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Futuremark Announces PCMark 8, A Real Whole System Benchmark
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Futuremark today announced their latest benchmark, PCMark 8, designed to help users benchmark their system's real day to day performance as well as battery life among other benchmarks.
On 5/21/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Nvidia GeForce Titan Launches February 18th, 2013: Loses to GTX 690, AMD HD 7990
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE RUMORS
Next week, Nvidia plans to introduce what should be the most complex and probably the fastest piece of graphics hardware onto the market. The GK110 will land in the consumer world as... the GeForce GTX Titan.
On 2/13/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

New 3DMark Benchmark Trailer Arrives
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE NEWS
We've received a new trailer for 3DMark, focusing on the Cloud Gate test, one of three new tests in the popular benchmark. Cloud Gate is a DirectX 10 benchmark which targets notebooks and home PC's.
On 12/17/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Ex-Nvidia and Rightware Exec Roy Taylor Joins AMD's Dream Team
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Following stints at MasterImage 3D and Rightware, Roy Taylor - one of key Nvidia executives of yesteryear - decided to join AMD as the Head of WW Channel. Roy will fill the shoes previously filled by John Byrne, who's now AMD's CSO.
On 12/13/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Steam Expands Beyond Games: Offers Consumer Apps
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
No doubt about it, Valve is dead set on transforming Steam from a games distribution channel into a fully fledged digital distribution channel.
On 10/3/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Golf VII to Use Tegra: Can NVIDIA Sell 10 Million SoCs in Volkswagen AG Cars by 2020?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
When Futuremark demonstrated the automotive interface of tomorrow and got NVIDIA's support, it was a long shot to turn a small-time project into a big business opportunity. Yet, it happened.
On 10/1/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Top 10 Fastest Tablets: ARM Captures the Tablet Throne
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Following our article on the fastest smartphones, the time has come to see who makes the fastest hardware in the world of tablets. Will Qualcomm held to its lead or will the tie shift?
On 7/20/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Roy Taylor Joins Rightware
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Following his stints at NVIDIA and MasterImage 3D, one of industry veterans is joining Rightware, a Finnish company which creates UI for car companies such as Audi and mobile UI for Chinese phone makers.
On 7/1/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

OPINION: Are Benchmarks Worthless?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
After reading the piece by Rob Enderle, one of striking messages was that we should no longer use current benchmarks and the new benchmarking that would emulate real world.
On 4/19/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Rovio Buys Futuremark Games Studio, Targets Serious Games for PC
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
For quite some time, we've been hearing PC is dead and PC gaming is dead. Those dead businesses are achieving record revenue year after year, and we've just heard a bombshell.
On 3/27/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Hands-on Review: $99 Tablet Ainol NOVO Basic 7–MIPS
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE REVIEWS
In December 2011, BSN announced the promise of a 7-inch tablet priced at $99 running Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Today, we're bringing you the review of the tablet.
On 3/14/2012 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Futuremarks Benchmarks Approve Lucid With a But
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Futuremark specializes in benchmarking software. LucidLogix (Lucid) is a developer of GPU virtualization software. Together, they are working to make benchmarking of games even better.
On 3/13/2012 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Is NVIDIA Using "Anti-Trust Tactics" on 3D Mark?
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Ever since 3DMark 11 came out, NVIDIA was known to voice out their lack of satisfaction in the way this native DX11 engine runs on their hardware.
On 9/8/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
PCMark 7 To Arrive on Thursday
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Originally planned for May 3 release, Futuremark delayed the long awaited system benchmark to this Thursday, May 12, 2011. According to company president, the delay was due to last-minute fixes.
On 5/9/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme: AMD's Evergreen Gets a Second Life
HARDWARE, GRAPHICS REVIEWS
The new HD5830 Xtreme is a reintroduction of sorts as the HD5830 has been on the market for some time now with prices hovering around the $160 mark on average depending on the bells and whistles included.
On 4/12/2011 by Josh Smith... Comments (0) Read more
Review: 3DMark 11 - No Game Looks This Great, Unfortunately
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE REVIEWS
Wondering what exactly your gaming ninja PC is trully capable of? 3DMark 11, the latest version of the industry's go-to graphics benchmark, has the answer. It'll put your GPU through extreme testing and leave you wondering why the heck triple-A games don't look this great.
On 12/7/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Inspire Futuremark and Win Big with 3DMark11
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
People get inspiration from the most unlikely places. When I was finishing up my time in the military I was inspired by a ruined building to indulge in architecture photography.
On 11/23/2010 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
3DMark 11 To Launch on November 30, 2010
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Futuremark just announced the release date and the start of pre-order for 3DMark11 Advanced Edition as well as a new preview trailer on YouTube in Full HD quality.
On 11/19/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

New 3DMark 11 trailer is all DX11 all HD at 1080p
GRAPHICS NEWS
Futuremark has released another trailer from their upcomming DX11 benchmark 3DMark11.
On 10/20/2010 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
Shattered Horizon is free to play, 50% off this weekend
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Futuremark's debut 3D shooter is free to download and play, while the price is taking a 50% cut dive to only 10 bucks.
On 2/17/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

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