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Intel finally adds more games to its game-boosting APO utility for 14th Gen Core i7 and i9 CPUs
By Aaron Klotz published
On the same day as its Core i9-14900KS launch, Intel has added twelve more titles to its game-boosting APO software utility.
Nvidia touts three more games with DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction, more than doubling the current count
By Aaron Klotz published
Star Wars Outlaws also confirmed to get DLSS 3.
Prototype 'Steam Machine' dusted off and tested — running Windows on an old AMD APU ten years later
By Matthew Connatser published
YouTuber Bringus Studios got its hands on an old Steam Machine prototype that used Windows instead of SteamOS.
Ray tracing can run without a GPU, if you like slideshows — Quake II RTX demoed at 1 FPS with CPU-based ray-tracing
By Mark Tyson published
A Mesa 3D Graphics Library developer has implemented support for CPU-based ray-tracing in Vulkan. In early testing of the driver in Quake II RTX only 1FPS performance was achieved, but it's a start.
AI-powered gaming Smell-o-Vision promises scent of gunfire, storms, and explosions
By Christopher Harper published
GameScent, a riff on the Smell-o-Vision concept that operates with "scent cartridges"
Modder turns an old pair of iPods into Steam Deck inputs
By Christopher Harper published
Reddit and YouTube modder (Michi) Nekomichi modded a pair of iPods with Rockbox firmware to turn them into Skyrim input devices.
Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers
By Christopher Harper published
Play your old favorites without needing unstable drivers or questionable cracks
Steam Survey reveals momentum behind octa-core and better CPUs
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Valve released the January statistics from its Steam hardware and software survey, showing trends toward CPUs with eight or more cores, the adoption of Windows 11, and even interest in VR.
Palworld got a working Pokemon conversion mod, and Nintendo's lawyers struck immediately
By Christopher Harper published
A Pokémon conversion mod announcement video for Palworld replacing the playable character and capturable Pals with Pokémon characters received Nintendo takedown in under a day.
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