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AMD Unveils the Radeon RX 6000 Series

Our friends at AMD have just released the eagerly anticipated RX 6000 series in a streamed event that you can watch here if you missed it at 12 noon EDT.  The Radeon RX 6800 is set to compete with the just released GeForce RX 3070and it will cost $379, the Radeon RX 6800 XT appears to compete with the RTX 3080 and will cost $649, and their new Radeon Flagship RX 6900 at $999 appears to trade…

The RTX 3070 FE Arrives at $499 to Match the RTX 2080 Ti’s Performance

The RTX 3070 Founders Edition Arrives at $499 – Performance Revealed – 35 Games, SPEC, Workstation, and GPGPU Benchmarked 

BTR received the RTX 3070 8GB Founders Edition (FE) from NVIDIA and we have been testing its performance by benchmarking 35 games, and also by overclocking it.  NVIDIA claims that at $499 it is as fast as the Turing Flagship, the RTX 2080 Ti, which launched at $999 to $1,199…

Windows 10 October 2020 Update Performance Analysis (20H2 vs. 20H1)

Windows 10 October 2020 Update Performance Analysis (20H2 vs. 20H1) – 10 games benchmarked using a Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3080 MASTER

The Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2, build 19042) started to become publicly available last week, and this performance analysis will showcase gaming using the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3080 MASTER. We will compare the performance of 10 PC games on the latest…

TIFF Highlights Equality in Your Entertainment

“When no one is to blame, everyone is to blame.” – Pope Francis, “The Two Popes,” Netflix, 2019

Because of the global pandemic, we were unable to go to this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Couldn’t go in years past because we couldn’t afford it.

Nice to have a new reason.

Actually, we’ve never minded missing over the top film festivals like Venice and…

Streaming Firms Must Address Lost Revenue Issues “This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.” – Jack O’Donnell, “Argo,” Warner Bros., 2012

Back in 2017, the company that is synonymous with streaming video entertainment had this stupid idea of putting up the full season of shows at one time and people stayed up round the clock to binge/watch it all– BAM!

It was the ultimate proof of the…

The ‘Into the Radius’ VR-game & Performance Review

The ‘Into the Radius’ VR-game & Performance Review Using the Vive Pro

This editor is a fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and we jumped at the chance to review Into the Radius.  Our review code came from the indie developer and publisher, CM Games (Creative Mobile) of Estonia, while it was still in Steam’s Early Access.  It released on Monday and we are going to benchmark it with a RTX 2080 Super…

TEAMGROUP Releases EX Series SSD and C201 Impression USB Flash Drive

TEAMGROUP Releases EX Series SSD and C201 Impression USB Flash Drive Overturning the Traditional Design of Storage Industry with Diverse and Innovative Elements

Our friends at Team Group have just announced the EX series SSD and C201 Flash Drive, and here is their press release.

July 22, 2020_Taipei_TeamGroup announces the EX Series 2.5” Solid State Drive with powerful read/write speed and the…

“Fathers were expected to be silent and absent and unreliable and selfish and can all say we want them to be different. But on some basic level, we accept them.” – Nora Fanshaw, “Marriage Story,” Netflix, 2019

Moving Streaming to the Next Stage of Global Service

“Fathers were expected to be silent and absent and unreliable and selfish and can all say we want them to be different. But on some…

The Death Stranding IQ & DLSS 2.0 Performance Review – Updated with v1.10 Benchmarks

The Death Stranding IQ & DLSS 2.0 Performance Review – Updated with v1.10 Benchmarks

Nearly two years ago, NVIDIA introduced realtime RTX ray tracing together with Deep Learning Supersampling (DLSS).  To play at high settings and with ray tracing on requires the use of AI super resolution or DLSS which provides better than TAA IQ together with improved performance.  Death Strandingdoesn’t use ray…

T-FORCE DARK Z 3600MHz DDR4 2x16GB Kit Review – Is 32GB the ‘New 16GB’ for Gaming?

T-FORCE DARK Z 3600MHz DDR4 2x16GB Kit Memory Review – is 32GB RAM Becoming the ‘New 16GB’ for Gaming?

T-FORCE Vulcan DARK Z DDR4 3600MHz desktop memory is a fast high-capacity 16GBx2 gaming memory kit that we are reviewing to see if 32GB brings anything extra for gamers over 16GB system memory.  We also will overclock it to see if we can get additional performance.

BTR currently uses 2x8GB of…

AMD’s Performance Driver 20.7.1 vs. 20.4.2 Benched with 25 Games/RX 5600 XT

Adrenalin 20.7.1 Driver Performance Analysis Using an ASUS RX 5600 XT EVO OC with 25 Games

We chart the performance of 25 PC games using the new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1 performance driver which released last week. We will compare the performance of these WHQL drivers with May’s 20.4.2 driver using an ASUS RX 5600 XC EVO OC.

According to AMD, the Radeon Software Adrenalin…

It’s Time for a New Normal on Serving Up Creative Content “We’re meant to die – that’s what makes anything about us matter. Living like this is torture – we’re just ghosts…” — Æon Flux, “Æon Flux,” Paramount, 2005

People around the globe have had 14-16 weeks of getting their daily entertainment escape simply by turning on their screen, tapping into the show lists on the roster of their ad-free,…

GeForce Driver 451.67 Released & ‘Death Stranding’ RTX Bundle Announced

GeForce Driver 451.67 Released & ‘Death Stranding’ RTX Bundle Announced

Our friends at NVIDIA have just released a new GeForce 451.67 WHQL driver and have announced a RTX game bundle in advance of Death Stranding’s release next Tuesday.  The latest GeForce Game Ready Driver also delivers day-one optimizations and enhancements to offer the best playing experiences in Horizon Zero Dawn and F1 2020f…

Measuring the Vive Pro Wireless Adapter’s Latency with FCAT-VR

Measuring the Vive Pro Wireless Adapter’s Latency with FCAT-VR

We just received a Wireless Adapter review unit from Vive and we have been putting it through its paces.  The freedom from being tied down by a cord to a PC is exhilarating.  Not getting tangled up by a movement-limiting cord greatly adds to VR immersion, and wireless VR is a major advantage that differentiates the Vive HMDs from…

Film, TV Production Begin to Emerge in Unknown Territory

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the Unknown.”  H.P. Lovecraft, “The Endless,” Snowcroft Pictures, 2017

O.K., we’ve had it!

We’ve watched all the “new” movies (that we really thought were worthwhile), we’ve scanned “the trades” and discovered there is nothingcoming…

The CARDEA ZERO Z340 NVMe M.2 512GB SSD Review

The CARDEA ZERO Z340 Gen 3×4 PCIe NVMe M.2 512GB SSD Review

The T-FORCE CARDEA ZERO Z340 M.2 Gen 3×4 PCIe SSD (Solid State Drive) is a fast drive with Read/Write specs of 3400/2000MB/s for the 512GB capacity.  Although its specifications indicate that it is significantly faster than any SATA III-based SSD, we want to see if this speed increase will make a practical difference for gamers. 

Our…

TEAMGROUP Announces T-FORCE CARDEA Ceramic C440 Solid State Drive

TEAMGROUP Announces T-FORCE CARDEA Ceramic C440 Solid State Drive

Our friends at Team Group have a new announcement for being the first company to offer a SSD made with ceramic composite cooling materials.  Here is their press release:

June 30, 2020_Taipei_ T-FORCE, the gaming brand of TEAMGROUP, today announces the new CARDEA Ceramic C440 Solid State Drive with latest and ultra-fast M.2 PCIe…