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Lenovo Installs FreeSync on First Monitor

by Tom Allen

The Y27f is Lenovo’s first free-standing display featuring AMD’s FreeSync technology. It is a curved 27″ monitor with a 144Hz refresh rate, for gamers. Lenovo claims that the 1,800R curve is one of the …

Tags:AMD| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 32

AMD’s RX 460 Lowers Cost of UHD

by Tom Allen

AMD’s new Radeon RX 460 graphics card is its newest device based on the Polaris architecture. Designed for gamers, the RX 460 supports high resolution gaming and streaming, and can handle HDR content. Built …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 31

AMD Builds 1TB Frame Buffer

by Tom Allen

We have already covered AMD’s new WX workstation graphics cards (AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph), revealed in late July, but one development that we missed was the announcement of the …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| storage| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Dell Chooses G-Sync – AND Freesync

by Tom Allen

Dell has made a slightly unusual choice in its new gaming monitors (S2417DG and SE2717H), in that it has used two different refresh rate technologies. The 23.8″ model uses Nvidia’s G-Sync, while Dell has …

Tags:AMD| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Narrow Bezels| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 31

AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph

by Tom Allen

Computer graphics event Siggraph is ongoing at the time of writing, and several announcements have been made by both AMD and Nvidia. Unlike previous years, virtual reality was a focus of the 2016 show. …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Siggraph 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 29

AMD Acquires Hialgo

by Tom Allen

AMD has acquired California-based HiAlgo, a software company that develops PC gaming technologies. For example, HiAlgo has built software to help raise GPU efficiency, and to improve the gaming experience without overclocking. AMD says …

Tags:AMD| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. Everdisplay’s 1.4″ AMOLED display at CES Asia. Photo: Chris ChinnockThe small …

Tags:AMD| AMOLED| Automotive| Everdisplay| Graphics Cards| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Japan| JVC| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Pricing| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| sony| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, which is designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. NEC has launched four new OPS players with sixth-generation …

Tags:AMD| Austria| Blu-ray Players| Europe| Germany| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Media Players| Mirror Displays| OPS| Panasonic| Pricing| Samsung| sharp| Switzerland| UltraHD| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost

by Tom Allen

AMD is planning a series of new Radeon RX Series graphics cards, based on its Polaris architecture, designed for VR-ready PCs. The RX 480 series is designed to be financially accessible, starting at $200. …

Tags:AMD| Computex 2016| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21

AMD Showcases New High-Performance Solutions at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016

by Isaac Oburu

?Building off its legacy of innovation, AMD today highlighted multiple updates about the company’s upcoming high-performance compute and graphics solutions. “We entered 2016 with a great product lineup and growing momentum for AMD’s technologies,” …

Tags:AMD| Computex 2016

JPR: Notebooks Dragging Down PC Market

by Tom Allen

Both corporations and users continue to lengthen their PC refresh rates, prolonging the PC market slide, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Once again, the gaming market (which uses high-end GPUs) was the stand-out segment …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 20