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AMD’s CEO Lisa Su on Ryzen in gaming: “we’re not going to win every head-to-head”

AMD released a few days ago its new Ryzen CPUs and as we’ve already reported, they were a bit underwhelming in gaming. And while AMD claimed that its Ryzen CPUs will see benefits via future optimizations, AMD’s CEO Lisa Su claimed that AMD will not be able to win every head-to-head battle with Intel. Continue reading AMD’s CEO Lisa Su on Ryzen in gaming: “we’re not going to win every head-to-head”

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X third-party benchmarks revealed, unable to beat Intel’s i7 7700K or i7 6900K

And the time you’ve all been waiting for has come. The embargo for all third-party AMD Ryzen benchmarks has been lifted and below you can find some of them. And from the looks of it, while AMD’s Ryzen high-end CPU, AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, is overall a great product, it’s unable to beat both Intel’s Core i7 7700K and i7 6900K. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 7 1800X third-party benchmarks revealed, unable to beat Intel’s i7 7700K or i7 6900K

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X versus Intel Core i7 6800K – First Official Gaming Benchmarks Leaked

During GDC2017, AMD showcased a slide with the first official gaming benchmarks between its Ryzen 7 1700X CPU and Intel’s Core i7 6800K. While there is an embargo for these benchmarks (meaning that the websites that have signed an NDA cannot share it until tomorrow), this slide found its way to the Internet. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 7 1700X versus Intel Core i7 6800K – First Official Gaming Benchmarks Leaked

AMD Vega 10 graphics card will be officially called Radeon RX VEGA, AMD partners with Bethesda

AMD has just announced that its new Vega family will be called Radeon RX VEGA. AMD did not reveal any release date or any price for these graphics cards, however we expect them to hit the market at the end of the first half of 2017. Continue reading AMD Vega 10 graphics card will be officially called Radeon RX VEGA, AMD partners with Bethesda

AMD’s Vega 10 High-Bandwidth Cache Controller aims to improve performance by almost 100% in minimum FPS

During its GDC 2017 event, AMD showcased the benefits of its High-Bandwidth Cache Controller. According to the red team, this new memory architecture allows Vega GPUs to do a number of exciting new things that its predecessors can’t. Continue reading AMD’s Vega 10 High-Bandwidth Cache Controller aims to improve performance by almost 100% in minimum FPS

AMD Ryzen CPUs available on March 2nd, offers 52% IPC improvement over Excavator, first official benchmarks

AMD has officially announced today that it will release its Ryzen CPUs on March 2nd. According to the red team, there will be three models available at launch; the Ryzen 7 1800X, Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 1700. What’s also great is that AMD confirmed the rumoured prices for these processors. And yes, the high-end Ryzen model will be priced at under $500. Continue reading AMD Ryzen CPUs available on March 2nd, offers 52% IPC improvement over Excavator, first official benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X – First benchmarks & CPU images leaked online, beats Intel’s 6800K & 5960X

The folks over at XFASTEST have leaked the first images and the first benchmarks for AMD’s Ryzen 7 1700X CPU. According to the results, the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X CPU beats Intel’s 6800K & 5960X CPUs in both the 3DMark Fire Strike Physics Benchmark and the Cinebench tests. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 7 1700X – First benchmarks & CPU images leaked online, beats Intel’s 6800K & 5960X

AMD Ryzen 3DMark Fire Strike physics benchmarks leaked online, look really promising

We all pretty much know that PC gamers are looking forward to AMD’s Ryzen CPUs that will be released in early May March 2017. And while the red team has not revealed any official benchmarks or prices yet, the first gaming-related benchmark (if you can call 3DMark a gaming benchmark application that is) has been leaked online. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 3DMark Fire Strike physics benchmarks leaked online, look really promising