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For the past two months, AMD and Nvidia have been launching new GPU families and pushing fresh hardware into market. While this makes for interesting reviews, it’s not worth much if consumers can’t actually buy the hardware they’re reading about. We’ve swept the Internet in the US and even checked some relative sales figures in Europe, courtesy of mindfactory.de. Let’s see how AMD ...
Every now and then, the rumor mill gets a big one really, really wrong. For over a year, conventional wisdom has predicted that AMD would win the Nintendo NX contract and cement its hold on the console industry. Rumors that Nvidia had sniped the win began surfacing several months ago, and now Eurogamer has seemingly confirmed them with input from multiple sources. Nintendo’s NX will be powered ...
Less than three years ago, Microsoft launched the Xbox One at $500. Ahead of its first major refresh, the company has cut the price on the existing bulky model to just $249. That’s a significant drop for the platform just a few months after its last round of price cuts, and it makes the Xbox One a compelling option for the right kind of customer. While this is hardly the first ...
It’s the last weekend before Microsoft releases Windows 10, which means that any of you planning to take advantage of the new operating system had best be moving to do so soon. Come July 29, the new operating system will cost significantly more and if Microsoft has plans to offer it for free again, it hasn’t been willing to share them. When Microsoft ...
AMD reported its second-quarter results today and they came in extremely well, relative to the general state of the PC market. Revenue was $1.027 billion, up 23% from Q1 and 9% compared to the same period in 2015. The company’s non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) operating income was $3 million, while it recorded an $8 million loss by GAAP standards. Net income was $69 ...