After showing off their new Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Series in Taipai, we were too excited to upgrade the aging GTX 680 in one of our test benches. Thanks to Zotac, we lucked out and today we are looking at the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Omega Core Edition Graphics Card. WHY DO I WANT A GRAPHICS CARD? We …
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NVIDIA Preparing to Release GeForce GTX 950 Ti Series GPUs
It has been reported that NVIDIA is preparing to release a new GeForce GTX series GPU to replace the aging GTX 750/750 Ti series. The new GPU(s) will serve as low-budget, entry-level gaming graphics cards which should be priced to compete with AMD’s newly launched R7 300 series GPUs. The new GPU(s) will likely be dubbed the GTX 950 and …
Read More »AMD Launches Carrizo APUs for Laptops
From Windows-based tablets, to high-end gaming latops, and Ultrabooks, Intel seems to be far and away dominating the mobile x86 market. While AMD does offer quite a few mobile processor and graphics solutions in the form of their APUs, OEMs seem to be continually opting for Intel’s alternatives, likely because that is what consumers are buying. In order to change …
Read More »XFX R9 280 Double Dissipation Graphics Card Review
XFX is a company that specializes in making top-performing graphics cards, power supplies, and computer accessories for gamers and enthusiasts alike. In the world of desktop graphics, they are known to offer best in class warranty, and customer service. So naturally when they asked us to take a look at one of the older cards in their lineup, the XFX AMD Radeon …
Read More »Leaked Image Possibly Reveals the Long Awaited AMD Radeon R9 390X
Hot off the news of AMD’s future from their Financial Analyst Day, we’ve got some newly leaked images courtesy of the folks over at WCCF Tech. The outlet claims to have acquired some exclusive images of the not yet announced AMD Radeon R9 390x – nomenclature unconfirmed – which is based on AMD’s upcoming flagship, ultra-enthusiast Fiji XT graphics core. The …
Read More »Nvidia Pascal to Offer 10 Times the Performance of Titan X
Nvidia may have just released their latest flagship GPU, the Titan X, which utilizes current Maxwell GPU architecture, but that wont stop them from talking about what’s next. Announced last year, Nvidia’s next-generation Pascal GPU architecture has finally been detailed, and its performance claims are impressive. NVIDIA PASCAL DETAILS As we can see in the slide below, Nvidia is claiming that …
Read More »Nvidia Titan X Specifications and Price Revealed
Today, Nvidia revealed that its upcoming 12GB GPU, the Titan X will be priced at $999, when it goes on sale on March 18th. NVIDIA TITAN X SPECIFICATIONS They also revealed the specifications for their all new flagship card, and they are beastly. To go along with its 12GB of GDDR5, it will also have a 384-bit memory interface, which shifts data …
Read More »Nvidia Unveils Their Latest Flagship GPU – Titan X
Yesterday during the Unreal Engine Panel at the Game Developers Conference, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made a surprise appearance to officially announce their forthcoming Titan X GPU. Details are scarce at the moment, but he did offer that the card will feature 12GB of vRAM and over 8 billion transistors, and claims it is “the worlds most advanced GPU” Further details …
Read More »AMD Shows off FreeSync and New Gesture Software – CES 2015 Update
We stopped by AMD’s booth at CES 2015 today and saw a series of AMD hardware demos, including a series of demos running on the some of the recently announced FreeSync monitors by AMD’s partners, Samsung, LG and BenQ. For the most part, much of what AMD showed off today is not new. In fact many of their product presentations at …
Read More »Understanding Frame Rate – Uncovering The Truth Behind 30 VS 60 FPS
As someone who loves video games, I spend a lot of time discussing them on the internet via various Reddit communities, forums, and when I can stomach it; the YouTube comment section. One topic that seems to keep coming up in the ever-growing battle between PC and Console is the difference between 30 and 60 FPS. or rather the lack …
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