AMD officially announces Radeon RX 6600 XT
7nm Navi 23 GPU with 2,048 SPs
AMD has announced its newest Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, the latest addition to the RDNA2-based graphics card. AMD is marketing the Radeon RX 6600 XT as a perfect graphics card for "high refresh rate 1080p gaming", and compares this $379-priced card with the Nvidia GTX 1060.
AMD reported a stonking quarter
Confirms on Zen 4 release date
AMD reported huge second quarter results nearly doubling its revenue from last year.
Intel’s i9-12900K beats AMD’s current flagship
Intel's next-gen beats AMD's existing gen
An engineering sample of Intel's next flagship processor, the i9-12900K, was shown to beat AMD's current flagship 5950X in Cinebench R20 by 18 percent in multi-core and 28 percent in single-core tests.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT gets pictured
Benchmarked as well
With the launch of AMD's latest Radeon RX 6600 series graphics cards scheduled for next month, it does not come as a surprise that we are getting first glimpses of the card as well as the first leaked benchmarks.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and non-XT launching on August 11th
Still no word about MSRP
According to our sources, both the Radeon RX 6600 XT and the Radeon RX 6600 should launch on August 11th. Unfortunately, there is still no word about the suggested retail price, but so far it looks like there should be plenty of cards around.
Valve announces its own handheld Steam Deck console
Shipping in December and starting at $399
Valve has now officially announced its handheld console, called the Steam Deck. Based on a custom AMD APU with Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU, the Steam Deck should pack enough punch to run games on a 7-inch screen when it launches in December 2021, with a starting price of $399.
AMD boss warns that chip shortages will continue
Very Zen and not in a good way
During an interview with Barrons, AMD CEO Lisa Su reiterated that the current chip supply shortages would continue to adversely affect makers' ability to meet consumer demands until the end of 2021.
EVGA teases AMD X570 Dark motherboard
Picture published by none other than Kingpin
Although it has already been rumored that EVGA might be working on an AMD chipset-based motherboard, the first teaser picture has now been posted online by none other than Vince "Kingpin" Lucido.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT render leaks online
Single-fan and 8-pin power connector
A rendering of what appears to be the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has leaked online, showing a dual-slot graphics card with a single center-placed fan and a single 8-pin PCIe power connector.
Chipmakers attract Wall Street interest
Micron and AMD doing well
Chipmakers and AMD are attracting the interest of Wall Street with Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets forum becoming obsessed with the pair.