Press Releases

Jon Peddie Research Finds Improved Performance in Online Gameplay with Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno

TIBURON, CA-June 16, 2009-Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced its findings following extensive testing of the Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro gaming network card. Lab results confirm that the Killer Xeno Pro improves online game performance and intelligently manages network applications. Measuring latency (via in game ping[1] times) while running … Read more

Workstation Market Tanks in Q1’09 – But it’s Not All Bad News

TIBURON, Calif— June 8, 2009–No surprise, the other shoe dropped in Q1’09. Exiting Q4’08, there was little reason to expect improvement entering the first quarter of ‘09, while unfortunately there were good reasons to suspect it might turn out even worse. For one, while the market in Q4’08 included two poor quarters — with October escaping much of the initial … Read more

Graphics AIB Market Anything But Spared in Q4’08, Reports Jon Peddie Research

TIBURON, California March 16 2009 Jon Peddie Research–The market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs) proved anything but impervious to the downward pull of fourth quarter’s economic collapse, according to a new report from market analysts at Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Markets in every corner of the economy – and every corner of the globe – contracted, and the AIB market … Read more