Limits of AM4 Backwards Compatibility AMD‘s AM4 socket promises to support even future Ryzen processors up until 2020. This means with every new processor release, ...
June 18, 2018 at 3:56 pm by Ron Perillo
According to a new leak, AMD’s forthcoming Raven Ridge APU performs up to 90% faster than its predecessor. Fresh Geekbench benchmark scores suggest the new AMD CPU/GPU combo ...
September 17, 2017 at 4:40 pm by Ashley Allen
AMD is finally releasing its 35W Bristol Ridge A-Series desktop APUs (via AnandTech). Indeed, the launch of these CPU/GPU combo chips is sure to be a boost to fans of ...
September 6, 2017 at 4:50 pm by Ashley Allen
AMD Brings Bristol APU Ridge to Retail Fresh in with the news of AMD’s Ryzen 3 launch today, we are presented with another announcement. AMD has today released its ...
July 28, 2017 at 2:41 pm by Joe Campbell
It was reported several days ago that Microsoft has begun blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 updates from being downloaded and installed on systems that are running the latest Intel ...
April 19, 2017 at 8:45 pm by Ron Perillo
When AMD unveiled Bristol Ridge earlier in the month, they also released some details for their new AM4 platform. Used for Bristol Ridge and Zen, the new socket utilizes a ...
September 27, 2016 at 9:15 pm by Samuel Wan
With Bristol Ridge headed towards us after the launch earlier in the month, motherboards are starting to pop up. Surprisingly, it’s not one of the mainstream motherboard ...
September 22, 2016 at 9:20 am by Samuel Wan
One of the most anticipated releases for the past while have been AMD’s new CPU architecture. Dubbed Zen, the new design is set to revitalize the companies flagging ...
August 19, 2016 at 9:40 am by Samuel Wan
Over the past couple of weeks, AMD has been showing off Zen to the word. Using the new x86 architecture, the new design is reportedly set to offer 40%+ IPC compared to current ...
August 10, 2016 at 9:29 am by Samuel Wan
With Computex wrapped up now, we have some time to reflect on what we saw at this year’s event. As with every year, we saw a showcase of all the new tech that’s ...
June 7, 2016 at 10:20 am by Samuel Wan
After a pre-release mini launch earlier in the year, we are finally getting AMD’s 7th generation APUs. Codenamed Bristol Ridge, the new chip lineup bridges the gap ...
June 2, 2016 at 10:20 am by Samuel Wan
Ever since the launch of the APU back in 2011, both AMD and Intel have continued down this path. While CPU performance hasn’t grown much, the iGPU side of the chips ...
May 23, 2016 at 7:40 am by Samuel Wan
Earlier in the month, Nvidia took the first show in the latest round of the GPU wars. Launching the GTX 1080, the green team started off the new generation with their Pascal ...
May 20, 2016 at 8:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Before we get to the lovely Zen architecture that is supposed to save AMD, there is still one more iteration of the Construction cores. Last month, AMD did a ...
May 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm by Samuel Wan
After launching Excavator with Carrizo last year, we’re getting the next iteration based on the same architecture. Dubbed Bristol Ridge, the new lineup features an ...
April 6, 2016 at 11:20 am by Samuel Wan
