Luke Larsen – Page 2 – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

June 11, 2019

AMD’s new 16-core CPU takes aim at PC gamers, throws shade at Intel

At its E3 press conference, AMD announced a surprising new entry to its Ryzen 3000 processors: The Ryzen 9 3950X. What's so special about it? Well, it's the first 16-core gaming processor, and it's launching in September.

June 11, 2019

AMD has an answer to Nvidia’s DLSS, but not ray tracing

AMD has launched its own solution to resolution upscaling, called Radeon Image Sharpening. It simulates the effect of moving from 1080p to 1440p, and offers a compelling alternative to Nvidia's DLSS.

June 11, 2019

AMD’s new Radeon RX 5700 wants you to leave 1080p gaming behind for good

At E3 2019, AMD has announced the first two graphics cards in its new 7nm Navi lineup. The Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT are built on a new RDNA microarchitecture that brings DDR6 memory and support for PCIe 4.0.

June 10, 2019

E3 2019: The five best games from the PC Game Show

At the annual PC Game Show at E3, over thirty PC games were featured in trailer form, plenty of which were our first looks at these games. Here are the games that really got us excited to see more.

May 2, 2019May 17, 2019

The Razer Core X Chroma is the best external GPU you can buy

The third entry in Razer's lineup of external graphics card enclosures, the Core X Chroma brings together the best of its previous options in a single package. With RGB lighting and extra USB ports, is this the best GPU enclosure you can buy?

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April 23, 2019

Asus launches a fleet of ROG gaming laptops with 240Hz screens and 9th-gen CPUs

Asus launched updates to nearly every gaming laptop line they have, ranging from the high-end Zephyrus to the budget-level TUF Gaming. The naming schemes might be hard to parse, but there are some impressive options in Asus' new lineup.

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April 23, 2019

The Razer Blade’s new 4K OLED gaming laptop starts at a whopping $3,299

Razer has announced a bevy of new gaming laptops, including two with advanced display technologies. One has an OLED 4K screen, while the other offers a 240Hz refresh rate for a high-speed, smooth gaming experience.

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March 22, 2019

Nvidia faces attacks from AMD, Intel, and even Google. Should it be worried?

Nvidia announced an expanded array of RTX server solutions designed to leverage the power of ray-tracing at GTC 2019. The effort will help Nvidia take on Google's Stadia in game streaming with GeForce Now, and the company's investments in GPU tech will help it battle rival AMD and newcomer Intel.

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March 19, 2019

Acer Predator XB3 review

The Predator XB3 isn’t for the faint of heart. But if you have a system that can push over 100 frames per second in 4K screen resolution, this monster of a monitor might be the perfect match for your overpowered gaming rig.

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February 13, 2019

Metro Exodus isn’t the ray tracing showcase Nvidia needs

The arrival of Nvidia's long-awaited DLSS feature has finally come, and it's for the post-apocalyptic action game, Metro Exodus. We took the implementation of both ray tracing and DLSS to the test to see how it performs.

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