Jarred's love of computers dates back to the dark ages when his dad brought home a DOS 2.3 PC and he left his C-64 behind. He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander was released a few months later. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and has been working as a tech journalist since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer. From the first S3 Virge '3D decelerators' to today's GPUs, Jarred keeps up with all the latest graphics trends and is the one to ask about game performance.
Latest articles by Jarred Walton

By Jarred Walton Published
Stealth power We've tested numerous graphics cards, CPUs, and notebooks to find out what it takes to get the most out of Hitman 2.

By Jarred Walton Published
Bleeding Edge Real-time ray tracing is here, and it's no surprise it requires a beefy GPU and CPU to run well.

By Jarred Walton Published
DXR Required 3DMark Port Royal is a taste of how games might use ray tracing effects in several years.

By Jarred Walton Published
Shots fired "The performance is lousy and there's nothing new," and other choice quips.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Additional details on specs, and a chance to play The Division 2.

By Jarred Walton Published
news All the cores and clockspeeds, none of the GPU features.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Intel gives Cannon Lake the cold shoulder, focusing on Ice Lake and other products instead.

By Jarred Walton Published
Big Bang A mainstream RTX option that's affordable and still fast.

By Joanna Nelius, Jarred Walton Published
CES 2019 The grand-daddy of consumer electronics shows starts next week.

By Jarred Walton Published
Performance Analysis A full suite of GPU and CPU benchmarks, settings overview, and port analysis.

By Jarred Walton Published
News AMD enables game streaming with its latest annual update, plus other improvements.

By Jarred Walton Published
Benchmarks Smart optimizations will be a big part of extracting high performance from RTX GPUs.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Nvidia's Titan RTX costs as much as SLI RTX 2080 Ti.

By Jarred Walton Published
Head-to-Head Comparing two of the top GTX 10-series graphics cards.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Looks promising, but how will ray tracing scale down to an even lower tier GPU, and how much will it cost?

By Jarred Walton Published
It only took Bethesda ten years to fix this aspect of its engine.

By Wes Fenlon, Jarred Walton Published
Dials Adjusting the lighting quality could have a biggest impact on how the game runs.

By Jarred Walton Published
Trifecta Polaris is back for round three, this time wearing 12nm shorts.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Edit a couple lines in the ini file, and the FOV even adjusts appropriately.

By Jarred Walton Published
Better Value Forget expensive models, the EVGA RTX 2070 Black has everything you need at a much better price.

By Jarred Walton Published
Flame Wars Everything you really need to know about Team Green vs. Team Red.

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Side Step Core i7-9700K is an interesting twist on a high-end CPU.

By Jarred Walton Published
News Faster memory and a trimmed down GP104 could compete with an upcoming AMD Polaris refresh.
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