XFX China allegedly sells ‘almost all’ available Radeon RX stock to mining farms

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

According to MyDrivers , the Chinese XFX branch has sold ‘almost all’ stock of Radeon RX 500 and RX 5000 graphics card to mining farms.

XFX Radeon RX goes to mining farms

We have not been able to confirm this information, but MyDrivers usually keep up quite well with all the rumors surrounding Chinese factories and distributors.

MyDrivers (machine translation):

According to the information received, throughout September, XFX did not give agents several graphics

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(PR) Basemark to launch GPUScore Relic of Life ray tracing benchmark later this year

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GPUScore Relic of Life is the First Benchmark in the Market to Benchmark Ray Tracing with Windows & DirectX 12 and Linux & Vulkan

The Only Professional Benchmark That Supports Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS and Windows

Helsinki, Finland, October 15 , 2020

Basemark is pioneer in GPU benchmarking. Our current product Basemark GPU has been improving the 3D graphics industry since 2016.  After releasing GPU 1.2 in March Basemark development team has been really busy developing brand new


(PR) UL announces 3DMark Wild Life, cross-platform benchmark for IOS, Android and Windows

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New cross-platform benchmark for Android, iOS and Windows

We’re thrilled to announce the release of 3DMark Wild Life, a new cross-platform benchmark for comparing the graphics performance of the latest Apple, Android and Windows devices.

Wild Life offers two ways to test mobile devices: a quick benchmark that measures instant performance and a longer stress test that shows you how your device performs under longer periods of heavy load.

3DMark Wild Life, a cross-platform GPU benchmark

3DMark Wild

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EVGA releases ‘XOC 450W BIOS’ for GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA

EVGA has a new BIOS for GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra

There’s a new BIOS in town for Geforce RTX 3080 FTW3. The BIOS increases the maximum power limit to 450W. This is a significant upgrade to the graphics card, which ships with a 400W power limit by default. The BIOS is not intended for casual gamers, it is only for overclocking and does not guarantee higher performance.

With a maximum TDP at 450W,

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Exclusive: Intel Alder Lake-S CPU pictured

Alder Lake-S smiles for the camera.

Intel Alder Lake-S CPU photo leaks

Intel’s first desktop processors based on 10nm SuperFin architecture will officially launch in the second half of 2021. Our sources believe that the launch of Alder Lake will be closer to the fourth quarter, rather than the third. Intel already confirmed that its Rocket Lake series (a predecessor to Alder Lake) launches in the first quarter of 2021, possibly March, meaning Intel is in no rush


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(PR) Intel discloses Ice Lake-SP security innovations

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Intel Xeon Scalable Platform Built for Most Sensitive Workloads

New Security Innovations Include Intel SGX, Memory Encryption, Firmware Resilience and Breakthrough Cryptographic Accelerators

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(PR) Imagination launches IMG B-Series multi-core GPU IP

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Imagination launches IMG B-Series: Doing more with multi-core

New multi-core options deliver the best GPU IP for all markets

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GIGABYTE confirms AMD Ryzen 5000 is codenamed ‘Vermeer’

Gigabyte updated its motherboard support page with Ryzen 5000 specs.

AMD Ryzen 5000 series “Vermeer”

AMD has so far not confirmed that its upcoming Ryzen 5000 series is codenamed Vermeer. This codename has been the only variable that has not changed in the past few months as we were covering Zen3 leaks. Even the rumors about AMD skipping the Ryzen 4000 series in favor of 5000 emerged just 2 months ago, unlike Vermeer, which had appeared in


AMD reports two security vulnerabilities in a single day

AMD Ryzen Master and Radeon Software vulnerabilities

To make matters worse, this is a third security vulnerability confirmed by AMD in a span of just one week. On October 7th AMD reported on the “CreateAllocation” issue, a potential security concern in AMD graphics driver. AMD has not yet provided a fix for this issue and it is expected in the first quarter of 2021.

Today AMD reported on another issue discovered in AMD graphics drivers (Radeon Software Adrenalin) called “EscapeHandler”. The new issue can


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(PR) ASRock announces X570/B550/A520 motherboards supporting AMD Ryzen 5000

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Get Ready for AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processor with BIOS Update!

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 13, 2020 –The global leading motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, announces its AMD X570/B550/A520 motherboards series will support next generation AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series processors via BIOS update.

The next generation processors come with a full suite of technologies designed to elevate your PC’s processing power. Update to the