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AMD claims it can offer the benefits of Nvidia’s G-Sync with a free driver update, Nvidia rebuts – fight!

AMD claims it can offer the benefits of Nvidia’s G-Sync with a free driver update, Nvidia rebuts – fight!

At CES this week, AMD made an unusual announcement about Nvidia’s new G-Sync technology. According to the company’s senior engineers, they can replicate much of the advantages of Nvidia’s G-Sync tech through the use of what are called dynamic refresh rates. Multiple generations of AMD video cards have the ability to alter refresh rates on the fly, with the goal ...

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Well, that was quick: AMD solves R9 290 throttling problem with a new driver

Yesterday, we detailed how troubles with AMD’s R9 290′s fan profile could lead the GPU to return slower-than-expected performance under load. This was a problem that reportedly struck both reviewers and certain retail cards and left multiple sites pulling their recommendations on the R9 290. According to AMD, the problem was caused by improper fan settings on retail cards and ...

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