When it comes to control panels and user interfaces, both AMD and Nvidia have taken an incremental approach to adding features or changing the basic UI. Today, Team Red is shaking that trend up, with a brand-new driver stack that offers an entirely different UI — and a host of other improvements as well. It’s a huge jump forward on multiple fronts for AMD and an encouraging sign to see the ...
Star Wars: Battlefront dropped earlier this week after months of anticipation, incredible previews, and what EA claims was the largest, most popular beta in the company’s history. While it’s technically the third Battlefront title, we haven’t seen a new release in the series for a decade, and relaunching the series with a new first chapter (EA has already announced it will make sequels) makes ...
Earlier this year, Nvidia recalled its Shield Tablet over problems with the lithium-ion battery. The company has put the tablet back on sale and given the base model a whopping price cut, from $299 to $199 for the 16GB flavor. At that price, the Shield Tablet is a steal, considering its overall performance, build quality, and features. Even better, this new version seems to fix the nagging touch-screen ...
There’s a rumor making the rounds that AMD is prepping new solutions for Sony and Microsoft with an estimated 2018 release date and up to 5x improved performance-per-watt. Sony and Microsoft haven’t said much about these plans (and won’t, to avoid cannibalizing sales of existing platforms), but that doesn’t stop us from examining them. Could we see new hardware in-market by that date? ...
For years, game support on Linux has seriously lagged behind Windows, to the point that the OS was basically a non-option for anyone who wanted to game on a PC. In recent years, that’s begun to change, thanks to increased support for the OS via Valve and SteamOS. From the beginning, Valve claimed that it was possible to boost OpenGL performance over D3D in Windows, and it’s recently ...
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