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AMD is a chip making company that creates the Radeon line of [[Graphics Card (GPU)|GPUs]], in addition to several lines of [[Processor (CPU)|CPUs]].
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== Radeon ==
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'''Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.''' (commonly called '''AMD''') is a chip making company and known for their AMD Ryzen line of [[Glossary:Central Processing Unit (CPU)|CPUs]] and APUs as well as the AMD Radeon line of [[Glossary:Graphics card|graphics cards]]. AMD acquired '''ATI Technologies Inc.''' (commonly called '''ATI''') in 2006 for their graphics processing units, and up until 2010 AMD still sold graphics cards under the ATI brand name.
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The Radeon line of graphics cards were introduced in 2000 with the Radeon R100.
 
  
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=== Radeon HD Series ===
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The Radeon HD series began in 2006 with the R600 chip series. It was the first line of Radeon GPUs to support DirectX 10 and beyond. The HD marked a change in the Radeon naming scheme, one in which the chip series could be easily discerned by the name. The most recent entries in this series are the HD 7000 line.
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{{ii}} [https://www.amd.com/en Official AMD website] - Drivers, tech specs, support, and information for all AMD products and related technologies.
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{{ii}} [https://www.amd.com/en/gaming AMD Gaming Technologies and Products]
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{{ii}} [[Wikipedia:Radeon|Radeon article on Wikipedia]]
  
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As an example we can use the Radeon 5670.
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'''Related articles'''
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{{ii}} [[AMD Radeon Software]]
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{{ii}} [[AMD Catalyst Control Center]]
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{{ii}} [[Nvidia]]
  
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Here the first digit signifies the series, in this case the 5000 series. The second digit signifies the power range, with a mid-range card signified by the "6". The third digit indicates a further ranking, with the 5670 being slightly more powerful than the 5650. The final digit is always 0.
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==[[AMD Radeon Software]]==
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{{ii}} Replaced [[AMD Catalyst Control Center]] as the display driver control panel for AMD Radeon graphics cards.
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{{++}} Comes with an in-game overlay called '''Radeon Overlay''' that allows access to various features such as capture/streaming ('''Radeon ReLive'''), performance monitoring, dynamic power adjustments ('''Radeon Chill'''), frame rate limiter ('''FRTC'''), variable refresh rate ('''FreeSync'''), and more.
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{{mm}} [https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/radeon-software Official website]
  
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With the release of the 12.6 drivers, only the Radeon HD 5000 series and later cards are fully supported with regular driver updates. HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 cards now only receive quarterly driver updates.
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==AMD Ryzen Master Utility==
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{{ii}} Allows easy overclocking control for all Ryzen CPUs.
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{{mm}} [https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/ryzen-master Official website]
  
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== External links ==
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==[[AMD Catalyst Control Center]]==
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* [[Wikipedia:Radeon|Radeon article on Wikipedia]]
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{{ii}} The AMD Catalyst Control Center works with systems consisting of an Intel CPU and AMD Graphics.<ref name="AMD-Catalyst-Vision">{{Refurl|url=https://support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/57|title=AMD - What is the difference between the AMD Catalyst Control Center and the AMD Vision Engine Control Center?|date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
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* [http://www.amd.com/us/products/Pages/graphics.aspx Official Site]
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{{ii}} See the [[AMD Catalyst Control Center]] article for more information.
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* [http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx Driver download site]
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{{ii}} Tool is deprecated in favor of [[AMD Radeon Software]], although it might not be available for older GPUs or products.
  
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The AMD Catalyst Control Center is a tool created by AMD designed to allow you to customize various display driver settings for your AMD graphics card.
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===AMD Vision Engine Control Center===
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{{ii}} The AMD Vision Engine Control Centre is optimized for systems containing an AMD CPU and AMD Graphics.<ref name="AMD-Catalyst-Vision" />
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The AMD Vision Control Center offers additional CPU monitoring options from within the Control Center. All graphics features available in the AMD Catalyst Control Center are also available in the AMD Vision Control Center.
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==FreeSync==
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{{ii}} AMD's technology to leverage industry standards, such as DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync, to allow variable refresh rates,<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/free-sync-faq|title=AMD - FreeSync Monitor FAQ|date=2018-08-26}}</ref> and a competitor to Nvidia's proprietary '''G-Sync''' solution.
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{{mm}} See [[Glossary:Variable_refresh_rate_(VRR)#AMD_FreeSync|the Variable refresh rate (VRR) glossary page]] for more information.
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (commonly called AMD) is a chip making company and known for their AMD Ryzen line of CPUs and APUs as well as the AMD Radeon line of graphics cards. AMD acquired ATI Technologies Inc. (commonly called ATI) in 2006 for their graphics processing units, and up until 2010 AMD still sold graphics cards under the ATI brand name.

Resources

Official AMD website - Drivers, tech specs, support, and information for all AMD products and related technologies.
AMD Gaming Technologies and Products
Radeon article on Wikipedia

Related articles

AMD Radeon Software
AMD Catalyst Control Center
Nvidia

AMD Radeon Software

Replaced AMD Catalyst Control Center as the display driver control panel for AMD Radeon graphics cards.
Comes with an in-game overlay called Radeon Overlay that allows access to various features such as capture/streaming (Radeon ReLive), performance monitoring, dynamic power adjustments (Radeon Chill), frame rate limiter (FRTC), variable refresh rate (FreeSync), and more.
Official website

AMD Ryzen Master Utility

Allows easy overclocking control for all Ryzen CPUs.
Official website

AMD Catalyst Control Center

The AMD Catalyst Control Center works with systems consisting of an Intel CPU and AMD Graphics.[1]
See the AMD Catalyst Control Center article for more information.
Tool is deprecated in favor of AMD Radeon Software, although it might not be available for older GPUs or products.

The AMD Catalyst Control Center is a tool created by AMD designed to allow you to customize various display driver settings for your AMD graphics card.

AMD Vision Engine Control Center

The AMD Vision Engine Control Centre is optimized for systems containing an AMD CPU and AMD Graphics.[1]

The AMD Vision Control Center offers additional CPU monitoring options from within the Control Center. All graphics features available in the AMD Catalyst Control Center are also available in the AMD Vision Control Center.

FreeSync

AMD's technology to leverage industry standards, such as DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync, to allow variable refresh rates,[2] and a competitor to Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync solution.
See the Variable refresh rate (VRR) glossary page for more information.


References