The fifth PC patch for Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0.638.6, has been released! Nixxess Software has a great blog post up today about bringing DirectX 12 to Rise of the Tomb Raider that Continue reading “Rise of the Tomb Raider Patch Adds DirectX 12, NVIDIA VXAO Ambient Occlusion Technology”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 11, 2016 at 7:25pm
Congatec has released images of the conga-TS170 module that has been designed for graphics intensive applications. The board uses 6th Generation Intel Core processor with the flagship CPU being the Intel Core i7-6820EQ (4 x Continue reading “Intel Skylake GT4e Core Photo Shows Very Long Chip!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 9, 2016 at 3:35pm
Amazon Japan has broadened the selection of items for international shipping with the inclusion of video games and game consoles. Amazon’s reputation for reasonably priced shipping extends here and comes as good news for those Continue reading “Amazon Japan Extends International Shipping to Video Games and Consoles”. …more
By David Yee •
Mar. 9, 2016 at 1:39pm
NVIDIA has released a graphics card driver that supports the Vulkan API! NVIDIA GeForce 364.47 WHQL Game Ready Drivers are now available to download and are aimed at those playing Tom Clancys The Division, Hitman, Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 364.47 WHQL Drivers Support Vulkan API”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 7, 2016 at 3:50pm
ESL, which claims to be the worlds largest eSports company, has announced that it will be broadcasting its core content on several different streaming platforms. First up, they will broadcast the Intel Extreme Masters World Continue reading “ESL eSports Content Now Available on Twitch, Yahoo!, Hitbox, and Azubu”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Mar. 4, 2016 at 8:35pm
DirectX 12 is here, with several developers working on porting existing titles over to the Microsoft API. Just Cause 3 has been confirmed as getting some DirectX 12 treatment, along with several other games. To Continue reading “Microsoft video hints at games to be ported to DX12”. …more
By Sean Sinha •
Mar. 4, 2016 at 4:45pm
Last night on Reddit the Radeon Technologies Group hosted a Q&A and allowed Reddit users to ask anything they wanted. Nearly 1,000 comments were made on topics ranging on topics like linux drivers, Vulkan, FreeSync, Continue reading “AMD Confirms Polaris GPUs Coming Mid-Year”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 4, 2016 at 1:01pm
AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 Hotfix drivers that feature a CrossFireX profile for Far Cry Primal. The list of ‘Resolved Issues’ is identical the ones shown in Crimson Edition 16.2 drivers that Continue reading “AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 Drivers Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 2, 2016 at 8:28pm
NVIDIA today released GeForce 362.00 WHQL Game Ready Drivers for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Far Cry Primal, and the latest update for Dying Light. You can download the latest drivers for Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 64-bit Continue reading “GeForce 362.00 WHQL Drivers Released For Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Far Cry Primal & Dying Light”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 1, 2016 at 4:41pm
Over the weekend a report titled ‘Flash Reliability in Production: The Expected and the Unexpected‘ was published that was written by Professor Bianca Schroeder of the University of Toronto, and Raghav Lagisetty and Arif Merchant Continue reading “SLC and MLC NAND Flash Are Equally Reliable on SSDs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 29, 2016 at 4:16pm
The Radeon Technologies Group (RTG) has released Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2 video card drivers (version 15.301.1901). The new drivers have been optimized for Ashes of the Singularity Beta 2 and Benchmark 2.0 as well Continue reading “AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2 Video Card Drivers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 26, 2016 at 12:22pm
During the unveiling of their new flagship smartphones, Samsung disclosed that each preorder for the device (Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge) will come with a shiny new Samsung Gear VR headset. They are also including Continue reading “Galaxy S7 Preorders Coming Bundled with Samsung Gear VR”. …more
By Ryan Pack •
Feb. 24, 2016 at 1:13pm
Epic Games revealed ProtoStar, a real-time 3D experience built with the Unreal Engine 4 game engine at Mobile World Congress 2016. The demo was run on the brand new Samsung Galaxy S7 that was also Continue reading “Unreal Engine and Vulkan API Demo On Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphone”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 23, 2016 at 2:08pm
LG’s Flagship G5 phone Has A VR Headset Option – LG 360 VR When it comes to cell phones, you typically have only two choices when it came to using Virtual Reality. You have the Continue reading “LG Enters Virtual Reality Market With LG 360 VR Goggles”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2016 at 9:43pm
HTC and Valve are finally ramping up to a consumer version release of their Head Mounted Display product known as the Vive. Reception of the new product’s pricetag was mostly agreeable, compared to the uproar Continue reading “HTC Vive Consumer Edition Pre-Orders Start Next Week At $799”. …more
By Ryan Pack •
Feb. 22, 2016 at 9:14pm