Posts Tagged “AMD Radeon”

Why we should get excited about DirectX 11

With DirectX 11 just around the corner there are a lot of reasons for gamers and developers to be excited. Offering a dazzling array of new toys DirectX 11, in combination with new graphics hardware, and in some cases Windows 7, brings significant changes to the computing experience – upcoming games and other applications are about to get a lot better.

ATI Catalyst 9.5 Driver – Everything you want to know

Do you regularly update your graphics drivers?  With 2 months of ATI CatalystTM driver blogs under our belt, we are seeing a steady engagement from you guys in the community via this blog site.  Please keep up the comments and suggestions and we will endeavor to answer as many as we can.  So, without further [...]

HP Pavilion dv2- Does it have game

Does an Ultrathin Notebook ‘got GAME?’    Recently I got my mitts on a DV2 and I thought I’d have some fun gaming with it.  Now you may not consider the HP Pavilion dv2 a “gaming” notebook, but hold that thought for a few moments… My HP Pavilion dv2 config as given to me was: [...]

Hitting 40 has never felt this good

AMD launched the new ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 graphics card this week. This 40nm processor marks another milestone in AMD innovation; it is the first GPU to market developed on the latest and greatest process node technology.

ATI Catalyst™ 9.4 Driver – Everything you want to know

Do you regularly update your graphics drivers?   Hot on the heels of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 launch complete with astounding reception from journalists, customers, gamers and winning over 40 awards to date, Terry Makedon and his team have a Catalyst update to launch as well!  The ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 driver was only released 22 days [...]

ATI Catalyst 9.3 Drivers Everything you want to know

 Do you regularly update your graphics drivers?               As I thought of new and exciting topics for this blog, it dawned on me last week (while I was chatting with Terry Makedon – the “father” of the ATI CatalystTM software suite) that we don’t say enough about all the great features and benefits of our [...]

CES 09 Flashback: What made the Cabrtosr Cool List

For anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet, I officially have the best job in the IT world. For those of you still unconvinced, just read this post. Walked the floor with none other than Charlie from The Inq… After I spent 4 solid days locked in a 10x10ft white room briefing journalists and analysts [...]

Compromise-free Mobile Computing

Well, it is a pleasure to share my first blog post with you on the occasion of AMD leading the graphics industry transition to 40nm graphics processors. I lead the AMD Graphics Products Group, which means I’m responsible for the worldwide management of AMD discrete graphics products, including the ATI Radeon™ family of graphics processors [...]

The Biggest Graphics Question of 2009!

What is the best Mainstream GPU in the market? Not surprisingly, the most asked question I get from end users is “What do you think is the best mainstream GPU to buy”? This is the place where that question gets answered… Now, I am not going to start this blog off with “It’s not because [...]

What is a GAMER?

Old adages are thrown out the window! Remember back in the day when you frowned if/when someone called you a “gamer”, it usually had a negative connotation, like nerd or geek: GEEK n. 1. a. A person regarded as a foolish, inept or clumsy. b. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or [...]