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    New Pascal Titan X!

    https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/07/21/titan-x/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y02kptTItj8 I guess they did not want to call it Titan P or Titan Y. And $1200.. that's cheap! ~35% Faster than GTX 1080.
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    Next-gen API benches for RX 480 & 1060.

    A German review site, Golem.de, is the only one to actually cover all these titles, some interesting results. http://www.golem.de/news/geforce-gtx-1060-vs-radeon-rx-480-das-bringen-direct3d-12-und-vulkan-1607-122214.html Ashes of the Singularity, good to see Pascal being optimized for it...
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    Pascal 1080 Benchmarks

    https://www.vessel.com/videos/T82ea8k4v ^ First one online (NDA broken?). Metro LL: GTA V: Rise of Tomb Raider (1440 or 4K? Vid doesn't mention..): Post them as you find them guys. http://www.pcpop.com/view/2/2763/2763166_all.shtml?r=17180620#p2 ^ Chinese site but lots of games...
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    7 years of i5 benchmarked!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGge0tR4IM A really great video, going back to LF i5s to modern Skylake. Not really a surprise for most, the gains are very minimal at normal gameplay settings/resolutions. Even minimum FPS. Basically if you still rock a SB i5-2500K, at 4Ghz (SB OC much...
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    A look into APU graphics performance in modern games.

    It's something most review sites don't really touch, they test new CPUs in a small handful of games, often old titles. A good thing that GameGPU.Ru actually cover APU tests for games alongside their dGPU tests.. Surprisingly, APUs are "there" finally, capable of 1080p gaming...
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    Death of the RTS genre?

    With the recent abysmal sales of even well produced RTS like Grey Goo, Planetary Annihilation, Homeworld Remakes, Homeworld: Desert of Kharak and more recently Ashes of the Singularity, it seems like there's aversion to the genre. It used to be my fav genre. It was afterall one of THE MAJOR...
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    Quantum Break: More like Quantum Broken.

    http://www.computerbase.de/2016-04/quantum-break-pc-uwp-probleme/ Firstly. This game has a 30 FPS cap. You can disable it. But disabling it will result in a ridiculous behavior. VSYNC is enforced via Win10 UWP. What happens is the frame rate on a 60hz monitor, will flip between 60 fps (if a...
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    [bitsandchips] First Zen Benchmarks

    http://www.bitsandchips.it/english/52-english-news/6811-first-zen-benchmarks-the-next-amd-uarch-is-a-major-step-forward According to our reliable sources, Zen represents a major step forward. This uArch will be a lot better than Excavator, and will be on a par with – or very near to...
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    Oculus enables Asynchronous Timewarp for Rift release!

    https://developer.oculus.com/blog/asynchronous-timewarp-on-oculus-rift/ http://techreport.com/news/29914/oculus-sdk-1-3-brings-asynchronous-timewarp-to-windows Interestingly they use the CPU for what is essentially a GPU compute task. I don't know how NV GPUs get parallel compute...
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    The CPU Vendor Bias Admission Thread

    In light of the poll for the VCG forum: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2466186 In the name of science, please feel free to vote in this poll, anonymously. If you want to state your reasons why, go ahead, let's not troll or flame each other. Purely for interesting discussion...
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    [benchmarks] Need for Speed 2016

    Pure PC @ http://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/test_wydajnosci_need_for_speed_komputer_z_nitro_mile_widziany?page=0,8 http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Need-for-Speed-2015-Spiel-55563/Specials/Benchmarks-Technik-Test-1188606/ Feel free to post more sites as they come online. 1080p 1440p...
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    [benchmarks] The Division - Steam Release

    I'll add more data as other sites cover it. This one is first in on today's Steam release. http://www.gamestar.de/hardware/praxis/technik-check/3269013/the_division_pc_technik.html They got NV's latest "Game Ready" driver for it and AMD's latest driver too...
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    Crimson Edition 16.1.1 Hotfix Release

    http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.1.1-Hotfix-Release-Notes.aspx Highlights Performance/Quality improvements and an AMD Crossfire™ profile is available for Rise of the Tomb Raider™ An AMD Crossfire™ profile is available for Fallout 4...
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    Evochron Legacy, for Elite&Dangerous or Star Citizen fans!

    Dropped on Steam today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/398170/ No idea it was coming at all. Grabbed it after watching some Let's Play, because it was smooth, Newtonian flight with options to disable Flight Assist to fly without restrictions. Been playing it for a few hours. Seamless...
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    AnandTech & Ryan Smith, time to fix an error?

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/9124/amd-dives-deep-on-asynchronous-shading It's been discussed many times how the table is misleading AND the written info is wrong, why it's wrong, we can speculate (NV PR?) but it doesn't change the fact this article is being used to educate readers on hardware...
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    AMD cuts price on 300 & Fury GPUs

    http://wccftech.com/amd-r9-fury-x-nano-price-cuts/ Prices are with rebates, ~$10-20 more without. Fury X Down to $569, where it should have debuted in the first place IMO. Price was high due to supply constraints as Lisa Su admitted the ramping only happened after it debuted, being highly...
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    [Rumor/Info] Next-gen AMD GPU Discussion

    http://vrworld.com/2015/11/19/14nm-amd-greenland-tapes-out-attack-on-nvidia-pascal-intel-xeon-phi/ A few interesting points: 1. Artic Island is NOT GCN2.0 as we previously thought. It's a new uarch, not an iteration of GCN like we've seen up to Tonga/Fiji. 2. Greenland (big chip) taped...
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    Sapphire TriXX with Fury/X over-volt & HBM OC support.

    http://asia.dl.sapphiretech.com/archive/gm/drivers/SAPPHIRE_TRIXX_installer_5.2.1.exe Early reports of users hitting 1175 to 1200mhz with 50-100mV. Very standard for GCN so nothing shocking, besides the power use increase. :D I much prefer the under-volt ability on GCN, same performance...
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    [PCGH.de] Fallout 4 Benchmark

    http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Fallout-4-Spiel-18293/Specials/Test-Benchmark-vor-Release-1177284/ 1080p: 1440p: After the amazing all round performance of Fallout 3, New Vegas and Skyrim for ALL GPUs... I knew the announcement of GameWorks would result in terrible AMD performance. Who...
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    Rebel Galaxy (Freelancer + Firefly), created by ex-Runic Games devs

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/290300/ Just out today. I love this genre so its right up my alley. It feels like Freelancer due to the 3rd person view of your ship and simplified gameplay (more arcade spacesim). Rather than Elite or X3 which is much more hardcore spacesims. I...
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    [TT] Pascal rumored to use GDDR5X..

    http://www.tweaktown.com/news/47976/nvidia-rumored-use-gddr5x-next-gen-pascal-based-gpus/index.html Take it with salt. But there was also that HBM2 delay rumor, which given HBM1 issues thus far is within the realms of possibilities. Given potential yields, cost with HBM2, it makes sense to...
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    GameGPU: Rainbow Six Siege Beta Benchmark

    http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/rainbow-six-siege-beta-test-gpu.html Very nice performance across the board. But non-functional CF/SLI. Runs on the Anvil Next engine from Ubisoft Montreal. Yes, it's Ubi and strangely, the performance is outstanding. O_o
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    Satellite Reign (spiritual successor to Syndicate)

    Just released today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/268870/ I grabbed it a few days ago while it was still in EA. First impressions are excellent. I loved Syndicate & Syndicate Wars and this feels right at home to those games. Firstly, performance, its excellent, no hiccups...
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    The Fury Nano Thread

    Since the other thread got crapped all over in the main VCG, I'm posting this one in the AMD section in hope of avoiding a repeat. This is to discuss the upcoming Nano, with sources from various places, but they draw from official decks from AMD, so take it with a grain of salt. If you have...
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    Fury Nano: First results in!

    It's coming soon but here's the first source I found that's credible. http://www.golem.de/news/grafikkarte-amd-benchmarks-sehen-r9-nano-vor-der-r9-290x-1508-115897.html Slightly above R290X, a lot better perf/w. As expected. Rumor true, Full Fiji running 850mhz. Price? Current rumor is...
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    Any good software to convert Word <> JPG/PDF?

    Word doc to images or pdf and vice versa? Thanks. :) ps. Google failed, too many spyware ridden apps to sort through.
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    Why I'm excited about Zen/GCN + DX12

    https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2015/08/10/directx-12-for-enthusiasts-explicit-multiadapter AMD just made a blog post that confirms what I've been suggesting for awhile now, with DX12, AMD's APU iGPU can contribute to the rendering of games alongside the dGPU due to the...
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    Fury Nano, biggest bang in smallest package.. FPS/inch baby!

    http://www.overclock.net/t/1565417/dglee-new-r9-nano-pictures-and-unigine-heaven-results-from-amd Some funny leaks from AMD directly, they are making fun of the numbers with their own leaks. FPS/inch & FPS/watt metrics. Basically ~30% above R290X in Unigine 4K at ~157W vs ~242W (R290X). That...
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    [Linus] FS vs GS: Input Lag Measured

    He went full balls with the high speed camera & led setup, quite a good investigation actually, much more than most review sites would get into. Surprising results! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzHxhjcE0eQ It seems going direct via DP to the monitor bypass some latency of going through...
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    [GameGPU] ARK: Survival Evolved, GameWorks

    Here's another amazing contribution to the "GameWorks Effect*": http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/ark-survival-evolved-developer-discusses-nvidia-gameworks-future-game-features *Neutering AMD & Kepler. 970 ~23% faster than 780Ti, 980 ~48% faster! Surely there cannot be constant...
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    Which PC gamer are you?

    May as well put it to the poll to get some insights. Are you still the desktop PC gamer, on a mouse/keyboard or are you the new gen-Y convert, gaming from your couch in the living room? Which PC gaming method do you predominantly do? Edit: I know some people often game on a wide variety of...
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    300 series Rebadge & Refresh confirmed

    Tonga, still the cut down since full-dies => Apple. This is the fail right here, lowest SKU, still needs 1x6 pin. That's really all we were awaiting on to confirm a straight rebadge, no major power usage change, just a bump in clocks and more vram which is useless for the performance class...
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    [GameGPU] Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

    ID's Tech 5 engine, is it OpenGL? I can't recall if they are still on that API.
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    Ghetto Water Mod: Taming Crossfire R290s

    My work rig has been mining 24/7 for nearly a month now, and its extremely noisy with the reference cooling. It's woefully inadequate and requires 70-80% fan speed in crossfire/closed case to keep them from throttling. For games they are fine at 55% fan speed but mining loads them a lot more as...
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    This gen, NV has the best reference cooler design ever?

    I just snagged a gtx670 from my bitcoin mining adventures (which ASICs killed sadly), and I have to say, the reference cooler is impressive. I cannot remember ever when a reference design kept the card cool AND almost noiseless at load, its either hot or cool but very noisy. I've always...
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    "AMD’s next-generation family of high-performance graphics cards is expected to ship

    for revenue later this year" http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/third-quarter-earnings-2011oct27.aspx Demonstrated success in 28nm transition with mobile GPUs. Launching high-performance desktop GPUs in december, could it be?? I need a new rig badly.
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    HardOCP: F1 2011 benchmark

    http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/09/26/f1_2011_gameplay_performance_review/6 Something weird in their test, 1600p, gtx580 vs 6970: 58 vs 55 fps. They re-did the gtx580 dx9 vs dx11 and it got 65 fps the second time around. Benchmark too variable since its dynamic? AI cars etc. This game...
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    3D Mark 11

    http://www.itocp.com/htmls/23/n-1623-5.html 278mb, not too big. looks purty. edit: runs but no score. wait for the official version.
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    NDA for Cayman is lifted 22nd?!

    Here you all, enjoy pretty slides: (From Chiphell, http://www.chiphell.com/thread-140791-1-1.html) http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1947/697001.jpg http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/990/697002.jpg http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1089/697003.jpg...
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    Leaked ATI S.I. 6870 benchmark

    http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-1498296-1-1.html use google translate. basically, a single 6870, ~12K in vantage extreme. That's around 35&#37; faster than 5870 and ~20% faster than GTX 480. word on other chinese tech forums indicate that the SP units have been tweaked to be a lot more...