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AMD reveals initial open source openSIL code to replace AGESA Firmware

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2023

AMD is moving even further into open source, with their plans to have openSIL replace AGESA for their processors and they've now put up the initial open source code on GitHub.

AMD GPUs to get Ray Tracing turned on for Mesa 23.2

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2023

The RADV driver in Mesa for AMD GPUs on Linux and Steam Deck is set to get Ray Tracing turned on by default for the upcoming Mesa 23.2 release.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 announced for $269 with 8GB VRAM

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2023

Even with all the talk about 8GB VRAM simply not being enough now for all the new games coming out, we're still seeing multiple launches with it. Now with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 priced at $269.

HDR and Colour Management for AMD / Steam Deck and KDE Plasma coming along

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2023

With all the work going on right now to get Linux to properly support HDR, another patch set has landed to hopefully get some of it hooked up.

Framework gives more detail on their AMD Ryzen laptop

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2023

Recently Framework excited everyone over their big DIY laptop upgrades, and now they're giving more detail on the Framework 13 Laptop with AMD Ryzen.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Series announced for handhelds, ASUS ROG Ally first to get it

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2023

After many leaks, AMD has now formally announced their brand new Ryzen Z1 Series, which directly target the handheld gaming space like the Steam Deck.

HDR and Colour Management patches for Steam Deck + AMD GPUs under review

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2023

Developer Melissa Wen recently sent in patches to improve HDR and Colour Management on Linux for Steam Deck and potentially other AMD GPUs.

Driver updates for AMD RADV to give nice boost for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2023

The upcoming Mesa driver 23.1 release is sounding like it's going to be pretty great, with the Graphics Pipeline Library ("GPL") being enabled by default, plus we're looking at smaller shader cache sizes too.

AMD RADV driver will soon stop eating RAM with some games

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2023

Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has continued blogging about Linux graphics driver improvements, with a fix from developer Samuel Pitoiset landing to stop the AMD RADV (Vulkan) driver eating up RAM.

AMD detail more on FSR 3 and their new open source FidelityFX SDK

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

AMD had plenty to show off at GDC, and they've done a bit of a summary and some of it is quite exciting for future games.

AMD releases source code for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2023

Last year AMD announced FSR version 2.2 and today AMD has actually released the source code on GitHub for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2.

AMD reveal prices and availability for Ryzen 7000X3D CPU series

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2023

AMD has now revealed how much you can expect to be poorer by when picking up one of the new 7000X3D CPUs, along with release dates.

AMD GPU driver on Linux and Steam Deck to get big improvement on stuttering problems

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2023

The work to improve gaming performance on Steam Deck and Linux desktops for AMD GPUs is always ongoing, and it seems we're set for another nice improvement to how smooth games are.

System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

System76 saw your many comments and they're going to deliver. The Pangolin is making a return, powered by all AMD.

AMD reveal Ryzen 7000 X3D processors, desktop 65W CPUs and new mobile chips

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2023

AMD came out with a bang at CES with a whole bunch of new products, including some impressive looking X3D processors added to the Ryzen 7000 lineup.

AMD Ray Tracing on Linux gets closer with Mesa enabling specific games

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2023

The work going into the open source Mesa graphics drivers continues on, with AMD Ray Tracing picking up speed and they're going to enable Quake II RTX and Doom Eternal support by default now.