AMD bundles Wraith Max cooler with 2600X and 2700
Published in PC Hardware


All new holiday offer from AMD

AMD has launched a new holiday offer which is a limited edition Ryzen Max CPU bundle, which pairs up the Wraith Max CPU cooler with Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700 CPUs.

Nvidia bundles Battlefield V with RTX series graphics cards
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The new "Game On. Game RTX" bundle

Nvidia and its partners have launched the new "Game On. Game RTX" bundle which gives a free copy of the new Battlefield V game with the purchase of Geforce RTX series graphics card.

AMD Vega 20 GPU gives MacBook Pro a decent performance boost
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First benchmarks appear online

With Apple adding more configuration options to its MacBook Pro 15 notebooks, including the Radeon Pro Vega 16 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 GPUs, it was just a matter of time before we see some of the first benchmarks with these new GPUs, and it appears these provide a decent performance boost in graphics.

Latest Spectre patches bring big performance hits to Linux 4.20 kernel
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From two to up to 35 percent in some tests

Spectre and Meltdown fixes have been slowly coming for most of this year, and according to results, the performance hit on Intel CPUs in the latest Linux 4.20 kernel can be over 30 percent.

AMD Polaris 30 GPU made at both GlobalFoundries and Samsung
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GloFo's 12LP and Samsung's 11LPP

According to details that have surfaced after the launch of the new Radeon RX 590 refresh, it appears that AMD is sourcing the "new" Polaris 30 GPU from both GlobalFoundries and Samsung.

Sony celebrates Playstation 4 5th anniversary
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New COD: Black Ops 4 bundle and some stats so far

Sony is celebrating the fifth birthday of the Playstation 4 and has both announced a  new bundle and revealed some numbers regarding the aging console.

Nvidia confirms RTX 2080 Ti bugs with early batch
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Still nothing serious, according to Nvidia

There has been a lot of talk regarding issues with Nvidia's latest flagship RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards but, according to Nvidia, it is nothing serious and unusual, and the company is still working with those affected by the problem.

AMD officially releases Radeon RX 590
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:39

AMD officially releases Radeon RX 590


Based on 12nm Polaris GPU

As expected, rumored, and leaked earlier this week, AMD has now officially released its latest mid-range graphics card meant to put a bit more pressure on Nvidia's GTX 1060 during this holiday season, the Radeon RX 590.

MSI's Geforce RTX 2070 Aero ITX spotted online
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 15:38

MSI's Geforce RTX 2070 Aero ITX spotted online


MSI puts Turing GPU on an ITX PCB

It appears that MSI thinks there is a market for high-end graphics cards on an ITX form factor and has decided to squeeze an RTX 2070 on a smaller PCB as a part of its Aero ITX series.

AMD announces new 16-core EPYC 7371 CPU
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 12:35

AMD announces new 16-core EPYC 7371 CPU


High-frequency 16-core/32-thread SKU

AMD has unveiled yet another Zen-based EPYC CPU, the high-frequency EPYC 7371.