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Radeon RX 470 Priced At Rs.15,990
Following the launch of the game-changing Radeon RX 480 in June, AMD today unveiled the new Radeon RX 470, which delivers AMD’s renowned Polaris architectural DNA and an extraordinary value proposition to an even larger cross-section of the world’s most demanding gamers, with a starting price of just INR 15,990. Supercharged with true asynchronous compute, support for high dynamic range monitors and designed from the ground up for low-overhead APIs, the Radeon RX 470 delivers on the promise of uncompromised HD gaming with exceptional graphics performance and low power consumption. Details of the new Radeon RX 470 graphics card and related technologies are available at AMD’s new gamer-focused content portal, Radeon.com. “We are delivering the next chapter of the Radeon Rebellion with...
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060 Revealed
NVIDIA has finally revealed their response to the RX 480, AMD’s high performance budget GPU – the GTX 1060. The card promises huge improvements, claimed by NVIDIA to be faster than the GTX 980 which comes at a price tag of about $400, while the GTX 1060 is said to cost only around $250. The GPU will have 1280 CUDA Cores, a base clock speed of 1.5 GHz with about 6 GB of GDDR5 memory running at 8 Gbits/s. It will have about 4.4 Teraflops of computing power and is said to be VR ready with a TDP of only about 120 W. If the card delivers on what it promises, you can have a great GPU to run all your games in high settings without them straining your wallet. But while these specifications sound impressive on paper, we still need to find out how the card performs in real life and wheth...
AMD’s Polaris 10 Benchmarks Leaked, Outperforms Titan X?
AMD has been teasing it’s Polaris 10 GPU for a quite a bit now, and we finally may have some information as to how they perform in comparison to Nvidia’s flagships, kudos to the guys at VideoCardz. Here’s the 3D Mark scores as posted on their site. It seems like AMD only beats the Titan X while in Crossfire (SLI for Nvidia) mode. We’re still not clear as to if this is AMD’s flagship or a budget-range card. I it is a flagship, the AMD has clearly fallen behind. On the other hand, if this is their budget/mid-range offering, the Nvidia is in for some stiff competition. And for more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
Tt eSPORTS CHALLENGER EDGE Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Tt eSPORTS, the energetic and powerful challenger reveals the new CHALLENGER EDGE Membrane Gaming Keyboard that packs a whole lot of features at a budget friendly price with a brand new floating keycaps design, delivering stunning colors below each keycaps that provide gamers a more attractive and in-style look while gaming! Additionally, it was created with a splendid black brushed aluminum faceplate and double injection keycaps that makes it cooler and more extraordinary! Aluminum Faceplate with Floating Keycaps Design With its special floating keycaps design on the amazing aluminum faceplate, the keycaps offer a brighter backlight! Furthermore, the splendid black brushed aluminum faceplate also adds a stylish flavor, allowing it to shine and makes it extraordinary! You will surely never...
ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces ROG Sheath
You might have seen extended mouse pads and must have thought: “woah man that’s big”. Well, Asus is introducing something much bigger. Introducing Rog Sheath. Here’s a description from from the Asus rog page: “With the go big or go home mentality, ROG makes a statement by the announcement of ROG Sheath. As this sheath is capable of holding much more than a single sword. Whether you’ve armed yourself with a speedy long dagger dubbed Sica, the versatile Gladius sword or the deadly Spatha, here is the sheath for any and all of these weapons. The gargantuan 90cm X 44cm dimensions pretty much guarantees your death-by-mouse-pad days are over, there’s simply no edge for the mouse to fall off especially when you can easily put a 17-inch G752 gaming laptop (and perhaps your feline...
NVIDIA Announced GTX 1080 & 1070 Graphic Cards
The PC MasterRace has a new king. NVIDIA has announced its latest line-up of GeForce GTX graphocs cards saying, “NVIDIA’s new flagship GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card is the most advanced gaming graphics card ever created. Discover unprecedented performance, power efficiency, and gaming experiences—driven by the new NVIDIA Pascal™ architecture. This is the ultimate gaming platform.” The new cards have a deeper focus on VR and 4K gaming. What’s has everybody’s attention is that NVIDIA is claiming that the GTX1080 is faster than two GTX980 in SLI and faster than the Titan X, making the GTX1080 the faster single GPU ever created, something that definitely surprised us as a lot of people expected this GPU to be slightly more powerful than the GTX980Ti. If the performance graph...
WWE 2K16 Raises More Hell On Windows PC
2K has announced that WWE® 2K16, the latest addition to the flagship WWE video game franchise, is available now on Windows PC via Steam and other leading outlets. WWE 2K16 for Windows PC delivers all of the action offered inWWE 2K16 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, including the largest roster in franchise history of more than 120 playable characters; two playable versions of 2015 WWE Hall of Fame inductee and global action film icon, Arnold Schwarzenegger; and the story-driven 2K Showcase featuring WWE Hall of Famer and WWE 2K16 cover Superstar, Stone Cold Steve Austin®. In addition, WWE 2K16 provides consumers with all of the game’s previously released downloadable content for Windows PC, inclu...
Components For A Gaming Rig: A Primer
There’s never been a better time to be a PC gamer. The gaming scene is vibrant: envelope-pushing graphical powerhouses look best on the PC, and it’s the first stop for independent developers making creative and innovative games. And building a great gaming PC has never been cheaper or easier. But, we admit it, if you’ve never built a PC before, it can still be a little intimidating. In this article we’ll be discussing what components you’ll need to ensure that you rig is pimped for gaming. We won’t be discussing types of builds, or giving recommendations. That comes in another article. The first step is knowing what the components are, and what function they will perform. Processor (CPU) This is the first thing you need to consider, as it is the literal center of your bui...
WWE 2K16 Announced for PC
2K today announced that WWE 2K16, the latest addition to the flagship video game franchise, will continue its #RaiseSomeHell campaign through development for the Windows PC platform. Available worldwide on March 11, 2016, WWE 2K16 for Windows PC will mirror the in-game content offered in WWE 2K16 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. In addition to the largest roster in WWE video games history, two playable versions of Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator and the story-driven 2K Showcase featuring the game’s cover Superstar, Stone Cold Steve Austin®, all WWE 2K16 downloadable content will be available for Windows PC on launch day at no additional cost to consumers. Full details on today’s announcem...
Quick Tips To Speed Up Your Rig
A problem PC users often face, even with a beefy rig, is that the system slows down after a while, reducing performance and efficiency. This issue gets even more prominent with time, and as more programs and files get added to the PC. We have some nifty tips and tricks to help get your PC back at full speed: 1. Remove Unwanted Programs From Startup One of the first signs of system slowdown is that it takes a long to to boot up. This happens because a lot of programs tend to startup in the background as the PC boots up, and hence the slows the whole process down. Fixing this is pretty simple. Open up the “Run” command window (Windows+R) and type “MSCONFIG”. Click on the “Startup” tab. If you’re using a Windows 10 computer, then the tab will be present in the Ta...
Far Cry Primal System Requirements Are Here
Ubisoft revealed the PC system requirements for the upcoming Far Cry Primal. The game will release on 23rd February of this year. The system specifications are: Minimum Specifications: Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Processor: Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent RAM: 4GB RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent Hard Disk Space: 20GB Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller Recommended Specifications: Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K | AMD FX-8350 or equivalent RAM: 8GB RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 280X or equivalent Hard Disk Space: 20GB Peripherals: Wind...
7 Most Underrated Games in the Last Decade
We play games, here at Gaming Central. We’re very big fans of playing games, in fact. So big that we’ve made it our bread and butter. So it pains our hearts when a title comes that we play and like very much, but escapes the masses and ends up being kind of obscure. Here’s a list of 7 of our favourite underrated games. Obsidian games (KOTOR 2 and New Vegas) Obsidian games has a cult following, and always, always elicit extreme reactions from people: either immediate dismissal, or worshipful praise, and that’s for good reason, too. Most of their games are buggy (at launch) and almost always broken rehashes systemically, but offer some of the most reactive and well written characters and quests. This is mostly because of the fact that Obsidian used to be a thir...