The Latest Breaking News from AMD

GDDR6X VRAM is claimed to be in short supply and could lead to an RTX 4070 being launched with slower GDDR6 to meet the demand

Which should be fine, as long as it's not too much slower. Or the same price.

PC Gamer · Jul 30, 2024

AMD just made big improvements with AFMF 2, a new version of its tech to make all PC games run more smoothly

Want a free frame rate boost for all your PC games? You’re in luck if you’ve got an AMD GPU...

TechRadar · Jul 30, 2024

S&P Futures Tick Higher Ahead of FOMC Meeting, U.S. JOLTs Report and Microsoft Earnings in Focus

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are trending up +0.17% this morning as market participants braced for the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting while also awaiting the latest reading on U.S. job openings as well as an earnings report from tech giant Microsoft.

Barchart · Jul 30, 2024

Zen 5 tested: AMD's Ryzen AI 300-series brings new cores and a revamped RDNA 3.5 GPU for chunky performance gains in laptops and handhelds

AMD's thrown everything at its new mobile chip to top Meteor Lake, and it does just that.

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2024

AMD introduces a beta preview of Fluid Motion Frames 2, with 'AI-optimized enhancements for improved quality, lower latency, and better performance'

No, the frame generation algorithm doesn't use AI—it's just been optimised by it.

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2024

Intel's 13th and 14th Gen CPU instability damage is irreversible, and it can happen to way more chips than we thought

More of Intel's beleaguered 13th Gen Raptor Lake and 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh processors are prone to damage than first thought, but no recall is planned. Here's what you need to know about Intel's microcode issues.

Windows Central · Jul 29, 2024

AMD delays its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors, but it's for a more trivial reason than Intel's ongoing 13th/14th Gen disaster

An unfortunate "short delay" hits AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors, but it could be a lot worse as its Intel rivals suffer ongoing backlash with their own processor problems.

Windows Central · Jul 29, 2024

Nvidia's reportedly scaling back RTX 40 series production by as much as 50% in preparation for the Blackwell RTX 50 launch

Either that or the dearth of new GPUs means it's just a nice time to hike prices. Again.

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2024

AMD's Ryzen 9000-series CPUs may have been delayed because of a typo on the heatspreader, which is definitely not the sort of mistake I'd ever make

Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9, what's the difference? Err, quite a lot.

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2024

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X grabs Cinebench R23 world record when pushed to 6.5 GHz

An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X has been demonstrated breaking the Cinebench R23 (16 core) world record score. Bilibili tech influencer Ordinary Uncle Tony showcased his liquid nitrogen-fuelled feat, reaching a multi-threaded score of 55,327 points at a live event in China.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 29, 2024