PinnedOsvaldo DoederleinZen 5: Dude, where's my IPC?The first two desktop SKUs of Zen 5 are now available and TLDR, AMD's new generation is not much of a boost over Zen 4 for most games but…Aug 11Aug 11
PinnedOsvaldo Doederlein3DMark’s Steel NomadThe wait is finally over, UL released the new Steel Nomad benchmark on 2024–05–21: a date that will become a new holiday for PC…May 28May 28
PinnedOsvaldo DoederleinTesting FSR 3.0's Frame GenerationAMD’s frame generation technology had a messy start: In Sep 29 2023 two partner games integrated early-beta code, which I knew immediately…Mar 16Mar 16
Osvaldo DoederleinThe Highs & Lows of Frame CountingI recently came across Duoae’s rants (Part I, Part 2) about FPS reporting. Another poor fellow that like me, has a background in data…Feb 10Feb 10
Osvaldo DoederleinRDNA 3, GravityMark and LinuxBack in my story about FSR 2.2, I briefly mentioned Tellusim’s GravityMark. I’m taking a deeper look at that benchmark, in part because of…Dec 15, 2023Dec 15, 2023
Osvaldo DoederleinZen 3 to Zen 4 for GamingI just upgraded my system from a Ryzen 9 5900X to the Ryzen 9 7900X: moving up in architecture, but sticking with the same choices of CCD…Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
Osvaldo DoederleinTracing RDNA's FutureApril 21, 2023 is the day NVidia won again, apparently. The updated Cyberpunk 2077 with DLSS 3.5 makes the Ada architecture seem so far…Sep 24, 2023Sep 24, 2023
Osvaldo DoederleinA look at entry-level, laptop gamingIf you follow me here or on Twitter you know I’m a Desktop guy. However, my kid needed the mobility so I got this HP Victus: 7840HS, RTX…Aug 26, 2023Aug 26, 2023
Osvaldo DoederleinRDNA 3 Updates: Adrenalin, FSR & MLRecent developments in the RDNA 3 platform called for another update in this series, so I started with a refresh of my benchmarks but…Jul 16, 2023Jul 16, 2023
Osvaldo DoederleinFSR 2.2: AMD’s Upscaler maturesFidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is among the most important tech to come out of AMD’s Radeon group in recent years. Following NVidia’s…Apr 13, 2023Apr 13, 2023