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Zak Killian - Wed, Nov 08, 2023
After an awkward situation with Apple back in 2017, UK-based graphics IP developer Imagination Technologies was in a dire state. The company was quickly snapped up by a state-backed private equity firm from China known as Canyon Bridge...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Nov 02, 2023
Bolt on your metal armor and pull out your automatic Beretta, because Robocop: Rogue City releases today. This new title from the developers of sleeper hit Terminator: Resistance has had almost no marketing, yet its extremely faithful...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Oct 17, 2023
It's common for gamers to talk about input lag as stems from input devices and display devices, but the majority of the motion-to-photon lag for most PC gamers actually comes from the software stack itself. NVIDIA has its Reflex technology...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Sep 26, 2023
Ryan Shrout announced he has parted ways with Intel via a post on X. Shrout joined Intel in 2018 as the company's Chief Performance Strategist.
Ryan Shrout is no stranger to tweeting about his departures from previous jobs. He revealed...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Aug 18, 2023
Intel's efforts to improve its graphics drivers continue apace. We probably don't have to tell an audience of enthusiasts that Arc launched in a less than ideal state, and that lead to a sub-optimal first impression for the brand. Intel...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Aug 16, 2023
All of the intelligent upsamplers that we have now—including NVIDIA's DLSS, AMD's FSR, and Intel's XeSS—are fundamentally algorithms at their core, and like any algorithm, they can be tuned and optimized. All three companies continue to do...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Jul 04, 2023
Let's talk about path tracing, hardware-heads. While the difference between ray-tracing and path-tracing has been debated, the industry has largely settled on using ray-tracing as an umbrella term covering all ray-traced effects, while...
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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 29, 2023
MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X: Starting At $329 The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X takes NVIDIA's reference specs and gooses them up a bit for a minor increase in performance. Efficient, Low Power Competitive In Its Class Compact Form Factor Cool And Quiet Minimal Overclocking Only DP 1.4...
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Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Jun 28, 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060: Starting At $299 The new GeForce RTX 4060 is NVIDIA's current entry-level Ada GPU, which targets budget-conscious 1080p gamers shopping for an upgrade from previous-gen graphics cards. Cool And Quiet Manstream...
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Zak Killian - Sat, Jun 10, 2023
Whatever you think about Intel's Arc graphics cards, you have to acknowledge that the proliferation of advanced upscaling technologies is largely a good thing. XeSS is an upscaler with similar performance to AMD's FSR2 and NVIDIA's DLSS...
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Aaron Klotz - Tue, May 30, 2023
NVIDIA has announced that two more titles are receiving its highly-popular NVIDIA Reflex latency-reducing technology, including Diablo IV and Metal: Hellsinger. According to NVIDIA, gamers can expect up to a 67% reduction in system latency...
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Marco Chiappetta - Fri, May 26, 2023
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7600: Starting At $289 The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7600 offers a mild factory overclock, LED lighting, and a couple of additional tricks over AMD's reference card. Dual-BIOS Setup Built-In LED...
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Marco Chiappetta - Wed, May 24, 2023
AMD Radeon RX 7600: Starting At $269 The Navi 33-based AMD Radeon RX 7600 targets 1080p gamers and brings RDNA3 to a highly competitive, relatively low price point. Competitive Pricing Compact Form Factor Modern Feature Set (AV1...
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Marco Chiappetta, Zak Killian - Wed, May 24, 2023
MSI Gaming X Trio GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB: Starting At $449 MSI's outsized take on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti offers extra flashy style and a huge cooler versus NVIDIA's Founders Edition card but it comes at a $50 price premium. Low...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, May 23, 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB: Starting At $399 The new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB model is the middle-child in the 4060 line-up, targeting budget-conscious 1080p gamers seeking an upgrade from previous-gen NVIDIA and AMD offerings. Low...
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Zak Killian - Wed, May 10, 2023
You've gotta appreciate the marketing team for AMD's graphics arm. Even in some of its darkest hours, AMD's Radeon marketing remains ferverent to a level that can only be admired. Team Radeon is in a pretty good position right now, yet for...
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Aaron Klotz - Wed, May 10, 2023
Two reports confirm that AMD’s Radeon RX 7600 has already been shipped to a couple of retailers overseas, ahead of the GPUs launch window. Retail box information regarding the RX 7600 was also leaked confirming the GPU will have 8GB of...
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Zak Killian - Sat, May 06, 2023
If you read this site, chances are pretty good that you've probably played around with a neural image upscaler at some point. These programs, like the popular "waifu2x", use a pre-trained neural network to upscale an image without...
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Chris Goetting - Wed, Apr 26, 2023
Qualcomm is introducing its take on a graphics upscaler today called Snapdragon Game Super Resolution. Like comparable technologies from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, the goal is to maximize game performance and reduce resource consumption while...
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Aaron Klotz - Tue, Apr 18, 2023
A new leak from a shipping manifest has confirmed the core specs and name of the mysterious Zen 4 SOC packed inside ASUS’ new ROG Ally handheld gaming console. The SoC is reportedly a custom variant of the Ryzen 7 7840U APU known as the...
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Zak Killian - Sat, Apr 15, 2023
Graphics drivers are critically-important to the experience of using a GPU. When Intel's Arc launched with mediocre-to-poor drivers, that was a real complaint. The nice thing about drivers is that they're software, though, and that means...
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Aaron Klotz - Thu, Apr 13, 2023
The creators of the VLC Video player have announced a new update spreading NVIDIA’s AI upscaling tech from online video playback with Chrome and Edge to offline movies and video playback with VLC. The update is available now with VLC...
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