Support for Assassin's Creed Mirage and Lords of the Fallen, plus a myriad of fixes for issues like RX 6000 series stutters, Starfield crashes, and more are included in AMD's latest GPU driver.
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The third person narrative game, and the basis for the hit HBO series, is coming to the PC, but you can get it for free if you get one of the supported AMD Radeon RX 7000 or 6000 graphics cards.
AMD has released its latest Windows driver, version 23.2.1, for its RX 6000 and 7000 series. It resolves some performance degradation-related bugs, though high power draw bugs still remain.
Sapphire, an AMD-exclusive AIB partner, has launched a new 8 GB variant of the Radeon RX 6500 XT. This essentially makes the new Pulse RX 6500 XT 8 GB a much better recommendation than the 4 GB one.
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AMD's current RDNA 2 flagship GPU, the Radeon RX 6900 XT is currently selling for below its $999 official MSRP if you apply for a $50 rebate. The RX 6900 XT is as fast as Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti.
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AMD is rumored to be launching refreshed Navi 2X (RDNA 2) GPUs with faster 18Gbps GDDR6 memory. In total, three new GPUs are allegedly planned for release, the 6950 XT, the 6750 XT, and the 6650 XT.
An all-new benchmark for graphics cards called 3DMark Speed Way is here. The test measures DirectX 12 Ultimate features like raytracing (DXR), variable rate shading, and mesh shaders performance.
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Like the Radeon RX 6600, which we have covered over the past month, the bigger Radeon RX 6600 XT as well are starting to sell at decent prices making them excellent 1080p gaming GPU deals.
Nvidia GeForce Ampere RTX 3000 cards fail to save power when the framerates are locked in games. The behavior is common in both the RTX 3070 Ti and the RTX 3090 across the games tested.
A report alleges that Nvidia's RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti, or many more graphics card models could be facing supply problems from September due to recent lockdowns in China for new COVID outbreaks.
AMD's upcoming Navi 23-based RX 6600 XT and RX 6600 GPUs are reportedly priced at $349 and $299 MSRPs respectively, according to an industry source. The former is allegedly launching on August 11.
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AMD's colloquially called FineWine technology could already be in action in its Big Navi GPUs. According to an analysis, the RX 6000 GPUs have really gained ground on the Nvidia RTX 3000 Ampere cards.
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AMD has released its latest Adrenalin display driver version 21.5.2. Alongside several bug fixes, the new driver brings support for Microsoft's new DirectX 12 Agility SDK and Days Gone PC version.
Purported specifications and performance of AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 6600 series based on the Navi 23 GPU architecture have leaked. The specs are in line with what we have seen in previous leaks.
Several ASRock RX 6600 series graphics card models have been spotted on the EEC's website. Interestingly, unlike last time, both the RX 6600 XT and the RX 6600 seem to now pack only 8GB VRAM.
PowerColor will launch an all new Spectral White Hellhound. The Hellhound brand itself is new and the company launched it back in March with the 6700 XT to denote its new blue-themed air-cooled GPUs.
AMD's 21.4.1 Adrenalin driver that launched recently has a lot of new and cool features. The new driver apparently also reduces the power draw of the latest Radeon GPUs by a ton when not gaming.
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AMD is reportedly launching a new 6800 XT variant dubbed the Radeon RX 6800 XT Midnight Black edition. The new card is supposed to only look different and is similarly specced to the vanilla model.
AMD AIB partner PowerColor has announced that it will be releasing the Liquid Devil edition of the RX 6000 series GPU on 11 March. As usual, the custom water block appears to be made by EK.
The latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.12.1 driver from AMD delivers official support for its latest RX 6900 XT graphics card as well as CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077.
We are preparing for another super-elusive AMD Radeon RX 6000 series product, this time the RX 6900 XT. A Swiss retailer has confirmed that stock for the upcoming GPU, like its siblings', is low.
Just as AMD's new graphics cards launch, its driver team has readied a new release that adds support for the new GPUs. The new World of Warcraft expansion Shadowlands also received support.
AMD's Project Quantum is alive and could soon be kicking as a patent filed by the company could be an indication of that. The Quantum Mini PC on its unveiling was much adored by fans and journalists.
