According to the latest rumors and reports, Nvidia’s Upcoming GeForce GTX 1080 will feature GDDR5X instead of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) and will appear on store shelves in late May, just days prior to Computex. Nvidia’s timing of GeForce GTX 1080 (also known as the 1800) means it will likely miss mass production of.

Microsoft’s plans to unify the Xbox One and PC gaming experiences is easily one of the biggest stories floating around the internet right now. In a move which shocked the gaming industry Phil Spencer announced Microsoft were considering abandoning a fixed spec Xbox One and allowing the hardware to be upgradable, further blurring the.

Years ago I remember a friend of mine purchasing a TFT monitor and marveling at how thin it was compared to the clunky CRT’s which cluttered up PC users desks at the time; he eagerly invited me round to marvel at his new investment, and being the tech-head that I am I wasn’t going.

Sonic Lost Worlds, the 2013 game for the Wii U and 3DS, will be releasing on Steam next month. Sega announced the PC version today, but also revealed that this is not the only Sega game that will be hitting the PC platform. And now my hopes for Jet Set Radio Future are already.

Intel’s introduction of Skylake comes at a rather turbulent time in the PC market place. The PC gaming market is flourishing, virtual reality seems just a stones throw away, DirectX 12 and other low level API’s improve game performance, and High Bandwidth Memory’s introduction will power GPU’s for generations to come. But Skylake is.

It wasn’t too long ago SSD’s were the realm of the power user; drives were small and expensive – but fast as hell. Fortunately, prices (and performance) have improved considerably, with most gamer’s considering an SSD an essential piece of kit. Unfortunately, while the pricing and performance of drives has improved, we’re about hitting the.

You might recall a few weeks ago Intel proudly announced a brand new memory standard known as 3D XPoint, the product of a joint collaboration between both Intel and Micron. Intel promised 3D XPoint (pronounced Cross Point) would revolutionize the computing industry, enabling the creation of considerably faster hardware and helping narrow the gap.

The release of Microsoft’s Windows 10 Operating System has been one of the most eagerly anticipated in the companies history – not only does it usher in the age of DirectX 12, but also brings in a plethora of new features and goes back to a more desktop PC and power-user friendly GUI. Unfortunately,.

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has confirmed that the PC version of the eagerly anticipated Gears of War Ultimate Edition will indeed release later than the Xbox One. Despite a slew of leaks hinting its existence (including beta footage) Microsoft first announced the title during the Xbox E3 conference this year and then during the PC.

While these specs aren’t officially released by AMD, a new set of rumors have popped up concerning AMD’s Radeon Fury series and they look quite accurate given recent benchmarks which confirm that the Fury X will indeed feature a full 4096 shaders/ AMD have already called the Fury the “world’s fastest GPU” and given.

After a lot of speculation, we’ve confirmation on the final specifications of Nvidia’s GTX 980 Ti, also known as the GM200-310 GPU. The graphics card will sit right between the GTX 980 and Nvidia’s GTX Titan X in terms of performance thanks to a cut down GM200 GPU. The GM200-310 GPU has two of.

It’s fair to say that with recent news the Radeon R9 300 series will make it’s June 3rd debut at Computex, there’s a lot of excitement in the air, particularly around the R9 390X which will feature HBM (High Bandwidth Memory). AMD have recently released an official set of slides explaining why they’ve opted.

We may have just seen the reveal of the release date for AMD’s upcoming Radeon R9 380 GPU, as well as fuel for an interesting rumor. This came to us through a press release from HP regarding their new HP ENVY tower series, which can be equipped with either a Nvidia GeForce 980 or.

Since the announcement of DirectX 12 at last years GDC, Microsoft have slowly drip fed developers, gamer’s and the press details of the upcoming API; but at Build 2015, we’ve news that the API is not only largely complete, but will ship with several incredible new features likely to change how we view PC.