Every Monday, Build of the week highlights a unique rig from the web’s most dedicated PC building communities. Last week, we featured a chunky Batman head, so it’s only right that Superman gets a shot this time around. Sure, he’s basically invincible, he can fly, he has x-ray vision, but fairness supersedes all super powers...
The Oculus PC SDK v1.3 has implemented Asynchronous Timewarp (ATW) on Windows. Basically, this affects the Oculus headset’s ability to render images smoothly, without as much “judder” in the image quality. Timewarping is a relatively new term for the way VR technology adjusts images before they’re sent to your headset. Before timewarp, your movement was captured...
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey traveled to Anchorage, Alaska this weekend to personally deliver the very first consumer Oculus Rift to its very first pre-orderer, Ross Martin. Wearing his signature shorts and sandals (perfect for March in Alaska), Luckey handed over the signed headset while livestreaming the occasion on Facebook (where else?). Martin is a software developer for Axiom Data Science and has been following...
When Skyrim came out I played it on a pretty sweet rig, running it on its highest settings and eventually adding high-res mods so I could see every twist in every peasant’s rope belt. Now I’m going back to it on a laptop with an Intel HD 4000 graphics card that struggles to run it...
You want a new processor, you’ve checked out our best CPU for gaming guide, and now you need to know the best CPU deals available right now. Well, we can help out with that too! Your graphics card may be the component which delivers the beauty for your gaming PC, but it’s the processor which...
Valve is releasing the Steam Controller’s mechanical computer aided design geometry for everyone to use under the Creative Commons license. This means the door is now open for people to add accessories and modify the look, however you still need to contact Valve for permission to sell whatever you create. This Dropbox link contains all the eDrawings...
Radio waves Validating the G900’s wireless performance largely took place in Logitech’s RF lab, which is filled with testing equipment and contains an anechoic chamber that blocks out all radio waves. Here, Logitech’s engineers tested prototypes of the G900 to eke out the best possible wireless performance. That’s not as simple as slapping an antenna...
Head over here to read my in-depth feature on how Logitech designed the G900 to prove wireless can outperform wired, with hands-on testing and data from Logitech’s labs. Nearly three years ago, Logitech’s gaming division started work on quite possibly its most challenging mouse design ever. Its last few mice have each offered a substantial new...
For a nearly ten years now, Intel has been on a “tick-tock” processor design schedule. Intel would release a new manufacturing process, increasing the performance and power—this was the tick. Then it would introduce a new processor architecture that improved the efficiency and added new features—the tock. Now though, according to The Motley Fool, this model is being scrapped...
The graphics card is an essential component. It’s the part of your rig responsible for pumping out pixels and if you’re not getting the smooth frame rates you deserve in XCOM 2 or Hitman, then maybe it’s time to look for a new GPU. Our guide to the best graphics card will tell you all you...
