In this review we will pair the MSI 970 Gaming with the new AMD FX-8370E processor. This more energy friendly CPU still has eight physical CPU cores but has have a much lower base clock of 3300 MHz, but it...
Read More...In this review we will pair the MSI 970 Gaming with the new AMD FX-8370E processor. This more energy friendly CPU still has eight physical CPU cores but has have a much lower base clock of 3300 MHz, but it...
Read More...For many years now NVidia graphics releases have been the source of much anticipation and controversy with most of us expecting to recapture the massive FPS boosts and feature rich graphics performance we see on occasion.
Read More...The newest instalment of AMD FX CPUs is finally upon us. September 2014 marks the release of the a few new FX CPUs, including the FX-8370, the FX-8370E, and the FX-8320E. Although I, for one, have been anxious to see...
Read More...The initial consumer graphics card based on Tonga now is the Radeon R9 285, it has 1792 activated stream processors making it perform at GeForce GTX 760 and Radeon HD 7970 level performance levels but with better thermals and lower...
Read More...It’s taken AMD some time to fully transition its original GCN GPUs from the HD 7000 series to the new family that also incorporates the Hawaii-based cards, but this review completes our look at the AMD Radeon R7 and R9...
Read More...If you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks then you missed the announcement of the fastest video card on the planet. On April 8th, 2014 AMD announced the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 video card. This...
Read More...Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday unveiled two new families of accelerated processing units with low and ultra-low power consumption. The new chips, previously known as Beema and Mullins, will power thin laptops, 2-in-1s, as well as various Microsoft Windows-based tablets....
Read More...What makes it called the AM1 platform is the use of a Kabini APU in an FS1b upgradable socket. That does not help that all the motherboards on sale will be given the AM1 designation. This means that if the...
Read More...We review the AMD Athlon 5350 APU and AM1 Platform with socket FS1b motherboards. This APU is based on AMD’s Kabini architecture bringing the CPU and the GPU close together. Kabini will aim at several low-end segments in the processor...
Read More...The ASUS A88X-Pro FM2+ Motherboard is the flagship FM2+ motherboard for ASUS. It contains a full compliment of three PCI-E ports allowing for 3-Way Crossfire or CrossfireX configurations. The A88X Pro is also home to more robust cooling features than...
Read More...As you all know, AMD is working on the Radeon R9 295 X2 and we think it’ll launch fairly soon. The Radeon R9 295 X2 would be a dual Hawaii GPU based graphics solution with some sort of exotic cooling....
Read More...There are obvious up- and down-sides to this proposition. Among the more important features, users no longer need to download or install software and subsequent updates or patches. Additionally, system stability is maintained by the server, and not the tinkering...
Read More...With the release of AMD’s Kaveri APU and the realization of their heterogeneous compute vision, the A10-7850K has the potential to make a lot of changes in the way we use the processing power available to us. The A10-7850K can...
Read More...AMD’s Radeon R9 200 series appears to have come a full circle with the company launching the Radeon R9 280, to capture the crucial US $279.99 price point, going against NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 760. The R9 280 isn’t too different...
Read More...AMD’s Kaveri APUs are dependent on system memory. The easiest way to explain this dependency is by thinking of the GPU on the Kaveri APU as a graphics card, but with one significant difference – on its own it has...
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