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AMD Teases Vega Launch Venue
After launching Polaris this summer, AMD is expected to follow-up with a new set of GPU releases called Vega. Alternatively rumoured for either a late 2016 or early 2017 launch, the new GPUs are set to use HBM2 combined with GCN 4.0 for top tier performance. In a surprise twist, AMD…
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AMD Vega 10 & 11 Spotted in Drivers
One of the signs that AMD and Nvidia are working on new unreleased GPUs is when references to these cards pop up in their drivers. Historically, these leaks have proven quite reliable and have shed quite a bit of light on new products. After announcing that Vega 10 has reached…
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Sapphire RX 480 NITRO Pictured in Detail
Before the RX 480 reference model even launched, we were already getting some leaks of customer AIB partner models. One of those was from AMD-exclusive Sapphire who is planning a NITRO variant. To build on previous leaks, we’re now getting more detailed pictures for the card. One major change you’ll…
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Leaked AMD RX 480 Launch Slides Reveal All
With just hours to go until the RX 480 finally launches, somehow, many of the launch slides have ended up on the internet. Usually, we would have these slides leaked much earlier and the lack of such leaks have suggested that AMD has been running a tighter and tighter ship…
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AMD Celebrates Vega Milestone
Yesterday, Raja Koduri, head of AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group, teased Vega. Vega is meant to follow up on Polaris with the addition of HBM2 and enthusiasts levels of performance. When Raja teased the card yesterday, we expected it meant that Vega would arrive sooner than expected. Now, it turns out…
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AMD RX 470 Might Only Be $149!
From all of the rumours flying around, you would think that the RX 480 is the only Polaris graphics card AMD has planned. Despite taking most of the attention, the RX 480 does have 2 smaller siblings set to take the $99 to $200 market by storm, the RX 460…
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AMD RX 480 Core Specifications Leaked
So far from the various leaks out on the net and AMD’s official releases, all we’ve found out are the clock speeds and shader counts. The clock speed has been pegged to 1266 MHz with a total of 36 CUs and 2304 Shader Processing Units. Now that GPU-Z has added…
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Newegg Leaks AMD RX 480 Clock Speeds
Until AMD released the shader count for the RX 480, everyone was throwing around wild guesses as to the clock speed. Some rumours pegged it as low as 850 Mhz while others threw in their bet with the range of Maxwell/Pascal. After revealing that the new Polaris 10 GPU would have…
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AMD’s Raja Koduri Teases Vega GPU with HBM2
While much if not all of the focus is on the RX 480 and its upcoming June 29th launch, there are a few other releases looming on the horizon. Nvidia is likely preparing their mainstream GTX 1060/1060Ti solution while AMD is working on their flagship Vega graphics cards. Set to…
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AMD Reveals More RX 470 and 460 Specs
Yesterday, AMD surprised everyone with their reveal of the RX 470 and RX 460 graphics cards. Set to arrive below the $200 price point of the RX 480, the new Polaris GPUs are meant to address the 1080p gaming and MOBA markets respectively. Today, we’re getting some more detailed specifications for…
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New AMD RX 480 3DMark Scores Leaked
Now that the Rx 480 has launched Polaris 10 to much fanfare, benchmark results for the card have started leaking. Before the reveal, there was a bit of uncertainty as to where the card would perform. With more cards floating around new benchmark results have been revealed. According to the…
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SAPPHIRE AMD RX 480 NITRO Revealed
Revealed at Computex, AMD’s new RX 480 GPU is set to offer an unprecedented price/performance value for mainstream gamers. Set to arrive with over 5 TFLOPs of performance, the new Polaris based GPU features GCN 4 for improved performance and efficiency. Ahead of the June 29th launch, we’re now getting…
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AMD RX 480 Dramatically Improves Efficiency
As part of the RX 480 launch today at Computex, AMD has revealed a number of key improvements for their latest graphics card. One of the key takeaways was the efficiency gains that the new architecture and process node brings. One of the dramatic reveals for the RX 480 was…
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AMD Launches RX 480 at $199!
At the highly anticipated Polaris event at Computex, AMD finally unveiled their Polaris GPU solution. In a surprise reveal, AMD has released the RX 480 as their Polaris flagship graphics card. As expected, AMD is planning to revolutionize the VR and Gaming experiences available to consumers and it looks like the RX…
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AMD RX 480 Specifications Leaked
Just a couple hours before AMD is set to hold their press conference, specifications for the upcoming Polaris GPU have been leaked. The RX 480 was recently just leaked and earlier,we found out it will retail for $199. According to the latest leak, the RX 480 may offer the best…
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