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AMD shares soar 12 per cent as news of the chip maker's involvement with Stadia breaks News Mar 20th, 2019

AMD shares soar 12 per cent as news of the chip maker's involvement with Stadia breaks

But analysts should've known AMD and Google were teaming up months ago

Nvidia’s older cards will soon support some degree of ray-tracing News Mar 19th, 2019

Nvidia’s older cards will soon support some degree of ray-tracing

But don’t expect to be running ray-traced games well on an old 1060

OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote Interviews & Opinion Mar 18th, 2019

OPINION: The big questions surrounding Google's GDC 2019 keynote

Who this is for, what partners it might have attracted and what investment it might have made in its first-party studios

Report claims Q4 2018 GPU shipments down 3.3 per cent in wake of cryptocurrency boom News Mar 4th, 2019

Report claims Q4 2018 GPU shipments down 3.3 per cent in wake of cryptocurrency boom

Excess of old stock in the retail channel following prior inflated demand

The Kinect is now a $400 small-form PC peripheral News Feb 25th, 2019

The Kinect is now a $400 small-form PC peripheral

Kinect’s new life is revealed as a cloud-powered AI-centric desktop camera

Google to unveil a mystery gaming project at GDC 2019 News Feb 19th, 2019

Google to unveil a mystery gaming project at GDC 2019

"Gather round" for the web giant's next step into gaming on March 19th

Revenue down 24 per cent year-on-year at Nvidia as crypto-boom hangover continues News Feb 15th, 2019

Revenue down 24 per cent year-on-year at Nvidia as crypto-boom hangover continues

“The combination of post-crypto excess channel inventory and recent deteriorating end-market conditions drove a disappointing quarter"

Crypto boom hangover hits Nvidia's 2019 fiscal guidance News Jan 29th, 2019

Crypto boom hangover hits Nvidia's 2019 fiscal guidance

CEO Huang bemoaned lack of GPU stock to meet demand in March 2018; now retail channel is so full of old cards, the firm isn't selling enough top-line models

Google's Project Stream and future Xbox platforms will use AMD tech News Jan 10th, 2019

Google's Project Stream and future Xbox platforms will use AMD tech

Announced at CES

Project CARS studio Slightly Mad is making a games console News Jan 3rd, 2019

Project CARS studio Slightly Mad is making a games console

Wait what?

RGB strips may be leaving Asus and Gigabyte PCs open for attack News Dec 20th, 2018

RGB strips may be leaving Asus and Gigabyte PCs open for attack

But both manufacturers are reluctant to admit to software vulnerabilities

Gaming PCs generated more than $12bn in 2018 by October News Dec 20th, 2018

Gaming PCs generated more than $12bn in 2018 by October

Made up 19 per cent of the global PC market for that period

Nvidia’s new flagship GPU is the $2,500 Titan RTX News Dec 4th, 2018

Nvidia’s new flagship GPU is the $2,500 Titan RTX

The latest Titan GPU contains comparable technology to Nvidia's industrial workhorse cards

Nvidia hopes to shift old GPUs with free Fortnite currency News Nov 30th, 2018

Nvidia hopes to shift old GPUs with free Fortnite currency

10-series cards to be bundled alongside a stash of V-bucks and exclusive items

Logitech gives up on negotiations to acquire headset maker Plantronics News Nov 27th, 2018

Logitech gives up on negotiations to acquire headset maker Plantronics

Acquisition discussions apparently ended over a dispute on Plantronics’ value

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