAINGEAR PREPARES FOR BATTLEFIELD 4 WITH EXCLUSIVE PCS FEATURING THE NEW AMD RADEON R9 290X MAINGEAR offers gamers an exclusive SHIFT and F131 with the new AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics offering the best experience Continue reading “MAINGEAR Launches Battlefield 4 PCs with AMD Radeon R9 290X Video Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 9, 2013 at 3:46pm
AMD and NVIDIA Fight For The $139 Price Point Of all the R7 and R9 series cards that were released today, the AMD Radeon R7 260X is the most intriguing for a variety of reasons. Continue reading “AMD Radeon R7 260X Versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Video Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 9, 2013 at 1:50am
AMD today launched the AMD Radeon R7 240, R7 250, R7 260X, R9 270X, and the R9 280X desktop graphics cards. This shouldn’t come as a shock to any of our readers as we told Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 and R7 Series General Overview”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 8, 2013 at 10:33pm
AMD Unleashes R9 Series Graphics Cards with AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R9 280X Armed with the award-winning, industry-standard Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture and supercharged by Mantle, AMD Radeon R9 270X and Continue reading “AMD Unleashes R9 Series Graphics Cards – R9 270X and R9 280X”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 8, 2013 at 2:20pm
AMD Releases R7 Series Graphics Cards with AMD Radeon R7 240, AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon R7 260X GPUs With Graphics Core Next architecture and Mantle support, AMD Radeon R7 240, AMD Radeon Continue reading “AMD Releases R7 Series Graphics Cards – R7 240, R7 250 and R7 260X”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 8, 2013 at 2:18pm
AMD is having a tough time keeping things a secret these days. Last week btarunr over at TechPowerUp dug into the page source of the Newegg retail page of the upcoming Radeon R9 290X Battlefied Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 290X Specs and Pricing Leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 7, 2013 at 8:52pm
Verizon Selects AMDs SeaMicro SM15000 for Enterprise Class Services: Verizon Cloud Compute and Verizon Cloud Storage Verizon and AMD create technology that transforms the public cloud, delivering the industrys most advanced cloud capabilities SUNNYVALE, Calif., Continue reading “Verizon Selects AMDs SeaMicro SM15000 for Cloud Services”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 7, 2013 at 4:33pm
Earlier today we ran across a story on Engadget about how Origin PC is no longer using AMD video cards due to a long list of reasons. Here is the official statement given by ORIGIN Continue reading “ORIGIN PC Drops AMD Radeon Graphics Cards From PCs Or Maybe Not”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 4, 2013 at 8:50pm
AMD hasn’t said a word to us about the Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Edition graphics card this week, but they did go up for pre-order last night at midnight. Several online retailers are beginning Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Edition Video Cards Available To Pre-Order”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2013 at 11:51am