If your budget is under a thousand dollars, we recommend skipping the Steam Machine for this PowerSpec pre-built gaming PC. Micro Center Lists PowerSpec G542 Gaming PC for $899; Boasts Ryzen X3D CPU, 16 GB RAM, and Radeon RX 7600 GPU for Fantastic 1080p Performance If you don't have space constraints, then you may skip buying a Steam Machine that costs over $1000 while it struggles to compete with $1000 gaming desktops. These days we hardly see any appealing deals on gaming desktops due to rising component costs, but fortunately, we just stumbled upon this amazing pre-built desktop PC from […]

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The new processors come with a confusing naming scheme, and unlike what you would expect, these are based on a newer Zen microarchitecture. AMD Silently Adds 11 New Processors to Ryzen 200 and 100 Series, Featuring Zen 4 Architecture Recently, we published that AMD expanded its Zen 2 Renoir series by adding the Ryzen 7 4700LE processor. Looks like AMD isn't yet done with previous-gen Ryzen families and has decided to debut several more SKUs in previous lineups, but with a newer naming convention. It appears that AMD is trying to simplify the naming convention, similar to Intel, and has […]

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For the first time ever, we got to see an engineering sample of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which comes with just 16 GB VRAM. Redditor Shows Off Radeon RX 7900 XTX Prototype With Red PCB; Comes With 16 GB VRAM Instead of 24 GB A Redditor was extremely lucky to find a pre-production sample for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. This is a rare find, and as per the user u/Shav_tech, he found the prototype at the marketplace at a low price. This is the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, the flagship RDNA 3 GPU in the RX 7000 […]

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The hotfix came just after a day when users started reporting errors on their Windows 10 systems. AMD Releases Hotfix to Fix Yellow Bang Problem in Windows 10 After Several Reports Regarding Adrenalin 26.6.2 on RX 7000 Series Just yesterday, AMD acknowledged a new problem with its recent Adrenalin driver on Windows 10. If you read our report, you might know that many users complained about compatibility issues concerning Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2, which adds FSR 4.1 support to RDNA 3, aka Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. The problem also showed in the form of a yellow bang in Device […]

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Users are already seeing huge gains with the latest AMD upscaler on older-generation graphics cards. Radeon RX 7900 XTX Reportedly Hits 2X Frame Rates With AMD FSR 4.1 in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K RT Ultra As you might know, AMD's FSR 4.1 support for the RX 7000 series dropped two days ago, and users have already started seeing huge gains in games. It's well-known that FSR 4 is more demanding than FSR 3.1, but even on the Balanced preset, games usually see much better visual fidelity than FSR 3.1 Quality. This is exactly what we are seeing in benchmarks reported […]

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Looks like many have been affected by this issue, but it's only prevalent on systems running Windows 10. AMD Acknowledges Error With the Latest Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2 in Windows 10 Installations; Says, Engineers are Investigating and Recommends Rolling Back to Previous Version The major graphics driver update just caused some issues for Windows 10 owners. Lots of reports are surfacing online reporting errors with the graphics driver on Windows 10. As per the reports, the new software fails to launch on Windows 10 systems and shows the yellow bang in Device Manager. AMD has confirmed the issue and published a […]

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AMD is expanding Advanced Shader Delivery support across its entire RDNA GPU stack, starting with RDNA 1 and up to RDNA 4. Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery Lands On All AMD RDNA GPUs, Giving Load Times A Big Boost Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery is now being expanded through general availability via the Xbox PC App, and GPUs such as AMD's RDNA series are able to take advantage of ASD in the latest titles. As per Microsoft, they have partnered with AMD to invest in and improve the experience for PC gamers. This partnership expands with the first rollout of Advanced Shader […]

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Microsoft has expanded its Advanced Shader Delivery public preview to desktop and laptop PCs equipped with AMD RDNA 3, RDNA 3.5, and RDNA 4 graphics architectures. Initially introduced last year as an optimisation feature exclusive to Xbox ROG Ally and Ally X handhelds, the technology bypasses local shader compilation by matching and downloading precompiled shaders directly from a cloud-based registry at launch time.

The primary objective of the framework is to address first-launch wait times and in-game micro-stutters, two common pain points caused by on-device shader compilation following fresh game installations or GPU driver updates. By decoupling the shader compilation loop from local hardware routines, the system delivers tailored assets aligned specifically with the user's exact game version, operating system configuration, and graphics card family.

Playground Games' recently launched racing title, Forza Horizon 6, serves as the primary showcase for the expanded PC preview, with tests showing a 95% reduction in initial startup times with Advanced Shader Delivery enabled.

To use the feature during the current validation phase, users must meet multiple system and platform requirements. The target system must be running Windows 11 version 24H2 or higher with AMD Adrenalin graphics driver 26.5.2 or newer installed. Furthermore, because Microsoft manages the Precompiled Shader Database through its own deployment network, the feature is available only to titles downloaded via the official Xbox PC app or the Microsoft Store. Participants are also required to enroll in the Xbox Insider program to toggle the feature under the PC Gaming Preview menu tier.

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KitGuru says: While Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery only works with AMD RDNA 3 and 4 GPUs, Intel (Precompiled Shader Distribution) and Nvidia (Auto Shader Compilation) also have similar solutions within their respective software suites. Microsoft has stated it is working to unify these manufacturer-specific channels into the DirectX 12 Agility SDK, which should happen later this year.

Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery technology support has now landed on more AMD Radeon GPUs based on the RDNA 3 architecture. Lower Load Times & Less Stutters Made Possible On AMD Radeon RX 7000, RX 8000, RX 9000 GPUs With Microsoft's Expanded Advanced Shader Delivery Tech Support Last year, Microsoft announced its DirectX "Advanced Shader Delivery" technology, which is meant to deliver precompiled shaders when supported games are being downloaded. With precompiled shaders, users do not have to wait extra time for shaders to compile, leading to faster load times, and when playing games, you will also benefit from less stuttering. […]

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Finally, AMD is doing what millions were waiting for. If FSR 4.1 lands on previous-gen GPUs, millions of gamers can have superior visuals without sacrificing performance. AMD Announces FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.1 for RX 7000 and RX 6000 GPUs; To Support Over 300 Games At Launch While AMD launched FSR 4.1 in March, it kept quiet about bringing it to the older-gen hardware. AMD has received criticism due to being silent on bringing FSR 4.0/4.1 to the RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 hardware, despite the fact that NVIDIA has been bringing its latest DLSS technology to the older-gen cards. Looks […]

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AMD launched FSR 4 a while back and it has already produced some noticeably better results in newer titles on RX 9000 series graphics cards. Now, AMD is also bringing its latest FSR 4.1 Upscaler to older RDNA 3 and RDNA 2-based GPUs. 

The new FSR 4.1 upscaler is an upgrade over its predecessors thanks to the inclusion of ML-based upscaling. Like DLSS, this latest version of FSR uses AI machine learning to produce better final results.

RDNA 3 graphics cards, like the RX 7000 series of desktop GPUs, will get support for FSR 4.1 starting in July. Then in 2027, AMD also plans to bring the technology to RDNA 2 graphics cards as well.

While not confirmed yet, this theoretically means that other RDNA 3 or RDNA 2 powered GPUs, like the ones found in current-gen consoles and devices like the Steam Machine, could also see support for FSR 4 eventually.

KitGuru Says: With FSR 4.1 upscaling becoming available to a much wider userbase, we should see adoption grow too. 

AMD's restriction on FSR 4 on previous-gen Radeon GPUs remains a secret, but the former FSR 4 head of development seems to have an answer. AMD's EX FSR Head of Development Puts Up "Big Trouble" Meme After Being Questioned on AMD's Silence on INT8 FSR 4 Version for RDNA 2/3 GPUs It has been over a year since FSR 4 made its debut alongside the launch of AMD RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000. Since then, AMD has maintained complete silence on questions relating to FSR 4 on RDNA 2 and 3 series. While NVIDIA kept newer DLSS versions available for […]

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New LLVM patches confirm additional RDNA 4m variants alongside GFX1170 with similar instruction capabilities. AMD Quietly Expands Next-Gen iGPU Roadmap by Adding New RDNA 4m Graphics Targets, GFX1171 and GFX1172 Earlier compiler patches showed that RDNA 4m incorporates several RDNA 4-style instruction-set upgrades, such as support for FP8 and BF8 data formats, along with WMMA matrix instructions used in AI workloads. Now, AMD is further expanding its next-gen integrated GPU roadmap, as new Linux compiler patches unveil two additional RDNA 4m graphics targets. These are the GFX1171 and GFX1172. These targets are now joining the recently discovered GFX1170, confirming that […]

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Well, it looks like the Optiscaler team has done it again. Seems like every time I finish writing an article about a new Optiscaler feature, they push out a brand new release with even more functionality. Maybe it's personal, and they want to keep me shackled to my desk for eternity, pumping out article after article about their excellent mod. Or maybe this is a form of protest against AMD's continuous refusal to meet the demands of the community and officially release INT8 FSR4? Regardless, as long as they keep on pumping out brilliant new updates, I'll be here to […]

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