Battlefield 3 will need monster rig to run on ultra settings
DICE community manager Daniel Matros has been answering questions about Battlefield 3 on Twitter. Battlefield fan @bkohn1 asked him whether a rig matching the Battlefield 3 recommended system requirements would run the game on ultra settings. Matros replied to say that “recommended is usually medium.”
So will a top of the range Nvidia GTX580 do the trick? Apparently not. Matros revealed that we’ll need two 580s in SLI to make the most of the Frostbite 2 engine. The minimum system specifications may not be too punishing, but for those who want to see Battlefield 3 at its very best, a hefty upgrade may needed. Battlefield 3 may well be worth the expense. Would you be tempted to upgrade?
NVIDIA says PC games revenue to overtake consoles by 2014
Graphics vendor NVIDIA reckons that the total amount of money spent on PC games will be greater than that splashed out on console titles within the next three years.
That’s according to a report over at Techgage, which says that the claims were made during a conference call with analysts yesterday.
NVIDIA increase profit forecasts
Well here’s a turn up for the books. Amid plummeting stock prices and warnings of double dip recessions, NVIDIA’s shares rose by 18% during after hours trading on the NASDAQ yesterday, after the company’s quarterly financial report came out.
Hard Stuff: Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 review
I’ll be frank: the GeForce GTX 590 will murder your checking account. At $700, you’re probably wondering—as I was—if it could possibly be worth it.
NVIDIA launch new notebook graphics chips
Thinking of buying a new notebook? Might want to hold on until we’ve had chance to review these two new graphics chips from NVIDIA. The company has launched a pair of processors today, the GeForce GTX 580M and GeForce GTX 570M.
Both are pretty high end processors: the 580M is slated to make its first appearance in Alienware’s giant M18x and is the company’s fastest current mobile chip. It has 384 unified shaders and a base clockspeed of 620MHz, while the 570M is slightly lower power with 336 cores ticking over at 535MHz – although actual speeds can be tuned by the laptop manufacturer.
They don’t look like a massive upgrade to the older GeForce GTX 485M and its ilk, although NVIDIA is claiming a 20% increase in framerates across the board. Worth keeping an eye on though.
Id Software’s John Carmack picks a side in the Nvidia/AMD GPU war
We sat down with legendary John Carmack and picked his brain on a few of our favorite topics. Along the way, we asked him which graphics card–AMD or Nvidia–he would buy right that second and why. His answer might surprise you.
Bulletstorm on PC to support 3D
Epic Games have confirmed to Big Download that Bulletstorm will support Nvidia’s 3D Vision system, and that the PC version will be the only one supporting 3D technology.
PC gamers with access to an Nvidia GeForce graphics card, the 3D Vision kit and a 3D capable monitor will be able to play Epic’s insane shooter in brain-bending 3D-o-vision come February 22.
Developer Cliff Bleszinski may be living in hope that this PC exclusive feature could cheer up PC gamers after he made them ‘grumpy’ by tweeting that the Bulletstorm demo would only be available on consoles.
So does this make up for the lack of a PC demo? Let us know in the comments.
Nvidia announce wireless graphics card
Nvidia have announced the launch of the KFA2 GeForce GTX460, the world’s first wireless graphics card. Read on for details.
The best of the PC at CES 2011
The Consumer Electronics Show 2011 has just wrapped up, showing off hundreds of hot new gadgets to the world. CES always provides a great insight into the technology of the future, and that includes the chips, processors and controllers we can expect to be using with our PCs later this year. Below you’ll find an overview of five of the most interesting bits of new tech shown at this year’s convention.
GeForce GTX 580: hot benchmarks, cooler temps
Our allies over at Maximum PC have posted an exhaustive lab test of Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 580 monster. Read the full story here.
TL;DR?
“Fermi – the real Fermi – has arrived. It’s still pricey and power hungry, but quieter and performs much better. We’re looking forward to checking out retail cards, but for now, the fully operational GTX 580 should delight gamers with deep pockets.”
Maximum PC review: EVGA GTX 470 SC
Our compatriots over at MaximumPC.com have given outstanding marks to Nvidia’s newest mid-range graphics card, which trounces the Radeon HD 5850 in most tests.
“Built on a cut-down version of Nvidia’s high-end, DirectX 11 GPU, this card posted eyebrow-raising benchmarks, pretty much putting it into a class of its own.”
Click here to read the full review and benchmark tests.
Ask the expert: should I turn off UAC?
If cross platform gaming were a horse race, the PC would be a thoroughbred. Faster, more powerful and with a penchant for expensive oats. Like any infinitely rarified animal or highly tuned machine, though, it doesn’t take much to cause it damage. Our resident tech vet Adam Oxford is here to put it out of your misery.
GeForce GTX 480 review
Nvidia’s DirectX 11-capable graphics processors, codenamed Fermi, have finally arrived. The Fermi core, also known as GF100, at last pushes Nvidia beyond the first unified shader design it used with the 8800 series almost four years ago.
