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Today NVIDIA has brought variable refresh rate support to its GeForce Now cloud gaming service. The company initially promised variable refresh support on GeForce Now back in early January during CES, and has seemingly waited so that it could launch alongside GeForce Now Day Passes, which are also now available. Variable refresh rate (VRR) technologies, including NVIDIA's own G-Sync, have been around for around a decade now, and allow a monitor to synchronize its refresh rate to the instantaneous framerate of a game. This synchronization prevents screen tearing, when two or more frames are present on a display at the same time. Without a VRR technology, gamers either have to tolerate the visual incongruity of screen tearing or enable V-Sync, which solves screen tearing by...
Nintendo Announces the New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS LL
Earlier today Nintendo announced an updated version of its Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming console. It's been over 3 years since the launch of the original 3DS, and with Nintendo...
25 by Brandon Chester on 8/29/2014
Alienware Reveals New Area-51 Design
In what has to be one of the most unique designs ever, Alienware announced the revamped Area-51 model which features a triad-designed chassis. True to their name, Alienware has...
36 by Brett Howse on 8/29/2014
AMD Celebrates 30 Years of Gaming and Graphics Innovation
AMD sent us word that tomorrow they will be hosting a Livecast celebrating 30 years of graphics and gaming innovation. Thirty years is a long time, and certainly we...
32 by Jarred Walton on 8/22/2014
MSI A88X-G45 Gaming Review
One of AMD’s main selling points it likes to promote is towards the gamer, especially those on a tighter budget. This subsequently suggests to the motherboard manufacturers to build...
12 by Ian Cutress on 8/11/2014
New Humble Bundle Offers Games From Square Enix
Today the latest Humble Bundle has gone on sale and it offers a good selection of games from the Square Enix library including all the entries in the Deus...
6 by Brandon Chester on 7/22/2014
MSI GE60 Review: Mainstream Mobile Maxwell
When NVIDIA launched their first Maxwell GPU, the GM107, back in February, they ushered in a new level of performance efficiency for desktop PCs. Given these improvements in efficiency...
64 by Jarred Walton on 7/17/2014
Computex 2014: GIGABYTE Gaming Motherboards
Last year we covered the whole GIGABYTE VIP suite at the Taipei 101, and this year there was a new, more focused feel of gaming to it. In...
15 by Ian Cutress on 6/12/2014
Humble Weekly: Liebesgrüße aus Deutschland
Okay, pardon my potentially horrible German (and a James Bond reference for good measure!), but it was worth a shot. The latest Humble Weekly Bundle includes up to twelve...
5 by Jarred Walton on 6/6/2014
ASUS Launches the ROG GX500, a 4K UHD 15-inch Gaming Notebook
In recent months, screen resolutions have exploded on to the scene when users started wanting something more than a cheap 1080p panel. Notebooks typically have had higher pixel...
21 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014
Humble Bundle Weekly: RPG Maker
It’s Thursday again, so you know what that means: a new Humble Weekly Bundle. This week the core package is RPG Maker VX Ace, a tool which can be...
8 by Jarred Walton on 5/29/2014
Humble Bundle Returns: PC and Android 10
I’ll be honest: I’m really glad the “14 days of bundles” is over, as what started as something potentially interesting eventually became a series of mediocre bundles. I did...
6 by Jarred Walton on 5/27/2014
Humble #14: This Means War
If you have a love for strategy games, the final bundle in Humble Bundle’s two weeks of daily bundles will be right up your alley. It’s a potentially great...
2 by Jarred Walton on 5/26/2014
Humble #13: Sunday Edition
Things are winding down, and with yesterday's less-than-compelling (for me anyway) Eve Online bundle I had hoped we'd see something with a bit more teeth today. Well, guns, zombies...
0 by Jarred Walton on 5/25/2014
Humble Daily 11 of 14: Dungeon Crawling RPGs
We’re nearing the end of the two weeks of daily Humble Bundles; so far we’ve had a couple bundles that were repeats, with most of the bundles being smaller...
7 by Jarred Walton on 5/24/2014
Humble #10 and a New Weekly Bundle
We’re getting a few more games for day number 10, though still nowhere near the 8+ games we’ve seen in some bundles. Today also sees a return (or continuance...
3 by Jarred Walton on 5/22/2014
Humble Daily #9: Aerial Maneuvers
Rolling on to day number nine in the two weeks of daily bundles, today there are three more games available for your donation, all with a focus on aerial...
4 by Jarred Walton on 5/21/2014
Humble 8 of 14: Crusading Kings
It's been a busy week for the Humble Bundle and their followers, with some good deals and others that didn't really pique my interest. Unfortunately, there has been more...
5 by Jarred Walton on 5/21/2014
Humble Day 7 of 14 Plus Gaming Bundle Roundup
Three games are currently up for grabs with the daily update from Humble Bundle, and the emphasis this time is on fighting games. Unfortunately, finding reputable reviews for the...
8 by Jarred Walton on 5/19/2014
Humble Daily #6: Hammerwatch
It’s the weekend, so I didn’t expect too much excitement from the Daily Humble Bundles going on. Today’s bundle gives you a single game, along with some artwork. The...
1 by Jarred Walton on 5/18/2014
Humble Day 5: Team 17 Revisited
It looks like many of the bundles in this “two weeks of daily bundles” are going to be previously used bundles. I’m okay with that, as there are plenty...
0 by Jarred Walton on 5/17/2014
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