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Unreal Engine 4 – Nvidia HairWorks Techdemo

YouTube’s member ‘CryZENx’ has released a video showing a tech demo for NVIDIA’s Hairworks tech in Unreal Engine 4. This video is based on the 4.8 Preview version of Epic’s engine. It looks cool and given the fact that NVIDIA is offering Hairworks to everyone, it will  be interesting to see what game developers and artists will do with it. Enjoy! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 – Nvidia HairWorks Techdemo

NVIDIA on The Witcher 3 – New Driver Updates Will Address Kepler Issues

NVIDIA has just announced that it has discovered a  couple of issues that affected Kepler GPUs in The Witcher 3, and is currently working on driver updates to resolve them. This is undoubtedly great news for all owners of such graphics cards, as the performance of CDPR’s RPG was underwhelming on those GPUs. Continue reading NVIDIA on The Witcher 3 – New Driver Updates Will Address Kepler Issues

AMD on The Witcher 3 Hairworks Performance Issues, Optimization & Graphics Innovation

It’s been a really tough week for AMD. The Witcher 3 has just been released and according to reports, the game’s Hairworks effects have a huge performance impact on all Radeon GPUs. AMD accused NVIDIA for sabotaging AMD cards in The Witcher 3, and some media tried defending the green team. And AMD decided yesterday to answer a lot of questions that arose during these past few days about its innovations, the Hairworks performance issues in The Witcher 3, and the whole optimization procedure. Continue reading AMD on The Witcher 3 Hairworks Performance Issues, Optimization & Graphics Innovation

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – New Video Details NVIDIA GameWorks Graphical Effects

NVIDIA has released a new video for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, showing off its GameWorks effects that will be featured in it. According to NVIDIA, over three-dozen animals and monsters feature NVIDIA HairWorks for stunningly realistic fur and hair that moves with the creatures movement as well as environmental effects such wind. Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – New Video Details NVIDIA GameWorks Graphical Effects

NVIDIA GeForce 352.86 WHQL Driver Releases – Game-Ready Driver for The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 releases tomorrow and as you may have guessed, NVIDIA has released a new driver focused on this highly anticipated RPG. According to the release notes, this new WHQL comes with SLI support and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In addition, this new driver features SLI profiles for Magicka 2, Civilization: Beyond Earth and World of Warships. Continue reading NVIDIA GeForce 352.86 WHQL Driver Releases – Game-Ready Driver for The Witcher 3

New GeForce Experience Version Fixes NVIDIA’s Shield Streamer Service Performance Issues

A couple of days ago, we informed you about the performance impact of NVIDIA’s Sheild Streaming service. By default, NVIDIA had enabled this service – even on settings that were not streaming videos to Shield devices – which ultimately had a performance impact on various PC configurations. Thankfully, NVIDIA has released a new version of GeForce Experience that fixes the performance issues caused by this service. Continue reading New GeForce Experience Version Fixes NVIDIA’s Shield Streamer Service Performance Issues

NVIDIA Shield Streamer Service Impacts Performance By 3-6%, Disable For Extra FPS Boost In Games

It appears that NVIDIA has enabled a streamer service that impacts performance on PC systems that are equipped with its graphics cards. According to the research of Reddit’s “lhikary”, NVIDIA has automatically enabled NVIDIA Sheild Streamer Service on its drivers; a service that is useless to all those not owning a Shield device. Continue reading NVIDIA Shield Streamer Service Impacts Performance By 3-6%, Disable For Extra FPS Boost In Games

Report: NVIDIA GeForce 980Ti Detailed, Will Feature 6GB of VRAM, Coming in Few Weeks

Videocardz has revealed some new details – coming straight from NVIDIA’s Jen-Hsun – about NVIDIA’s new GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce 980Ti. The GeForce 980Ti will pack 6GB of VRAM, will be available with custom cooling solutions, will have five display outputs: three DisplayPorts, HDMI and DVI-I, and will sport GM200-310 GPU. Continue reading Report: NVIDIA GeForce 980Ti Detailed, Will Feature 6GB of VRAM, Coming in Few Weeks