The release of Ninja Theory's long awaited next-gen exclusive, Hellblade 2, is just around the corner. Ahead of the game's release in May, the first previews have now gone live, painting a positive picture for the game, particularly on a technical level. Ninja Theory has been utilising Unreal Engine 5, …
Read More »Intel’s latest Arc graphics driver brings more impressive performance gains
Intel Arc drivers have come along way since the first discrete GPUs from Intel first hit the market. Since launch, we've seen massive performance gains for older DirectX titles, as well as improvements for other APIs like Vulkan. This week's update brings more impressive performance gains, as well as support …
Read More »Nvidia’s winning streak continues with record Q4 revenues
Back in November, we learned that Nvidia saw massive growth from the sales of its AI accelerators, leading to a huge $18.4 billion in revenue for the quarter. Now, Nvidia has published its Q4 results and somehow, more records have been shattered. Nvidia's Q3 revenue for the year grew by …
Read More »AMD’s Anti-Lag feature to return after months of hiatus
Back in October, AMD was forced to remove its Anti-Lag+ feature from Radeon graphics drivers. Due to the way the feature functioned, it could trip up false positives in the anti-cheat systems of multiplayer games like Counter-Strike 2. The feature has been missing in action ever since, but it should …
Read More »Intel reportedly wants to power the next-gen Xbox
For the past two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Sony and Microsoft have both gone with AMD for their custom hardware. Microsoft is already laying the groundwork for its next console, as we know from files revealed as part of the FTC v Microsoft trial over the acquisition of …
Read More »Nvidia records 206% Q3 revenue growth driven by AI and data centre
Nvidia has spent recent years establishing itself as a leader in the hardware market for AI acceleration. Those bets began paying off hugely with devices like the Nvidia H100 becoming hot sellers and the streak has not come to an end. Nvidia has now shared its Q3 earnings report, showing revenues have grown by a massive 206 percent compared to Q3 in the previous year.
Read More »AMD enables Frame Generation for all DX 11/12 games with new driver
AMD's Fluid Motion Frames technology is still in the preview phase. The new Frame Generation technique initially kicked off with support for a handful of titles but the latest Preview Driver expands things greatly, allowing the feature to be enabled for all DX11 and DX12 games. The most significant change …
Read More »New Intel Xe graphics driver brings optimisations for Forza and Assassin’s Creed
While the launch of Intel's Arc desktop GPUs wasn't perfect, Intel has impressed with driver updates in the months since, bringing consistent performance improvements. The latest Xe Graphics driver preps gamers for upcoming titles like Assassin's Creed Mirage and Forza Motorsport, while also providing performance improvements for a range of …
Read More »New Nvidia driver promises Starfield improvements and optimisations for Mortal Kombat
Starfield has been performing oddly on Nvidia and Intel GPUs but the experience is expected to improve with graphics driver updates and game patches. The situation should improve for Nvidia users from today, as a new driver is now available with additional optimisations for Bethesda's latest RPG. Starfield isn't the …
Read More »AMD releases new driver with optimisations for Starfield
Months ago, AMD revealed itself as the official PC partner for Starfield. In keeping with that partnership, AMD has rolled out new Radeon graphics drivers with optimisations in place for the game's launch, promising up to 16 percent extra performance. With AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.8.2, Radeon GPU users will …
Read More »Intel Arc A380 gets 150MHz boost with latest drivers
Owners of Intel Arc A380 GPUs should have a pleasant surprise if they update their GPU drivers. These new drivers not only improve DirectX 11 gaming performance but also offer a firmware upgrade for some GPUs. The BIOS update focuses on increasing stability, fan behaviour, bug fixes, and compatibility with …
Read More »AMD’s latest graphics driver brings optimisations for F1 23
Earlier this week, Nvidia began rolling out its latest GeForce Game Ready driver for F1 23. Today, AMD is getting Radeon GPU users prepped for the launch too, with a new driver delivering Day-0 optimisations. The latest version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition is now available for Radeon graphics card …
Read More »Raja Koduri is leaving Intel to start his own AI company
Raja Koduri departed AMD and began working at Intel five years ago, marking the blue team's journey towards releasing discrete graphics products. The Intel Xe GPU architecture is now well established and the groundwork has been laid for future generations of graphics cards. Now, Koduri is departing Intel to start his own company.
Read More »Intel’s latest Arc driver brings big improvements to DX9 gaming performance
This week, Intel began rolling out a new graphics driver for its Arc GPUs. The driver launched earlier this morning, but it is only now that we can talk about the big improvements this driver brings. Since Arc's launch, Intel's engineers have been hard at work to polish up performance, particularly in DX9 titles. With this new driver, Intel has delivered up to 43 percent better performance in DX9 with smoother frame times too.
Read More »KitGuru Games: Insomniac’s Spider-Man reaches new heights on PC
Back in 2018, Insomniac Games impressed us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4. Even then in its graphically limited, 30FPS form, the game was something special. Now, Sony has brought the game over to PC, unlocking higher graphical settings, ray-tracing, and unlocked frame rates, allowing us to get the smoothest, high-fidelity gameplay possible. In today's KitGuru Games, we're going to be looking at the PC version to see if it delivers where it counts.
Read More »Intel discusses Arc graphics and optimising for legacy and modern APIs
Intel is continuing to ramp up its marketing efforts for Intel Arc. Earlier this week, Intel uploading a new video discussing Arc A750 GPU benchmarks and performance versus the RTX 3060. Now, in a new video Intel continues to keep expectations in check for Arc, with a discussion around graphics …
Read More »Intel showcases Arc A750 GPU performance in five games
A few weeks ago, Intel posted a video showing the first Arc Alchemist A750 graphics card benchmarks. For reasons unknown to us, that video has since been privatised and a new video has been posted in its place. In the new video, we see different gameplay footage compared to the …
Read More »Modded AMD graphics driver enables Noise Suppression on older GPUs
AMD launched its alternative to RTX Voice last month. The new feature, known as Noise Suppression, is only officially supported on RNDA 2 GPUs. However, modders have been quick to get it working on older GPUs too using modded drivers. With the 3rd-party graphics driver (based on the 22.7.1 release) …
Read More »AMD releases FSR 2.0 source code as FSR 1.0 turns 1-year old
As of yesterday, AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology is one year old, and developers are now shifting to bring support for FSR 2.0 which is already heading to a good number of titles. Now, it is even easier to implement FSR 2.0 and poke around the technology, as AMD has …
Read More »Babylon’s Fall is getting a visual upgrade
Babylon’s Fall launched earlier this year to middling reviews at best, with the game – intended as a live service title – seeing next to no players. Despite this, the team at PlatinumGames are determined to steer the ship around, and have now detailed the latest set of improvements coming …
Read More »Unreal Engine 5 ‘Train Station’ demo showcases incredible graphics jump
Unreal Engine 5 has officially released for all developers and there are already a number of exciting AAA titles under development using the new tool set. It'll be a while before we see the first Unreal Engine 5 games in action, but indie developers are already putting together impressive demos …
Read More »Rockstar’s GTA 6 engine is ‘ahead of its time’
We've been hearing rumours about Grand Theft Auto VI for a couple of years already, but Rockstar only confirmed the game's existence earlier this year. In the months following the game's announcement, as well as events like GDC, new information has begun doing the rounds, including talk of an upgraded …
Read More »Intel launches Arc A-series graphics for laptops
Today, Intel is officially launching its first Arc Alchemist graphics products, starting with the Arc 3, Arc 5 and Arc 7 series of GPUs for laptops. These are the first discrete GPUs from Intel's Arc A-series, which will expand to desktops and workstations later in the year. With this first …
Read More »KitGuru Games: GTA V ‘Expanded & Enhanced’ – another cash grab?
GTA V is back, but is the new 'next-gen' console version worth the upgrade, or is it a cash grab?
Read More »Nvidia officially announces Hopper architecture and H100 GPU
Today at GTC, Nvidia officially unveiled its new GPU architecture, Hopper. The first Hopper GPU will be none other than the H100, based on a custom TSMC 4nm node, packing 80 billion transistors, up to 80GB of HBM3 memory and up to 700W TDP. During the keynote, Nvidia promised huge …
Read More »Intel confirms Q2 launch for Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards
Today during Intel's 2022 Investor Meeting, the company gave several important updates on its product roadmaps. Most interestingly to us is the confirmation that the first Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards will still be releasing in Q2 2022. We expected to hear more about the first round of Arc Alchemist …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 gets 5-hour free trial on next-gen consoles
In case you missed it earlier, today Cyberpunk 2077 finally launched for new-gen consoles, bringing enhancements and optimisations to the game on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles. Given the original console launch for this game, some may be apprehensive about picking it up even now, but the good news …
Read More »Elden Ring minimum PC system requirements are surprisingly high
Back in August, reports indicated that From Software's upcoming game, Elden Ring, would have pretty tame PC system requirements. At the time, the game was still six months away from release, so we warned that the requirements were likely to change and now this week, it appears the minimum system …
Read More »Elden Ring graphics team felt extra pressure after seeing Demon’s Souls for PS5
From Software is gearing up to release one of the most anticipated games of the year in February, and it seems some of the development has been impacted by Bluepoint's 2020 remake for Demon's Souls. In particular, From Software felt some added pressure to polish up Elden Ring's graphics after …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Remake PC system requirements announced
Chances are you've heard by now that Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to PC this week. The launch has faced some controversy due to an Epic Games Store exclusivity deal and high pricing. For those not deterred by those factors, the PC system requirements have now been revealed, with …
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