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Tomb Raider Performance Test: Graphics And CPUs

Although this year’s Tomb Raider reboot made our latest list of most anticipated PC games, I must admit that it was one of the games I was least looking forward to from a performance perspective. Previous titles in the franchise have received mixed to positive reviews, but gameplay aside, their visuals weren’t exactly mind-blowing so we’ve never bothered doing a performance review on one — until now, anyway.


Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics Cards And CPUs

Built with CryEngine2, the original Crysis raised the bar for PC gaming graphics in 2007 with stunningly detailed visuals that crippled even the fastest of rigs. Looking back at our first Crysis performance article, which was based on the game’s demo, the fastest GPU available at the time (the GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB) struggled to average 30fps when running at 1920×1200 with high quality settings on DirectX 10.


Five Fresh Games Join The Queue For Tegra 4

The best thing about Nvidia’s TegraZone, where Android and Windows RT device owners can purchase and play the latest Tegra-fuelled games, is that it’s not very crowded. The Tegra 3 chip is lovely and does a wonderful job of powering amped mobile titles, but developers have exactly flocked to the platform. Perhaps that’s changing with the upcoming Tegra 4. Today Nvidia unveiled five new-ish games slated to take advantage of its powerful new system-on-a-chip.


Digital Storm Bolt — Titan Edition: The Kotaku Review

This week NVIDIA released its latest high-tech graphics card, the GeForce GTX Titan. The announcement was accompanied by the usual flurry of press releases from boutique PC makers, eager to get their name associated with the next big thing.


Benchmarking Fun With The GTX Titan, Nvidia’s Most Advanced Video Card

Earlier this week I told you about Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan, the $US1,000 graphics card with supercomputer power, tons of tweakability and an astounding acoustic footprint which keeps it whisper-quiet under the heaviest of loads. What I couldn’t tell you about where the benchmarks — those all-important numbers.


What’s Most Impressive About Nvidia’s New Graphics Card? How It Sounds

On Thursday Nvidia’s latest “most powerful graphics card in the world” hits the market — the Kepler-based GeForce GTX Titan. Packed with a ridiculous number of CUDA cores, all the Teraflops you can eat and innovative features like display overclocking, it’s sure to impress the hell out of people that watch performance monitors and keep their frame rate displayed at all times.


Ouya’s Hardware Will Be Updated Every Single Year

Ouya’s CEO Julie Uhrman has announced that the company’s console will buck the trend of most gaming devices, which are infrequently updated, instead offering a new version of the hardware every single year.


Watch The 14-Year Evolution Of PC Graphics In One Video

Wow, PC graphics have really come a long way. YouTube user PerfectHandVideos created this fascinating 130-minute-long collection of real-time PC graphics, using Nvidia demos, graphics benchmarks and in-game benchmarks in chronological order from 2000 to present day.


Playing Borderlands 2 On Nvidia’s Project Shield

Nvidia’s Tegra 4-powered Project Shield handheld will be great for playing Android games, but the real draw is streaming PC games from your GeForce PC to the handheld and playing anywhere in your house. I can’t wait to play Borderlands 2 in the bathroom without a laptop burning my bare legs.


Former AMD Employee Faces Industrial Espionage Charges

According to legal documents obtained by tech site Extremetech, four former employees of hardware company AMD are facing charges of industrial espionage over allegations they stole “thousands of confidential documents” before leaving to work at rival company Nvidia.


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