Nvidia has a new winner — GTX 1660 Ti
We tested the EVGA GTX 1660 Ti and were impressed.
Epic’s Unreal Engine update delivers on promises made
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.21, an update that ups the ante on Epic’s newfound religion around wireless and also adds considerable power for collaboration and non-gaming applications, especially CAD. For game development, Epic wants you to know the new release enables you to “work smarter, create faster, and produce world-class results with Unreal Engine.” Speed improvements include … Read more
Ray-tracing in games — a dissenting POV
Heretical comments from a RT lover
Ray-tracing in games — a dissenting POV
Just in case you are new to my ramblings, and passions, allow me to tell you about my background and interests. I am an avid game player, specifically AAA FPS single player. I am also a ray-tracing lover, having been involved with it since 1979. And, I am computer graphics advocate, sometimes expert, and always a promoter. Computer graphics (CG) … Read more
The HDR Gaming Interest Group arrives on the scene
Sony and Microsoft have formed the HDR Gaming Interest Group (HGiG) and have invited TV game developers, hardware manufacturers, and others to participate in an effort to improve the HDR gaming experience. The proposed initiatives will also change how a game console and TV interoperate, and could be extended to PC gaming, and maybe even mobile devices. The group entered … Read more
AMD and Nvidia show what they’ve got at Gamescon
A graphics processing unit (GPU) with the power and ability to present gamers with gorgeously rendered graphics and physics effects at high frame rates is a valued asset for a gamer. Increasingly AI is also going to become part of the equation. As better games evolve, the demand for more powerful graphics processors will continue to go up, and there … Read more
AMD’s latest console design goes to China…and will probably stay there
Taking its place alongside the competition: The new console from Zhongshan Subor was exhibited at the China Joy gamer show. Photos from AnandTech show the new console displayed alongside the PS4. (Source: AMD) AMD’s latest semi-custom design was announced at China Joy in Shanghai when Chinese hardware manufacturer Zhongshan Subor unveiled a new console based on a new AMD processor. … Read more
Baby you can drive my car; Tesla gets game
Elon Musk teases Easter eggs in Tesla update
AMD Q2 2018 results
AMD reported a record quarter for calendar Q2 2018, revenues and operating income were up as well as its graphics and compute groups revenue and profits. ”We had an outstanding second quarter with strong revenue growth, margin expansion and our highest quarterly net income in seven years.” – Lisa Su Every metric was up including the company’s gross margin which … Read more
Frost is About to Get Hot
Twelve years ago, some game developers at EA DICE not being able to find an engine that would do all things they wanted to, decided they would just have to develop their own engine, they called it Frostbite. Two years later they brought it out inside Battlefield: Bad Company, one of the first and most successful cross platform games ever. … Read more
Who Wants an Old-Fashioned Game Machine
The same kind of people who collect vinyl records, postage stamps, old train sets, or automobiles also want the great memories of the past in form of gaming. The open source low cost Arduboy Several companies, mostly startups, have developed clever handheld machines. Most of them have failed like the Reto Computer Limited company discussed elsewhere in this issue. Some … Read more
Handheld Gaming Console — the Tragedy of Sinclair ZX
In March 2016, we wrote about the Retro Computer’s Sinclair ZX Spectrum handheld game machine—The Vega+. If you had any interest or involvement with computers in the eighties and nineties, chances are you heard of, and probably owned, a device from Sinclair. The Cambridge-based Clive Sinclair and his many re-named companies developed famous low-cost, low-power but amazingly useful devices for … Read more