mvitkun

 
That's not correct.
 
OLED is a broad type of lighting technology, you could use it to make a household light bulb if you wanted to. AMOLED is a subset of OLED technology, it is the type of OLED configuration used for display panels. All OLED displays are AMOLED, thus "AMOLED" is a redundant and useless term in the context of computers and similar electronics, if a phone or TV has an OLED screen then you already know it's AMOLED, there's no other type of OLED it could possibly be, so there's really no purpose in specifically saying "AMOLED". Just say OLED.
 
It's the exact same story as people saying "Active-Matrix TFT-LCD". It's not incorrect, but the reason no one bothers saying that whole thing any more is that people started to notice that ALL monitors with LCD panels are Active-Matrix TFT-LCD, no other type of LCD is suitable for these types of display panels. So there's no need to specify, it's just useless technical-sounding stuff no one cares about. If you're talking about computer/phone/TV screens, you can just say "LCD" and the rest is implied.
 
The only reason anyone says "AMOLED" when talking about phones and TVs is because that's what Samsung calls it, and people don't know what it means. When you say "AMOLED" you sound like someone talking about a "noiseless SSD". It's not incorrect, but... yeah. Just call it OLED.

Don't know all of the background but that looks like a perfect rip of Miscrosoft Office....

G-Sync approaches low refresh rates in a very different way which allows it to have an effective range of 0 Hz - X Hz, X being the monitor's max refresh rate.

nope.
 
The multiplier is unlocked to a certain point.
Intel calls it limited overclocking
 

Piracy is NOT a lost sale, no company should be able to claim 'compensation' for a non-sale.

How about Linux not living up to the hype?

Read the article. Seems like something shorted out and power went through the band. Power + metal = heat. I don't think he faked it. It seems pretty extreme for an old man to mark himself with a hot metal piece just for attention. This isn't like when some dumbass microwave their phone and then pretend like it exploded on its own. He might be marked for life.

Much more interested in FreeSync low framerate compensation.
Because the DirectX 12 spec has been finalized, which basically means it exists, while the Vulkan spec has yet to be finalized.
I'm sure once Vulkan has its spec finalized that there will be just as much talk of it if not more.

Much more interested in FreeSync low framerate compensation.
Because the DirectX 12 spec has been finalized, which basically means it exists, while the Vulkan spec has yet to be finalized.
I'm sure once Vulkan has its spec finalized that there will be just as much talk of it if not more.

An extension of this news thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/477691-goodbye-catalyst-control-center-hello-radeon-sofware/
 
Videocardz has gotten a hold of the slides for the new RadeOn Crimson drivers
 
And man does it look good! Here are some of the highlights
 
 

 
Overview of all the content of the slides. Here are my personal picks for some of the most interesting features:
 
Low Framerate Compensation:
 
PCPer had an interesting video showing how GSync operates, when going below 30hz (no LCD can go below 30hz as the liquid crystals cannot hold its charge for more than 30ms).
 

 
Freesync has so far just shut off or used VSYNC, when going below the minimum framerate of the Adaptive Sync window of the monitor. This introduced the same issues as not having freesync enabled, which voids the point. With Crimson, AMD introduces a new feature called Low Framerate Compensation. Nothing concrete about the practical workings has been leaked yet, so how it works is still up in the air.
 
I have long spoken for the introduction of a frame buffer, that could get repeated by the GPU, similar to how the GSync module behaves, as seen in the PCPer video.

Shader Cache  

 
Shader cache is better caching of a games shaders. Better driver management of shaders can result in lower load times and better shader streaming (like we see in open world games). Again, the inner workings are not disclosed, so we will have to wait and see.

Something something something dark side..erh I mean Flip Queue Size Optimized  

 
The general theme of the Crimson driver seems to be massive lowering of latency, be it LiquidVR, Async compute or shader chache. Flip queue size optimization should mate the latency between you performing an action on the mouse or keyboard, to a reaction on the screen be significantly shorter.

Frame Rate Target Control
 
Not new, but much better. Now with a larger window of 30-200 fps. I personally enjoy and use FRTC a lot, but the arbitrary 95 fps limit in Catalyst made little sense. Setting this to the max of your panel makes all kinds of sense, both with and without a freesync panel. Set it to your monitors max hz and enjoy.

 
The Crimson driver software seems to be very promising. Faster startup, completely new graphical user interface, better performance all around and lower latency for better fps and user input reaction.
I personally think this will launch tomorrow when AMD holds their interview with PCPerspective live. Either that or the day after.
 
Watch all the slides here: http://videocardz.com/57776/amd-launches-radeon-software-crimson-driver

 
Update: Official driver has been released on AMD's webpage
 
Here the Windows 10 64 bit version http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64

G-Sync approaches low refresh rates in a very different way which allows it to have an effective range of 0 Hz - X Hz, X being the monitor's max refresh rate.

G-Sync approaches low refresh rates in a very different way which allows it to have an effective range of 0 Hz - X Hz, X being the monitor's max refresh rate.

It doesn't "come with McAfee," McAfee  is the the requirement for it being this cheap.
Other examples of the same deal.
The reason people don't like it is because the submission of the rebate entails that you accept the ToS and are legally obligated to install mcafee, sign up for auto renewal with a credit card, and stay opted in to it for at least 10 months, after which you can opt out. The problem is that after 10 months it's not unlikely you'll forget and if you do forget to cancel it within those last 2 months of the year it'll end up charging you for the next year.

It doesn't "come with McAfee," McAfee  is the the requirement for it being this cheap.
Other examples of the same deal.
The reason people don't like it is because the submission of the rebate entails that you accept the ToS and are legally obligated to install mcafee, sign up for auto renewal with a credit card, and stay opted in to it for at least 10 months, after which you can opt out. The problem is that after 10 months it's not unlikely you'll forget and if you do forget to cancel it within those last 2 months of the year it'll end up charging you for the next year.

Is it really fair to call it A (single) display if it's just an ass load of TVs?

Oh yea that could be a thing. They should add "3% of the smartphone owners have gotten heart attacks while throwing their phone on the bed and it bounces off."

people watched a movie about investment bankers or whatever 

"I'll take a Diet Cell Phone. I'm trying to watch my monthly data plan"

the asrock extreme 4 is a good motherboard lol.

Same deal on Newegg, you should add it to the post.
Promo code: EMCAXKX22
And it's only redeemable through tomorrow.

That's nice but I usually find Pencil rendering times unreasonable and highly dependent on the skill of the user.