Articles by: Jarred Walton

Jarred's love of computers dates back to the dark ages, when his dad brought home a DOS 2.3 PC and he left his C-64 behind. He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander released a few months later. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and has been working as a tech journalist since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer. From the first S3 Virge '3D decelerators' to today's GPUs, Jarred keeps up with all the latest graphics trends and is the one to ask about game performance.

Articles by: Jarred Walton

AMD Radeon RX 7600 unboxing and card photos

AMD Radeon RX 7600 Review: Incremental Upgrades

By Jarred Walton published 24 May 23

A sideways step from the RX 6650 XT.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition photos and unboxing

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Review: 1080p Gaming for $399

By Jarred Walton published 23 May 23

Memory capacity and bus width can hamstring performance at higher resolutions.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti images and block diagram

Nvidia Reveals RTX 4060 Ti, 4060 with Prices Starting at $299

By Jarred Walton published 18 May 23

Bring on the mainstream RTX 40-series GPUs!

Nvidia Ada Lovelace architectural overview

Nvidia Ada Lovelace and GeForce RTX 40-Series: Everything We Know

By Jarred Walton last updated 18 May 23

Nvidia looks set to push performance and features to new heights (Updated)

Gamer frustrated with high VRAM use at 4K

Why Does 4K Gaming Require so Much VRAM?

By Jarred Walton published 13 May 23

Many games are starting to push well beyond 8GB of VRAM use, particularly at 4K. We discuss what's going on behind the scenes that makes 4K much more demanding on your graphics card.

OpenAI Whisper Audio Transcription Benchmarked on 18 GPUs: Up to 3,000 WPM

By Jarred Walton published 11 May 23

We tested it on everything from an RTX 4090 to an Intel Arc A380.

GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT: Which GPU Is Better?

By Jarred Walton published 6 May 23

Nvidia's new GPU takes on AMD's previous generation king.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Patched Performance — AMD and Nvidia GPUs Tested

By Jarred Walton published 4 May 23

The latest patch helps to address excessive VRAM use and seems to run better.

RTX 3060 Drops From First Place in Latest Steam Hardware Survey

By Aaron Klotz published 2 May 23

Apparently, there was a glitch in the previous month's survey

Dead Island 2 Performance: AMD, Intel, and Nvidia Compared

By Jarred Walton published 2 May 23

Dead Island 2 is here and we've tested it on a bunch of graphics cards to see what sort of settings and performance you can expect from your GPU.

Redfall GPU Benchmarks: AMD, Intel and Nvidia Cards Tested

By Jarred Walton published 2 May 23

Unreal Engine meets vampires, DLSS 3, and open world gameplay

Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2023: Game Changers

By Matt Safford last updated 26 April 23

These are the 25 most innovative products that we've tested or covered in the last year, from multi-screen laptops to Mini-LED gaming laptops and more.

GPU Benchmarks and Performance Hierarchy

GPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2023: Graphics Cards Ranked

By Jarred Walton last updated 5 May 23

Our GPU benchmarks hierarchy ranks all the current and previous generation graphics cards based on real-world gaming tests. Find out how the latest GPUs stack up.

How to Overclock Your Graphics Card

By Jarred Walton published 25 April 23

Tuning GPU performance

DisplayPort vs. HDMI: Which Is Better For Gaming?

By Jarred Walton published 25 April 23

We look at bandwidth, resolution, refresh rate and more to see the differences between DisplayPort and HDMI connections.

Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive Path Tracing: Full Path Tracing, Fully Unnecessary

By Jarred Walton published 18 April 23

This is why fully ray traced rendering isn't ready for prime time, yet.

Best SSD and Hard Drive Deals

By Stewart Bendle last updated 25 May 23

These are the best SSD and HDD deals — guaranteed to expand the storage on your PC without emptying your wallet.

Best Graphics Card Deals: Cheap Nvidia and AMD GPUs

By Avram Piltch last updated 25 May 23

You can save money on Radeon, RTX, and GTX cards.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Review: Mainstream Ada Arrives

By Jarred Walton published 12 April 23

The Nvidia RTX 4070 finally brings 40-series pricing closer to the mainstream, though it's mostly equal to last generation's RTX 3080, outside of the DLSS 3 support.

The Best Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 4090 FE

Best Graphics Cards for Gaming in 2023

By Jarred Walton last updated 5 May 23

We've benchmarked all the latest GPUs to select the best graphics cards for gaming. These graphics cards offer the best performance at their price and resolution, from 1080p to 4K.

Intel's Latest GPU Drivers Are Half the Size They Used to Be

By Jarred Walton published 24 March 23

Intel's Arc drivers were relatively huge at launch, but in the past two months they've shrunk to less than half their former size. Impressive!

Nvidia Is Bringing Back the Dual GPU... for Data Centers

By Jarred Walton published 21 March 23

Nvidia announced a new H100 NVL PCI Express solution, which packs dual H100 chips with NVLink into a chunky expansion card. The cards also feature more memory, allowing for larger models.

Nvidia GTC Spring 2023 keynote with Jensen Huang

Nvidia GTC 2023 Keynote Live Blog

By Jarred Walton last updated 21 March 23

Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) for the spring of 2023 kicks off with a keynote covering all the latest happenings in the world of graphics, AI, and more.