Nvidia (re)invents linear scaling
Back to the future with classic imagine-processing
Nvidia’s pre-rendered low-latency frames
Back in 2015 or earlier, Nvidia introduced a nice feature to help keep frame rates up with the users’ expectations. They called it Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames, also known as Max Frames to Render Ahead. It controls the number of frames the CPU prepares in advanced of being rendered by the GPU. The default value is 3. The higher values … Read more
Insomniac Studios joins Sony Interactive
Spiderman to Stormland exclusive PS4-5 titles now
Corsair acquires Origin PC
Corsair began in 1994 as a PC DIMM memory supplier and quickly expanded to power supplies, coolers, keyboards, and other peripherals and components. The company has become a trusted supplier to the DIY community, as well as SIs, and VARs and as they grow, they have steadily moved into further adjacencies growing its portfolio to over 20 product lines. … Read more
Valve’s updated web page
In writing fiction, one is advised to show, don’t tell. Valve has taken that advice and created a web page that will give you a preview of dozens of games. But that’s only one part of what they’ve done. Steam has opened up games in development and letting people take them out for a spin. Users are invited to … Read more
Kicking down barriers, Nvidia has awoken the industry to ray tracing
The next great hurdle has been conquered
E3 marks a major change in the gaming industry
New technology makes it possible for everyone to be a gamer
Streaming gaming is the next big thing
Really really big
Jon Peddie Research releases its global Q1, 2019 add-in board report
AMD lifted the AIB market in the quarter
Famous Graphics Chips: 3Dfx’s Voodoo
This is the latest installment of a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers, and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry. 3Dfx was founded in 1994 in San Jose, California by former employees of Silicon Graphics (SGI) with backing from Gordie Campbell's TechFarm. In 1995, the company raised $5.5 million dollars from venture capitalists. … Read more
Will 20 million gamers switch to streaming gaming?
The publicity for a recent update of JPR’s TV Gaming Report included a headline predicting 20 million gamers will switch to streaming gaming. The headline achieved its goals and has received considerable comment. In response Ted and Jon have seen fit to defend their report. Ted began by making a list; it’s not in precise order of importance or relevance. … Read more
JPR forecasts 20 million PC Gamers could defect to TV Gaming platforms
PC Gaming Hardware Market forecast to cool down as TV and Cloud Gaming Markets Heat Up