AMD releases Radeon Software ReLive 17.2.1 beta driver
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Ready for Sniper Elite 4 and For Honor

AMD has released its newest Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.2.1 beta driver which brings performance optimizations and support for Sniper Elite 4 and For Honor as well as a couple of fixes and performance and stability improvements.

Apple suspends LG monitor sales
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It is borked but Apple is still displaying it


After keeping rather quiet about faults on the LG's UltraFine 5K monitor which it suggested fanboys bought to plug into their Macs, Apple appears to be delaying sales for a couple of months until the borked units can be replaced.

Apple arrives late and claims to take over 3D web graphics
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Surrender Direct3D 12, Vulkan and Open GL


The Tame Apple Press has been running a yarn which claims that Apple has invented 3D web graphics and its “Metal” software will be the basis of the new 3D graphics standard for the web.

Intel’s Nvidia GPU license expires in March
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License-less

Industry veteran journalist Kyle Bennet wrote back in December that Intel might launch a CPU powered by Radeon technology. This happens in the middle of the last quarter when Nvidia and Intel's cross licensing GPU deal is about to expire. 

Nvidia releases driver with Beta Vulkan API support
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The Geforce 376.80 Beta

Nvidia has released its newest Geforce 376.80 Beta driver that fixes some bugs with games that support Vulkan API.