Tag Archives: Graphics

In a recent update shared during Intel's Q3 2024 earnings report, CEO Pat Gelsinger discussed what the company will bring to the consumer market in the next few years, including updates on the new packaging designs for Panther Lake and Nova Lake CPUs. Addressing concerns over the current performance of …

The latest GeForce Graphics Driver has arrived from Nvidia, bringing early optimisations for upcoming games like Black Ops 6 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Black Myth: Wukong has been out for just under a week, garnering over 10 million sales and millions of concurrent players across PC and PS5. While many have been referring to this game as a 'souls-like' title, it is actually very different from the likes of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, taking much inspiration from games like God of War. This is apparent in both combat, but more importantly, it is apparent in storytelling, taking on a more cinematic approach, compared to the more passive story-telling style of the Souls games. 

Earlier this month, an Nvidia graphics driver shipped with a profile in place for the yet-to-be-announced PC version of Final Fantasy 16. Now, just one day ahead of Gamescom, Square Enix has finally showcased the PC version of the game, with a demo freely available as of today, and a …

Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver developers are making significant strides in preparing for the release of Xe2-based Battlemage discrete GPUs. Set to replace the DG2/Alchemist architecture, the enabling work is underway for the upcoming Linux 6.11 kernel, with the latest drm-intel-next patches for Linux 6.11 revealing the addition of Battlemage …

The MSI Claw didn't blow anyone away with its day-one gaming performance but through new drivers and BIOS updates, the handheld gaming system has improved tremendously, with MSI boasting performance gains up to 150 percent. The new E1T41IMS.106 BIOS (referred to as 106) and 31.0.101.5445 GPU driver (referred to as 5445) …

The release of Ninja Theory's long awaited next-gen exclusive, Hellblade 2, is just around the corner. Ahead of the game's release in May, the first previews have now gone live, painting a positive picture for the game, particularly on a technical level.  Ninja Theory has been utilising Unreal Engine 5, …

Intel Arc drivers have come along way since the first discrete GPUs from Intel first hit the market. Since launch, we've seen massive performance gains for older DirectX titles, as well as improvements for other APIs like Vulkan. This week's update brings more impressive performance gains, as well as support …

Back in November, we learned that Nvidia saw massive growth from the sales of its AI accelerators, leading to a huge $18.4 billion in revenue for the quarter. Now, Nvidia has published its Q4 results and somehow, more records have been shattered.  Nvidia's Q3 revenue for the year grew by …

Back in October, AMD was forced to remove its Anti-Lag+ feature from Radeon graphics drivers. Due to the way the feature functioned, it could trip up false positives in the anti-cheat systems of multiplayer games like Counter-Strike 2. The feature has been missing in action ever since, but it should …

For the past two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Sony and Microsoft have both gone with AMD for their custom hardware. Microsoft is already laying the groundwork for its next console, as we know from files revealed as part of the FTC v Microsoft trial over the acquisition of …

Nvidia has spent recent years establishing itself as a leader in the hardware market for AI acceleration. Those bets began paying off hugely with devices like the Nvidia H100 becoming hot sellers and the streak has not come to an end. Nvidia has now shared its Q3 earnings report, showing revenues have grown by a massive 206 percent compared to Q3 in the previous year. 

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 …

While the launch of Intel's Arc desktop GPUs wasn't perfect, Intel has impressed with driver updates in the months since, bringing consistent performance improvements. The latest Xe Graphics driver preps gamers for upcoming titles like Assassin's Creed Mirage and Forza Motorsport, while also providing performance improvements for a range of …

Starfield has been performing oddly on Nvidia and Intel GPUs but the experience is expected to improve with graphics driver updates and game patches. The situation should improve for Nvidia users from today, as a new driver is now available with additional optimisations for Bethesda's latest RPG.  Starfield isn't the …

Months ago, AMD revealed itself as the official PC partner for Starfield. In keeping with that partnership, AMD has rolled out new Radeon graphics drivers with optimisations in place for the game's launch, promising up to 16 percent extra performance.  With AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.8.2, Radeon GPU users will …

Owners of Intel Arc A380 GPUs should have a pleasant surprise if they update their GPU drivers. These new drivers not only improve DirectX 11 gaming performance but also offer a firmware upgrade for some GPUs. The BIOS update focuses on increasing stability, fan behaviour, bug fixes, and compatibility with …

Earlier this week, Nvidia began rolling out its latest GeForce Game Ready driver for F1 23. Today, AMD is getting Radeon GPU users prepped for the launch too, with a new driver delivering Day-0 optimisations.  The latest version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition is now available for Radeon graphics card …

Raja Koduri departed AMD and began working at Intel five years ago, marking the blue team's journey towards releasing discrete graphics products. The Intel Xe GPU architecture is now well established and the groundwork has been laid for future generations of graphics cards. Now, Koduri is departing Intel to start his own company. 

This week, Intel began rolling out a new graphics driver for its Arc GPUs. The driver launched earlier this morning, but it is only now that we can talk about the big improvements this driver brings. Since Arc's launch, Intel's engineers have been hard at work to polish up performance, particularly in DX9 titles. With this new driver, Intel has delivered up to 43 percent better performance in DX9 with smoother frame times too. 

Back in 2018, Insomniac Games impressed us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4. Even then in its graphically limited, 30FPS form, the game was something special. Now, Sony has brought the game over to PC, unlocking higher graphical settings, ray-tracing, and unlocked frame rates, allowing us to get the smoothest, high-fidelity gameplay possible. In today's KitGuru Games, we're going to be looking at the PC version to see if it delivers where it counts. 

Intel is continuing to ramp up its marketing efforts for Intel Arc. Earlier this week, Intel uploading a new video discussing Arc A750 GPU benchmarks and performance versus the RTX 3060. Now, in a new video Intel continues to keep expectations in check for Arc, with a discussion around graphics …

A few weeks ago, Intel posted a video showing the first Arc Alchemist A750 graphics card benchmarks. For reasons unknown to us, that video has since been privatised and a new video has been posted in its place. In the new video, we see different gameplay footage compared to the …

AMD launched its alternative to RTX Voice last month. The new feature, known as Noise Suppression, is only officially supported on RNDA 2 GPUs. However, modders have been quick to get it working on older GPUs too using modded drivers.  With the 3rd-party graphics driver (based on the 22.7.1 release) …

As of yesterday, AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology is one year old, and developers are now shifting to bring support for FSR 2.0 which is already heading to a good number of titles. Now, it is even easier to implement FSR 2.0 and poke around the technology, as AMD has …

Babylon’s Fall launched earlier this year to middling reviews at best, with the game – intended as a live service title – seeing next to no players. Despite this, the team at PlatinumGames are determined to steer the ship around, and have now detailed the latest set of improvements coming …

Unreal Engine 5 has officially released for all developers and there are already a number of exciting AAA titles under development using the new tool set. It'll be a while before we see the first Unreal Engine 5 games in action, but indie developers are already putting together impressive demos …

We've been hearing rumours about Grand Theft Auto VI for a couple of years already, but Rockstar only confirmed the game's existence earlier this year. In the months following the game's announcement, as well as events like GDC, new information has begun doing the rounds, including talk of an upgraded …

Today, Intel is officially launching its first Arc Alchemist graphics products, starting with the Arc 3, Arc 5 and Arc 7 series of GPUs for laptops. These are the first discrete GPUs from Intel's Arc A-series, which will expand to desktops and workstations later in the year. With this first …

GTA V is back, but is the new 'next-gen' console version worth the upgrade, or is it a cash grab?