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Linux patch disables TRIM and NCQ on Samsung 860/870 SSDs in Intel and AMD systems

Sayan Sen — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 16:00:02 +0000

Samsung's 860 and 870 SATA SSDs have been causing issues for a while on Linux and it has been determined that NCQ and queued Trim commands are to blame. The problem is especially bad on older AMD PCs. Read more...

World's first GPU history museum set up by COLORFUL and Nvidia

Sayan Sen — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:14:01 +0000

COLORFUL, which is one of the exclusive partners of Nvidia, has collaborated with the company to establish the World's first history museum for graphics cards to showcase the evolution of GPUs. Read more...

Review: Club 3D AMD R9 270 royalQueen [Update]

Christopher White — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 02:33:11 +0000

Today we take a look at one of the latest cards by AMD, the R9 270. Club 3D has provided us with their version, the royalQueen, and we put it through tests to see if it's worthy of your consideration Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU #3 - The Nvidia vs. ATI era begins

Julio Franco — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:27:07 +0000

Prior to the Voodoo 5's arrival, ATI had announced the Radeon DDR as “the most powerful graphics processor ever designed for desktop PCs.” Previews of the card had already gone public... Read more...

TechSpot: The History of the Modern Graphics Processor

Julio Franco — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:03:56 +0000

The evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the... Read more...

TechSpot: Full AMD and Nvidia GPU Comparison with Latest Drivers

Julio Franco — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:08:45 +0000

With updated pricing and performance across the board, we figured it would be worth revisiting both company's offerings to see where you should spend your hard-earned cash this holiday season and... Read more...

TechSpot: Tribes: Ascend GPU & CPU Performance Test

Julio Franco — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:10:29 +0000

Considered a successor to Tribes 2, Tribes: Ascend embraces its heritage by incorporating the same fast-paced combat, tons of maps, weapons, vehicles and unique traversal mechanics. Read more...

Rumor: AMD tried to buy NVIDIA before buying ATI

John Callaham — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:55:08 +0000

A new report claims via unnamed sources that AMD seriously considered acquiring NVIDIA before deciding to merge with NVIDIA's biggest graphics chip rival ATI back in 2006. Read more...

TechSpot: Graphics Card Overclocking, Is It Really Worth It?

Julio Franco — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:26:12 +0000

Overclocking plays a vastly different role in the computer industry today than it did 10 years ago, a time when overclockers were considered outlaws by manufacturers. Back then even mentioning... Read more...

Quanta sues AMD over alleged defective notebook chips

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:44:00 +0000

Quanta, the world's biggest contract manufacturer of notebook PCs, had filed a lawsuit against AMD, alleging that the company delivered defective processors to Quanta. Read more...

AMD Catalyst 11.7 for Windows

Steven Parker — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:02:39 +0000

AMD's award-winning ATI Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon™ graphics processors. ATI Catalyst drivers deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation... Read more...

AMD Catalyst 11.5b Hotfix for Windows

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:55:44 +0000

AMD have released version 11.5b of their Catalyst drivers, these are based on the 11.5a RC5 release. Fixes: Includes performance optimizations and resolves various quality issues for the upcoming release of Brink Resolves transcoding video lagging issues seen... Read more...

AMD Catalyst 11.5

Marcel Klum — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:50:49 +0000

AMD released version 11.5 of their ATI video card driver package. Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.5 Windows release includes: New Features: Hydravision enhancements for Eyefinity configurations. The HydraGrid feature... Read more...

AMD Catalyst 11.4

Marcel Klum — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:25:41 +0000

AMD released version 11.4 of their ATI video card driver package. Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 Windows release includes: New Features: Enhancements to the AMD VISION Engine Control Center / AMD... Read more...

TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.5.2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:52:11 +0000

TechPowerUp has released version 0.5.2 of GPU-Z, our popular graphics hardware information and diagnostic utility that gives you information about the installed graphics hardware in your computer, and lets you monitor various parameters such as... Read more...

How gaming technology is being used to save lives

Josh Neland — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:45:24 +0000

Here’s a riddle: When you think of a computer with a dual blazing-fast NVIDIA cards, a Xeon processor and 16GB of RAM, what type of PC comes to mind? Maybe a high-end Alienware system? Believe... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 11.2

Marcel Klum — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:11:36 +0000

AMD released version 11.2 of their ATI video card driver package. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite 11.2 contains the following: AMD display driver version 8.821 HydraVision™ for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Southbridge/IXP Driver... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 11.1

Marcel Klum — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:41:14 +0000

AMD released version 11.1 of their ATI video card driver package. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite 11.1 contains the following: AMD display driver version 8.812 HydraVision™ for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Southbridge/IXP Driver... Read more...

AMD Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:33:10 +0000

AMD has released a new build of their Catalyst software suite. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.12

Marcel Klum — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:42:15 +0000

AMD released version 10.12 of their ATI video card driver package. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite 10.12 contains the following: AMD display driver version 8.801 HydraVision™ for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Southbridge/IXP Driver AMD Catalyst™ Control... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.11

Marcel Klum — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:25:45 +0000

AMD released version 10.11 of their ATI video card driver package. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite 10.11 contains the following: AMD display driver version 8.791 HydraVision™ for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Southbridge/IXP Driver AMD Catalyst™ Control... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.10

Marcel Klum — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:50:26 +0000

AMD released version 10.10 of their ATI video card driver package. What's new: Introduction of AMD Catalyst™ Accelerated Parallel Processing ("APP") technology Edition Video acceleration for WMV HD® video content Enhanced Dynamic Contrast video controls Introduction of AMD HD3D... Read more...

AMD teams up with Valve to deliver drivers over steam

Brandon Boyce — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:38:26 +0000

AMD recently announced that they are teaming up with Valve to release driver updates for their ATI Catalyst graphics drivers through steam. Steam users will now be able to automatically detect and install driver updates... Read more...

AMD kills off the ATI brand name

Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:24:28 +0000

It wasn’t too long ago that AMD dropped a boat load of cash and stock to purchase ATI in one of the largest mergers in recent times. The $5.4 billion dollar investment, fortunately for AMD,... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.8

Marcel Klum — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:23:29 +0000

AMD released version 10.8 of their ATI video card driver package. What's new: OpenGL ES 2.0 support Video Quality default options Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configurations Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II Resolved Issues for the Windows 7... Read more...

The graphics chip market is changing

Curtis Green — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:57:54 +0000

Nvidia has faltered in recent times, with the company's sales not on par with its competitors. Because of this, they have lost their second place in the market of GPU sales. All the while, its... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.7

Marcel Klum — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:36:06 +0000

AMD released version 10.7 of their ATI video card driver package. What's new: ATI Eyefinity - HydraVision enhancements Enhanced Pull-down detection ATI CrossFireX™ technology – support for rotated displays ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player Resolved Issues... Read more...

TechSpot: Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 SLI vs. ATI Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Julio Franco — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:36:17 +0000

Recently we revisited the battle between the high-end Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 and ATI Radeon HD 5000 graphics cards series using updated drivers and a new testing method that saw us abolish all time demos.... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.6

Marcel Klum — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:20:41 +0000

AMD released version 10.6 of their ATI video card driver package. What's new: GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 Video De-blocking support Mosquito noise reduction Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3 Resolved Issues... Read more...

TechSpot: Revisiting GeForce GTX 480/470 vs. ATI Radeon HD 5870/5850

Julio Franco — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:52:32 +0000

Although the Nvidia GeForce 400 series has been out for about 2 months now, it would seem the jury is still out on whether or not the series is a success. Some will tell you... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.5

Marcel Klum — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:32:15 +0000

AMD released version 10.5 of their ATI video card driver package. What's new: Support for 120 Hz displays on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series and ATIRadeon™ HD 3000 Series ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.4

Marcel Klum — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:22:02 +0000

AMD released version 10.4 of their ATI video card driver package. New Features: ATI Catalyst – Video enhancements AMD video transcoding updates Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System: "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" maps no longer... Read more...

Apple may start using AMD processors

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:37:17 +0000

According to an AppleInsider report, Apple may be looking to welcome AMD into the Apple-compatible CPU family. Meetings between AMD personnel and Apple, as well as sightings of AMD employees on Apple buses, all help... Read more...

ATI Catalyst 10.3

Marcel Klum — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:15:00 +0000

AMD released version 10.3 of their ATI video card driver package. New features: ATI Catalyst™ support for ATI Mobility Radeon™ Premium Graphics solutions ATI Catalyst Control Center - ATI Eyefinity technology enhancements ATI Catalyst™ support for... Read more...

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5830 Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:48:57 +0000

AMD has been busy putting out new graphics cards since launching the Radeon HD 5000 series five months ago. With today's release, that translates into almost two new graphics cards each month. Looking at the... Read more...

AMD Fusion aims to rule laptops; samples coming soon

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:49:39 +0000

It seemed like a dream of the distant future, but it looks like AMD is finally gearing up to release their highly anticipated AMD Fusion processor line. AnandTech has posted slides from AMD regarding their... Read more...

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:58 +0000

It's self-evident how AMD has kept us busy over the last few months, showing us new generation GPUs aiming at all possible price points. From the performance-oriented HD 5850/5870, to the mainstream HD 5770 and... Read more...

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5450 Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:39:14 +0000

Since releasing the first Radeon HD 5000 series graphics card some four months ago, AMD has continued its assault on Nvidia with an army of new models. Following the Radeon HD 5870 came the 5850,... Read more...

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5970 Reviewed, Dual-GPU Graphics

Julio Franco — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:36:33 +0000

As we discussed in our preliminary Radeon 5870 review, on ATI's horizon ATI was a follow-up to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, code-named "Hemlock XT", which in essence would put together a pair of Radeon... Read more...

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5770 Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:43:40 +0000

Last month AMD unleashed what went on to become the world's fastest single-GPU graphics card by a convincing margin, the Radeon HD 5870. This was followed shortly by a slightly watered-down version known as the... Read more...