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Prices For The Radeon RX 480 Further Dropped In India
AMD has just announced a decrease in retail price of the Radeon RX 480. This is part of AMD’s commitment to provide premium technology to the Indian market engineered to deliver the best performance at the best price in its class, democratize VR and deliver a wide range of future-proof technologies supporting current and forthcoming game and video standards. 4 GB variant – The new MSRP is INR 20,990 including taxes, a reduction of INR 2,000 from the previously stated INR 22,990 including taxes 8 GB variant – The new MSRP is INR 22,990 including taxes, a reduction of INR 4,000 from the previously stated INR 26,990 including taxes This price reduction will surely tend to boost the RX 480’s market presence as it makes probably makes it the cheapest card to offer premium VR experience. N...
AMD Radeon Graphics Leading Directx12 Performance
Futuremark® has today released its newest benchmark, 3DMark® Time Spy, and Radeon™ graphics results further demonstrate AMD’s performance leadership in DirectX® 12. AMD has secured the pole position in the DirectX 12 era, building out its roster of DirectX 12 games, many of which are extensively tuned for the Graphics Core Next and Polaris architecture. The DirectX 12 ecosystem is rapidly expanding as developers adopt the low-overhead API. With its wide range of industry partnerships, AMD has led DirectX 12 performance for the vast majority of game titles and benchmarks, including Ashes of the Singularity™, Hitman™, Total War™: Warhammer and the Total War™: Warhammer DX12 benchmark build, Quantum Break™, Gears of War™ and Forza APEX™. With DirectX 12, AMD products can deliver higher framer...
New Update For DOOM Adds Vulkan Support
id Software has announced the availability for the Vulkan™ version of DOOM that relies on innovative features to deliver incredible performance. As you may already know, the Vulkan™ API is a descendant of AMD’s Mantle that supports close-to-metal control across Windows® 7, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10, and Linux®. Compared to OpenGL, Vulkan™ substantially reduces “API overhead” – the background work a CPU does to interpret what a game asks of the hardware – to deliver meaningful features, performance, and image quality and expose GPU hardware features that wouldn’t ordinarily be accessible through OpenGL. DOOM benefits from Vulkan support by using several great features: Asynchronous Shaders Shader Intrinsics or Shader Intrinsic Functions Frame Flip Optimizations Here are a couple of performa...
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060 Revealed
NVIDIA has finally revealed their response to the RX 480, AMD’s high performance budget GPU – the GTX 1060. The card promises huge improvements, claimed by NVIDIA to be faster than the GTX 980 which comes at a price tag of about $400, while the GTX 1060 is said to cost only around $250. The GPU will have 1280 CUDA Cores, a base clock speed of 1.5 GHz with about 6 GB of GDDR5 memory running at 8 Gbits/s. It will have about 4.4 Teraflops of computing power and is said to be VR ready with a TDP of only about 120 W. If the card delivers on what it promises, you can have a great GPU to run all your games in high settings without them straining your wallet. But while these specifications sound impressive on paper, we still need to find out how the card performs in real life and wheth...
AMD RX 480 Price and Leaked Benchmarks: Both Better than Expected
Disclaimer: Gaming Central does not vouch for the accuracy of any of these benchmarks. They were leaked online and were deleted soon after. However, a YouTuber by the name of Alex was able to quickly upload these on his channel. The AMD Radeon RX 480 is available in two variants, a 4 GB and 8 GB . Powered by 2304 cores, this card is capable of gameplay at very high resolutions and VR as well. The memory on the Radeon RX 480 graphics card is clocked at 8 GB/s which gives us a total of 256 GB/s bandwidth on the graphics board along a 256-bit wide bus interface. Here are the specifications as given by TechPowerup. With these amazing specifications, it’s hard not to expect an equally amazing performance. And for a price tag of $200, the RX480 is a beast. Without further ado, let’s...
Quick Review: Sapphire Nitro Radeon R9 Fury Desktop GPU
The Fury is AMD’s series of top-notch high-end performance graphic cards, and Sapphire’s version of the R9 Fury is bang on buck. Needless to say, it is well equipped to handle anything you throw at it without breaking a sweat. Take a look at these specs to get started: GPU 3584 Stream Processors 28 nm Graphics Core Next (GCN) 1020 MHz Engine Clock Interface PCI-Express 3.0 Memory 4096 bit Memory Bus HBM Memory Type 1000 MHz Effective Memory Clock 4096 MB Size BIOS Support Legacy BIOS UEFI BIOS Displays Maximum 5 Outputs Output 1 x DVI-D 1 x HDMI 3 x DisplayPort Resolution 4096X2160 Pixel DisplayPort Resolution 2500×1600 Pixel Dual Link DVI Resolution 2160P HDMI Resolution API OpenGL® 4.5 OpenCL 2.0 DirectX® 12 Shader Model 5.0 Feature AMD CrossFire AMD PowerTune AMD ZeroC...
Quick Review: AMD FX 8350 Desktop CPU
Based on the Piledriver architecture, AMD FX-8350 is a mid-range octacore desktop processor. With a base clock speed of 4 GHz and max turbo speed of 4.2 GHz, it is an optimal choice for upgrading from old chips as well as building a new PC from scratch. No. of Cores 8 Processor Model FX-8350 Compatible Socket AM3+ Clock Speed 4 GHz Max Turbo Speed 4.2 GHz Power Consumption 125W Cache Memory Details L2 – 8MB L3 – 8MB The CPU comes with the same AM3+ socket as the old processors, so anyone with the compatible motherboard looking to upgrade can go for it. The FX-8350’s increased clock speed and improved efficiency make it faster than the old FX-8150 across the board. Moreover, like its other FX series counterparts, the processor is unlocked for overclocking, and overclocking this CPU i...
Quick Review: AMD FX 6350 Desktop CPU
The FX 6350 is one of the latest additions to budget gaming chips by AMD, with the special edition including the Wraith Cooler for near-silent operation. It has 6 cores, providing it with a high multi-tasking potential. This CPU operates at a stock clock speed of 3.90 GHz, 1.10 GHz faster than an average desktop processor. If that isn’t enough power, the FX-6350 has been tested by AMD to handle a maximum overclocked speed up to 4.20 GHz. The technical spec are as follows: No. of Cores 6 Processor Model FX-6350 Compatible Socket AM3+ Clock Speed 3.9 GHz Max Turbo Speed 4.2 GHz Power Consumption 125W Cache Memory Details L2 – 6MB L3 – 8MB Though AMD have been a little quiet about their CPU releases recently, it’s easy to see their hard at work improving their previous CPUs...
Quick Review: AMD A8-7600 Desktop APU
Based on the recent Kaveri architecture, the AMD A8-7600 APU aims to bring CPU and GPU closer than ever, now that they are already merged into one die. Take a look at the specifications before we dive into the actual review. Number of Cores 4 Processor Number A8-7600 Compatible Processor Socket Socket FM2+ Clock Speed 3.1 GHz Max Turbo Speed 3.8 GHz Thermal Design Power 65 W Cache Memory Details L2 – 4 x 1 MB Thermal Design Power 65 W Cache Memory Details L2 – 4 x 1 MB Intergrated Graphics type Radeon R7 Series Graphics Frequency 720 MHz It is a quad core CPU performing at a clock speed of 3.1 GHz and max turbo speed of 3.8 GHz. For a mid range APU, the A8-7600 has a decent performance. As per the 3D Mark 11 scores for a similar price range, this APU actually fares far better...
AMD Launches the Radeon Rebellion with the Radeon™ RX 480 Graphics Card
Today a revolution in PC gaming and VR began as AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) launched the Radeon™ RX 480 graphics card designed to deliver enthusiast-level gaming performance and features, the world’s most advanced graphics technology and an extraordinary value proposition to fans and gamers around the world. The Radeon™ RX 480 introduces premium technology engineered to deliver the best performance/$ in its class, democratize VR and deliver a wide range of future-proof technologies2 supporting current and forthcoming game and video standards. The cards will start at SEP $199 USD for the Radeon™ RX 480 4GB card, and SEP $239 for the Radeon™ RX 480 8GB card. Details regarding the new Radeon™ RX 480 graphics card and related technologies are available at AMD’s new gamer-focused website, Radeon.com. “Ou...
Quick Review: AMD FX 8370 Desktop CPU
AMD has been laying more and more emphasis over its mid-range processors, adding another member to the 8-core CPU family, the FX-8370. For people who are looking to build a new PC in budget or upgrading the their old FX processor, this seems to be a great option. No. of Cores 8 Processor Model FX-8370 Compatible Socket AM3+ Clock Speed 4 GHz Max Turbo Speed 4.3 GHz Power Consumption 125W Cache Memory Details L2 – 8MB L3 – 8MB With the same Piledriver architecture as certain old FX chips and the same base clock speed as the FX-8350, the 8370 offers a slight upgrade in terms of maximum clock speed and functionality. It is certainly a great choice if power consumption is not much of an issue and you want to upgrade from your previous quad or hexacore processor. Also, it opens up avenues for ...
AMD Showcases New High-Performance Solutions At COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016
— Launches 7th Generation AMD A-Series APUs; Outlines the Market Opportunity and Announces Availability Date for New Radeon RX GPUs; Delivers First Public Demonstration of Upcoming High-Performance Desktop Processor Featuring “Zen” Processor Cores — Building off its legacy of innovation, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today highlighted multiple updates about the company’s upcoming high-performance compute and graphics solutions. “We entered 2016 with a great product lineup and growing momentum for AMD’s technologies,” said AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “Today’s launch of our 7th Generation A-Series mobile APUs, to be followed closely by new Radeon™ RX Series GPUs and then our next-generation ‘Summit Ridge’ desktop processor powered by our ‘Zen’ core represent key proof points of our strategy to fi...