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Rumor: Dell has bought Alienware
Filed under: PC, BusinessCNET has heard from "a reliable source" that Dell has indeed bought Alienware, the high-end PC vendor.It's obvious that Dell wants a bigger piece of the PC gaming pie,...
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Nvidia on ATI: "basically throwing in the towel"
Filed under: PC, BusinessIt seems that graphics powerhouse Nvidia is reacting rather well to news of AMD scooping ATI off the corporate shelf and filling in coupons to the value of $5.4 billion at the...
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Apple, ATI, and the future of Mac gaming
Filed under: Mac, PC, BusinessIn the aftermath of AMD's acquisition of ATI, ZDnet blogger Jason O'Grady ponders Apple's next move with regards to graphics chips. While this isn't an issue for the...
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ATI responds to Nvidia, clears up post-takeover rumors
Filed under: PC, BusinessNot too long after Nvidia CEO, Jen Hsun-Huang, described AMD's purchase of ATI as a "gift" and as a sign of their main competitor "throwing in the towel," comes this retort...
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AMD to keep ATI brand, may create more integrated chips
Filed under: PC, BusinessAfter some initial rumblings that indicated otherwise, AMD has reaffirmed their desire to attach the ATI brand to several of their forthcoming product lines. "The ATi name will...
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Feds tracking AMD/ATI, Nvidia in antitrust probe
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessThe Merc reports about a federal antitrust probe -- the best kind of probe -- into the graphics-card industry. Nvidia and...
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AMD launches budget-friendly Radeon HD 3800 cards
Filed under: PC They're the ones featuring atrocious fantasy box art which tries to create a link between the cutting-edge graphics card inside and some poorly rendered ice queen, wolf-man and/or...
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Joystiq FAQ: All about the AMD Game! Program
Filed under: Features, PC, Interviews Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today launched AMD GAME!, a program aimed at providing "a better experience for the mainstream (core) gamer" by helping to educate...
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AMD Cinema 2.0 tech demo: real-time photo-realistic human models
Filed under: Culture, PCclick to view gallery At first, this image may seem rather boring. Who's this woman and why is she on the front page of Joystiq? This image is rather uneventful until two facts...
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AMD touts the ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2 as the 'world's fastest graphics card'
Filed under: PC AMD (ATI) has just launched its newest assault against competitor Nvidia in the ever-continuing graphics arms race. It is touting the awkwardly-named ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 as the...
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AMD unveils 'Fusion' gaming utility for speeding up your PC
Filed under: PC, Interviews AMD today launched the Fusion Gaming Utility, the first in what the company is calling a major push in rebranding (Cinema 2.0 is part of that), complementary to the AMD...
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AMD ships 50 millionth 'Hollywood' graphics processing chip for Wii
Filed under: News A recent AMD press release brought word of yet another hardware milestone for Nintendo -- earlier today, AMD shipped its 50 millionth "Hollywood" chip, the graphics processor for the...
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AMD doles out grants for educational game push
Perhaps as penance for all the brains it's helped to rot with WoW, Counter-Strike and Dolphin Olympics over the years, AMD has announced that it has awarded three grants for the creation of educational...
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OTOY: The game streaming service you've never heard of
While OnLive and Gaikai continue to hog the game-streaming spotlight, few are talking about the third option that people will have for server-based gaming: OTOY. And that's likely because the company...
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Borderlands Glitch Watch 2009: Radeon-powered PC crashes
Oh, poor little Borderlands -- Gearbox just can't catch a break! On top of the ongoing list of things that need to get fixed and the still unresolved character-nuking glitch on consoles, now PC...
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More than a few graphical issues for some Saints Row: The Third players
We liked Saints Row: The Third. Like, an awful lot. And this time around, after an awful port of Saints Row 2, Volition even went the extra mile, developing the PC version of Saints Row: The Third...
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Buy AMD Radeon HD 7900, get Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs free
AMD is doing something innovative with a graphics card bundle: including games we want to play. Engadget reports the company's new 'Never Settle' campaign gives away Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, and...
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AMD announces Sky Graphics as part of cloud gaming strategy
AMD is making a new push into cloud gaming. The company today announced the Sky series of Radeon graphics cards, designed especially with cloud gaming in mind. The line includes three enterprise-grade...
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Bloomberg: Next Xbox has X86 AMD chip
Microsoft will match Sony's example and use an X86 series processor from AMD in its next console, according to Bloomberg's anonymous sources. The still-unannounced console is said to use a "Jaguar"...
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Battlefield 4 Premium double XP event today, AMD 'Mantle' update this month
A recently delayed Battlefield 4 double XP event for Premium members has been rescheduled. Originally supposed to take place on December 30, the new date for the event is ... today. It began at 8am ET...
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