With the release of the budget RX 5500 XT, AMD started to fill out the bottom two-thirds of its product stack, bringing much-needed competition into that segment. The graphics card arrived with 4GB and 8GB variants ($169 and $199 respectively), and in our RX 5500 XT review, some titles–namely Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Far Cry 5 and Shadow of the Tomb […]
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Intel discrete GPU struggles: won’t compete against NVIDIA or AMD
Raja Koduri could be the next one on Intel’s chopping block according to new rumors on DG1 Intel has been going through all sorts of issues over the last couple of years, with its troubled modem division selling to Apple for $1 billion, the constant world of hurt AMD is hitting them with in the […]
AMD may be spicing up the graphics card game with the Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD may not keep us waiting much longer for the anticipated Radeon RX 5500, which the company unveiled back in October. The new graphics card, particularly the rumored Radeon RX 5500 XT could be coming next week, according to VideoCardz. There’s still little detail on the Radeon RX 5500 XT. We know the 5500-series graphics cards will […]
The Intel-AMD Showdown
It’s beginning to look like a really interesting market. After years of essentially one player taking all the spoils, we now have a significant second that has the technology to make a difference. The incumbent is of course Intel INTC, which just apologized to customers for continued supply constraints, despite double-digit growth in supply from […]
AMD might unveil a new GPU with ray tracing support at CES
It’s only a matter of time before AMD rolls out a GPU architecture with hardware-based real-time ray tracing support (though not in time for any Black Friday deals), to take on Nvidia’s growing army of GeForce RTX graphics cards. But might we see something in that regard at CES in January, 2020? According to the latest rumor […]
AMD Ryzen 9 APUs could present a new challenge for Intel
AMD has been doing everything right and is looking to parlay its recent victories into sustained success for the long haul. According to hardware leaker @Komachi, the chipmaker could do just that through the use of integrated graphics. As TechRadar highlights, a list of processors recently published by the hardware leaker highlights four Ryzen 9 parts […]
Intel Claims Xeon Cascade Lake-AP 56 Core CPU Up To 84% Faster Than AMD’s 64 Core EPYC Rome 7742 in Real-World HPC Benchmarks
Intel has posted a series of new benchmarks claiming that their Xeon class Cascade Lake-AP CPUs run much faster than AMD’s 2nd Generation EPYC Rome CPUs. The benchmarks which Intel claims are representative of ‘real-world’ performance in the HPC segment compare Intel’s 2S (dual socket) Xeon Platinum 9282 versus AMD’s EPYCX 7742 (also in a dual-socket configuration). The […]
AMD’s comments on CPU design reflect it is in a very different place than Intel right now
While Intel is making investments to recapture process leadership, AMD says it’s more focused on architecture. AMD just wrapped up a quarter in which it generated the highest revenue since 2005, and that in and of itself is impressive. The real story is not in the sales numbers, though. What I find more interesting than […]
AMD 2nd Gen EPYC Rome Processors Feature A Gargantuan 39.54 Billion Transistors, IO Die Pictured in Detail
The AMD 2nd Generation EPYC Rome processors launched in August & since then, we have been getting more details about the chip itself along with its features. The latest details for the I/O die which include close-up die shots have been revealed by Hardwareluxx, giving us a better look at AMD’s most innovative server chip to date. AMD […]
AMD Ryzen 7 3750X with 105 W TDP: Spotted at AMD
AMD has accidentally published its Product Master list – a list with all of its consumer, enterprise, and OEM parts listed. In the latest publication, it reveals multiple CPUs that could potentially be released in the future. The document, which is dated September 2019, indicates that AMD may be mulling to launch its Ryzen 7 3750X […]