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 He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander released a few months later.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

I've looked at all the GPU prices this Black Friday, and most of the 'real' deals are on Intel Arc graphics cards

By Jarred Walton published 24 November 23

There are a few good AMD options as well; Nvidia, not so much.

HDD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2023: Here's all the hard disks we've tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.

By Jarred Walton last updated 28 November 23

Price per TB is another factor to consider.

The Best Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 4090 FE

Best Graphics Cards for Gaming in 2023

By Jarred Walton last updated 27 November 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.

GPU Benchmarks and Performance Hierarchy

GPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2023: Graphics Cards Ranked

By Jarred Walton last updated 28 November 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 from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel stack up.

SSD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2023: We've tested over 100 different SSDs over the past few years, and here's how they stack up.

By Jarred Walton last updated 28 November 23

For our SSD benchmarks hierarchy, we've tested over a hundred different SSDs and ranked them in order of performance, grouped by capacity.

You know what's NOT a Black Friday deal? RTX 4090 cards at $2,000 or more as prices soar on this 'banned in China' GPU

By Jarred Walton published 17 November 23

Pricing on the RTX 4090 continues to climb at a rapid pace.

Blender 4.0 promotional video screen capture

Blender 4.0 Released and Tested: New Features, More Demanding

By Jarred Walton published 16 November 23

Blender 4.0 released on November 14, 2023. We tested it on a collection of GPUs to see how performance has changed and found most graphics cards were slightly slower with the latest updates.

AMD Radeon Pro W7700 16GB Launches at $999

By Jarred Walton published 13 November 23

AMD announced the Radeon Pro W7700 16GB graphics card today, priced at $999. Powered by the Navi 32 GPU, it will target mainstream professional content creation along with AI workloads.

Nvidia Announces H200 GPU: 141GB of HBM3e and 4.8 TB/s Bandwidth

By Jarred Walton published 13 November 23

Powering the next generation of AI exascale supercomputers.

Stable Diffusion sample images, after generating 768x768 and using SwinIR_4X upscaling, followed by cropping

Stable Diffusion Benchmarks: 45 Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs Compared

By Jarred Walton published 9 November 23

We've tested all the modern graphics cards in Stable Diffusion, using the latest updates and optimizations, to show which GPUs are the fastest at AI and machine learning inference.

How to Buy the Right Graphics Card: A GPU Guide for 2023

By Jarred Walton published 8 November 23

Picking the right graphics card for gaming is hard. We'll walk you through how to buy a GPU and get the right card for your PC without spending more than needed.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition

Nvidia RTX 4090 Subject to China Export Restrictions Starting November 17

By Jarred Walton published 2 November 23

The fastest gaming GPU will no longer be sold in China.

eBay Historical GPU Prices 2023: November 2023 Update

By Jarred Walton published 2 November 23

We track monthly prices of graphics cards sold on eBay. This update looks at pricing trends as we enter the holiday shopping season and Black Friday.

Testing Alan Wake 2: Full Path Tracing and Ray Reconstruction Will Punish Your GPU

By Jarred Walton published 27 October 23

The first game to launch with full ray tracing support.

Hypothetical GeForce RTX 4080 Super mockup (fake)

Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Could Replace RTX 4080

By Zhiye Liu published 23 October 23

Unverified sources claim that the GeForce RTX 4080 will likely be discontinued if/when the GeForce RTX 4080 Super launches. Other rumors point to more incoming Super models.

Tested: Windows 11 Pro's On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45%

By Jarred Walton published 19 October 23

BitLocker software encryption slows performance. Here's how to fix it.

Nvidia Boosts AI Performance With TensorRT

By Jarred Walton published 17 October 23

Up to 70% faster in Stable Diffusion

Intel Arc A580 Review: New Budget Contender

By Jarred Walton published 10 October 23

One year after the A750 and A770, Arc A580 finally arrives.

Sapphire RX 7700 XT Pure Review: Pretty but Expensive

By Jarred Walton published 27 September 23

It's also exceptionally quiet, which helps justify the price.

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty screenshots

Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Tested: AI-Powered Graphics Leaves Competitors Behind

By Jarred Walton published 21 September 23

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty gives us our first look at Nvidia's vision for the future of graphics

Intel Meteor Lake Graphics presentation slide deck

Intel's Meteor Lake GPU Doubles Integrated Graphics Performance Per Watt

By Jarred Walton published 19 September 23

Intel's upcoming Meteor Lake processor will pack an upgraded Arc Alchemist GPU into the package, doubling the performance per watt of the previous generation integrated graphics.