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The viability of a new free alternative to Nvidia’s new variable refresh rate tech G-Sync has been questioned by the PC hardware firm. Rival AMD took to CES this week to reveal FreeSync – a new technology that apes G-Sync’s ability to synchronise the refresh rates of a monitor and …
Read More »Nvidia GTX 780Ti and Radeon R9 290 benchmarked, priced
The two latest competitors into what has turned out to be a very ‘heated’ battle in the PC graphics card market have at last been detailed. Firstly, Nvidia’s long-awaited GTX 780Ti has been specced by VideoCardz which shows that the card is not only a Titan-killer, but also the better …
Read More »17 gaming benchmarks leaked for Radeon R9 290X
After the official publication of two benchmarks this morning, a leaked set of benches for the Radeon R9 290X for 17 games has now been published online. Videocardz has the numbers for a range of titles including Battlefield 3, Borderlands 2, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Metro Last …
Read More »Radeon R9 290X scheduled for October 24th launch – rumour
AMD’s new top-end graphics card the R9 290X was supposed to launch tomorrow, according to rumour. Those same rumour-mongers now say it won’t. VideoCardz.com reports that the R9 290X will now arrive on October 24th with the R9 290 arriving a little later on October 31st. The site describes these …
Read More »Nvidia to cut its graphics card prices – report
The likes of the GeForce Titan and GTX 780 may be about to have their price cut. DigiTimes reports that Nvidia is on the cusp of lowering the cost of many of its leading GPUs as a response to AMD’s new range of cards. It names the GTX 660, 650Ti …
Read More »Radeon R9 290X pricing revealed; First reviews of R7 and R9 cards arrive
AMD’s top-of-the-range Radeon R9 290X looks like it’s getting a suitably top-of-the-range RRP in Europe. Videocardz.com has obtained a list of prices for AMD’s new graphics cards from MSI and they suggest that the 290X will be a very expensive bit of kit on this side of the Atlantic. The …
Read More »PS3 was delayed for one year after plans to ship without a GPU were scrapped
Part of Ken Kutaragi’s vision of the PS3 was for the console to ship without a dedicated graphics processor, with the now infamous Cell chip handling ALL the processing. The intention, IGN reports, was for PS3 to arrive alongside Xbox 360 in 2005. However, Kutarai and his team were eventually …
Read More »More GPU power will be offered to Xbox One devs in the future
Xbox One locks away around ten per cent of its GPU power from developers… for now. Microsoft technician Andrew Goossen says that the resources are dedicated to system processing such as Kinect and the system’s multitasking snap mode. But in the future these resources will be opened up to developers. …
Read More »AMD Hawaii GPU to undercut Nvidia’s GTX 780 – report
If all the rumours surrounding AMD’s new line of graphics cards are to be believed, this Q4 is going to be a bloodbath in the graphics card sector. Fudzilla reports that AMD’s new Hawaii GPU, which AMD last week confirmed it will be unveiling in September, will retail for a …
Read More »AMD to reveal Radeon HD 9000 flagship GPU next month, slashes 7990 prices
The next generation of AMD PC graphics cards will be officially revealed on September 25th. BSN reports that AMD’s 9000 flagship, codenamed Hawaii and part of its Volcanic Islands family of cards, will be shown off at a special press even tin Hawaii itself. It will presumably carry the 9970 …
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