Recent content by Dark Shroud

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    [Sweclockers] AMD Zen coming in Q3 2016, will be on 14 nm

    MS & Sony went to x86-x64 because pretty much the whole dev community asked them too. Because of development costs going through the roof. x86-x64 is mature, they all understand it, and of course desktop PCs/portables. So yeah we'll probably see new consoles launch around 2017-2018 that are...
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    NV 780 GTX buyers remorse from AMD 290X card

    Yeah, if you've had the card for several months. There are plenty of people who recently bought the 780 at higher prices. Especially if you're in Australia like OP is. I personally am waiting to see the after market models.
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    R9 290X review (hardware.info)

    Even then will it be able to beat after market 290x models? Probably not if those cards have beefed up cooling & build quality for a little more head room.
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    Nvidia ready to counter AMD`s Mantle

    I had typed a bit more about all of us knowing whose fault it is that won't happen. But I removed it because I didn't want to derail too much. Rambus has some really great technology with XDR2 memory. But they're so toxic as a company that no one wants to deal with them. And it's a damn shame...
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    Nvidia ready to counter AMD`s Mantle

    AMD's Mantle is being included in Frostbite so we'll probably see it in several games. I'm more happy that GCN based APUs in desktops & laptops will be getting a nice boost from Mantle games. We'll also probably see MS ramp up DirectX development. Remember Windows 8.1 is being given away for...
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    AMD A10-6800K Integrated GPU

    This has been quiet for a day but let me put it this way. I already built one A6 APU box for a women who just wanted a system good enough to play some basic games, most of which are JAVA & Flash based. She loves it. I'm going to build two more APU systems for my brother and sister. I'm...
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    The real reasons Microsoft and Sony chose AMD for consoles [F]

    The Microsoft Surface Pro has sold reasonably well and it is x86-x64.
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    Why Didn't AMD Use Jaguar For Microservers?

    Neither of the designs for PS34 or Xbone would work in a server to the point of needed almost a whole redesign. Eventually I think we'll see 8-12-16 core Leopard clusters. These could do well for AMD. In the past both Microsoft & Facebook were asking Intel for Atom clusters for use in their...
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    upgrading to an amd fx from a phenom x4.

    If your board can handle it I would also suggest the newer FX-6350 so no over clocking will be needed. Especially if you already have an after market cooler to use.
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    Catalyst 13.6 Beta Drivers Available

    After installing bitcoin mining on my 6970 stopped. I started getting "hardware errors" in GUI minor, same with the last official driver update.
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    My Girly needs the best ati card for $140

    Save up a little more and get a 2GB 7850, this late in the cycle with new cards coming out she should really have 2GB or else she'll probably want to upgrade again in a year. New consoles mean a new level of game engine performance.
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    AMD: Xbox One deal worth over $3 Billion

    I am aware of that, but like I said I'm not going to pay for XBL just to use streaming services. I'm also hoping Sony updates the PS4 to support quad layer blu-ray since those are already in use in Japan. I'm not holding my breath for this feature.
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    AMD: Xbox One deal worth over $3 Billion

    I'm in MS's camp when it comes to services like Hotmail/Outlook.com/Skydrive. But I will not be buying an XBO if there is no free tier for online let alone using streaming services that I already pay for. I got rid of my 360 when it hit the RRoD and stuck with my launch 60GB PS3. So I'll...
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    Will new consoles benefit AMD?

    For the CPU side of the APU I would guess probably clock speed and the amount of cores. For the GPU side I would say the amount of ALUs/ROPS/Stream processors. Basically how big they decide to make the GPU. It's also a question if any of the desk stop models will use GDDR5 memory like the...
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    Impressed with FX-8350 and the new article at Anand

    Except when the AMD chips do touch the i7s in higher threaded applications like video encoding, CAD work, & even some recent game engines. Which comes back to the point that AMD chips are not as bad as a lot of people exclaim.