Intel has been working on improving its Arc graphics drivers since the launch of its A-series desktop GPUs. We've seen some very impressive performance gains for DX9 and DX11 titles over the past year. With the latest driver release, Intel continues that trend, with performance gains of up to 48 …
Read More »AMD enables Frame Generation for all DX 11/12 games with new driver
AMD's Fluid Motion Frames technology is still in the preview phase. The new Frame Generation technique initially kicked off with support for a handful of titles but the latest Preview Driver expands things greatly, allowing the feature to be enabled for all DX11 and DX12 games. The most significant change …
Read More »Intel claims huge DX9/11 improvements and introduces PresentMon Beta tool
Intel Arc graphics cards have come a long way since their release. Besides reducing the prices, Intel Arc GPUs have also received numerous performance improvements when using graphic APIs such as DirectX 9 and 11. XeSS has also grown considerably, now supporting over 70 games. Despite all that has been …
Read More »Microsoft is bringing Xbox Series X/S ‘Auto HDR’ feature to PC
One of Microsoft's big features for backwards compatible games on Xbox Series X/S consoles has been Auto HDR, enabling High Dynamic Range across a number of SDR-only games. Now, PC gamers are also going to benefit, with Microsoft preparing to enable Auto HDR for over 1,000 PC games. Auto HDR …
Read More »Ubisoft apologises for Assassin’s Creed Unity, offers free DLC, games
Ubisoft late on Wednesday issued a statement admitting major issues with its Assassin’s Creed Unity video game. The company apologised for shipping a title full of bugs and performance issues. As a remedy, Ubisoft will provide an expansion pack for the title free to everyone as well as a free …
Read More »Dark Souls II to be re-released with DirectX 11 features
Namco Bandai has revealed that From Software's latest game in the ‘Souls series', Dark Souls II, will be re-releasing next year with all of the DLC and an updated DirectX 11 graphics engine for the PS4, Xbox One, PC and interestingly enough, the last generation consoles as well, although the …
Read More »Ubisoft has discovered AC:U low frame rate cause
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed development team has been working around the clock since the launch of Unity in an effort to patch out a ton of issues players on all platforms have been facing. On the PC side, things have been pretty bad with low frame rate issues even on high …
Read More »Ubisoft accuses AMD of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s poor performance, bugs
Ubisoft, which faced massive amount of criticism this week because of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s launch bugs, has issued a statement blaming AMD hardware of poor performance and glitches of the game on PC platforms. The company believes that the AMD-related problems only affect a handful of users and does not …
Read More »Nicolas Thibieroz interview – Next-gen consoles can lead the way
In the third and final part of our interview with AMD Developer Relations Guru, Nic Thibieroz, we get him talking about the latest Deus Ex, how DirectX may not be so relevant in the future and how consoles might actually take the lead again. KitGuru dons a nano-suit to help …
Read More »Nicolas Thibieroz interview – Shogun 2 DX11 patch plays to our strengths
Originally released on 15th March 2011, Shogun 2 is the latest in the famous Total War series. Across most of the top sites, this epic was seen as a return-to-form for its developers and it scored over 90% in most tests. But is it as good as it can be? …
Read More »Intel prepares for marketing U-turn on DirectX 11
By its very nature, Intel's tick-tock strategy means that important architectural changes are only introduced once the production process is operating near 100% efficiency, so what's going on with Ivy Bridge? KitGuru prepares to get well and truly pixelated. . From what we have heard, every sales meeting that Intel …
Read More »AMD Fusion discussion with Bob Grim
We're surrounded by integrated graphics. From Blackberries to iPhones, from netbooks to iPads. KitGuru spends more hours in a day using integrated graphics than discrete cards. As users, we represent the elite. The top 5% of users – with serious knowledge, skills and access to as much technology as we …
Read More »AMD Radeon HD 6870 benchmark performance
KitGuru is old in the tooth and likes naming conventions which don't change. With the launch of the Radeon HD 6000 series, AMD has altered its naming strategy. The high end cards will now be the 6900 series (due November) and the 6800 cards that we're looking at today, will …
Read More »