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AMD Polaris Graphics Cards (RX 400/500) Are Unable to Run Forspoken!
The AMD Polaris architecture utilised on the Radeon RX 400 and 500 series graphics cards is quite old now. In fact, if we’re being brutally honest, it was already pretty old when utilised in this GPU series. The Radeon RX 400 and 500 series, however, was hugely popular predominantly due…
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Vulkan Ray Tracing is Now (Sort Of) Available on Pre-RDNA2 AMD GPUs
While Nvidia has been happily building upon its ray tracing technology introduced with the launch of their 20XX graphics cards, AMD has certainly been a little bit slower in catching up to join the party. Following the launch of their RDNA2 architecture, however, we have, slowly but surely, been seeing…
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AMD is ‘Considering’ Adding RIS to Vega Graphics Cards
While AMD has rolled out limited RIS (Radeon Image Sharpening technology) technology to some of their older Polaris architecture graphics cards, there has been something of a pretty substantial omission. Namely, that those using the VEGA platform (such as the VEGA 56, 64 and Radeon VII) were passed over. While…
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AMD Driver Update Seemingly Confirms A 6XX Polaris Series
New AMD Polaris 6XX Range Over the course of the Summer, we are expecting some big news from AMD. With them set to release both their latest Ryzen processor range and their next-generation Navi architecture graphics cards, it’s certainly going to be busy! While the new graphics platform should hopefully…
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AMD Files Trademark for Vega II Logo – Vega Refresh Coming?
More New AMD Radeon Video Card Options in the Horizon? Rumours are floating around about AMD‘s upcoming next-gen 7nm NAVI GPUs. Whether those are even remotely close to true is anyone’s guess. However, it appears that AMD might have more video card releases in mind. Twitter user @m_BoMby has discovered…
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AMD Launches the Radeon RX 590 for $279 with 3 Free Games
Now Official: RX 590 is Here for 1080p Gaming Leaks have been pouring out for weeks about the Radeon RX 590. Now it is finally official as AMD takes off the covers and reveals their latest Radeon product. The GPU is not a flagship card but is instead aiming for…
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ASRock Phantom Gaming Video Cards Now Available in EU
Available in the EU Starting July 1st ASRock‘s Phantom Gaming video cards were first announced over three months ago. Initially listing four video cards in their line. An AMD Radeon RX 550 2G, RX 560 2G, RX 570 8G and RX 580 8G video card. Both the RX 550 and RX…
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Radeon RX500X Series Shows Up on AMD Website
Refresh of a Refresh Incoming A new line of Radeon graphics card appears to be heading out soon called the RX500X series. In fact, they already have a placeholder page on the AMD website, although the actual details of the listing is not available yet. Normally if you type a…
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Gamemax Polaris RGB Tempered Glass Chassis Review
Gamemax Polaris RGB We’ve had a lot of fun recently with Gamemax products, and have already awarded several of their latest products. We’ve reviewed the Draco, Moonstone, and Onyx chassis to date. Of course, we loved that each chassis offered a competitive product, cool lighting effects, and plenty of tempered…
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AMD Releases Radeon RX 540 For OEM Laptops
After months of leaks, teasers, and speculation, AMD has finally launched their new RX 500 series graphics cards. A refresh of the RX 400 series, the new lineup features largely the same Polaris GPUs with the RX 580, RX 570 and RX 560. While Polaris 10 has been tweaked to…
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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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XFX Announces Five Radeon RX 580 Graphics Card Models
XFX is introducing five different Radeon RX 580 graphics card models for the launch of the new Radeon Polaris 500-series including RX 580 8GB GTS XXX Edition, RX 580 8GB GTS Black Edition, RX 580 4GB GTS XXX Edition, RX 580 8GB GTR-S Black Edition White and RX 580 8GB…
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Gigabyte Launches Three Radeon RX 500 Series Video Cards
In addition to launching new Radeon video cards for their high-end AORUS graphics card line, Gigabyte is also introducing three additional Radeon RX 500 series video cards under their own brand. These three models include two Radeon RX 580 video cards and one Radeon RX 570 model. All three Gigabyte…
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PowerColor Announces Triple-fan RX 570 Red Devil 4GB Video Card
AMD’s 500-series Radeon graphics cards have now been officially released and PowerColor is introducing their own version of the RX 570 featuring a triple-fan design as part of their Devil series. The PowerColor Radeon RX 570 Red Devil 4GB GDDR5 video card is powered by AMD’s 4th generation GCN4 architecture…
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Reference AMD Radeon RX 580 Detailed, Benchmarked and Overclocked
Since most if not all major tech products originate from Asia these days, most of the leaks often come from that market. Lau Kin Lam who was also behind RX 480 and Ryzen 5 leaks has managed to get his hands on an unreleased AMD Radeon RX 580 Graphics Cards. Luckily…
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