Capcom's hosting a Games Showcase next week

Should we expect to hear more about Resident Evil 4's remake?

Published: 7th June 2022 | Source: Capcom | Author: Mark Campbell

Capcom's hosting a 35-minute gaming showcase next Monday

Capcom plans to host a gaming showcase on Monday, June 13th, where the company plans to reveal new games and give their fans updates on already announced titles.

In the UK, this event will be hosted at 11 PM BST, translating to 3 PM PT, and

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HDMI's latest revision adds "HDMI cable power" to make longer cables possible

Longer HDMI 2.1 cables are on the horizon

Published: 7th June 2022 | Source: HDMI | Author: Mark Campbell

HDMI's new cable power specification will enable the creation of longer high bandwidth cables

If there is one problem that the HDMI standard has, it's that it is a pain to purchase long cables. If you require the high data rates of HDMI 2.0 or HDMI 2.1, it is hard to find a cable that actually works beyond a length of

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Apple commits to Mac Gaming - Reveals MetalFX Upscaling Tech

Apple wants to turn Mac into a gaming platform

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: Apple | Author: Mark Campbell

Apple's giving their Mac ecosystem a gaming boost

Gaming on a Mac? No, this isn't a joke. Apple's really committing to it this time. Today, Apple has confirmed that AAA games like EA’s GRID Legends and Capcom’s Resident Evil Village are coming to Apple Silicon Macs, and that No Man's Sky is coming to Mac

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Apple Silicon

Apple unveils its M2 processor, boasts impressive performance gains

Apple's latest chip is up to 40% faster than its predecessor

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: Apple | Author: Mark Campbell

Apple has officially revealed their 5nm M2 microprocessors

It's official, Apple has launched their second generation off Apple Silicon Mac processors, using 2nd generation 5nm technology to deliver notable performance improvements across a variety of workloads.

In terms of memory bandwidth, Apple's new M2 processor can support up to 24GB of LPDDR

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AMD promised a look at new "product roadmaps" at their 2022 Financial Analyst Day

Should we expect to see to hear more about Zen 4 and RDNA 3?

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

Expect to see new Radeon and Ryzen roadmaps this week

AMD will be hosting their latest Financial Analysts Day on June 9th, and the company has confirmed that the investors event will include " updates to the company’s corporate strategy, technology and product roadmaps." That means that AMD will be discussing their next-generation products, and that they

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Remaking the Remake - Final Fantasy 7 Remake HD Project has been released

This mod overhauls 20,000 textures

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: Nexus Mods | Author: Mark Campbell

Final Fantasy 7 Remake HD Project upgrades many of the game's objects and textures

Final Fantasy VII Remake is a great looking game, but that does not mean that the game's visuals are by any means perfect. The game is filled with lots of muddy textures and low detail objects, and these areas of the game somewhat spoil the visual splendour that the rest


Intel

Intel showcases their ARC Alchemist Desktop graphics card at IEM

Is this Intel's ARC Alchemist A770?

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: @theBryceIsRt - Twitter | Author:

Intel showcases their ARC Alchemist Desktop GPU at Intel Extreme Masters

At Intel Extreme Masters in Dallas Texas, Intel has showcased a Limited Edition ARC Alchemist desktop GPU design, giving PC gamers their first proper look at at Intel's newest discrete gaming graphics technology.

While this GPU was unnamed, it is possible that this graphics card is Intel's rumoured A7

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Nvidia's RTX 4060 reportedly consumes more power than an RTX 3070

Even Nvidia's mid-range RTX 40 series GPUs will be more power hungry

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: @kopite7kimi - Twitter | Author: Mark Campbell

Nvidia's RTX 4060 reportedly consumes 50+ watts more power than an RTX 3060

If today's rumours are correct, even Nvidia's mid-range RTX 40 series GPUs will consume more power than their predecessors, with Nvidia's RTX 4070

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DDR5 memory prices are dropping fast

The PC market can no longer ignore DDR5 memory, and that's enabling increased availability and lower pricing

Published: 6th June 2022 | Source: Computerbase.de | Author: Mark Campbell

DDR5 memory pricing has dropped by 20% over the past month

DDR5 memory entered the mainstream PC market alongside Intel's 12th generation Alder Lake processors, but Intel's decision to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory allowed the industry to mostly ignore DDR5. Simply put

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Stray's coming to PC this Summer - Here's what you need to run it

What does a stray cat do in a cyber city?

Published: 3rd June 2022 | Source: Stray - Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Stray's coming to PC this summer alongside PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

When Stray was first revealed, the game was only showcased on PlayStation hardware, with no PC or Xbox version of the cyberpunk cat in sight. Now, Annapurna Interactive has confirmed that Stray will be releasing on PC (through Steam) alongside PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, opening up the