In depth: AMD wants your next laptop to be a gaming, video-streaming dream
Introduction This week saw the first fleet of laptops powered by AMD’s sixth-generation A-Series processor go on sale, with new models from HP and Dell set to be joined by ones from Lenovo, Asus and...
View ArticleIntel has big changes in mind for the new MacBook Pro
While many are looking forward to Intel’s Sixth Generation Skylake CPU for its improved processing performance and power efficiency, the chip’s graphics may be its most underestimated asset. With...
View ArticleUpdated: Intel has big changes in mind for the new MacBook Pro
It’s all integrated While many are looking forward to Intel’s Sixth Generation Skylake CPU for its improved processing performance and power efficiency, the chip’s graphics may be its most...
View ArticleIntel Skylake performance boost will tempt you to upgrade your laptops
Skylake performance With more than half of the PCs in the world more now five years or older, Intel says that this is the time to upgrade to a new desktop, laptop or tablet. At IFA 2015, Intel...
View ArticleNew AMD FirePro S-Series can provide graphics grunt for up to 32 PCs
AMD has unveiled its new FirePro S-Series video cards, which it notes are a "world first" in terms of graphics technology, being virtualised GPUs boasting multi-user GPU (MxGPU) tech. In other words,...
View ArticleFoxconn’s lookin’ Sharp: $6 billion takeover deal accepted
Manufacturing giant Foxconn looks set to get a big boost to its display-making capabilities, with reports that the board of directors at Japanese electronics firm Sharp have accepted a takeover deal...
View Article‘Game-changing’ software to let PC gamers mix Nvidia and AMD graphics cards
Wouldn’t it be great to mix and match any video cards you fancied and have them run together in your PC? Apparently this possibility is just around the corner thanks to an incoming piece of DirectX...
View ArticleGDC 2016: AMD Radeon Pro Duo aims to spark VR content creation worldwide
AMD is going to send its dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo graphics cards to developers at universities, so they can get to work on producing (and enjoying) virtual reality (VR) content. The company has...
View ArticleCooler Master’s new mechanical keyboards offer macro management at micro prices
Cooler Master has announced the launch of its MasterKeys mechanical keyboards, with two different models on offer for different kinds of gamers (or workers). There’s the MasterKeys Pro L, a full-size...
View ArticleGDC 2016: AMD’s Radeon Pro is the first graphics card tailor made for virtual...
AMD is going to send its dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo graphics cards to developers at universities, so they can get to work on producing (and enjoying) virtual reality (VR) content. The company has...
View ArticleAMD’s latest APU beefs up laptop graphics, brings 4K and FreeSync support
AMD has lifted the lid on its 7th-generation accelerated processing unit (APU), named Bristol Ridge. If you’re thinking about picking up a laptop for streaming 4K (or Ultra HD) video and delving into...
View ArticleGrab a 960GB SanDisk SSD for just £160 right now
Amazon has been introducing its new PC Gaming Store with a round of hardware deals this week and for today only you can pick up a SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD for just £159.99. That’s one of the best...
View ArticleAzure VMs with real GPUs will deliver a massive power boost
Introduction and N-Series VMs Whether it’s Photoshop filters, JavaScript in the browser or machine learning, increasingly GPUs are as important to computing performance as CPUs, but you haven’t been...
View ArticleAMD bundles Total War: Warhammer with Radeon R9 390
AMD is now bundling Total War: Warhammer for those buying a Radeon R9 390 graphics card or AMD FX 8-core CPU (or in certain cases, a qualifying system containing one of those components). This fresh...
View ArticleComputex: Intel’s Broadwell processors go extreme with 10 cores and ludicrous...
The Broadwell-E Intel Core i7-6950X is arguably the world’s most powerful processor ever created. It’s the first processor from Intel to come packing 10-cores. What’s more, they’re all running at a...
View ArticleBuying Guide: The 10 best graphics cards in the world
Best graphics cards As PC gamers, we know the importance of a capable graphics card. Sure, your monitor and even your mouse matter. But nothing determines how far you can push your visual settings up...
View ArticleThis is the jaw-dropping CPU almost no one wants you to buy
The Xeon with a secret In the history of processing power, faster didn’t always quench the need for speed which is why multi-threading, multi-core and multi-socket solutions were introduced, first at...
View ArticleAMD’s tuned-up Bristol Ridge processors come to desktop PCs this autumn
AMD has just announced its 7th generation A-series processors will power new HP and Lenovo desktop systems by the second half of 2016. Formally known by its codename Bristol Ridge, the desktop CPUs...
View ArticleAMD’s tuned-up Bristol Ridge processors come to desktop PCs this fall
AMD has just announced its 7th generation A-series processors will power new HP and Lenovo desktop systems by the second half of 2016. Formally known by its codename Bristol Ridge, the desktop CPUs...
View ArticleIFA 2016: AMD’s CTO: it’s ‘Moore’s Law Plus’ that will drive VR toward full...
AMD VR Proper virtual reality (VR) headsets have only been available for a few months to a year, and it’s already the next big thing in tech that we can’t stop hearing about. But, this has happened...
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