Tests on the first Intel processors running on its new Skylake architecture in early August gave some odd results regarding the performance of games using discrete graphics cards. In some benchmarks, both Haswell and Broadwell, the previous generation CPUs, performed marginally better than or tied with Skylake. When we wrote about Skylake, we mentioned that it was support for new memory and storage bandwidth, not pure CPU speed, that made it a valuable upgrade. Now we’ve got a bit more insight into why Skylake struggled to surpass its predecessors. Continue reading SKYLAKE Tweaks Improve Discrete Graphics Performance
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Nvidia GTX 950
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 is launching on August 20, according to Japanese tech site Hermitage Akihabara. There are also a number of leaked images of the graphics card from various manufacturers such as PNY, Zotac, and Gigabyte, as well as some technical specifications thanks to Videocardz. Continue reading Nvidia GTX 950