Oculus ships Rift SDK 1.0 and final hardware to select developers
Oculus' Rift headset has has reached another milestone on its path to release. As of this week, Oculus is providing its Rift SDK 1.0 and final versions of the Rift hardware to software developers. We've been keeping tabs on Oculus's progress for years, so it’s nice to see the Rift inch that much closer towards a final release.
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Steam's winter sale cuts prices on GTA V, The Witcher 3, and more
Just when I thought my Christmas shopping was over, Valve launched this year’s Steam winter sale. This deals extravaganza runs until January 4. Though it doesn’t include the daily deals and flash sales of previous years, the upside is that any discounts should remain the same throughout the event. Some triple-A releases headline the list, but as always, there are a few indie titles worth considering, too. Here are just a few of the discounts on more popular titles:
There are a total of 10,019 games on sale, so if you spot something that we missed, please let us know ...
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Nvidia Shield K1 tablet gets Android 6.0 for Christmas
It's an early Merry Christmas for owners of Shield K1 tablets. Nvidia has released a software update that brings Android 6.0 Marshmallow to this gaming slate. Nvidia runs a mostly-stock version of Android on its devices, with only a couple touches of its own. The release notes cover both stock and Nvidia features alike.
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AMD delays its dual-Fiji graphics card to the second quarter of 2016
This summer, AMD's Lisa Su showed the world a dual-GPU Fiji card. That card, codenamed "Gemini," was apparently meant to have launched by the end of this year, but that release has now been pushed back to "early Q2 2016."
In a statement to Hardware.fr (Google translation here ), AMD says that it intended to launch Gemini around the same time that Oculus and its competitors were to ...
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Report: Samsung may begin producing chips for AMD in 2016
According to Korean news site etnews, AMD has contracted with Samsung to fabricate chips on the Korean company's 14-nm FinFET process. The site reports that Samsung will start producing AMD’s next-gen GPUs in the second quarter of 2016, and its Zen CPUs later in the year.
etnews claims that AMD made the move because of issues with yield and supply from TSMC at the 28-nm node. ...
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SpaceX successfully lands its Falcon 9 rocket after orbital launch
In a milestone for the space industry, SpaceX's Falcon 9 unmanned rocket has successfully taken off and returned to Earth in a controlled landing, all in ten minutes' time. The Falcon 9 isn't the first time that an unmanned spacecraft has ever taken off and landed successfully, but it's a first for an orbital rocket.
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New GeForce drivers cure high idle clock speeds with 144Hz monitors
Nvidia has released an updated version of its Game Ready drivers: version 361.43. These WHQL-certified drivers now support the GameWorks VR 1.1 SDK, which brings VR SLI support to OpenGL apps. The latest Oculus SDK is supported, too. Nvidia also added SLI profiles for a handful of games: 64-bit Elite: Dangerous, Hard West, Bless, and Dungeon Defenders 2.
As far as bug fixes go, the most notable is that graphics cards with GM200-series GPUs shouldn't run at elevated clock speeds when sitting on the desktop at 144 Hz refresh rates or ...
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TR's 12 days of giveaways, day nine: Gigabyte's GA-Z170XP-SLI mobo
Welcome to day nine of TR's 12 days of Christmas giveaways. The first order of business is, of course, to announce the winner of the PC care package that Corsair helped us give away yesterday. Congratulations, Rui Yan Matthew Loh. You're the winner of a Carbide Series Air 540 Silver Edition case, a Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm liquid CPU cooler, and a RMx Series RM750x PSU. Look for a message soon from our business guy, Adam Eiberger, with instructions on how to claim your prize. Thanks again to Corsair for making yesterday's giveaway possible.
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The Tech Report System Guide: December 2015 edition
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Welcome to another edition of The Tech Report System Guide. We have to admit that our last guide
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Asus' E3 Pro Gaming V5 mobo lets Xeons get their game on
If you want to fuel your productivity with a Xeon E3-1200 v5 processor without also sacrificing your gaming thrills, Asus has a Christmas gift for you: the E3 Pro Gaming V5 motherboard. Asus designed this board around Intel’s workstation-oriented C232 Express chipset, but this isn’t your typical business mobo.
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Khronos Group delays Vulkan 1.0 release
The Khronos Group will not release its Vulkan graphics API this year. While the specification is complete, according to a recent press release, the group says it's still receiving implementation feedback and that a legal review needs to be completed. Khronos does claim that the release is “imminent,” although they have not indicated a new release date.
Created by the team behind OpenGL, Vulkan attracted attention at this past March’s Game Developers Conference. Vulkan promises to give developers a new “close to the metal” programming standard that's ...
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Add-on heatsink gives Samsung's 950 Pro a boost in some workloads
If you remember our Samsung SM951 SSD review, you may recall how that drive encountred thermal throttling under sustained workloads. Likewise, AnandTech questioned whether similar throttling behavior might have occurred with the Samsung 950 Pro in its review. Those questions can only be answered by adding a heatsink to the drive, and AnandTech just got an opportunity to try one out.
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Toshiba posts $4.5 billion annual loss and plans to restructure
Toshiba is navigating in troubled waters. The company has forecast a $4.5 billion operating loss for its fiscal 2015, and it's planning to cut 7,800 jobs and several of its businesses. The firm notified stockholders of the operating loss and the consequent lack of a stock dividend for March 2016, chiefly because of an accounting scandal that unfolded this year.
The beleaguered company has lost roughly half its market value since March, and now plans to restruture its business operations. To that end, it's ...
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TR's 12 days of giveaways, day eight: A PC care package from Corsair
Today brings us to day eight of TR's 12 days of giveaways. First, though, we'll announce the winner of yesterday's Monoprice bundle. Brian Davis, you're the proud new owner of a Monoprice Enthusiast Backlit Full Size Red Switch Mechanical Keyboard and a XL Precision Gaming Surface. Congratulations, Brian. Look for a message soon from our business guy, Adam Eiberger, with instructions on how to claim your prize. Thanks again to Monoprice for making yesterday's giveaway happen.
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