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Nvidia's RTX 2060 Was Never Fast Enough for Ray Tracing

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, December 3, 2024, 5:19 AM TechSpot Hardware

We revisit the GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia's promise of ray tracing from its base GPU some 6 years ago. Did this $350 GPU deliver on its potential?

Gaming Hardware

AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT could go head-to-head with RTX 4080 in raster and ray tracing performance

New RDNA4 GPU beats 7900 XTX ray tracing by 45%, with 25% less power consumption

By Daniel Sims, December 2, 2024, 5:14 PM 41 comments

Gaming Tech Culture

Blizzard delists Warcraft RTS games, but GOG promises owners to preserve their purchases

Customers can still buy the bundle until December 13

By Cal Jeffrey, December 2, 2024, 4:28 PM

Hardware Gaming

Full Intel Arc B570 GPU specifications leak ahead of launch

To be officially unveiled on December 3

By Kishalaya Kundu, December 2, 2024, 9:04 AM 8 comments

Gaming

Tencent's Light of Motiram is such a Horizon Zero Dawn rip-off, they're hard to tell apart

We have Horizon Zero Dawn at home

WTF?! We've seen plenty of games in the past that have been similar to other big titles. You could go so far as calling some of them clones, or even rip-offs. Then there's Tencent developer Polaris Quest's Light of Motiram, a game that looks so similar to Guerrilla's Horizon adventures you'd be forgiven for assuming it was a new entry in the beloved franchise.

Full story By Rob Thubron, November 29, 2024, 9:55 AM 15 comments

Industry Gaming

Antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam's 30% commission gains class-action status

Valve could end up paying a lot of people a lot of money

By Rob Thubron, November 29, 2024, 6:59 AM 14 comments

Gaming Hardware

Samsung nearing launch of first 27-inch 1440p OLED display with 500Hz refresh rate

Ultra-fast OLED panels could be a nice improvement for esports, not so much for average gamers

By Alfonso Maruccia, November 29, 2024, 6:15 AM

Gaming Product Finder

After a turbulent launch, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gets first reviews

Reviewers say Flight Simulator 2024 delivers stunning visuals, highly detailed environments and aircraft. However, persistent glitches and rendering issues hinder the overall experience at this stage.

By Ivan Franco, November 28, 2024, 6:31 PM

Gaming The Web

Nintendo seeks to subpoena Reddit for details on piracy group members

Mario's wrath against r/SwitchPirates subreddit

In brief: Is there a more litigious company in the gaming world than Nintendo? Probably not. The Mario maker is once again going after those invovled with game piracy, including moderators and certain members of a popular subreddit. Nintendo is seeking to subpoena business records from Reddit (and other companies) to identify members.

Full story By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2024, 10:57 AM 13 comments

Gaming Industry

Google sues former engineer for leaking Pixel chip secrets

He has plenty to say about Google

By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2024, 8:43 AM

Gaming

No Man's Sky hits "Very Positive" Steam rating, 8 years after disastrous launch

Better late than never

By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2024, 6:59 AM 7 comments

Hardware Gaming

YouTuber creates DIY ultrawide handheld gaming PC from broken laptop parts

Built from a cannibalized 2-in-1 laptop

By Daniel Sims, November 28, 2024, 6:15 AM

Gaming Tech Culture

Gearbox grants terminally ill fan's wish to play Borderlands 4 early

"Truly an amazing experience"

By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2024, 5:18 AM

The Best Gaming Monitors: 4K, 1440p, High-Refresh, Ultrawide, 1080p

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, November 28, 2024, 12:40 AM TechSpot Gaming

It's time to refresh our ultimate gaming monitor buying guide where we highlight the top displays across key categories: 4K, 1440p, ultrawide and super high-refresh, all based on our extensive testing.