PC (Page 9)
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Image reconstruction is essentially the idea of rendering graphics at a lower resolution and then using various techniques to reconstruct a higher resolution image. In this video we're comparing the …
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Tom dissects an extended gameplay slice of the upcoming Mafia remake - all shown here running on PC. It's a colossal tech upgrade over the original game released 18 years …
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The reaction to the Halo Infinite gameplay reveal has been mixed. Gameplay looks great, but there's been lots of criticism of the 'flat' graphics. So what's really going on? In …
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With the upcoming release of Crysis Remastered, we decided to go back and revisit the original CryEngine running the very first Far Cry game, operating on period-appropriate PC hardware! Yes, …
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It's been a mixed bag with Halo: The Master Chief Collection but the quality has been rising for the most part from release to release. The latest offering - Halo …
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Does a first-party console exclusive tap into the hidden power of the console? Or are we really looking at super-optimal code that will fly even higher when running on a …
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Alex Battaglia and John Linneman revisit PC gaming classics from days gone by, reassessing performance on era-appropriate hardware using today's frame-rate/frame-time analysis tools. In this episode, Oblivion is the focus …
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Sponsored by ViewSonic. It's time for a PC upgrade beyond the standard 1080p - and in our opinion, a high refresh rate 2560x1440 monitor is the way to go. So …
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A 16-core/32-thread CPU in a 15-inch laptop? It may sound like utter insanity but that's exactly what you can do with the XMG Apex 15. In this review, we'll be …
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John Linneman and Alex Battaglia are both massively excited by the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 - just by the idea of an immersive sim on a huge scale coupled with state-of-the-art …
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Content sponsored by Nvidia. The specs are out for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X - and we've had our first taste of their games - so where does this …
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Image reconstruction techniques take a lower resolution image and use information from prior frames to improve quality. We've seen immense results from DLSS 2.0 and some forms of temporal supersampling, …
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Before the coronavirus kicked in, Rich had the chance to visit Infinity Ward's tech-focused studio in Krakow, Poland to get the lowdown on *how* the developer enhanced the IW8 engine …
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The simple answer - anything from GTX 1080 Ti upwards. But to put it to the test more scientifically, we benchmark GTX 1060, GTX 1660, GTX 1660 Ti and RX …
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It may be 25-years-old, but Command & Conquer remains one of the greatest strategy games ever made - and the recently released remaster is a simply exceptional piece of work. …
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Alex Battaglia pits his recently assembled Retro PC from the 2004/2005 era against one of the gaming colossi of the era: id software's Doom 3. Witness how the game really …
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We're building a range of classic PCs to revisit some of the great games of their respective eras - and now it's time to construct a 2005-era machine to tackle …
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Intel's 10th Gen Core i5 K chip is essentially a tweaked version of the eighth gen i7 - meaning it's automatically pretty awesome out of the box for gaming. But …
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Rich takes a look at the latest Intel monster - the Core i9 10900K. It's the king of the hill for gaming, but is it actually that much faster than …
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Fortunes have been mixed with the PC conversions of Halo Reach and Halo: Combat Evolved - so how does the latest release fare? Alex Battaglia revisits Halo 2, the Anniversary …
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Is it possible to get a fully upgradable miniature PC that offers the full next-gen feature set? Intel's Ghost Canyon NUC offers eight cores and 16 threads of CPU performance, …
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A time-limited demo on Steam (now expired!), Ghostrunner is a highly playable speed-running assassination game running under Unreal Engine 4. It's also using the middleware's new ray tracing features. Alex …
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AMD's Zen 2 technology returns, this time in quad-core configurations designed to rule the budget CPU market. So just how much power are we getting here? Can the new Ryzens …
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Join Alex Battaglia for a comprehensive look back at 2008's Crysis Warhead. It's a game that attempts to address the many issues and critiques surrounding the classic Crysis - but …
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A PC real-time strategy game with triple-A production values and brand new DirectX 12 features? Gears Tactics delivers and Alex Battaglia has the full tech review. Oh, and a max …
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Having disrupted the desktop CPU market, AMD is looking to do the same with laptops - and from what we've seen of the Ryzen 7 4800H, Team Red's new Ryzen …
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Before we put together our own Minecraft RTX coverage, we met up with key Nvidia graphics developers *in the game itself* to get the inside story on what is undoubtedly …
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A beta version of Minecraft RTX is available, delivering astonishing visual effects and the kind of realism in lighting that only path tracing can deliver. To show off the impact …
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Yes! Once again, we're replaying a classic slice of PC gaming on era-appropriate hardware. Just how well did Infinity Ward's genre-defining COD4 Modern Warfare run on what would have been …
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Riot Games are almost ready to unleash their new CS:GO like FPS, Valorant. In this video, Alex Battaglia teams up with Digital Foundry's esports specialist Will Judd to demonstrate the …
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Rich's quest to replace his old Mac with a powerful, portable laptop capable of editing 4K editing and decent gaming continues! The Dell XPS 15 9570 features an eight-core Intel …
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After a successful debut on Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Nvidia's DLSS 2.0 arrives in Remedy's Control - and the image quality and performance results are almost miraculous. The full ray tracing feature …
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We've showcased Half-Life: Alyx running on a high-end Intel CPU paired with an RTX 2080 Ti, but what happens when we run the game using minimum-spec GPUs and a CPU …
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The review you've been waiting for. Armed with his Oculus Rift S, John Linneman takes on Half-Life: Alyx - a hugely important game for virtual reality... and a simply brilliant …
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Doom 2016 saw a classic franchise and a legendary developer revitalised - but Doom Eternal ramps everything up to the next level. Join John Linneman for a deep dive into …
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It's a game that's been almost lost to the world - simply because getting it to work and install properly is so incredibly difficult. But somehow we did it and …
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The Halo Master Chief Collection on PC evolves with the release of the original game - or, rather, an enhanced port of the Xbox One MMC rendition of the Anniversary …
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Every point of the original Half-Life is reworked in Black Mesa - a remake project that's been on-going for well past a decade. Alex looks at the main differences that …
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A key advantage the console versions of Doom 2016 enjoy over the PC version is the implementation of dynamic resolution scaling - the ability to adapt resolution on the fly …
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Meet the card that spoiled AMD's RX 5600 XT party - the new, cheaper KO version of the RTX 2060, courtesy of EVGA. Do the cutbacks impact the 2060 experience …
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Alex Battaglia returns with the second part of his Star Citizen tech breakdown, based on a visit to CIG's UK development studio. In the first part, we looked at how …
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In the first of a series of features, Digital Foundry examines the work-in-progress at Cloud Imperium Games as the developers continue to develop the colossal Star Citizen. In this video, …
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Content sponsored by Nvidia. It's been 18 months since hardware-accelerated ray tracing made its debut in the RTX line of PC graphics cards - and what was widely considered to …
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It's a simple enough question, but how do you answer it? Our solution: choose two of the best-selling 1080p gaming GPUs of all-time and see what you need to match …
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Remember the concept of the PC exclusive? And remember how those games would push your rig to breaking point, requiring an upgrade? In this new series, Digital Foundry will be …
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Yes, there''s been the whole 'bait and switch' BIOS update situation but is the question we need to be answering more fundamental? With next-gen console features not in first-gen Navi, …
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Doom Eternal is one of John Linneman's most eagerly anticipated games of the year - and he had the chance to sit down and play three hours of it. What's …
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id Tech 6 - a properly impressive, performant engine gets a ray tracing upgrade, along with the most impressive DLSS support we've seen yet *and* VRS (variable rate shading). It's …
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In a new series of features - 2020 Vision - Alex Battaglia returns to genuine PC classics, re-evaluating their technology and seeing how well these games perform on modern, mainstream …
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John presents his year-end video, covering off his personal gaming highlights of the year across a range of genres and game styles old and new. 11 top-tier games covered here …