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AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.2
Last Tuesday, AMD rolled out their major display driver update for 2017: Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1. Not long since, this week AMD has released Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition...
3 by Nate Oh on 12/22/2017AMD Releases Radeon Pro Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1: Adrenalin and ProRender Updates
Alongside the much more expansive Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, today AMD has released Radeon Pro Software Adrenalin Edition. As implied by the name, 17.12.1 Pro includes Radeon Pro ReLive...
2 by Nate Oh on 12/12/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition: Overlay, App & More for 2017
Today, AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition is finally upon us. Succeeding Crimson and Crimson ReLive, Adrenalin continues AMD’s yearly cadence of driver software features, again pushing the user experience...
43 by Nate Oh on 12/12/2017Gigabyte Unveils Radeon RX Vega 64 Gaming OC Windforce 2X, To Release RX Vega 56 Version Soon
Adding on to the recent slew of custom RX Vega announcements, last week Gigabyte announced the Radeon RX Vega 64 Gaming OC 8G, featuring their dual-fan Windforce cooling system...
9 by Nate Oh on 12/7/2017PowerColor Announces Red Devil Radeon RX Vega 64 and 56
Last week, PowerColor announced two custom Radeon RX Vega graphics cards: the Red Devil RX Vega 64 and Red Devil RX Vega 56. With triple-fan coolers and 2.5-slot wide...
8 by Nate Oh on 12/5/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.4
Late last week, AMD released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.4, bringing a few bug fixes and support for the Oculus Dash open beta and DOOM VFR ahead of...
3 by Nate Oh on 12/4/2017Cryptomining Demand Wanes as Q3 2017 Discrete Graphics Cards Shipments Hit 5-Year-High
This week, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) released their quarterly discrete video card sales report for Q3 2017. According to JPR's figures, the quarter was a strong one for discrete...
25 by Nate Oh on 12/1/2017AMD Unveils Radeon Software "Adrenalin" Edition, Coming Soon
For AMD, 2017 has been rather eventful, not just for new hardware releases but also for the curious application of embargoes for product photos and unboxings. But leave it...
16 by Nate Oh on 11/30/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.2
Update (11/27/17): AMD has released a Radeon RX Vega hotfix as 17.11.3, addressing intermittent crashing on some RX Vega cards. Just ahead of tomorrow’s Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) release...
5 by Nate Oh on 11/16/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1
Since the launch of the Radeon RX Vega 64 in mid-August, AMD has been releasing new drivers every other week, sometimes more often, and this week is no exception...
4 by Nate Oh on 11/3/2017AMD Releases Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Driver 17.Q4 WHQL: Unified Vega Pro Driver
Last Thursday, the fourth Thursday of Q4, AMD has released Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Driver 17.Q4 WHQL, one year after AMD launched the Enterprise Driver program with 16.Q4. 17.Q4...
1 by Nate Oh on 10/30/2017Now (and Almost) Shipping: Radeon Pro WX 9100 and SSG, with New Vega Pro Drivers
Last week, AMD quietly announced the availability of the Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro Solid State Graphics (SSG), the former card shipping now and the latter shipping...
15 by Nate Oh on 10/26/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.2: Workload Toggle and 12x GPU Compute Support
Update (10/26/17): AMD has released a hotfix in the form of 17.10.3, resolving crashes or hangs on RX Vega cards in Wolfenstein II and singleplayer mission six of Destiny...
17 by Nate Oh on 10/24/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1
Today, less than 2 weeks since 17.9.3, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1, bringing support for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (launching today) and The Evil Within...
5 by Nate Oh on 10/10/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3
Today, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3, less than a week after 17.9.2, which brought official 2-way multi-GPU (mGPU) support for RX Vega. This update brings...
2 by Nate Oh on 9/28/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2: 2-Way Multi-GPU for Vega
Update (9/26/17): In statements to PCWorld, AMD has elaborated that they are "moving away from the CrossFire tag for multi-GPU gaming," citing that CrossFire technically refers to DX11 applications...
11 by Nate Oh on 9/21/2017Raja Koduri, Head of AMD's RTG, to go on Sabbatical until December
Late last night, PC Perspective confirmed rumors that Raja Koduri, AMD's Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) Senior Vice President and Chief Architect, is to go on sabbatical. Sourcing Raja’s internal...
84 by Nate Oh on 9/13/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1
This afternoon AMD has released their latest Radeon driver update, Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1, which is largely focused on bug fixes. This update continues RTG’s rapid cadence...
12 by Nate Oh on 9/7/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2
This week, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2, quickly following up on this Monday’s 17.8.1 release and the last Monday’s launch of Radeon RX Vega64. This...
6 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.1
Today, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.1, a unified driver supporting older products as well as RX Vega cards. This update follows last Monday’s RX Vega64...
19 by Nate Oh on 8/21/2017