PC

Why Was The PC Launch Of Rage Such A Mess?

The idea from the start was a game that blurred the lines between how games looked on console and PC. id Software’s most famous games, actually all of its major games, were titles built on the computer first, then brought to consoles later.


October 5, 2011
PC

Rage, ATI And Battlefield 3 Beta Don’t Mix

Is your PC version of Rage crashing to the desktop? Do you have an ATI graphics card? Bethesda’s Pete Hines tweets that a conflict between ATI’s Battlefield 3 beta drivers and Rage might be the cause. Time for a rollback!


December 16, 2010

Win! Three ATI Radeon Graphics Cards!

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Thanks to EA, ATI and Medal of Honor, we’re giving you the chance to win one of three ATI Radeon HD5770 graphics cards. How do you enter? Well you asked for a photoshop competition, and now you’re going to get one…


August 31, 2010
News

Goodbye, "ATI"

Nvidia vs ATI. To PC gamers who are big on their hardware races, it’s like Ford vs GM, Packers vs Bears or Sony vs Microsoft. Sadly, it’s a fight that’s about to get a name change.


July 9, 2010

What DirectX 11 Is, And What It Means To You

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Gizmodo has a great piece up on DirectX 11 and all its associated buzzwords.

It’s paradigm-breaking and synergetic, but more importantly it explains what the hell Tessellation is, how it’ll improve hardware performance even without a DX11 GPU, and has some hardware benchmarks. Check it out!


May 25, 2010

The Next (Next) Generation Of PC Graphics

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Crysis may have been the benchmark for PC graphics in 2007, but as we power on into 2010, it’s looking a little long in the tooth compared to what’s coming in the future.


March 4, 2010
News

Hello, World’s Fastest Graphics Card

This is the Sapphire Radeon HD 5970, and it’s apparently the world’s fastest production video card. Which it had want to be, with a price tag hovering around the $US700 mark.


December 10, 2009
News

Saboteur PC Not Working With ATI Graphics Cards?

Totilo thought The Saboteur was a little rough on PlayStation 3. Lucky. He could have been playing it on PC with an ATI graphics card, in which case it wouldn’t have worked at all.


November 20, 2009
News

Hey, It’s The World’s Fastest Graphics Card

Meet the ATI Radeon HD 5970. Why are we bothering to introduce you? Because the ATI Radeon HD 5970 is now the world’s fastest graphics card, that’s why.


September 2, 2009

Here Come The First DirectX 11 Cards

Pity those who only just got on top of Crysis’ recommended specs. Because if word on the street is to be believed, the next next generation of PC hardware is only a few months away.