Tag: AMD

Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: Great Even in White

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT by Sapphire is a slightly higher-clocked variant of the base Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. It features the same cooling system, differing only in the color scheme and the design of the shroud and backplate. In terms of performance and operating characteristics, both models are nearly identical. The most noticeable difference between the two is the Sapphire logo on the side of the card, backlit by ARGB LEDs. Read more “Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: Great Even in White” »

Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s affordable choice

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers better price-to-performance than competing GeForce cards and 4 GB more memory than the RTX 5070. The Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16G is the more affordable of Gigabyte’s two RX 9070 XT models. While it doesn’t match premium variants in overall performance, it offers more capable power delivery, a higher power limit for factory overclocking, and greater overclocking headroom than base models. Read more “Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s affordable choice” »

Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070: Better than RTX 5070, but…

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

AMD set the price of the more affordable Radeon RX 9070 as a direct competitor to GeForce RTX 5070. Compared to Nvidia’s card, it offers better raw performance and 16 GB of memory instead of 12 GB. For dedicated gamers, AMD’s Radeon is the more attractive option. However, there’s one compelling reason to avoid the RX 9070 from AMD—the slightly more expensive but significantly more powerful Radeon RX 9070 XT. Read more “Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070: Better than RTX 5070, but…” »

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: A Big Comeback

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

AMD has listened to gamers and seized an opportunity created by criticism of the new GeForce RTX 50 series. With the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, it has set aggressive prices that make many overlook minor drawbacks compared to GeForce. The RX 9070 XT is only slightly slower than the RTX 5070 Ti in rasterization but offers a far more attractive price, especially compared to overpriced non-reference GeForce cards. Read more “Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: A Big Comeback” »

Better, more capable than expected: RDNA 4 architecture deep dive

Analysis, Graphics | | Jan Olšan

Unofficial leaks from the past initially didn’t paint the RDNA 4 architecture as a major new design, suggesting that it’s more akin to RDNA 3 bugfix – except for new ray tracing units. But it turns out that was a big misconception, as RDNA 4 is a significant upgrade that leaves no GPU subsystems untouched, far beyond just adding new ray tracing units. It also brings enhanced AI acceleration and redesigned compute units (shaders). Read more “Better, more capable than expected: RDNA 4 architecture deep dive” »

AMD to finally add more cores with Zen 6, up to 24 in desktop?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It feels like the competitive battle between AMD and Intel has somewhat extended into the “future dimension” of internet leaks talking about hardware that doesn’t yet exist. Recently we’ve seen news of the upcoming Nova Lake processors said to have up to 52 cores, and then about the Core Ultra 300 slated for this year. And as if on cue, “counter” leak about AMD Zen 6 processors that will face these future Intel CPUs has surfaced. Read more “AMD to finally add more cores with Zen 6, up to 24 in desktop?” »

Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s Base Model

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC from Gigabyte is among the more affordable models which are rarely reviewed. Manufacturers lower production costs mainly by reducing the size of the heatsink. As a result, these cards don’t perform as well as premium high-end models in thermal and acoustic tests. However, their lower price makes them popular not only with individual buyers but also OEMs assembling prebuilt PCs. Read more “Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s Base Model” »

RDNA 3 refresh? Affordable Radeon RX 7650 GRE launched in China

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Instead of the much awaited RDNA4 GPUs, AMD has introduced a new graphics card belonging to the RX 7000 generation. However, this card is likely to remain relevant even after the new generation arrives, serving as a more affordable option below the RX 9000 series. For now, this model is Chinese market exclusive, but that might change – the RX 7900 GRE, which was initially a China-exclusive, eventually made its way to other markets as well. Read more “RDNA 3 refresh? Affordable Radeon RX 7650 GRE launched in China” »

Ryzen 5 7400F delid: Grease instead of solder in cheap AMD CPUs?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last month AMD introduced a new budget processor for the AM5 platform, the Ryzen 5 7400F. It should cost even less than the 7500F, but it’s still a full-fledged Zen 4 hexa-core with 32MB of cache and PCIe 5.0 ×16 support for the GPU, so price-wise it’s probably AMD’s best candidate for an affordable non-AM4 gaming PC. It does seem to have one drawback that sets it apart from more expensive models, though. Read more “Ryzen 5 7400F delid: Grease instead of solder in cheap AMD CPUs?” »

AMD releases Ryzen 5 7400F, cheapest AM5 CPU for gaming PCs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD announced several CPUs at CES 2025 during the keynote now notorious for the absence of Radeon graphics cards  – Ryzens 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D with V-Cache, Strix Halo extreme laptop CPUs, Krackan APUs and Ryzen Z2 for handhelds. Later we found out AMD stealthily launched even more CPUs, among them Ryzen 5 9600. It turns out there is yet another potentially attractive AM5 CPU that has been launched to market in this manner. Read more “AMD releases Ryzen 5 7400F, cheapest AM5 CPU for gaming PCs” »

Radeon RX 9000 MIA? What we learned (not) about RDNA 4 at CES

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

AMD revealed a lineup of new CPUs for 2025 during CES keynote, but not graphics cards. Although the new RDNA 4 graphics cards were believed to target CES reveal, the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT were not discussed. It seems out that the new cards were supposed to have just a “preview” at CES 2025. They were almost glossed over in the keynote, but outside of the video presentation, some information on the new cards was shared. Read more “Radeon RX 9000 MIA? What we learned (not) about RDNA 4 at CES” »

Cheaper Radeon RX 9070 has 16GB memory too. And 8pin power

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

AMD’s new graphics card, the Radeon RX 9070 XT, is coming this month. Chinese sources say it will have a 260–270W TDP and clock speeds of around 2.8GHz base and up to 3.0–3.1GHz in boost. Recently, more details of it came together, as well as the first news on the cheaper Radeon RX 9070 “non-XT” version. The latter was expected to have its memory stripped down to 12 GB and accordingly lower emory bandwidth. But things may be better. Read more “Cheaper Radeon RX 9070 has 16GB memory too. And 8pin power” »

AMD’s new RDNA 4 graphics cards are Radeon RX 9070 & 9070 XT

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

New GPUs from Nvidia but also from AMD are due out next month. There are fewer rumors about the latter. We know what GPUs AMD is preparing, but not what cards they’ll base on them. Until now, we’ve referred to them as Radeon RX 8000 series, but the reality seems to be more complicated. AMD is in fact preparing Radeon RX 8000, but also Radeon RX 9000 cards at the same time. But it’s actually a similar scheme to what Ryzen CPUs use. Read more “AMD’s new RDNA 4 graphics cards are Radeon RX 9070 & 9070 XT” »

PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench

Cooling, Extra tests, PC cases | | Adam Vágner

Today, we’ll focus on what happens inside a case when a CPU is under heavy load. We’ll run a Cinebench 2024 rendering on a Ryzen R9 7950X cooled by a Noctua NH-D15 G2 air cooler with AM5 offset mounting bars and see how it affects the temperatures and how all the values change with different settings of the system fans’ performance across their entire operating speed range. Read more “PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench” »

AMD CPUs with Zen 6 architecture will still use the AM5 socket

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The AMD AM4 platform has a reputation for longevity. For most, it goes back to 2017 an the first Ryzen, but it’s even been used with Excavator APUs in 2016. It supports CPUs and APUs all the way up to the 2020/2021 Ryzen 5000, meaning that three Zen architecture generations of Zen can be used, which has keept older motherboards relevant way longer than is usual. It looks like AM5 platform owners will be similarly lucky. Read more “AMD CPUs with Zen 6 architecture will still use the AM5 socket” »

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