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Steam’s Summer Sale Competition Leads To Confusion, Wishlist Culling

Posted on June 28, 2019 5:57 PM by Rob Williams
Steam Summer Sale 2019 Grand Prix

There are few sales that could be called “legendary”, but Steam’s annual summer event may earn it. While Steam has many sales throughout the year, the summer version is the one where the entire store seems to experience discounts – and usually the best ones of the year. This year’s event is…..

DisplayPort 2.0 Powered By Thunderbolt? 80Gbps For 8K Monitors

Posted on June 27, 2019 5:30 PM by Jamie Fletcher
DsiplayPort Logo

Display interfaces are not exactly the sort of tech people love to talk to friends about, but they are important none the less. For the last 15 years or so, we’ve seen slow increments with DisplayPort and HDMI. With 4K displays and the desire for higher framerates too, we keep exceeding the…..

Corsair Releases $40 HS35 Gaming Headset, Includes Removable Mic & On-ear Volume Control

Posted on June 27, 2019 4:28 PM by Rob Williams
Corsair HS35 Gaming Headset - Angle View

It’s impossible to deny that it’s fun writing about high-end PC gear, but the truth is, the bottom of some product stacks hide some real treasures. Enter Corsair’s new HS35, a gaming headset that costs just $40, has an adjustable mic and ear cups, on-ear volume and mute control, and, if it…..

beyerdynamic Begins Shipping LAGOON ANC Noise-canceling Wireless Headphones

Posted on June 26, 2019 6:14 PM by Rob Williams
beyerdynamic LAGOON ANC Angle View

The market has no shortage of active noise-canceling headphones, but it can be argued that there is a lack of “great” ones. And, it’s true. It seems like every ANC solution has at least one obvious caveat, but fortunately, they’re all typically good at getting a decent job done in both audio…..

Canonical Backtracks On Pulling Of 32-bit Libraries… For Now

Posted on June 25, 2019 5:34 PM by Rob Williams
Ubuntu 19.04 File Manager and Ubuntu Software

Over the weekend, there was a huge uproar in the Linux community aimed towards Canonical and its decision to pull support for 32-bit libraries. In our post, we mentioned that Canonical’s mind seemed made up, but sometimes, the unexpected happens. It certainly did in this case, as the Ubuntu developer has said…..

AMD Hosting Radeon ProRender Competition Until End Of July

Posted on June 25, 2019 4:33 PM by Rob Williams
James Lawley ProRender Render

AMD has been keeping busy on the ProViz side of things over the past couple of years, even going as far as releasing its own ray tracing plugin for everyone’s consumption. In the three years ProRender has been available, AMD’s expanded its reach to 3ds Max, Maya, Blender, Cinema 4D, SolidWorks, Creo,…..

A Look At Our Tests Ahead Of More CPU & Gaming GPU Reviews

Posted on June 24, 2019 9:30 AM by Rob Williams
MAXON Cinema 4D R20

With so many products launching in the near future, and even more that are rumored to launch, we figured we’d take a few minutes to give an update on what we’ve been up to, and what we have in store for the near-future. The past couple of weeks have been dominated by both travel…..

Raspberry Pi 4 Released – New CPU, Supports USB 3.0 and 4GB of RAM

Posted on June 24, 2019 7:05 AM by Jamie Fletcher
The New Raspberrry Pi 4

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced its latest update on the venerable Pi, with the launch of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. It promises desktop like performance comparable to x86 PCs, and includes a bunch of modern technologies, bringing it out of being strictly an educational device, to something that can be…..

Canonical’s Decision To Drop 32-Bit Support In Ubuntu Upsets The Linux Gaming Community

Posted on June 22, 2019 2:07 PM by Rob Williams
Steam Under Linux

The future of Linux gaming sure is going to be interesting, as Canonical has announced this week that it’s going to be scrapping 32-bit support with Ubuntu 19.10. This was something considered last year, and clearly, even after all of the debate about whether or not it should happen, Canonical feels it’s…..

What Classic Games Do You Want To See Infused With Ray Tracing?

Posted on June 22, 2019 11:37 AM by Rob Williams
Quake II RTX - Blaster Lit Environment

Just after Computex, NVIDIA released Quake II RTX, a new take on the classic that infuses ray tracing into the engine. The result is pretty impressive, with the real-time lighting effect delivering believable, and perhaps more immersive, environments. Of course, ray tracing isn’t light on computation (pun intended), so the faster your…..

PCIe 6.0 Specification Slated For Release In 2021

Posted on June 18, 2019 7:50 PM by Rob Williams
PCI-SIG PCIe 6 Announcement

Five months ago (to the day), we explored what PCIe 4.0 and its 5.0 successor will bring to the table in terms of raw bandwidth. At the time, it felt funny talking about 5.0 when 4.0 wasn’t even been commercially available to regular consumers yet, but that’s the way tech goes sometimes.…..

You Should Go Claim Borderlands 2’s (Currently Free) Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary DLC

Posted on June 16, 2019 2:13 PM by Rob Williams
Borderlands 2 Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary

The gaming world has been incredibly busy this past week, with a countless number of new announcements brought about at E3. Ahead of the event, Gearbox gave us a surprise launch of brand-new Borderlands 2 DLC, called Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary. With Borderlands 3 slated to launch this September,…..

A Lot Of Great Change Is Coming To Destiny 2, Including A Free-To-Play Version

Posted on June 14, 2019 10:00 AM by Rob Williams
Destiny 2 Shadowkeep

This fall is going to be an important one for Destiny 2, and if you’ve found yourself ignoring the series for the last while, you may want to pay attention to what’s coming. All told, the game is going to be launching a free version, make a move from Blizzard to Steam,…..

Corona Renderer 4 For 3ds Max Released: Introduces Caustics, Multiple Lighting Environments Support

Posted on June 14, 2019 8:00 AM by Rob Williams
Local Store

Development on Corona Renderer has only seemed to pick up since Render Legion was acquired by Chaos Group a few years ago. Today, the resulting company is now known as Chaos Czech, and its latest update for 3ds Max has just dropped. Now versioned 4, the new Corona Renderer introduces a lot…..

NVIDIA Could Release Its GeForce SUPER Series In Mid-July

Posted on June 13, 2019 8:47 PM by Rob Williams
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition

Ahead of this week’s E3, it seemed really likely that NVIDIA would be unveiling a new GeForce series called “SUPER” at the event, but as it happens, that didn’t happen. Word is that some people got briefed at the event, but since we bowed out of Los Angeles right after AMD’s Next…..

Corsair Releases NIGHTSWORD RGB & Ambidextrous M55 RGB PRO Gaming Mice

Posted on June 13, 2019 4:40 PM by Rob Williams
Corsair M55 RGB PRO Gaming Mouse

It might just be our perception, but it feels like this year’s E3 has been a lot more PC gaming-focused than recent ones. Even Corsair is now getting in on the fun, having announced two brand-new gaming mice that cater to a wide-range of gamers. To start, we have the NIGHTSWORD RGB,…..

Ray Tracing Coming To Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs: Legion & Control

Posted on June 12, 2019 5:25 PM by Rob Williams
Cyberpunk 2077 Outdoor RTX Environment

This year’s E3 seems to be one of the best in recent memory, at least in terms of hardware being announced. AMD in particular had a really good show, with Sony and Microsoft committing to the company’s CPUs and GPUs in the next-gen consoles, and of course, Zen 2 processors and the…..

UL 3DMark Adds PCIe 4.0 Feature Test For GPU Bandwidth

Posted on June 11, 2019 8:30 PM by Jamie Fletcher
UL 3DMark PCIe Feature Test Screenshot

With the introduction of PCIe 4.0 as part of AMD’s Zen 2 launch, companies far and wide are starting to explore the possibilities enabled by the extra bandwidth. UL, creators of 3DMark, were one of the first software companies to show off the capabilities of what PCIe 4.0 can do – at…..

AMD Reveals Lots Of Information About Zen 2 And Radeon Navi At E3

Posted on June 10, 2019 8:35 PM by Rob Williams
AMD Zen 2 Ryzen Package

At Computex a couple of weeks ago, AMD announced two sets of products: Zen 2 CPUs, and Radeon Navi GPUs. At this week’s E3, the company is unveiling a lot more, and because time is limited at such a venue, we can assure you that there will be even more to talk…..

Microsoft’s Xbox Refresh ‘Project Scarlett’ Announced At E3

Posted on June 9, 2019 11:51 PM by Jamie Fletcher
Xbox Project Scarlett Logo

We’ve heard rumors and whispers regarding the next generation of consoles, and were treated to a glimpse of what’s to come in April when Sony announced some of the details pertaining to its next generation PlayStation. At E3 2019, Microsoft also made its announcements regard the next Xbox, code named Project Scarlett.…..

Microsoft’s $5 Xbox Game Pass For PC & New Xbox App

Posted on June 9, 2019 4:28 PM by Jamie Fletcher
Xbox Game Pass Splash

There has been talk of Xbox integration with Windows for a long time. It has rolled out in parts, mostly as rebranding of existing Windows features. In another push to bring Xbox to PC gaming, a new monthly subscription service called the Xbox Game Pass will be introduced, along with a companion…..

NVIDIA’s “SUPER” Is Probably New GPUs, But It’s Hard To Tell What They Will Be

Posted on June 7, 2019 8:30 PM by Rob Williams
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti - Official Product Shot

Ahead of next week’s E3, the hype is real when it comes to graphics hardware. AMD has admitted that it will be revealing more about its Zen 2 CPUs and Radeon Navi during the event, while NVIDIA has teased something “SUPER” that largely feels graphics card-related. NVIDIA has not given the press…..

AMD X570 Motherboards Could Be Priced Higher Than Previous Generation

Posted on June 7, 2019 6:20 PM by Rob Williams
X570-AORUS-MASTER-Rev10-SSBB

As covered in our roundup from earlier this week, there was a lot of excitement at this year’s Computex surrounding AMD’s upcoming products. Admittedly, Radeon Navi almost seems to act as a side-car to the Zen 2 launch, which seems to have everyone excited. It’s for good reason. AMD’s original Ryzen launch…..

NVIDIA Augments Quake II With Real-time Ray Tracing, Available To Download Now

Posted on June 7, 2019 11:01 AM by Rob Williams
Quake II RTX - Blaster Lit Environment

It’s hard to believe that in 2019, we’re hearing so much talk about the FPS classic Quake II. We’ve known for months that NVIDIA’s been able to infuse some ray tracing into the 1997 original, but we didn’t know until recently that the company had plans to make it available to the…..

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare To Take Advantage Of DXR Ray Tracing & NVIDIA Adaptive Shading

Posted on June 5, 2019 3:25 PM by Rob Williams
Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)

When a new Call of Duty is released nearly every year, it’s admittedly hard to get truly excited about the “next one”. The new Modern Warfare, due in October, is one of the biggest exceptions in recent years, and for a handful of reasons. Arguably, the MW series has been the best…..

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