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Intel Arc A770 & A750 Get Benchmarked in OpenCL and Vulkan
Following the official launch of Intel’s A770 last week (and subsequent, and significantly quieter A750), speculation on exactly how good (or bad) these graphics cards will be has been a huge talking point among the community. Particularly since Intel has been more than coy on the subject. And just to…
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Vulkan Ray Tracing is Now (Sort Of) Available on Pre-RDNA2 AMD GPUs
While Nvidia has been happily building upon its ray tracing technology introduced with the launch of their 20XX graphics cards, AMD has certainly been a little bit slower in catching up to join the party. Following the launch of their RDNA2 architecture, however, we have, slowly but surely, been seeing…
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AMD Adrenalin 20.11.3 Adds Vulkan Ray Tracing Support
If you’re the proud owner of a new and shiny AMD Radeon 6000 graphics card, then you might want to pay attention as with the release of the latest Adrenalin 20.11.3 GPU driver update, official Vulkan Ray Tracing support has now officially been added! It’s finally time to kick those…
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NVIDIA Hotfix Driver 441.34 Fixes 4/6 Core Vulkan RDR2 Issues
Red Dead Redemption 2 had some pretty major problems when it was released on PC earlier this month. I’d say it had a rough launch day but for many it took Rockstar nearly a week to actually get the game running for a lot of people. It seems, however, that…
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vkQuake 2 (Quake 2 on Vulkan API) Now Available on GitHub
In Celebration of Quake 2’s 21st Anniversary If you fancy some classic gaming this weekend, it just so happens that Id Software‘s Quake 2 is celebrating its 21st this month. In celebration, developer Krysztof Krondak makes his vkQuake 2 hobby project available to the public via GitHub. Quake 2 was…
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Roccat Go Their Own Way With Vulcan Keyboard
Roccat Computex 2018 The keyboard market is pretty competitive, and there’s plenty of choice for consumers. It seems every brand has something similar, but often try to put their own little spin on the products where possible. Roccat has decided to take one of the biggest leap possible for keyboards. That’s…
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iGame Z370 Vulkan Motherboard Review
iGame Z370 Vulkan There are a lot of Z370 motherboards hitting the market right now, but today is one of those rare times when we see a Colourful motherboard in the eTeknix office. While they’re not the biggest brand in the UK, or even the US, they’re still one of…
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Wolfenstein II System Requirements and PC Features Revealed
Bethesda Softworks‘ Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is due out next week for the PC. Which is why to ensure your system is up to the task of blasting Nazis to kingdom come in 60+fps, the official system requirements have finally been revealed. Also, there are some PC-specific graphical upgrades…
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RPCS3 Gets Performance Boost with Vulkan API
The development of PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is making incredible progress. The latest video released by the emulator’s development team demonstrates big performance improvements. Not only has the emulator been able to run a selection of retail games, but that number is growing steadily. RPCS3 – The PlayStation 3 Emulator The…
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Khronos to Merge OpenCL and Vulkan into One API
Non-profit developer Khronos has announced that it will merge its OpenCL parallel programming framework with its graphics API Vulkan. The big news was strangely buried in a statement regarding the final specifications of OpenCL 2.2 and SPIR-V 1.2. Khronos Says Neil Trevett, OpenCL chair and Khronos President, said: “By finalizing…
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NVIDIA GeForce Experience Gets Vulkan and OpenGL Support
The latest update of NVIDIA GeForce Experience – the company’s graphic card optimisation suite – has introduced Vulkan and OpenGL Share support. Share, formerly known as ShadowPlay, is NVIDIA’s video capture feature which can record up to 4K and 60fps footage. “[Y]ou can now stream and record your Minecraft and Doom gameplay with the…
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Unigine Releases New Superposition Benchmark
Unigine, while creators of the Unigine game engine, are more well-known for their suite of benchmarks. Heaven and Valley have been staples of the DX11 benchmarking scene and still remain popular to this day. However, it’s time for something new as its been 4 years since Valley was released and…
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Latest 3DMark Update Fixes Critical API Overhead Bug
Futuremark has released the latest update version v2.3.3682 of their popular semi-synthetic 3D gaming benchmark software 3DMark. Two weeks ago, Futuremark released version v.2.3.3663 which adds official support for the Vulkan API but in the latest v2.3.3682 update, a critical bug in the API overhead test is resolved. The API…
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Quake Champions to Feature Vulkan Support and Ryzen Optimisation
The Quake games historically set new standards and as such it’s only logical for id Software to get on board with the newest and best technologies around when it comes to the next instalment in the series. Quake III Arena was probably the most successful so far, but that might…
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Unity 5.6 Released: Improved Performance and Vulkan API Support
Unity Technologies has released the latest update for Unity 5, bringing it up to version 5.6 and adding a range of cool new features, performance improvements, and even support for a new graphics API. The changelog isn’t huge, but with improvements to performance, lighting, text rendering, and Vulkan support, and improved…
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