The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy – Definitive Edition launches today and Rockstar has finally uploaded a gameplay comparison, showing off the original games up against the new remasters. Beyond that, we finally have a detailed breakdown of all the new enhancements in place. There are three short comparison videos available …
Read More »Xe-HP driver confirms Intel DG2 GPU with 448 Execution Units
So far, most Intel Arc Alchemist (DG2) rumours have mentioned three SKUs for desktop – the DG2-512EU, the DG2-384EU and the DG2-128EU. As it seems, there may be another high-end SKU in the works, with Intel's Xe-HP graphics driver pointing to the existence of a DG2-448EU graphics card. The mention …
Read More »GTA Trilogy remaster PC system requirements revealed
In recent weeks, we've seen a number of leaks regarding the GTA Trilogy remaster. At this point, Rockstar has confirmed the trilogy for consoles and PC, with a release planned for later this year, as well as some of the graphical enhancements we can expect. Now, we also have minimum …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Monster Hunter Rise gets impressive PC upgrade
I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit concerned about Monster Hunter Rise coming to PC after initially launching on Switch. The game was originally built to run on very low-power hardware compared to Monster Hunter World and I had my doubts as to how well the game would scale for higher-end PC hardware. After spending some time with the newly released Monster Hunter Rise PC demo, I have come away impressed.
Read More »GTA trilogy remaster graphics and gameplay enhancements revealed
At this point, Rockstar has confirmed the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy – Definitive Edition remastered set, containing upgraded versions of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas. While the studio did not confirm the specific enhancements for these games with its initial announcement, a newly updated Rockstar support page does …
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep10) – Intel Graphics
Intel's discrete desktop graphics products are just a few months away and we are excited to see what they bring to the table. In this one, we discuss the upcoming GPUs and we also go off on a tangent about HDR, display technologies, video connections, and other (somewhat) related topics. Leo's secret admirer also makes a guest appearance...
Read More »KitGuru Games: Could Amazon’s ‘New World’ be the next big MMO?
Amazon Game Studios’ ‘New World’ has been in development for many years now, with the first mentions of the MMO appearing in 2014. The game has been delayed time and time again, but here we are in July 2021, with the closed beta live and the official launch just on the horizon. In this week's KitGuru Games, we go over what has changed since the early alpha days and try to answer the biggest question of all - is this MMO worth playing now?
Read More »AMD launches Radeon RX 6000M mobile GPUs
AMD is kicking off Computex with new GPU announcements. Today, AMD is launching the Radeon RX 6000M series of mobile GPUs, featuring RDNA 2 architecture, Infinity Cache and support for features like Smart Access Memory, SmartShift, Radeon Chill and the FidelityFX tool suite. This launch is part of a new …
Read More »Overhauling our GPU power testing methodology!
Out with the old, and in with the new - KitGuru is changing how we test GPU power draw
Read More »AMD patents active bridge chiplet design with integrated cache for next-gen GPUs
AMD is planning to introduce an active bridge chiplet with integrated cache on an upcoming GPU architecture. A new patent filed by the company has been spotted describing the use of the active bridge chiplet, which seems to offer a significant upgrade over the passive bridge chiplet design showed earlier …
Read More »343 Industries shows off improved Halo Infinite graphics with new screenshots
343 Industries has provided another update on Halo Infinite this week. This time around, the studio is showcasing graphical improvements for the game, which has been a key area of focus since gathering feedback from last year's gameplay reveal. The latest Inside Infinite reveals that teams are polishing the game's …
Read More »Vulkan Ray Tracing SDK and dev tools officially launched
The ray-tracing ecosystem on PC is getting a big boost this week, as the Khronos Group has officially launched its Vulkan SDK with ray tracing support. GPU vendors have also begun shipping drivers to support the new API on both Nvidia and AMD based systems. Khronos Group has been working …
Read More »Intel launches Iris Xe MAX graphics for laptops
Intel is expanding its Xe graphics line-up with Iris Xe MAX featuring Deep Link and PCIe Gen 4 support.
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Read More »Crysis Remastered gameplay footage has arrived
Back in April, Crytek officially announced Crysis Remastered, bringing back the hardware-crippling shooter with all of the latest graphical enhancements that CryEngine has to offer. We haven't seen much of the game in action, but the gameplay trailer has hit the web and we have some screenshots too. The Crysis Remastered …
Read More »Intel’s Xe-powered GPUs pictured
Intel's chief architect for graphics, Raja Koduri, has published a picture of what appears to be Intel's upcoming Xe GPUs, describing them as a “BFP” – or “big fabulous package”. The upcoming Xe GPUs from Intel are designed to scale from integrated graphics all the way up to the high-end segment. …
Read More »AMD SmartShift will only feature in one laptop this year
Announced at CES 2020, AMD SmartShift is a technology that dynamically shifts power between the CPU and GPU depending on the situation, which should enable higher performance. However, the technology is yet to really take off, and now the Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions at AMD has said that only one laptop model …
Read More »Nvidia Ampere A100 GPU announced, 7nm, 54 billion transistors
After a lengthy wait, Nvidia's next GPU architecture, Ampere, has been unveiled.
Read More »Intel releases its first unlocked graphics drivers
Intel has been releasing graphics drivers for quite some time now. However, the latest edition – version 26.20.100.8141 released on April 27 – comes with a big change. Intel has decided to release an unlocked version of its graphics drivers. Until now Intel has released its graphics driver through its …
Read More »AMD claims 50% higher performance-per-watt with RDNA 2
One of the highlights of AMD's Financial Analyst Day yesterday was the insight given about the new RDNA 2 GPU architecture, which has now been codenamed “Navi 2X”. During AMD's Financial Analyst Day, the company shared data about its financial developments. The company also revealed technical details about coming releases and …
Read More »Nvidia RTX Super laptop GPU performance has leaked
This could mean we will see the new mobile GPUs any day now...
Read More »Intel slide leak reveals details on upcoming high-end ’tile based’ Intel Xe GPU
Back at CES, Intel showed off its first Xe-based GPU in action, but not the one we were hoping for. We are still waiting to see Intel's first high-power discrete graphics card and thanks to a leak this week, we know a little bit more about one of the bigger …
Read More »Apple and Imagination Technologies are back together as new GPU deal is formed
Back in early 2017, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. As they …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator’s life-like graphics shown off
One of the more unexpected announcements at E3 this year was the return of Microsoft Flight Simulator, with a brand new version coming next year. The initial reveal trailer already showcased some impressive visuals but with testers now getting their hands on the pre-alpha version, we are starting to see …
Read More »Intel loses key members of graphics marketing team
In late 2017 and over 2018, Intel went on quite the hiring spree for its graphics division. Raja Koduri switched over from AMD to begin developing the Intel Xe discrete GPU architecture, while Chris Hook left AMD's marketing division to help Intel's GPU marketing. Now, there seems to have been …
Read More »Nvidia is developing a new multi-GPU tiled rendering technique for Turing cards
Tile-based rendering isn't new to NVIDIA GPUs, but tile-based rendering in multi-GPU systems is another thing- and it looks like the building blocks are already secretly in place in Nvidia's drivers.
Read More »AMD announces RX 5500 series, available in laptops and pre-builts first
AMD has announced the RX 5500 series, available for both laptops and desktops, targeting 1080p gamers
Read More »Hotfix released for Nvidia 436.48 driver to address crashing and flickering issues
If you are one of the unlucky GeForce GPU users to encounter some technical issues with Nvidia's latest Game Ready driver update, then you will want to check for another update as a hotfix was released yesterday. Nvidia recently released the Game Ready driver 436.48, containing day-one optimisations for Ghost Recon Breakpoint …
Read More »3DMark updates with Variable-Rate Shading benchmark
DirectX 12 was recently updated with Variable-Rate Shading (VRS), giving developers the ability to improve performance by reducing the level of details in parts of a frame where you are unlikely to notice an impact on image quality. Not many games have implemented this technology just yet but to see …
Read More »AMD will be at E3 this year with next-generation gaming hardware
AMD has been making a habit of showing up at E3 for a few years now. Back in 2015, we saw Lisa Su arrive to launch the Radeon R9 Fury. One year later, AMD returned to the gaming-focused event to show off DOOM running on Ryzen, while also announcing the …
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