AMD Releases App SDK 3.0 with OpenCL 2.0
Apart from manufacturers with a heavy first-party focus, such as Apple and Nintendo, hardware is useless without developer support. In this case, AMD has updated their App SDK...
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Author: Scott Michaud
NVIDIA 355.80 Hotfix for Windows 10 SLI Memory Issues
While GeForce Hotfix driver 355.80 is not certified, or even beta, I know that a lot of our readers have issues with SLI in Windows 10. Especially in games like Battlefield…
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Grand Theft Auto V Mods Don’t Disappoint
Triple-A games with a long shelf life, regardless of how pretty they are, will probably get a graphics mod on the PC. A ridiculous number of them exist for Skyrim and Grand…
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VAIO PCs Are Coming Back to the US in the Fall
Sony's PC manufacturing division, VAIO, was spun out and sold off to Japan Industrial Partners last year. In the process, it shrunk down to about 250 employees and exited every...
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Intel (Allegedly) Plans DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync
DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync is a VESA standard, pushed by AMD, that allows input signals to control when a monitor refreshes. A normal monitor redraws on a defined interval because old CRT monitors needed…
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Interesting Breakdown of OLD Computer Graphics
While just the first episode has been released, The iBook Guy is creating a series of videos that explains the limitations of “oldschool” graphics. When you have just a handful of kilobytes…
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Mod Tools for The Witcher 3 Released
As CD Projekt Red promised before the game launched, The Witcher 3 received mod tools last week. This was done in partnership with Nexus Mods, allowing users to install and configure…
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Microsoft Publishes Build 10525 to Fast Ring Insiders
Almost exactly a month ago, Windows 10 Build 10240 was released to both Fast and Slow. This build served as the milestone for an everyperson's operating system, and it gave OEMs something…
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What Exactly Is a Draw Call (and What Can It Do)?
Mantle, Vulkan, and DirectX 12 all claim to reduce overhead and provide a staggering increase in “draw calls”. As mentioned in the previous editorial,...
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Khronos Group at SIGGRAPH 2015
When the Khronos Group announced Vulkan at GDC, they mentioned that the API is coming this year, and that this date is intended to under promise and over deliver....
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Photos and Tests of Skylake (Intel Core i7-6700K) Delidded
PC Watch, a Japanese computer hardware website, acquired at least one Skylake i7-6700K and removed the heatspreader. With access to the bare die, they took some photos and tested a...
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DOTA 2 to Increase Custom Game Mode Player Limit to 24
MOBAs tend to be focus on gameplay mechanics with three to five players per team. The concept is that a handful of players will need to balance between the various attack paths,…
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