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ASUS STRIX Radeon RX 560 4GB Video Card Detailed
Aside from the Radeon RX 580, RX 570, as well as the budget RX 550 graphics cards recently launched, AMD also has the Radeon RX 560. This is based on Polaris 11 GPU with 1024 streaming processors (less than half of the RX 580). As one of AMD’s Radeon partners,…
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AMD Unveils RX 500 Polaris Refined Prices and Enhancements
With the official launch of the RX 500 series, AMD is unveiling a lot of the key details about their Polaris refresh. Dubbed Polaris Refined, Enhanced, and Evolved, the new lineup offers an upgrade over the existing RX 400 series. To help sell the cards, AMD is focusing on a…
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AMD RX 500 Launch Slides Leak Official Specs and Performance
Just as early rumours had predicted, AMD is set to release their new RX 500 series of graphics cards next week. Arriving on April 18th, the pseudo-refresh of the RX 400 lineup is expected to feature a mix of refreshed and old GPUs. Luckily for us, we now have what…
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AMD RX 500 and Vega Launch Dates Leaked
Despite many rumors circling around about potential Radeon reveals, we did not get much out of AMD at their recent Capsaicin & Cream event. One tidbit we did get was that Vega GPUs would keep the same consumer brand and become Radeon RX Vega. For now we do know that Vega…
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MSI Releases Low Profile RX 460 Graphics Cards
Over half a year since the launch of the RX 460, we are still seeing new cards being released. Without the usual fanfare, MSI has quietly introduced 2 new models of the RX 460 using the Polaris 11 GPU. Unlike previous cards, the new RX 460 4GT LP and 2GT…
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Sapphire Unveils RX 460 With Full Polaris 11
When AMD first unveiled Polaris 11, the company revealed that is featured 1,024 shaders in its full form. In a surprising move at launch, the top end Polaris 11 SKU, the RX 460, only featured 896 shaders. After being out in the market for a while, we are now seeing…
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Lenovo Leaks First AMD RX 500 Series GPU With RX 560M
After a launch last year, AMD’s RX 400 series of GPUs have been doing quite well. However, it is nearing time for the annual refresh that we all know is sure to come. Logically, the next progression would the RX 500 series. This has just been confirmed by Lenovo in their Y520…
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XFX Releases Single Slot RX 460 Core Graphics Cards
With lower end cards, it’s quite common to eventually see single slot cards come out. Due to their lower cooling and power requirements, the single slot profile is chosen to allow for HTPC or SFF systems to benefit from a dGPU. When the RX 460 first launched, AMD touted its…
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Apple Revamps MacBook Pro With Touch Bar
After being placed on the backburner for the past couple of years, Apple has come back with a new MacBook refresh. Unlike some previous updates that were more like minor tweaks, the new laptops are the biggest upgrade yet since the Retina displays were added in 2012. These changes bring…
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AMD Wants You To Choose RX 470 Over GTX 1050 Ti
Announced earlier in the week, Nvidia;s new GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050 are set to take the fight to AMD’s budget offerings. Ahead of availability next week on October 25th, AMD has taken some steps to make their offerings more enticing. In the latest move, AMD has released a…
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AMD Drops RX 460 2GB and RX 470 4GB Prices
With under a week go until the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti from Nvidia release, AMD is getting their counter move ready. Preempting the Nvidia launch on October 25th, AMD is getting their move ready for October 23rd. In just over a day, AMD’s RX 460 and RX 470 will…
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AMD Reportedly Woking On New Polaris GPU Revisions
When Polaris first made the news, it seemed that AMD had a real winner with dramatically improved efficiency and performance. Now that the cards have launched, we know that while impressive, AMD is still behind the curve a bit compared to Nvidia in the efficiency game. According to a new report though,…
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XFX Releases First Fanless AMD RX 460
In recent years, many graphics card manufacturers have introduced so-called silent modes or 0dB operating modes. This allows the card to turn off its fans when it’s idling, allowing the card to be passively cooled by the heatsink. For silent gamers or those machines pulling HTPC duty, this is a welcome…
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AMD Reportedly Scores Apple MacBook Deal
In recent years, Apple has oscillated between the two major GPU designers Nvidia and AMD. Recently, AMD has been scoring the majority of the deals, getting their graphics cards into the MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro. For the rumoured upcoming MacBook Pro refresh, the latest suggestions are pointing to Apple…
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Sapphire Launches Their New Dual-X RX 460 GPU
On launch day, we got a chance to share with everyone our review of the Sapphire Nitro RX 460 graphics card. Utilizing the new Polaris 11 GPU from AMD, the card featured one of the higher factory overclocks. That of course, comes with higher prices, something that Sapphire will rectify…
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