The PC is one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world, and one that’s constantly changing. Here at The Verge we cover every aspect, including the latest hardware developments from companies like Nvidia and Logitech, massively popular games like Fortnite and Overwatch, and hugely influential digital platforms like Steam and itch.io.
Few handheld gaming PCs have OLED screens — fewer of those have variable refresh rates. The Legion Go 2 has those and sustained brightness of 500 nits, peaking at 1000 nits, in a native landscape orientation to avoid panel refresh weirdness! According to Evan Blass’s huge new dump of leaked images, anyhow.
Asobo Studios has updated Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to include DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support. RTX 50-series owners will be able to enable up to 4x Multi Frame Generation, while RTX 40-series GPUs can still enable the regular Frame Generation support with DLSS 4.
Nvidia has released a new Game Ready driver (581.15) today that’s optimized for the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Great Circle update that will introduce RTX Hair. It’s the first game to use spheres to improve Harrison Ford’s virtual hair instead of triangles. RTX Hair is designed to improve lighting and shadows, all while maintaining performance in the game and not taking up too much extra memory.
The 2560 x 720 Corsair Xeneon Edge also comes with a desktop stand, has a standard 1/4-inch thread mount, plus magnets in the back for sticking it to various metal surfaces. Unfortunately for gamers demanding more flash, the first run of the $249.99 touchscreen has already sold out.
Bazzite can get you so close to the dream of PC gaming everywhere.
The cloud gaming service will launch in the country in November, Nvidia says.
Want to run your video card through the ray traced ringer? 3DMark has an “Extreme” version of its Solar Bay benchmark, available as a free update for paid Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android users. It’s decked out in specular reflections, uses new ray tracing techniques, and includes a stress test.
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In over 15 years of tech journalism, I’ve never issued a correction quite like this! Asus and LG Display originally said HD 720p, then corrected to 1080p when we explicitly did a fact check, then corrected again to 720p.
But it does 1440p at 540Hz, too, and that seems more than good enough for me!
Blizzard released the new cinematic for World of Warcraft: Midnight, the MMORPG’s eleventh expansion and the second in its World Soul expansion trilogy. In the trailer, the blood elves are besieged by Xal’atath, the villain who’s been kicking around since The War Within. Twenty years on and still nobody can make cinematics like Blizzard does.
This four-fan GPU is the “ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 — ASUS Graphics Cards 30th Anniversary Edition.” Reminds me a bit of the motorcycle from Akira with its red design and wheel. Asus says it’s inspired by the 2008 ROG Matrix 9800 GT. You can’t buy this one; you have to win it.
Nvidia didn’t provide specific model names, but it’ll be a native app for monitors and TV with 5K120 and 4K120 HDR streaming. “No Android TV devices, no Chromecast, nothing, run it directly on the television,” says Nvidia product marketing director Andrew Fear. More on GeForce Now’s big upgrade:
I thought it breathed new life into the Steam Deck even in my 60Hz tests — but next month, Nvidia’s adding its promised new mode that matches the Steam Deck OLED’s 90Hz refresh rate, too. Also, you’ll be able to stream some games with the power of an RTX 5080.
Nvidia is returning to Gamescom this week and it’s holding a “community update” stream today that promises new GeForce features, some “major GeForce Now news,” and the chance to see some “highly anticipated PC games.” No new hardware will be announced, though. Nvidia’s stream kicks off at at 12PM PT / 3PM ET on YouTube and Twitch.
FMVs take an ordinary horror game to frighteningly real-feeling heights.
The HP Omen 16 has a new configuration with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU, launching soon starting at $1,999.
That’s an entry-ish-level laptop with a new top-tier config sporting an upper-mid GPU. HP offers a lot of Omen models, with this one squeezing in right below the Omen Max.
