Elden Ring – More Details on Leaked Trailer, Locations & More
Well, it finally happened… kind of. The internet erupted recently as a series of short clips from an internal Elden Ring trailer were leaked online. This naturally set the Soulsborne community alight, especially given recent rumours that we can probably expect an official trailer reveal this year. While the leaked trailer is rather poor quality, […]
How Variable Rate Shading Changes Xbox & PC | The Huge Performance Impact of VRS & DX12 Ultimate
Next-generation consoles bring with them a myriad of improvements, an assortment of raw spec upgrades (such as more GPU grunt, additional RAM and such things), but new hardware features and optimization is just as important. The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S both support several new features on their GPUs thanks to using a […]
Playing PS5 Games on PC – PS5 Remote Play is Actually GREAT ?! | Analysis
The next generation of consoles is finally here, and one of the surprise features that Sony had for us was PS5 Remote Play. This feature was stealthily added to PS4 consoles shortly before the launch of the Playstation 5 in the United States, and enables you to remotely control and use your – or your […]
Xbox Series X Hot Chips Analysis Part 1 – GPU, CPU & Overview
The drilldown of new Xbox hardware has been a tradition for Microsoft, and after the rather extensive rundown for the Xbox One console before its 2013 launch, I was very excited to see what Microsoft would reveal of the Xbox Series X architecture. There are still some mysteries for the machine, but overall Microsoft has […]
Zen 3 & Ryzen 4000 Analysis – IPC, Clock Speed, Core Count & More Analysis
On March 2nd of next year, it will have been three years since the launch of the first-gen Ryzen processors and with their launch, AMD caused significant disruption to what consumers expect from mainstream processors. It’s easy to focus in on the core count increase, doubling the core count over Intel’s then flagship offerings, but […]
Does Intel Hyper Threading Hurt Gaming Performance? I9-9900K Analysis
So, let’s assume that you’re primarily a gamer and want to squeeze every last drop of performance possible out of your rig, does Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology hurt the frame rate, or are you better to leave it enabled? Intel’s Hyper-Threading has been part of Intel’s gaming-focused CPUs since back in the days of the Pentium 4, leveraging […]
Nvidia’s Turing Point ? | GeForce RTX 2070 Super Review Featuring MSI Gaming X Trio
It was almost a year ago that Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia first announced the Turing powered GeForce cards. The hype prior to the Turing announcement had been crazy, expectations were set high not just because of how impressive a leap Pascal was over Maxwell, but also because of how amazing real-time Ray Tracing […]
Testing How Memory Speed Impacts Intel | Fun With Memory Configurations On Z390
Intel’s Skylake line of processors were the first desktop CPUs to use DDR4, this was back in August 2015 and along with the added bonus of lower operating voltages, the radically increased clock frequencies compared to the older DDR3 standard was the real improvement DDR4 bought to the table. You can certainly buy DDR3 memory […]