Aaron Klotz

4 days ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

(Image credit: Microsoft)Microsoft is testing an aggregated gaming library for the Xbox app on PC that will show installed games from third-party storefronts listed in the app. An Xbox blog post reports that the feature is rolling out to Xbox Insiders this week and will be available starting with the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds later this year.

4 days ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

Just like Intel's CPUs, Intel GPUs are allegedly vulnerable to performance penalties from security mitigations. Phoronix reports that disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for its OpenCL and Level Zero compute stack in Linux can boost performance by up to 20%.

4 days ago | inkl.com | Aaron Klotz

Arc A750. Just like Intel's CPUs, Intel GPUs are allegedly vulnerable to performance penalties from security mitigations. Phoronix reports that disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for its OpenCL and Level Zero compute stack in Linux can boost performance by up to 20%.

5 days ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to an impressive 30% performance gain while boosting graphics fidelity over Unreal Engine 5.4, perhaps finally addressing many of the engine's infamous stuttering issues. MxBenchmarkPC on YouTube showcased an Unreal Engine Paris tech demo running on an RTX 5080 and Core i7-14700F, comparing the 5.6 and 5.4 versions of the engine against each other at 1440p and 4K resolutions.

5 days ago | inkl.com | Aaron Klotz

MxBenchmarkPC's - Unreal Engine 5.6 vs 5.4 Comparison. Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to an impressive 30% performance gain while boosting graphics fidelity over Unreal Engine 5.4, perhaps finally addressing many of the engine's infamous stuttering issues. MxBenchmarkPC on YouTube showcased an Unreal Engine Paris tech demo running on an RTX 5080 and Core i7-14700F, comparing the 5.6 and 5.4 versions of the engine against each other at 1440p and 4K resolutions.