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The Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ Review

The Galaxy Note line has long been one of Samsung’s greatest assets in the mobile market. While other Android OEMs have made phablets before, Samsung was pretty much the first OEM to ship a high-end device in this segment. Although other Android OEMs have made phablets in the time since, Samsung continues to have a strong hold on this market.

For Samsung, unlike previous iterations of the Note family, the Galaxy Note5/S6 edge+ represents a significant change in design compared to previous generations, integrating many of the design aspects of the Galaxy S6 across the whole family. In many ways, the Galaxy Note5 resembles the Galaxy S6 in a different size. Meanwhile the Note5’s companion device, the Galaxy S6 edge+, is effectively a second take on the Galaxy Note5, aiming for a design closer to a large format phone than a phablet as originially envisioned by Samsung. In this case the Galaxy S6 edge+ uses many of the design accents of the Galaxy S6 edge such as the curved display, all the while getting rid of the stylus.

To see how these phablets perform, read on for the full review.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ Review

The Galaxy Note line has long been one of Samsung’s greatest assets in the mobile market. While other Android OEMs have made phablets before, Samsung was pretty much the first OEM to ship a high-end device in this segment. Although other Android OEMs have made phablets in the time since, Samsung continues to have a strong hold on this market.

For Samsung, unlike previous iterations of the Note family, the Galaxy Note5/S6 edge+ represents a significant change in design compared to previous generations, integrating many of the design aspects of the Galaxy S6 across the whole family. In many ways, the Galaxy Note5 resembles the Galaxy S6 in a different size. Meanwhile the Note5’s companion device, the Galaxy S6 edge+, is effectively a second take on the Galaxy Note5, aiming for a design closer to a large format phone than a phablet as originially envisioned by Samsung. In this case the Galaxy S6 edge+ uses many of the design accents of the Galaxy S6 edge such as the curved display, all the while getting rid of the stylus.

To see how these phablets perform, read on for the full review.

AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers
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AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers

In a rare episode for AMD we get to see a second beta driver release in the same week. Earlier this week (Tuesday September 29th) AMD had released their Catalyst 15.9 Beta Driver. It brought optimizations to the Fable Legends benchmark we all saw recently and the upcoming Star Wars: BattleFront beta along with a grocery list of other fixes.

Unfortunately a major memory leak was discovered shortly after release that could be triggered when a browser or other windows were resized. The result of this memory leak was all of the video memory on the graphics card being consumed. Upon becoming aware AMD was prompt to announce through Twitter and on their own site that there was a problem and had recommended those affected to revert drivers.

Late on Wednesday AMD re-released their 15.9 beta driver as the 15.9.1 Beta driver to address this issue. The Display Driver version is still 15.201.1151, leaving the only change here being to fix the memory leak. If you have updated to 15.9 it would be advisable to update again to 15.9.1 to avoid the memory leak.

Those looking for the driver update can find it on AMD’s Catalyst Beta download page.

AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers
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AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers

In a rare episode for AMD we get to see a second beta driver release in the same week. Earlier this week (Tuesday September 29th) AMD had released their Catalyst 15.9 Beta Driver. It brought optimizations to the Fable Legends benchmark we all saw recently and the upcoming Star Wars: BattleFront beta along with a grocery list of other fixes.

Unfortunately a major memory leak was discovered shortly after release that could be triggered when a browser or other windows were resized. The result of this memory leak was all of the video memory on the graphics card being consumed. Upon becoming aware AMD was prompt to announce through Twitter and on their own site that there was a problem and had recommended those affected to revert drivers.

Late on Wednesday AMD re-released their 15.9 beta driver as the 15.9.1 Beta driver to address this issue. The Display Driver version is still 15.201.1151, leaving the only change here being to fix the memory leak. If you have updated to 15.9 it would be advisable to update again to 15.9.1 to avoid the memory leak.

Those looking for the driver update can find it on AMD’s Catalyst Beta download page.

AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers
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AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta Drivers

In a rare episode for AMD we get to see a second beta driver release in the same week. Earlier this week (Tuesday September 29th) AMD had released their Catalyst 15.9 Beta Driver. It brought optimizations to the Fable Legends benchmark we all saw recently and the upcoming Star Wars: BattleFront beta along with a grocery list of other fixes.

Unfortunately a major memory leak was discovered shortly after release that could be triggered when a browser or other windows were resized. The result of this memory leak was all of the video memory on the graphics card being consumed. Upon becoming aware AMD was prompt to announce through Twitter and on their own site that there was a problem and had recommended those affected to revert drivers.

Late on Wednesday AMD re-released their 15.9 beta driver as the 15.9.1 Beta driver to address this issue. The Display Driver version is still 15.201.1151, leaving the only change here being to fix the memory leak. If you have updated to 15.9 it would be advisable to update again to 15.9.1 to avoid the memory leak.

Those looking for the driver update can find it on AMD’s Catalyst Beta download page.