AMD Spills more Kaveri Beans: AMD APU13
The executives at AMD like to break their own NDAs. Then again, they are the ones typically setting these NDA dates, so it isn’t a big deal. It…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Nov 12, 2013 | Processors | 54
The executives at AMD like to break their own NDAs. Then again, they are the ones typically setting these NDA dates, so it isn’t a big deal. It…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Jul 8, 2013 | Graphics Cards, Mobile, Processors | 11
Our long journey with Frame Rating, a new capture-based analysis tool to measure graphics performance of PCs and GPUs, began almost two years ago as a way to properly…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 5, 2013 | Processors | 5
Richland is here, in the form of the A10-6800K with a 4.1GHz base clock and 4.4GHz Turbo clock, support for DDR3-2133 and an improved GPU called the 8670D with 384 shaders and…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Jun 5, 2013 | Processors | 28
Richland. We have been hearing this name for a solid nine months. Originally Richland was going to be a low end Trinity model that was budget oriented (or at least…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 12, 2013 | Processors | 2
The differences between Richland and Trinity are not earth shattering but there are certainly some refinements implemented by AMD in the A10-5750. One very noticeable one is support for DDR3-1866 as well…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Mar 12, 2013 | Processors | 114
When we first heard about “Richland” last year, there was a little bit of excitement from people. Not many were sure what to expect other than a faster “Trinity” based…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Feb 15, 2013 | Motherboards | 15
FM2 poses an interesting quandary for motherboard manufacturers. AMD provides a very robust and full featured chip for use with their processors (A85X) that would lend itself well to…
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Feb 3, 2013 | Motherboards | 3
Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer ASRock has shown off a new mini-ITX motherboard aimed at home theater PC (HTPC) users called the FM2A85X-ITX. The new motherboard uses AMD’s A85X chipset and supports the company’s…
Read Moreby Scott Michaud | Jan 8, 2013 | Editorial, General Tech, Shows and Expos, Systems | 8
Going from a failed Kickstarter to Valve’s premier console? Sounds like a good anecdote to tell. Valve has finally discussed the Steam Box in more concrete details. Get ready for some analysis; there…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 9, 2012 | Motherboards | 1
The ASUS F2A85V Pro is a high end AMD board with a quite reasonable price for the features present on the board. The two PCIe-16x slots can handle Crossfire with...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 25, 2012 | Motherboards | 6
Gigabyte's socket FM2 F2A58X-UP4 looks unique in that the colour scheme is a basic black and grey with none of the flashy colours common on today's motherboards. All seven SATA ports and…
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Oct 23, 2012 | General Tech | 0
Gigabyte recently unveiled a low-cost micro ATX form factor motherboard for Trinity APUs called the F2A75M-HD2. The motherboard is aimed at low cost home theater and small form factor builds using AMD’s…
Read Moreby Ken Addison | Oct 4, 2012 | General Tech | 6
PC Perspective Podcast #221 - 10/04/2012 Join us this week as we talk about Intel Clover Trail, AMD's Trinity Desktop APUs, the Samsung 840 SSD with TLC, and more! You can subscribe...
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Oct 3, 2012 | Motherboards | 0
AMD’s latest Trinity APUs launched yesterday, and with that Gigabyte launched its flagship socket FM2 motherboard, the GA-F2A85X-UP4. This board was shown off earlier this year, but now we...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 2, 2012 | Processors | 3
The NDA is over and we can finally tell you all about the new generation of Trinity, especially the compute portion which we were not allowed to discuss in the...
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Oct 2, 2012 | General Tech, Systems | 4
AMD officially launched its desktop Trinity APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) today, and along with the new processors are a number of new socket FM2 motherboards to support them. One of the cooler…
Read Moreby Josh Walrath | Oct 2, 2012 | Processors | 24
Trinity. Where to start? I find myself asking that question, as the road to this release is somewhat tortuous. Trinity, as a product code name, came around…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 27, 2012 | Processors | 3
By now you have probably realized that there is some commotion surrounding AMD's preview of their new Trinity chips. As you can see below, many sites chose to post this preview as…
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