NVIDIA has added the GeForce GTX 1060 to its family of Pascal gaming GPUs, joining the previously released GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphical powerhouses.The GTX 1060 delivers GTX 980-level performance whilst consuming only 120 watts of power. The new card can easily drive all the latest VR and DirectX 11/12 PC games.The GTX 1060 … Continue Reading ››
Virtual reality is here, right now; but it comes at a price. Welcome to the Matrix, Neo.I've spent the last week immersed in the VR world of the HTC Vive. I'm absolutely giddy with it and hardly able to put words down without rambling like a fool. It's all I can do to write this, … Continue Reading ››
As the virtual reality race heats up, the need for a super-fast, single-GPU solution has become that much more important.With the first wave of HTC's Vive VR kit reaching the early-adopters, it’s no coincidence that NVidia have decided to roll out their next generation of Pascal GPUs.The GTX 1080 is the flagship graphics card, faster … Continue Reading ››
I remember, years ago, at the Ideal Home Exhibition in London, seeing a futuristic home where everything is automated. Whilst the technology has been available for a while, it’s ever been quite so easy, and cheap to set up in your home as it is now.All you need is home wi-fi network and an Apple … Continue Reading ››
With my current gaming solid state drive packed to the gills with the likes of The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4, I need to find somewhere to install Star Wars Battlefront. What about installing a Crucial 480GB BX200 2.5-inch SDD?If you are running a desktop PC without at least having a solid-state drive for your … Continue Reading ››
Always in need of faster and larger portable storage solutions, I put Lexar’s next-generation of flash drives, the JumpDrive M20i and the JumpDrive M20c, through their paces.The old adage that you can never have too much storage space has never been more true. As our internet speed and computing power increase, we don’t blink when … Continue Reading ››
My apologies for the late write-up, but it’s taken me the best part of a week to recover from what was, without a doubt, the highlight of my gaming calendar, PAX Australia 2015.Over three days, from 30st October to 1nd of November, an eclectic band of gamers from all over the world descended on the … Continue Reading ››
In an attempt to find a solution to my ongoing PlayStation 4 storage problems, I decided to try out one of Nyko’s PS4 Data Bank 3.5” hard drive enclosures.Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as having too much data storage, ask any PC gamer. Unfortunately nobody told this to Sony or Microsoft, two companies that should … Continue Reading ››
