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AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 technology package introduced a plethora of enhancements to the FSR technology on Radeon RX 6000 and 7000-series graphics cards last September. But perfection has no limits, so this week, the company is rolling out its FSR 3.1 technology, which improves upscaling quality, decouples frame generation from AMD's upscaling, and makes it easier for developers to work with FSR. Arguably, AMD's FSR 3.1's primary enhancement is its improved temporal upscaling image quality: compared to FSR 2.2, the image flickers less at rest and no longer ghosts when in movement. This is a significant improvement, as flickering and ghosting artifacts are particularly annoying. Meanwhile, FSR 3.1 has to be implemented by the game developer itself, and the first title to support this...
AMD Announces Refresh of Never Settle Forever Program
After letting their Never Settle Forever gaming bundle program slowly lapse over the past few months, AMD sends word this morning that they’re going to be significantly refreshing the...
11 by Ryan Smith on 4/21/2014
The AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review
Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 295X2. After much consumer speculation and more than a few teasers, AMD is releasing their long-awaited Hawaii-powered entry to their dual-GPU series of...
131 by Ryan Smith on 4/8/2014
AMD’s Next Teaser: The Mystery Briefcase
After taking a week off, AMD is back once more with another teaser for their forthcoming dual-GPU product. This should, we assume, be the final such teaser, meaning we’re...
47 by Ryan Smith on 4/2/2014
Best Video Cards: March 2014
We’re back once again with our regular guide to desktop video cards, this time for March of 2014. Since our last update in January 2014, we’ve seen some significant shifts...
53 by Ryan Smith on 3/24/2014
AMD Teases Dual-GPU Video Card Once Again
Following last week’s dual-GPU teaser, AMD’s marketing department is back with another teaser for their forthcoming product. This time they’ve sent along a bottle of water and two cans of...
22 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2014
Evaluating AMD's TrueAudio and Mantle Technologies with Thief
Scheduled for release today is the 1.3/AMD patch for Thief, Square Enix’s recently released stealth action game. Following last month’s Battlefield 4 patch, Thief is the second big push...
75 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2014
AMD Teases Forthcoming Dual-GPU Video Card
It looks like AMD is starting up another one of their tongue-in-cheek video card marketing campaigns, if the latest package to arrive on my doorstep is any indication. In an...
35 by Ryan Smith on 3/13/2014
AMD's Radeon R7 265 Now Available
After initially missing their planned availability window of late February, AMD sends word this evening that the first Radeon R7 265 SKUs have finally reached North American retailers. Sapphire’s R7...
19 by Ryan Smith on 3/5/2014
AMD Announces Radeon R9 280: Radeon HD 7950 w/Boost Returns
With the launch of the Radeon R9 series back in October of 2013, AMD began the process of releasing a number of their existing GCN 1.0 7000 cards as...
43 by Ryan Smith on 3/4/2014
AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Drivers Now Available
Just a bit over 3 weeks since the release of AMD’s Catalyst 14.1 beta drivers, AMD is back again with their first update to the Catalyst 14 series with...
15 by Ryan Smith on 2/25/2014
AMD Announces "AMD Rewards" Program for the Gaming Evolved Application
We normally don’t cover contests and giveaways, but this one is just a bit different than the others and sheds some light on the inner workings of AMD, so...
25 by Ryan Smith on 2/19/2014
Radeon R9 290X Retail Prices Hit $900
Though we keep track of video card pricing regularly on an internal basis, it’s not something we normally publish outside of our semi-regular buyer’s guides. More often than not...
135 by Ryan Smith on 2/14/2014
The AMD Radeon R7 265 & R7 260 Review: Feat Sapphire & Asus
The launch of the Radeon R7 250X earlier this week and today the Radeon R7 265 are part of a larger refactoring of AMD’s mainstream desktop product family. AMD...
52 by Ryan Smith on 2/13/2014
AMD Announces Radeon R7 250X; Shipping Today
As it turns out, February is going to be a busy month for GPUs. Normally February is something of a quiet month, surrounded by CES on one side and...
27 by Ryan Smith on 2/10/2014
AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta Drivers Now Available: Mantle, Frame Pacing, & More
Picking up from where we left off yesterday afternoon, word comes from AMD that they have finally squashed the installation bug on their Catalyst 14.1 beta drivers, resolving the...
48 by Ryan Smith on 2/2/2014
Battlefield 4 Mantle Performance Preview
After a false start or two, AMD is finally getting the first beta of Mantle out the door. With EA DICE having shipped their Mantle patch for Battlefield 4...
135 by Ryan Smith on 2/1/2014
Best Video Cards: January 2014
After our Holiday 2013 buyer’s guides, a number of you asked for more frequent buyers guides year-round. So starting this year we’re going to be attempting to publish guides...
53 by Ryan Smith on 1/17/2014
AMD Reveals First Mobile Radeon M200 Parts & Rebadges
While CES is generally not a big show for the GPU divisions of the major chip makers – those firms preferring to make major GPU announcements at their own...
25 by Ryan Smith on 1/8/2014
Battlefield 4 Mantle Update Delayed Until January
AMD and Electronic Arts send word this afternoon that the Mantle update for Battlefield 4 has been delayed until next month. The update was previously scheduled for late December...
66 by Ryan Smith on 12/30/2013
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC Review: Our First Custom Cooled 290
Ever since the 290 review there has been a lot of chatter and questions about when we’d see the first customized cards show up, and the answer is that...
119 by Ryan Smith on 12/24/2013
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