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AMD Says “CrossFire Isn’t a Significant Focus”
Time was that the most inexpensive means of boosting your PCs graphics performance was getting a 2nd graphics card. Going Crossfire (for AMD) or SLI (for Nvidia) could offer you a decent performance boost while saving you to the expense of upgrading to a brand new graphics card. Times have…
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AMD Ditched CrossFire Because Hardly Anyone Was Using it!
If you were to take a trip back in time (say 10-15 years ago) you would’ve noted that people who ran multiple graphics cards (in a gaming context – not mining) was far more common than it is today. Yes, both Nvidia SLI and AMD CrossFire were quite popular for…
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Mikes Rant – Is There Any Point In Going Dual GPU?
Mikes Rant 13 For a significant period over the last 10 years, we have seen many users who have gone down the road of dual GPU systems. For those unaware, this build methodology incorporates 2 graphics cards (of the same model) on a single system. You can be flexible on…
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Antec Launches New High Current Gamer Extreme Line PSUs
Another High Current Gamer Series from Antec Antec is following up their High Current Gamer Gold series PSU from three months ago with another HCG series. This time it is the High Current Gamer Extreme series, featuring 850W and 1000W models. The HCG Extreme features 100% top-grade Japanese capacitors for…
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AMD Phases out Radeon ‘Crossfire’ Branding for ‘mGPU’
With the release of AMD Radeon software 17.9.2 drivers, the latest Radeon Vega 64 and 56 graphics cards finally get multi-GPU support. What is noticeably missing however, is any mention of Crossfire technology. This has to do with the fact that AMD now wants that branding phased out in favor…
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AMD RX Vega Shying Away from CrossFire
Shying Away from CrossFire? The media around AMD’s RX Vega Launch shows over the past days has been full of surprises. Pricing and performance being the two major talking points. However, one topic seemed to have been left out altogether. Of course, we are talking about CrossFire support for the…
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Windows 7, 8.1, 10, & Linux to Get Vulkan Multi-GPU Support!
Recent news revealed that while Vulkan would be getting multiple graphics card support, the feature would only be rolling out for Windows 10 users. This news pissed a lot of people off, as they use Linux, Windows 7, etc, but now it seems that the team at Khronos Group has…
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Wildlands Update Brings Quad-Core and Multi-GPU Performance Improvements
Have you been enjoying Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands over the last few days? I know we have, and as much as we love it, it’s freaking tough to get great performance from this graphical behemoth. Thankfully, a new update looks to improve performance for a broad range of systems, as…
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AMD Shows Off Perfect Multi-GPU Scaling with DX 12 EMA
Since the mid-2000’s, users have been able to use either AMD’s CrossFire or Nvidia’s SLI to boost their graphics performance. By pairing up two identical or similar cards, it is possible to achieve performance in the excess of that provided by a single card. Despite the theoretical benefits, both CrossFire and…
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Watch Dogs 2 Update 1.08 Coming This Week
Watch Dogs 2 has gotten off to a decent start, but as with any game, it’s had its fair share of bugs. Ubisoft has released details today of the upcoming Update 1.08, which adds a few new features, and tweaks a few existing ones as you would expect. You’ll now…
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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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Sapphire AMD RX 470 Crossfire Graphics Card Review
Introduction Multi-GPU support has become an afterthought for developers in recent years and this niche section of the market is often forgotten. Granted, I always recommend opting for the best single card solution over two weaker products because Crossfire and SLI scaling is very unpredictable. This results in hitching, micro-stutter…
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Is The RX 480 a GTX 1080 Killer?
After a great deal of speculation regarding AMD’s latest graphics architecture, the company has finally unveiled the RX 480. This particular graphics card was always designed to target affordability and offer an astonishing performance per watt. Clearly, the RX 480 was never going to match the GTX 1080 because it…
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AMD Radeon Crimson Edition 16.5.2 is Ready for Doom!
In a rather quick fashion, AMD has just released the latest Radeon Crimson Edition 16.5.2 driver which includes optimisations for the upcoming Doom game and Battleborn Crossfire profile. Not only that, driver incorporates a number of important fixes to create a more pleasant user experience. Here we can see the…
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AMD Launches CrossFire API on GPUOpen
AMD has made its CrossFire API available for free via GPUOpen – the company’s rival to NVIDIA’s GameWorks – making it easy for game developers to utilise its multi-GPU solution, which should be of particular benefit to indie developers. Since the launch of its Radeon Software Crimson Edition drivers, AMD…
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