GDC 2016: Tearing & Freesync/G-Sync Support Coming to Windows' UWP Apps
With the recent release of the first major games built for Windows’ Universal Windows Platform runtime, the current limitations of UWP has been a hot topic in technical circles...
11 by Ryan Smith on 3/17/2016
Intel's Skull Canyon NUC is Official: $650, Shipping In May
Back in January, Intel had provided us with information about the Skull Canyon NUC based on a Skylake H-Series CPU(with Iris Pro Graphics). Today, at GDC 2016, Intel made...
103 by Ganesh T S on 3/16/2016
Razer Core Thunderbolt 3 eGFX Chassis: $499/$399, AMD & NVIDIA, Shipping In April
Back at CES 2016, Razer announced their Core Thunderbolt 3 external graphics (eGFX) chassis. Built around the new Thunderbolt 3 standard and its long-awaited official support for external video...
80 by Ryan Smith on 3/16/2016
GDC 2016: Imagination Demonstrates PowerVR Vulkan SDK & PowerVR Ray Tracing
Among the many companies showing off their latest development wares at GDC this week is Imagination. As opposed to their new GPU IP launches over the past couple of...
3 by Ryan Smith on 3/16/2016
MSI Introduces two new GTX 950 2GB GPUs with 75W TDP: the OCV2 and OCV3
A standard GTX 950 reference design comes in at a 90W TDP, which means it requires a 6-pin PCIe power connector as the standard PCIe slot is typically rated...
12 by Anton Shilov on 3/16/2016
NVIDIA Announces GameWorks SDK 3.1
Innovation is hard work. Doing work that has already been done elsewhere can be satisfying, but also annoying - no-one wants to reinvent the wheel every time. In the...
52 by Daniel Williams on 3/16/2016
Sony to Start Selling PlayStation VR in October for $399
Sony has published the price of its PlayStation VR virtual reality headset and confirmed its final specifications and launch timeframe on Tuesday. The company intends to start selling the...
27 by Anton Shilov on 3/16/2016
Qualcomm’s New SDK Enables Development of VR Apps on Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm on Monday introduced its first virtual reality software development kit, designed for its Snapdragon 820 mobile SoC. The new tools will enable software makers to create programs that...
9 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2016
Lattice and MediaTek to Collaborate On Reference Smartphones For SuperMHL over USB-C
Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek have joined forces to create reference smartphones with 4K video outputs using USB Type-C connectors and cables. The outputs will use the superMHL technology and...
10 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2016
VRScore: Crytek and Basemark Announce New Benchmark Release
Virtual Reality has definitely been playing the slow and steady race for a while now. Thankfully, with the approach of consumer VR headsets going on sale, more of us...
5 by Daniel Williams on 3/15/2016
GDC 2016: Geomerics Demonstrates Updated Enlighten Lighting Tech
As some of our regular readers may already be familiar with them, ARM’s Geomerics division is one of the more unusual parts of ARM’s overall business group. Unlike the...
8 by Ryan Smith on 3/15/2016
Razer Unveils The Updated Razer Blade: Chroma Keyboard, Skylake, And A Lower Price
The 2015 Razer Blade was a nice evolution in the history of Razer’s 14-inch gaming notebook lineup. This 0.70”, or 17.8 mm thick notebook is built from a solid...
34 by Brett Howse on 3/15/2016
AMD Unveils GPU Architecture Roadmap: After Polaris Comes Vega
Although AMD’s GDC 2016 “Capsaicin” event was primarily focused on game development – it is the Game Developers Conference, after all – AMD did spend a brief moment discussing...
54 by Ryan Smith on 3/15/2016
Kishonti Announces GFXBench 5 Aztec Ruins At GDC
Today the 2016 Game Developers Conference kicked off, and Kishonti hasn't wasted any time in announcing the latest version of their GFXBench benchmark. While GFXBench 4 is still relatively...
6 by Brandon Chester on 3/14/2016
AMD Announces Radeon Pro Duo: Dual GPU Fiji Video Card For VR Content Creation
At AMD’s GDC 2016 “Capsaicin” event, the company has announced their long-awaited dual Fiji video card. Being released under the name Radeon Pro Duo, the new card is a...
56 by Ryan Smith on 3/14/2016
Discussing the State of DirectX 12 With Microsoft & Oxide Games
Taking place next week is the 2016 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. GDC has been an important show for some time, but in recent years it has taken...
67 by Ryan Smith on 3/11/2016
ZOTAC to Offer Small Form-Factor PC with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 980 GPU
Various kinds of small form-factor PCs are on a roll these days. Mini-ITX systems have been offering performance of full-size desktops for several years now and even smaller systems...
17 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2016
EUV Lithography Makes Good Progress, Still Not Ready for Prime Time
At the recent annual SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, Intel, TSMC and other leading semiconductor companies said that significant strides have been made in extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) over the...
38 by Anton Shilov on 3/10/2016
Intel Updates True Key App to Simplify Security
Intel Security, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel (and previously known as McAfee) has updated its True Key password manager application to tackle one of the most notorious issues...
23 by Anton Shilov on 3/10/2016
More on AMD’s XConnect Tech: Thunderbolt 3 for External Radeons
Last night AMD issued a driver update that brought support for a new technology, XConnect. In a nutshell, XConnect is AMD’s trade name for running external video cards via...
64 by Ryan Smith on 3/10/2016
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