Chinese Loongson GPU Promises RX 550-Level Performance, Likely Arriving in 2025

Loongson has confirmed that the company's forthcoming 9A1000 graphics card will offer performance similar to the six-year-old Radeon RX 550.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinese-loongson-gpu-promises-rx-550-level-performance-likely-arriving-in-2025

Created 2y | Nov 6, 2023, 8:10:04 PM


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