PC Gaming
At a glance Gear VR (+) A lot of varied content; social VR adds a sense of presence; resolution is surprisingly good; only $100!Fear VR (-) Overheats and drain’s phone’s battery life; some motion sickness present depending on experience; can get heavy and cause eye strain after a while Competent virtual reality on the go…
Back on December 9, HTC said that its Valve Software-backed “Vive” virtual reality headset wouldn’t be released to consumers until April 2016. Originally, Vive was slated to launch as a retail unit by the end of the year. At the time of the announcement, the company didn’t provide a reason for the delay. “Since announcing…
Top Deal: It’s been a long year and who really knows if you made the naughty or nice list, right? Rather than leave it up to chance, you can take matters into your own hands and treat yourself to a new system build to ring in the New Year. The question is, where do you…
Playing the blame game A Russian gamer located in Krasnoyarsk has filed a lawsuit against Bethesda that essentially blames the developer for building a fun game. Of course, the lawsuit doesn’t quite word it way. What’s at issue here is the 28-year-old’s obsession with Fallout 4 and the price he paid for spending too much…
Contains GameWorks VR tweaks Today’s a good day for early adopters of virtual reality technology. There’s an interactive version of Futuremark’s upcoming VRMark benchmark to play around with on Steam, and if you own a GeForce graphics card, Nvidia has a new set of WHQL-certified drivers available, version 361.43. The Game Ready driver update is…
Upcoming virtual reality benchmark Futuremark’s set of benchmarks are well known and commonly used among reviewers and home consumers alike. Sometime next year, the company will add VRMark to the fray, a benchmark focused on virtual reality performance. Ahead of that release, you can take a sneak peek via an interactive preview that’s now available…
Memory upgrade Nvidia is said to be readying a new batch of mobile GPUs to replace its current GeForce 920M, 930M, and 940M for entry-level and mainstream laptops. Citing information obtained from an “industry insider,” the folks at Notebookcheck say the new parts will be called GeForce 920MX (N16V-GMR), GeForce 930MX (N16S-GMR), and GeForce 940MX…
Capacity and speed collide G.Skill has been making a lot of noise about its growing DDR4 memory line, and in what could possibly be its last announcement for 2015, the company is championing what it claims is the fastest 64GB (4x16GB) memory kit on the market. The kit in question is rated to run at…
Following through with promises There’s a new version of AMD’s Radeon Software Crimson Edition available to download, version 15.12. It brings with it a bunch of fixes, but perhaps just as importantly, it’s a sign that AMD is committed to following through with its promise to deliver more frequent driver updates. AMD talked a big…