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Bristol Ridge Support Dropped on Some AM4 Motherboards
Limits of AM4 Backwards Compatibility AMD‘s AM4 socket promises to support even future Ryzen processors up until 2020. This means with every new processor release, motherboard manufacturers have to roll out BIOS updates to add support. However, problems arise when there is not enough space for the necessary microcode update.…
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Raven Ridge Outperforms Bristol Ridge by up to 90%
According to a new leak, AMD’s forthcoming Raven Ridge APU performs up to 90% faster than its predecessor. Fresh Geekbench benchmark scores suggest the new AMD CPU/GPU combo absolutely trashes the much-maligned Bristol Ridge APU. But, with Raven Ridge combining AMD’s Ryzen and Vega CPU and GPU architectures, respectively, such…
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35W AMD Bristol Ridge APUs Out Now
AMD is finally releasing its 35W Bristol Ridge A-Series desktop APUs (via AnandTech). Indeed, the launch of these CPU/GPU combo chips is sure to be a boost to fans of low-power PC builds. The A-Series range now features the 35W A12-9800E, A10-9700E, and A6-9500E APUs. Two of the chips feature…
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AMD Brings Bristol Ridge APU to Retail Stores
AMD Brings Bristol APU Ridge to Retail Fresh in with the news of AMD’s Ryzen 3 launch today, we are presented with another announcement. AMD has today released its low-end Bristol Ridge processors to retail availability. This includes 8 APU‘s and 3 Athlon chips. No longer an OEM only product…
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User-made Patch Enables Windows 7/8.1 Updates for Kaby Lake and Ryzen Systems
It was reported several days ago that Microsoft has begun blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 updates from being downloaded and installed on systems that are running the latest Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Ryzen CPUs. The move is an obvious effort by Microsoft to limit new system builders to using…
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AMD Enthusiast X370 Chipset Leaked and Detailed
When AMD unveiled Bristol Ridge earlier in the month, they also released some details for their new AM4 platform. Used for Bristol Ridge and Zen, the new socket utilizes a new series of chipsets. So far B350 and A320 have been officially released for the mainstream and essential (budget) markets respectively.…
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HP AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard Pictured
With Bristol Ridge headed towards us after the launch earlier in the month, motherboards are starting to pop up. Surprisingly, it’s not one of the mainstream motherboard vendors being the first to have their board leaked. This time around, we’re getting an HP OEM AM4 “Willow” motherboard meant for their…
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AMD Reveals Core Details at Zen Event
One of the most anticipated releases for the past while have been AMD’s new CPU architecture. Dubbed Zen, the new design is set to revitalize the companies flagging efforts and bring stronger competition against Intel once more. While we’ve seen some leaked information that has already given us insights into the…
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AMD PRO Zen CPU and APU Roadmap Leaked
Over the past couple of weeks, AMD has been showing off Zen to the word. Using the new x86 architecture, the new design is reportedly set to offer 40%+ IPC compared to current designs and utilize the new 14nm FinFET node. According to the latest set of leaked slides, it…
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AMD Scores Triple Strike with Computex Event
With Computex wrapped up now, we have some time to reflect on what we saw at this year’s event. As with every year, we saw a showcase of all the new tech that’s about to come out over the next year or so. Chief among them was the AMD announcement…
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AMD Launches 7th Gen APUs Bristol Ridge
After a pre-release mini launch earlier in the year, we are finally getting AMD’s 7th generation APUs. Codenamed Bristol Ridge, the new chip lineup bridges the gap between current offerings and the upcoming Zen CPUs and APUs. The big reveal is a new line of A9 APUs which supplements the…
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AMD Bristol Ridge APU Lineup Leaked
Ever since the launch of the APU back in 2011, both AMD and Intel have continued down this path. While CPU performance hasn’t grown much, the iGPU side of the chips continues to improve every generation. On June 1st at Computex, AMD will launch their 7th generation APUs, Bristol Ridge.…
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AMD Announces Polaris and APU Event
Earlier in the month, Nvidia took the first show in the latest round of the GPU wars. Launching the GTX 1080, the green team started off the new generation with their Pascal architecture and 16nm FinFET process. In just over one week, AMD will be striking back with their own…
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AMD Bristol Ridge Pops up on Geekbench
Before we get to the lovely Zen architecture that is supposed to save AMD, there is still one more iteration of the Construction cores. Last month, AMD did a pre-announcement/pre-launch for their latest Bristol Ridge APUs based off of the Excavator architecture. Set to launch during Computex, more information about…
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AMD Pre-Announces Bristol Ridge APUs – Claims 50% x86 Improvement
After launching Excavator with Carrizo last year, we’re getting the next iteration based on the same architecture. Dubbed Bristol Ridge, the new lineup features an improved DDR4 memory controller among other things. Today, we’re only getting the notebook side of the launch, with the desktop chips and platform to launch later…
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