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Mass Effect: Andromeda PC Benchmarked On 24 Different Video Cards
It’s hard to believe five years have passed since the March 2012 release of Mass Effect 3, which cemented the trilogy as something of a modern cult classic among RPG fans. Given the prestige associated with the series, it should come as no surprise that it received a new title and even less of a…
By Steven Walton Published March 20, 2017 -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 And 1050 Ti Review: Entry-Level PC Gaming For The Win
Pascal is one of Nvidia’s greatest achievements in the past decade. The company’s latest GPU architecture took gaming performance to the next level with the GTX 1080 in May and then again with the Titan X only a few months later, though you’ll need $600+ to get your Pascal party started with one of these…
By Steven Walton Published October 27, 2016 -
What A Gaming Laptop Decked Out With Two Desktop GPUs Can Do
Nvidia recently gifted laptop gamers with fully functional GeForce 10 series GPUs. Our coverage of the launch and details on Nvidia’s new mobile lineup can be found here, but for those who missed the announcement the big news is that Pascal brings GPUs with near exact specifications to laptops as their desktop counterparts. This is…
By Steven Walton Published August 19, 2016 -
AMD Radeon RX 470 Review: Almost The Next Best Thing
Looking to swipe some market share away from Nvidia before the arrival of its GeForce GTX 1060, AMD launched the Radeon RX 480 at the end of June. Codenamed Polaris 10, the company’s first fourth-generation GCN GPU appeared to have everyone rooting for it leading up to its release, and although we were largely satisfied…
By Steven Walton Published August 7, 2016 -
Six Generations Of Nvidia GeForce Graphics Compared
With the GeForce GTX 980 celebrating its second birthday soon, in the world of GPUs that puts it squarely over the hill. To further confirm that notion, we have its successor: the new GeForce GTX 1080 offers 60% more performance at what should eventually be a $50 price premium. This feature is a follow up…
By Steven Walton Published June 20, 2016 -
Overwatch PC Benchmarks: Making Ultra HD Look Easy
Though there are still some hotly anticipated titles due in 2016, we might already have the game of the year on our hands. Overwatch has been on our radar for a while now but it recently blew up in a big way with an open beta that attracted 9.7 million players earlier this month. That’s…
By Steven Walton Published May 27, 2016 -
DOOM PC Benchmarks: Not Hellish At All
Twenty two years ago an obscure game developer called id Software released a first-person shooter that would have a huge impact on the future of PC gaming, computer graphics and the industry as a whole, that game was Doom At the time I was 10, and while I can’t exactly recall if my first encounter…
By Steven Walton Published May 15, 2016 -
Dark Souls III PC Benchmarks: Mind The Frame Rate Cap
Dark Souls III is arguably the biggest game to launch this month and with few other major releases there probably isn’t much of an argument to be had, especially since the main competition wound up being a steaming pile (Quantum Break). As with Dark Souls II, the third iteration has made its way to PC…
By Steven Walton Published April 16, 2016 -
Rise Of The Tomb Raider PC Benchmarks: Steep Demands
Rise of the Tomb Raider was released as an Xbox exclusive last November, a decision that took some serious flak from gamers ever since it was announced. Microsoft was out looking for a new flagship game for its console, a game that could be as significant as PlayStation’s Uncharted. So far it’s proven to be…
By Steven Walton Published February 1, 2016 -
Star Wars: Battlefront PC Benchmarks: A Small Show Of Force
It’s been a big year for PC gaming with plenty of blockbuster releases including GTA V, The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 and Project CARS, but there was one more game on everyone’s radar since its first teaser videos were unveiled by EA in 2013. Star Wars Battlefront has been met with tremendous anticipation. Its 5-day…
By Steven Walton Published November 24, 2015 -
Fallout 4 PC Benchmarks: Post-Apocalyptic Performance
What may be the biggest game of 2015 is finally here with the launch of Fallout 4 this week. Set in Boston 200 years after a nuclear war, Bethesda’s latest open world action-RPG is the Fallout series’ fifth major instalment and along with touting a list of new features, the developer has teased gamers with…
By Steven Walton Published November 14, 2015 -
Graphics Card Battle 2015: Nvidia Versus AMD At Every Price Point
You might say 2015 hasn’t been the most exciting year for graphics cards, though in many ways it was more eventful than 2014. The only big highlight last year was the arrival high-end Maxwell GPUs in the form of the GeForce GTX 980 and 970. Then this year Maxwell did what many thought was impossible:…
By Steven Walton Published October 31, 2015 -
Radeon R9 Nano Review: Mini 4K Gaming
Over the past few months AMD has been focusing its efforts on the high-end GPU fight with its ‘Fiji’ line up. The Radeon R9 Fury X lead the charge armed with 4096 stream processors and AMD’s cutting-edge high-bandwidth memory technology (HBM). Priced at $649, the Fury X is AMD’s most expensive single-GPU graphics card yet,…
By Steven Walton Published September 12, 2015 -
The Phantom Pain PC Benchmarks Are Relatively Painless
We’re always on the lookout for games that take advantage of the latest PC hardware and although our game performance reviews have included major series such as Battlefield, BioShock, Crysis and Far Cry, we haven’t tested any Metal Gear games despite the franchise’s age and the number of titles it encompasses. I must embarrassingly admit…
By Steven Walton Published September 5, 2015 -
Batman: Arkham Knight PC Benchmarks, For What They’re Worth
Although I didn’t spend much time playing Batman: Arkham Origins, I remember the game rather well after testing it on no less than 30 graphics cards and 20 CPUs. Arkham Origins appeared to take full advantage of Unreal Engine 3, it ran smoothly on affordable GPUs, though it’s worth remembering that Origins was developed for…
By Steven Walton Published June 27, 2015 -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Review: Overkill Without Excess
Nvidia’s graphics lineup could be deemed complete in the enthusiast front. Starting at $200 with the GeForce GTX 960 and finishing at $1,000 with the 3072 CUDA core monster that is the GTX Titan X. Hardcore gamers with cash to spare will arguably say the finish line isn’t crossed until you hit two or even…
By Steven Walton Published June 1, 2015 -
The Witcher 3 Benchmarked: The New Crysis
Around this time four years ago The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings impressed critics with its opulent and demanding PC graphics, rich environments and storytelling, along with innovative combat mechanics. Selling nearly two million copies in its first year, the game was a great success for CD Projekt Red so it came as no surprise…
By Steven Walton Published May 23, 2015 -
Project CARS Benchmarked: Brutal Weather Conditions
Project CARS (or Community Assisted Racing Simulator) is a racing simulation game that’s been on everyone’s radar since its drool-inducing visuals started to make the rounds as far back as 2012. Like Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport before it, Project CARS intends to deliver a highly realistic driving simulation. But to distinguish it from the…
By Steven Walton Published May 11, 2015 -
Grand Theft Auto V Benchmarked: Pushing PC Graphics To The Limit
It’s been nearly two decades, but I can still remember wreaking havoc in the original Grand Theft Auto and GTA 2 like it was yesterday. Both games were a blast but Rockstar really blew our minds when it shifted from bird’s-eye visuals to a fully 3D game engine and environment with GTA III in 2001,…
By Steven Walton Published April 18, 2015 -
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X: Bloody Fast, Surprisingly Efficient
About three years ago we got our first look at Nvidia’sKepler architecture that powered the GTX 680, a $500 card packing 3.54 billion transistors and 192GB/s bandwidth. It was the end of the line for the GeForce 600 series, but it wasn’t the end for the Kepler architecture. While we eagerly awaited for next-gen GeForce…
By Steven Walton Published March 17, 2015
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