AMD did announce a new graphics card at Computex 2018, although not really that new. They unveiled the Radeon RX Vega Nano, which is the successor to the high-end small form factor card the Radeon R9 Nano. This card was actually brought to life thanks to AMD add-in board partner PowerColor.
ASUS today announced AREZ, a new brand identity for ASUS Radeon RX graphics cards. Derived from Ares, the Greek god of war, AREZ-branded graphics cards are built using industry-leading automated manufacturing to provide AMD gamers and enthusiasts with superior cooling technology and a robust software ecosystem.
Well it looks like another high-level AMD employee is leaving, Chris Hook. He's been at the company for almost two decades, rising from the bottom to lead the AMD's Radeon Technologies' Group Marketing Department since October 2017.
As we reported recently ASRock has been rumored to be entering the graphics card market. It looks like this is going to be true as the Japan Twitter account for the company teased an upcoming graphics card series called "Phantom".
According to a report by DigiTimes, ASRock could enter the graphics card market. The company is reportedly very interested in the GPU-accelerated crypto-currency mining boom, and is looking to develop a graphics card line that will more than likely be completely based off AMD Radeon graphics processors. As I'm sure many of you know AMD Radeon GPUs are typically more efficient when it comes to crypto-mining.
It looks like AMD has a promotion going on where they will giving gamers Far Cry 5 for free when they buy select pre-built systems that feature AMD's Radeon RX Vega 64, Radeon RX Vega 56 or Radeon RX 580 graphics cards. This promotion stats today February 27, 2018.
AMD today released a major upgrade to its advanced software suite for Radeon graphics, Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, designed to give gamers deeply immersive gameplay while engaging with their friends and the gaming community.
It looks like a ChipHell forum user has been able to flash an AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 BIOS onto a Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics card. It seems the shaders won't unlock, but interestingly enough performance does improve.
Well it seems that supplier-level pricing has been adjusted after the initial launch as well, with retailers paying $675 per Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card.
If you have been trying to get your hands on an AMD RX Vega 64 graphics card you might have noticed that they are not selling at their $499 MSRP from retailers. It was reported that the $499 for the normal RX Vega 64 card with no games was a launch-only price set by AMD.
