AMD hasn’t had much luck getting the drop on Intel as of late. With its latest chips, that seems to be changing. AMD has announced that its 32nm Llano A-series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) have started shipping, and systems with the chips should start shipping this quarter (Q2). These Llano APUs come from the Fusion more »

Four years ago, AMD bought out ATI, and has continued to use the brand name for graphics cards. That all ends today as AMD has announced that the ATI branding will no longer be used by the company. AMD’s announcement sees ATI chipsets keeping the same names, so the Radeon and FirePro lines will still more »

Gamers are always looking for ways to upgrade notebooks in order to serve up the best graphics and sound during game play. AMD has announced ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 4000 series graphics, their planned next generation series of notebook graphics processors. AMD says that this new processor will bring PC quality gaming technology to notebook users.

So, what type of upgrades can users expect? The processor will support Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games, longer battery life, and HD quality multimedia features. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4800 series will improve HD gaming performance with support for ATI CrossFireX technology to deliver up to one teraFLOP of performance power. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300, 4500 and 4600 also are supposed to be energy efficient.

“The time to experience the most shocking realism in gaming is NOW!” Yes, that’s how MSI wants us to experience with their new gaming notebook dubbed the GX730.

Its display alone via a 17-inch LCD monitor coupled with an ATi Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphic card already sends a signal that the GX730 is out to conquer the gaming notebook market. The GX730 also features multimedia functionality with a Dolby Theater Class 5 speaker system. More after the break.