Archive for the “Graphics” Category

The AMD Catalyst™ 11.11b & 11.11c Driver – What’s New

We heard you on Twitter and we delivered! The AMD Catalyst 11.11b performance driver (UPDATE: 11.11c is now released as well with HD 5000 CrossfireX scaling for Skyrim, found here) brings Crossfire performance scaling to Skyrim as well as a wealth of other improvements for games including Batman Arkham City, RAGE, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, and [...]

Gamers, start your FX engines!

By: The NCIX System Design Team It has been a long time coming, but the new generation of AMD FX Family of CPUs is finally here! When the original AMD Athlon™ FX series processors launched back in 2003 they were heralded for their speed, propelling AMD as a leader to gaming enthusiasts for years to [...]

CyberpowerPC Gamer Scorpius, AMD FX Family of CPUs Bulldozing the Gaming PC Industry

By: Eric Cheung, CEO of CyberpowerPC Here at CyberpowerPC, we are unleashing a new lineup of gaming PCs based on the new AMD FX 8-core processor. The Cyberpower Gamer Scorpius PCs are taking full advantage of the “Scorpius” platform, which combines the new AMD FX 8-core processor, an AMD 9-series chipset motherboard and AMD RadeonTM [...]

iBUYPOWER Awards AMD FX Family of CPUs its MAX Rating

By: The iBUYPOWER Team At iBUYPOWER, we hate three things above all: SLOW frame rates, LAG time, and ORDINARY graphics. Our main objective is to build systems that deliver the best desired PC gaming experience. One of the biggest questions we get from our customers before they purchase a system is: “Will it run _____?” [...]

Sonic Generations

Sonic Generations

Sonic Generations is available in bundles at; Micro Center, Newegg, NCIX, and Amazon. The ultimate celebration of 20 years in Sonic gaming, Sonic Generations delivers the definitive gaming experience for Sonic fans new and old. Sonic’s universe is thrown into chaos when a mysterious new power comes into force, creating ‘time holes’ which take Sonic and his friends [...]

Saints Row: The Third – Developer Blog Part 3

When working on Saints Row: The Third PC, the Volition PC team wanted to make sure our players would not be disappointed.  Early on, we identified goals we felt were necessary for a solid player experience: Meet or exceed the console player experience in terms of visual quality, stability, and framerate in both singleplayer and CO-OP play while [...]

Your personal mini-guide for Battlefield 3

I believe that lots of gamers are getting into passionate arguments these days around the topic: which game will be the biggest hit of the year, and which one is the most anticipated one. But there’s no doubt that Battlefield 3 is one of them. EA and DICE were bold enough to release a beta of [...]

Recap from IGN ProLeague Tournament in Atlantic City

The AMD Radeon™ graphics team had quite the week down in Atlantic City last week. AMD was one of the sponsors of the IGN ProLeague tournament (IPL 3) and was busy at work showing off our latest technology. So what exactly did the team do last week?