The new wave of Steam Machines The new box from Zotac, dubbed SN970, is a compact PC akin to Alienware’s Alpha, except a little bigger. The following are its specs: “6th” gen Intel CPU: Zotac writes this on its spec sheet, but we reckon it’ll be an Intel “Skylake” CPU, manufactured at 14nm NVIDIA GeFoce GTX 970M MXM with 3GB GDDR5 8GB DDR3 64GB M.2 SSD 1TB 2.5″ HDD 2 x Gig-E Ethernet...
Radeon and GeForce GPUs in the same PC? When it comes to DirectX 12 we have been cautiously optimistic.Early tests have been promising and we are curious to see what else Microsoft has to say about its API. However, it appears thatDirectX 12 will allegedly have Explicit Asynchronous Multi-GPU Capabilities according to an unnamed source who spoke toTom's Hardware. According to the...
It’s sometimes tough to see it as its happening, when when we look back on the most recent year, some trends start to emerge, whether we’re looking at tech, movies, world news, or whatever else. It’s no different for video games. We trolled through the last year of news stories and game releases and came out with some of the common threads we saw woven throughout the year; some good,...
Adding a new graphics card to your Alienware notebook to enjoy the latest games can be difficult and costly, but Alienware’s new Graphics Amplifier lets you pair your laptop with a standard desktop-class GPU for a spectacular gaming experience. The Graphics Amplifier is a little like an external hard drive dock, only instead of sticking an HDD inside it, you throw in a graphics card...
Here's a look at how Nvidia's next batch of graphics cards might perform How about we kick off the work week with some rumors, speculation, and purportedly leaked info, shall we? Sure, why not! What we have tumbling out of the rumor mill today is the notion that Nvidia is going to launch its GeForce 900 Series cards based on its Maxwell architecture on September 19. Specifications are...
Gaming laptop brings the bling Gold seems to be the ‘in’ thing among mobile devices these days, so why not extend the color option over to laptops? That must have been what MSI was thinking when it conceived limited edition versions of its GS60 Ghost Pro 3K and GS60 Ghost gaming notebooks. Each one packs high end hardware inside a “luxurious golden chassis” measuring 15.35 inches by 10....
Finding middle ground between Full HD and 4K gaming MSI today announced what it claims is the world’s first 3K gaming notebook, which hits the market just in time to be added onto your holiday wishlist. The GT60 2OD-261US is a 15.6-inch laptop with a WQHD+ display (2880×1620) that kicks things up a notch over Full HD 1080p without going all the way up to 4K, which would be both more...
While I certainly have not owned every game system ever released, I have at least played just about all of them. Seeing as I can actually remember when the Atari 2600 first came out, I figure I’m in a good position to name what I view as the five best game systems ever released. These are most definitely my personal choices – just to be completely clear on that – and I am sure there...
Grand Theft Auto V set a first day sales record on Tuesday racking up a staggering $800 million in sales. Call of What? Take-Two Interactive announced today that Grand Theft Auto V is now the proud holder of the first day sales record. Previous record holder Call of Duty: Black Ops II did $500 million in sales its first day in Nov. of last year, but that number couldn’t withstand the...
Before The Matrix was even a movie trailer, and before I'd ever heard of William Gibson's Neuromancer, I was a Shadowrun fan. First I played the 1994 Sega Genesis game and that led me to the pen-and-paper role-playing game. When the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter hit last year, I was excited, if a bit worried—we were still figuring out if Kickstarters were a thing or not. Shadowrun...