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Plus some Stalker 2 benchmarks.

Nvidia released the new 566.14 Game Ready Driver today for those using their GPUs. This new driver adds in support for games like Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

This means there is day-one support for technologies such as Nvidia DLSS 3 with Frame Generation, Super Resolution, and ray-tracing. Not all of the games support all of these technologies, so let's let Nvidia...

See how well your PC will run the first graphical update for the MMO.

Square Enix released the official benchmark tool for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail. This is the latest benchmarking tool for the MMO and a great way to see how your system will handle the graphical improvements coming to the game when Dawntrail is released on July 2, 2024.

This benchmark tool offers users the ability to create a character. You can alternatively import your existing character of yours,...

The controversial DRM system has long been blamed for poorly performing PC games.

Despite the years of complaints from PC players, Denuvo is still the go-to option when it comes to adding anti-tamper and anti-piracy measures into new game releases. It's also still just as common to hear complaints from players saying that Deunvo is responsible for any and all performance woes that a player faces when playing a video game with it included.

These claims of degraded performance...

It is, on average, 15% slower than GPUs released three years ago.

Intel's first discreet graphics card, the Arc A380, was released! Well, it was released, but only in China so far. If nothing else, Intel fulfilled their promise of releasing their first discreet Arc GPU.

The first official benchmarks for the Intel Arc A380 have naturally started to trickle out and the results are not great. These "official" reviews come courtesy of Intel directly via their reviewer's...

Find out if your PC can run the upcoming expansion.

Square Enix released a new benchmark tool for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker to see if your PC is up to snuff to run the upcoming expansion for the super popular MMORPG. Just to note here, the expansion will be out on November 23, 2021, so you have a little time to upgrade your rig if you absolutely need to.

This benchmark tool also includes an updated character creator feature. This allows players to make male Viera characters,...

Futuremark is no more. The company that you know (and maybe even love) for creating a bunch of benchmark software for your computer is now known as UL, the same name as their parent company. As a bit of a celebration of this change, Futuremark UL is offering up a bunch of their programs for 75% off through Steam. These programs include 3DMark, PC Mark 10, and VRMark.
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Futuremark is no more. The company that you know (and maybe even love) for creating a bunch of benchmark software for your computer is now known...