At Unite Berlin 2018, AMD’s Senior Software Engineer Guillaume Boisse showcase ways via which developers can add real-time ray tracing effects with Radeon ProRender and Radeon Rays. Radeon ProRender and Radeon Rays are AMD’s solutions to real-time ray tracing, similar to what NVIDIA offers with its RTX technology. Continue reading AMD shows how you can add real-time ray tracing effects with Radeon ProRender and Radeon Rays
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Star Control: Origins & Strange Brigade free to those who purchase AMD’s GPUs
AMD has announced a new bundle for its latest graphics cards; AMD RX Vega, RX 580 and RX 570. These new bundles come with free copies for three upcoming games and these are Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Star Control: Origins and Strange Brigade. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Star Control: Origins & Strange Brigade free to those who purchase AMD’s GPUs
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.1 is optimized for Monster Hunter: World, WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Madden NFL 19
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.1 driver is optimized for Monster Hunter World, We Happy Few, Madden NFL 19 and World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. Continue reading AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.1 is optimized for Monster Hunter: World, WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Madden NFL 19
AMD’s drivers are more stable than those from NVIDIA, third-party report claims
QA Consultants has released a report, claiming that AMD’s drivers are more stable than NVIDIA’s drivers. According to the report, AMD’s systems passed 401 out of 432 tests while Nvidia’s systems passed 356. This basically means that AMD’s GPUs achieved a pass rate of 93% whereas NVIDIA’s GPUs achieved a pass rate of 82%. Continue reading AMD’s drivers are more stable than those from NVIDIA, third-party report claims
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.7.1 is optimized for Earthfall, packs fixes for Hellblade and Fortnite
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.7.1 driver is optimized for Earthfall and improves performance by up to 28% on the Radeon RX Vega 56 and by up to 22% faster on the Radeon RX 580. Continue reading AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.7.1 is optimized for Earthfall, packs fixes for Hellblade and Fortnite
Resident Evil 2 Remake, The Division 2 and Strange Brigade will be optimized for AMD’s graphics cards
In an interview with Geoff Keighley at E3 2018, AMD announced some new partnerships with Rebellion, Ubisoft and Capcom. According to Scott Herkelman, VP and GM at AMD Radeon Gaming, The Division 2, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Strange Brigade will be optimized for AMD’s graphics cards. Continue reading Resident Evil 2 Remake, The Division 2 and Strange Brigade will be optimized for AMD’s graphics cards
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.6.1 is optimized for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, fixes numerous game issues
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 is optimized for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, offering up to 9% faster performance on the Radeon RX Vega 56 and up to 10% faster performance on the Radeon RX580. Continue reading AMD Radeon Adrenalin 18.6.1 is optimized for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, fixes numerous game issues
AMD will release its second generation Threadripper CPU in Q3 2018, featuring up to 32 CPU cores
At Computex 2018, AMD revealed that its second generation Threadripper CPU will release in Q3 2018. AMD showcased two models: one featuring 24 CPU cores and 48 threads and another featuring 32 CPU cores and 64 threads. Similarly to Intel’s 28-core CPU, this new Threadripper does not target PC gamers. Continue reading AMD will release its second generation Threadripper CPU in Q3 2018, featuring up to 32 CPU cores
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 available for download, fixes various game issues
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 is optimized for Budget Cuts and comes with fixes for various games. Continue reading AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 available for download, fixes various game issues
AMD has slightly increased its GPU market share in the first quarter of 2018, Intel remains the king
Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s market research firm for the graphics industry, has released its Q1 2018 market report. According to the report, year-to-year total GPU shipments increased 3.4%, desktop graphics increased 14% and notebooks decreased -3%. And even though AMD has slightly increased its GPU market share, overall GPU shipments decreased -10% from last quarter (AMD decreased -6%, Nvidia decreased -10%, and Intel decreased -11%). Continue reading AMD has slightly increased its GPU market share in the first quarter of 2018, Intel remains the king