Enlarge / AMD Radeon VII. (credit: AMD) AMD’s next flagship video card will be the Radeon VII. The VII slots in above the RX Vega 64 and averages about 29 percent faster, putting it within spitting distance of Nvidia’s RTX 2080. The GPU inside the VII is called Vega 20, which is a die-shrunk version […]
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Rare Rides: This 1975 Chevrolet Is Both Vega and Cosworth
An enterprising GM executive, a British tuning company, and a compact hatchback came together in 1975 to make a very special, limited-production Chevrolet. It’s the Cosworth Vega, naturally. This Vega is the third instance of an H-body vehicle in the Rare Rides series; the only time we’ve featured a single platform thricely. Chevrolet’s Vega was […]
Magic blinkers can earn Vega Everest spot
DAVID Hayes believes the time is ripe for Vega Magic to be unleased for the first time with blinkers on in this Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. Hayes said he had kept the use of blinkers up his sleeves for sometime with Vega Magic and he’s confident he’ll do enough on Saturday to gain […]
Gear for Remote Workers: Pixelbook, Chrome Vega, Hydro Flask
When you’ve had more than enough of your coworkers, grab this gear and escape to a café. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4ed522613c5f61d4eb110c/master/pass/0218-WI-GLCAFE-01_sq.jpg
Desktop Ryzens with Vega graphics: Is fastest ever integrated GPU fast enough?
Enlarge / The dark block on the left is the four core Zen CCX. On the right is the GPU. (credit: AMD) Last year’s release of the Ryzen processors, built around AMD’s new Zen core, was a major event for the chip company: after years in the doldrums, AMD finally had processors that were credible […]
Dell’s XPS 15 gets the 2-in-1 treatment, plus Radeon RX Vega graphics
Valentina Palladino Large, 15-inch two-in-ones can be unwieldy devices, but that isn’t stopping manufacturers from making them. Dell unveiled the new XPS 15 convertible at CES, complete with a design that resembles the original 15-inch XPS laptop while including upgraded processors and graphics chips. The new XPS also has a stylus that works with the […]
Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti takes fight to AMD RX Vega 56 for $450
Specs at a glance: Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti CUDA CORES 2432 TEXTURE UNITS 152 ROPS 64 CORE CLOCK 1607MHz BOOST CLOCK 1683MHz MEMORY BUS WIDTH 256-bit MEMORY BANDWIDTH 256GB/s MEMORY SIZE 8GB GDDR5 Outputs 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b with support for 4K60 10/12b HEVC Decode, 1x dual-link DVI Release date November 2 PRICE Founders […]
AMD returns to high-end gaming graphics with Radeon RX Vega
AMD has been content to cater to budget gamers with its graphics cards over the past couple of years, but it’s ready to play in the big leagues once again. After plenty of leaks and no shortage of hype (Apple even name-dropped AMD at the iMac Pro debut), the chip giant has unveiled GPUs based […]
AMD Vega FE reviews disappoint fans with humdrum gaming performance
Enlarge The first reviews and benchmarks have arrived for the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition—the first graphics card based on AMD’s Vega architecture—and the results are mixed to say the least. In professional application benchmarks like SPECviewperf and Cinebench R15 OpenGL, the £1000/$ 1000 Vega FE (buy here) comes out ahead of Nvidia’s flagship Titan Xp. In […]
AMD’s Vega, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti may be unveiled on same day at 2017 GDC
AMD isn’t just introducing its new Zen processor architecture and line of Ryzen CPUs. It’s also going to be announcing its new line of Vega GPUs at some point soon, perhaps at an event scheduled for February 28 during the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Not wanting to be left out of the festivities, AMD competitor […]