A peek inside Zotac's console-killer Steam machine
I was intrigued by the Steam machine Zotac announced earlier in the week, so I stopped by Valve's booth at GDC to talk with Zotac about the system. As we noted in our initial report, this particular Steam machine is a fairly high-end affair that looks to be a stone-cold console killer.
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People want thicker smartphones with bigger batteries; Apple doesn't
A lot of TR readers have lamented the drive toward slimmer devices that sacrifice battery life to shave a few millimeters. As it turns out, they're not alone. According to a poll conducted by HuffPost and YouGov, the vast majority of Americans would take a thicker handset with longer battery life over a thinner one with a shorter run time.
The initial survey covered 1000 American adults, only 56% of whom actually have a smartphone. Among that subset, 73% would choose a beefier device with a bigger battery. And 93% of ...
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FREAK vulnerability can affect Windows, as well
The FREAK vulnerability isn't just placing Apple, Android, and OpenSSL users at risk. Microsoft has discovered that all current versions of Windows are also susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Here's what Redmond has to say about the vulnerability:
Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Channel (Schannel) that affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Our investigation has verified that the vulnerability could allow an attacker to force the downgrading of the cipher suites used in an SSL/TLS connection on a Windows client ...
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A first look at USB 3.1 performance
A new generation of USB devices is upon us.
A year and a half after the completion of the USB 3.1 spec, motherboards supporting the new standard ...
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Deal of the week: A G-Sync display, Shield Tablet, and more
We have a few unexpected items in this week's deals post, plus some of the usual suspects.
Those are the deals that caught my eye this morning. Don't forget ...
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood trailer is delightfully pulpy
Wolfenstein: The New Order was a successful take on the classic series, and developer MachineGames now has another chapter to add to the story: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.
The Old Blood appears to be a prequel to the 2013 game, and it trades its ...
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We learned more about Vulkan at Valve's glNext presentation
Scott is on the ground at GDC this week, and he spent this morning learning more about the Vulkan graphics API at Valve's glNext presentation. Most notably, Scott learned that Vulkan is indeed an offshoot of AMD's Mantle API. But that's not all:
Vukan completely exposes that GPU is a separate processor, runs asynchronously to the CPU.
— Scott Wasson (@scottwasson) March 5, 2015
Intel/Linux driver for Vulkan will be open-sourced. Vulkan supported across the board on Steam machines.
— Scott Wasson (@scottwasson) March 5, 2015
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Steam Controller gets November release, $50 price tag
It seems like Valve's SteamOS living-room PC initiative is finally starting to gain some, well, steam. Valve has given its Steam Controller an official product page, and the hardware looks pretty good. Here's a preview of the finished product, courtesy of Valve:
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Monitors with AMD's FreeSync tech now available in select regions
We may be about to see the floodgates open for monitors featuring AMD's FreeSync variable-refresh technology. The company says FreeSync monitors can now be found in "select regions" in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with the necessary drivers for single- and multi-GPU configurations to follow. Here's the full statement:
AMD is very excited that monitors compatible with AMD FreeSync™ technology are now available in select regions in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). We know gamers are excited to bring home an incredibly smooth and tearing-free PC gaming experience powered by AMD Radeon™ GPUs and AMD A-Series ...
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Report: The Witcher 3 to be bundled with higher-end Maxwell cards
Nvidia appears to be gearing up to bundle The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with select Maxwell-based graphics cards. According to a convincing-looking advertisement posted by Videocardz, CD Projekt RED's open-world action RPG will be available with GeForce GTX 960, 970, and 980 graphics cards. Notebooks with GeForce GTX 970M and 980M GPUs will also be eligible for the deal.
The story doesn't indicate when the freebie is supposed to go into effect, but it's worth noting that Wild Hunt isn't due out until May 19. Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference is scheduled for March 17-20, ...
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Nvidia's PhysX joins the free source party
If I were a game programmer, I'd be salivating at the bounty of cutting-edge souce code that's available free of charge. Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 are open books for anyone who wants to take a peek, and they've now been joined by PhysX. Nvidia has put the full source for PhysX 3.3.3 and its clothing and destruction components on GitHub.
The release appears to be related to Unreal Engine 4's recent liberation. PhysX powers Unreal's "core game physics," according to Epic co-founder and programming guru Tim Sweeney, and the ...
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