Dual Fiji-GPU graphics card priced at US $1499

Just a few moments before its Capsaicin event at GDC 2016 show, AMD has officially announced its new dual-GPU flagship graphics card with two Fiji GPUs, the US $1499 priced Radeon Pro Duo.

Down by 20 per cent

The global GPU market has fallen by 20 per cent over the last year.

Sheep and goats together

Graphics start-up Otoy has claimed it has developed a means of running software written for Nvidia's Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) platform on unmodified on rival graphics cards and CPUs from AMD.

External graphics via Thunderbolt 3 interface

AMD has now officially unveiled its new XConnect technology which brings support for external graphics card support via Thunderbolt 3 interface.

Brings new features and stability/performance improvements

AMD has rolled out its new Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 drivers which come with some performance and stability improvements for various games as well as includes a couple of new features as well.

Fglrx is not for us

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and its newer incarnations will not support AMD's widely-used Catalyst Linux (fglrx) driver.

PhysX by default

The fact that Gears of War Ultimate Edition ran so poorly on AMD gear might be because Nvidia’s PhysX is actually running by default.

Fury X2 on track

AMD held a Q&A with Reddit users and confirmed that its Polaris GPU is on track for the middle of the year and the Fury X2 will be appearing.

Brings AMD Freesync support over HDMI

Samsung has unveiled three new curved monitors that will have a 1800R curve radius and support for AMD Freesync over HDMI, the 27-inch CF591 and the CF390, which will be available in both 23.5-inch and 27-inch sizes.

Pick your sides

Intel's Kaby Lake-series processors will square off against AMD’s great white hope Zen at the end of the fourth quarter.