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AMD R9 290 4GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction The launch of AMD’s R9 290X last week was interesting as it certainly stirred up the graphics card market and industry. Following the launch arguing between readers occurred in abundance across many review sites, not just our own. Where I stand in this debate is that AMD have really…
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AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction After months of rumours and media hype, AMD’s new flagship graphics card is here. We have a launch-day review for you guys to read and we’re putting this brand new GPU through its paces on the eTeknix graphics card test system. We’re very excited to bring you this review…
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AMD To Tape Out 14nm and 20nm Process Chips In Next 2 Quarters
AMD recently made a public statement about starting production and development on 14nm FinFET and 20nm Planar manufacturing process based chips. AMD says work will begin on both processes within the next two quarters (6 months) reports X-Bit Labs. AMD’s 20nm process will be done with TSMC and the 20nm chips…
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ASUS R9 270X Direct CU II TOP 2GB Review
Introduction We’ve already seen and reviewed AMD’s reference R9 270X, be sure to check that review out here, but today we have a variant from an AMD partner – more specifically the ASUS Radeon R9 270X Direct CU II TOP 2GB graphics card. The Direct CU II TOP version is based…
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Gigabyte R9 270X WindForce OC 2GB Review
Introduction Another day and another graphics card review. We are again covering the AMD R9 270X after having already reviewed the AMD reference card which you can see here and the ASUS Direct CU II TOP version which you can see here. The next in line for review is a…
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AMD Radeon R9 280X, R9 270X, R7 260X, R7 250 and R7 240 Launch Details
Introduction Launch day is finally among us for AMD’s hotly anticipated RX 2XX series. Today AMD unveils the R9 280X, R9 270X, R7 260X, R7 250 and R7 240. That’s two cards from the enthusiast R9 series, shown above, and three from the entry R7 series, shown below. We’ve already…
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AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction As you may already know AMD’s new series of graphics cards are officially launched today and we have here for you the AMD Radeon R9 270X review, but we’ve also checked out the R9 280X and R7 260X of which you can see reviews of both on our site’s…
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AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction Having already checked out the AMD R9 280X and AMD R9 270X for today’s launch it is now time to take a look at something from the mainstream R7 series and in particular we have the R7 260X with us in this review. The AMD R7 260X is another…
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Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction AMD’s new series of graphics cards, the RX 2XX series, is split up into the R9 Enthusiast class and the R7 mainstream class. Both segmentations feature impressive levels of value for money and top end performance at each price point but today we are looking at one of the…
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TSMC Stepping Up To 20nm Manufacturing Process
Digitimes reports thats TSMC is stepping up its purchases of equipment that is needed for the transition to the 20nm process. TSMC expects to enter volume production of 20nm based silicon from the first quarter of 2014 according to Digitimes’ sources. “TSMC’s investment in 20nm manufacturing equipment for the fourth…
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AMD’s Radeon R9 290X Expected To Cost Around $599
According to a Softpedia report AMD’s next generation flagship graphics card, the Radeon R9 290X, will cost around $600/€500/£400 pre-taxes. The aim of AMD’s pricing strategy is to put some serious competition behind Nvidia’s more expensive offerings – the GTX 780 and GTX Titan graphics cards. AMD’s R9 290X will…
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XFX Radeon R9 280X Double Dissipation Graphics Card Spotted
While AMD’s new R9 280X is pretty much based on the HD 7970 GHz Edition AMD is still expecting its AIB partners to come up with fresh looking designs so that consumers feel they are getting something new and different. The XFX R9 280X pictured above, via VideoCardz, is a…
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AMD R7-260 Mid Range Graphics Card Spotted
WCCFTech reports that AMD’s mid-range R7-260 graphics card has been spotted. The card looks pretty unique by AMD standards and isn’t really like anything we’ve seen before in terms of a reference design cooler. The internal cooling solution of a coiled copper heatpipe interlaced with aluminium fins with a central…
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AMD R9-290X PCB Spotted
Leaked images have revealed the PCB of AMD’s new flagship graphics card that replaces the HD 7970 GHz Edition. The R9-290X is AMD’s latest single GPU creation based on a revised and enlarged 28nm die. The PCB reveals that the new flagship has a 512 bit memory interface, uses 4GB…
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PowerColor Radeon HD 7730 1GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction We’ve been tracking AMD’s HD 7730 for quite some time and now it is finally upon us. AMD’s HD 7730 GPU is a cut-down version of the HD 7750 GPU and it uses a special Cape Verde LE GPU. This Cape Verde LE GPU is essentially a HD 7750…
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