Phil Spencer is the chap Microsoft appointed to be head of the Xbox division, replacing Don Mattrick back in July. Since Phil has taken up the mantle of chief, it’s fair to say the Xbox One is being seen in much more positive light. Recently, the Inner Circle podcast got a chance to catch.

Nvidia’s been rather quiet regarding the future of both the Titan brand and the GTX 980 Ti. But rumors are swirling there has been a leak with the final specs of Nvidia’s top of the range hardware. PCTuning.com (a Czech based website) were bang on GTX 980 specs – so perhaps their information has.

AMD’s latest GPU architecture ‘Tonga’ has been unveiled in the form of the R9 285 already, which sports a 256 bit memory interface. But rumors are floating about the full Tonga GPU (the R9 285X) will feature 2048 Stream Processors and a 384 bit memory bus. With their main competitor, Nvidia now enjoying a.

Back in GDC 2014 Microsoft formally unveiled it was working on DirectX 12, which would be the focus of radical changes to Microsoft’s flagship API. Taking a rather Mantle (or console) like approach, it would provide control to the GPU and allows developers access to lower level functions of the hardware. Combine this with.

Yet further rumors and news concerning Nvidia’s Maxwell GPU’s have popped up. this time from the webstore PCHUB, who’re based in the Philippines. From what we’re hearing, they’ve upset both Nvidia and Zotac for their so called  ‘sneak peak’ that shows off Zotac’s new GeForce GTX 970 GPU. The card looks fairly small – considering.

Update – there have been leaked images and supposed GPUz screenshots of the Maxwell cards. We’ve covered it here. All new GPU architectures are hyped before their release, but some more than others. The original GeForce, the Voodoo 5, the 9700 Pro… While some of those cards lived up to expectations, others (the Voodoo.

For those who’re looking for a sub £100 graphics card, you’ve a hell of a lot of options. For AMD and Nvidia alike it’s one of the most lucrative sections of the graphics card market, and despite being a plethora of different options available for consumers who are looking for a budget deal, or.

There are two groups of gamer’s who’re eager to get their hands on any DirectX 12 information, the first being PC gamer’s and the second Xbox One owners. Microsoft’s newest API isn’t being released until next year, but it’s showing a lot of promise – and according to the latest demos shown off (by.

AMD’s shiny new API is out in the wild, already developers such as DICE are embracing Mantle and users who’ve opted for certain AMD GPU’s are taking advantage of the performance gains. But let’s say you’re torn between buying an AMD Radeon GPU or one of Nvidia’s Geforce lines – should Mantle be a.

For something that won’t be seeing the light of day until next year, DirectX 12 is in the news an awful lot. Whether it be on the PC or the Xbox One, a week doesn’t go by without the new API popping up on the radar. And for good reason, its release will certainly.

Chances are good that if you’ve been following along with gaming news recently, you’ve had your interests piqued with regards to last years announcement Microsoft will be bringing DirectX 12 to their Xbox One console. There has been a lot of hype and speculation regarding what it would mean for the system, and we’ve.

An increase in the Xbox One’s GPU performance was recently mentioned on Twitter by Phil Spencer, but the original tweet provided little more than a tidbit of information. Microsoft have since provided much a needed insight to what the update means to the Xbox One and how it will impact the system, developers and the.

The topic of Mantle, DX12 and various other API’s is popping up a lot recently, and just yesterday we’d discussed comments between ICE Team, Naughty Dog and other developers providing insights into their thoughts on the various competing offerings. Today we’ve a little more information as Cort Stratton and other developers have once again.

For PC owners, DirectX 12’s release next year will solve a long running issue with PC gaming – lack of a low level GPU access via the API. Sure, right now we’ve got AMD’s awesome Mantle API, but there are developers who’re a little cautious to stray away from the well supported DirectX API..