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DOOM Vulkan performance analysis, a clear advantage for AMD

July 14, 2016

iD Software added compatibility with the Vulkan API in their most recent patch for DOOM, so we've take some time to see the type of performance improvements we can realistically see. The most recent other Vulka... Read More...

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GIGABYTE X99-Ultra Gaming review

Jeff Williams

July 8, 2016

Motherboards

Intel has released Broadwell-E processors to consumers, bringing up to 10-core CPUs into your system for a fraction of the price of their server counterparts. That and they're actually overclockable too, though... Read More...

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AMD RX 480 GPU review

Jeff Williams

June 29, 2016

GPU

Update - We've seen many reports and rumination surrounding the power consumption and other results of our review. We can only report what we observed therefore we'll investigate the discrepancies diligently an... Read More...

Fitbit Alta capsule review, a mature fitness device?

Jeff Williams

June 28, 2016

Hardware Reviews, News

Contributed by Emily We've been taking a quick look at the newest Fitbit Alta over the past few weeks as part of a longer term look into the viability and usefulness of fitness trackers in everyday life. So fa... Read More...

AMD FX 6350 review – is it any good?

Simon den Bekker

June 22, 2016

CPU, CPUs

AMD has been a bit quiet with their CPU releases lately. There haven't been a lot of flagship releases or new sockets for a while now. But they are improving their old CPU's as we speak. They've just released t... Read More...

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC performance analysis

Jeff Williams

June 20, 2016

Performance Analysis

It's been a long wait for Mirror's Edge Catalyst, the sequel to a decidedly low-key success. Free-running through a high-tech city, suitably named the City of Glass, was an incredible joy. The mechanics of runn... Read More...

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Seagate 4TB SSHD Review

Jeff Williams

June 17, 2016

HDD

Today we have the latest in Seagate's desktop Solid State Hybrid Drive arsenal on the test bench. They began their foray into marrying small amounts of NAND to the internal PCB in an attempt to add further valu... Read More...

Lenovo ThinkPad P70 Review, a versatile mobile powerhouse?

Jeff Williams

June 11, 2016

Hardware Reviews, Laptops

We’re becoming an increasingly mobile workforce, and thus we’ll need the tools to be able to do our jobs efficiently and effectively. Enter the Lenovo ThinkPad P70, an evolution of a successful line of laptops ... Read More...

Mirrors Edge: Catalyst Collectors Edition Review

Darren

June 9, 2016

Game Reviews

Its been 8 years since the first release of Mirrors Edge on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and 7 since it was released on PC. Despite receiving mostly positive reviews and creating a loyal fan base, it wasn't enough to e... Read More...

XCOM 2 PC performance analysis, how does it look a few months out?

Jeff Williams

June 4, 2016

Performance Analysis

XCOM 2 was heralded as a return to the franchises PC-only roots, eschewing the control schemes required for consoles and sticking to the keyboard and mouse. Being PC-only gives it another advantage as well, tha... Read More...