AMD
AMD Navi: Lisa Su suggests release date
During the conference call about AMD’s financial results, CEO Lisa Su also commented on upcoming Radeon products. Navi most likely comes in H2 2019.
Month: October 2018
Mining
Another strong quarter for AMD despite GPU sales decrease
Yesterday AMD released its Q3 2018 earnings. Sales and profits increased again despite losses in the GPU market.
Processor
Intel allegedly kills 10nm and switches to 7nm [UPDATE]
Intel still has massive problems with the 10nm process. Internal sources now claim that the chip manufacturer is skipping 10nm in favor of 7nm.
Graphics card
AMD Navi 7nm runs already in the lab and performs better than expected
AMD’s upcoming graphics card generation called Navi will be launched in 2019. First test samples already run in the lab and perform better than expected.
Graphics card
Nvidia launches GTX 1060 with GDDR5X memory, maybe with GTX 1080 chip
A leaked GTX 1060 with GDDR5X memory actually comes. Nvidia already lists the graphics card. The GPU could come with the chip of the GTX 1080.
Hardware
i9-9900K in a nutshell: all benchmarks and gaming results
Today, Intel launched its first eight-core processors Core i9-9900K and i7-9700K. We have collected all benchmarks and game results.
Intel
der8auer: delidding the Intel Core i9-9900K results in much better temperatures
The new Intel Core i9-9900K is soldered, but there is still a lot of heat generated. der8auer has now delidded several processors and tried to optimize them.
AMD
AMD Polaris 30: Asus ROG RX 590 Strix leaked
The RX 590 seems to come for gamers after all. A leaked Asus ROG RX 590 Strix confirms this now. Asus probably drops the AREZ brand.
Hardware
Intel Z390: Overview of all motherboards for the i9-9900K launch
Intel’s Z390 platform is the successor of Z370 for the Coffee Lake Refresh generation. We have collected all upcoming motherboards as an overview.
AMD Zen 2 might feature 13% more IPC than Zen+
AMD’s Zen 2 architecture will soon be available in the first products. A leak shows that Zen 2 allegedly has 13 percent more IPC than Zen+.