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Yesterday, we detailed how troubles with AMD’s R9 290′s fan profile could lead the GPU to return slower-than-expected performance under load. This was a problem that reportedly struck both reviewers and certain retail cards and left multiple sites pulling their recommendations on the R9 290. According to AMD, the problem was caused by improper fan settings on retail cards and ...

When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox One will feature HDMI input and output, one question jumped to mind: Can you run a PS4 through the Xbox One? Microsoft mostly kept its responses to that question vague, but now it seems like it’s willing to open up. Not only will the Xbox One work with cable boxes and the Xbox ...

Since the Xbox One was announced, Microsoft has consistently boasted about the power of the Azure-based Xbox Live Compute service launching alongside its new console. With these resources, developers can host multiplayer matches, offload tasks from the Xbox One’s CPU, and even crunch data while the console itself is turned off. There are clearly benefits to Microsoft’s push for cloud-assisted ...

We’ve had an extensive look at the outside of the new consoles, but what about the inside? We’re only a week away from the launch of the PS4, so now is the time to get to know it a little bit better. A video of Sony’s Yasuhiro Ootori executing a complete teardown of the PS4 went live today, and now ...

Since AMD’s R290 launched two days ago, reports are making the rounds that the Radeon R9 290 and 290X run hot, that they can’t cool themselves properly, and that consumers who buy these cards are going to be treated to a substandard overall experience. We’ve spent some additional time analyzing how the two cards perform under various thermal loads, and ...

The concept of a Steam Machine dev kit sounds a bit odd, at first. After all, this is the modular console that’s partially defined by not having a single, unchanging development standard. Sending out test models of the controller seems to make sense, and certainly SteamOS and related software needs testing, but this hardware dev kit is literally just a ...

As the new consoles quickly approach, individual big-budget games are receiving their customary multiplatform comparisons. A continuing trend among the few next-gen multiplatform game comparisons you may have noticed is that the Xbox One outputs natively in 720p, while the PS4 outputs in either 1080p or 900p. The reason for this may surprise you. While it’s nice to know which ...

Over the past month, AMD has restructured its entire product line with deep price cuts and a new GPU launch. The R9 280X and R9 290X (at $ 300 and $ 550 respectively) blew Nvidia’s price-performance ratio out of the water, with the GTX 770 stuck at $ 400 and the GTX 780 at $ 650. A response was inevitable, ...

We recently learned that, this generation, the PS4′s DualShock 4 controller would work with PCs out of the box, unlike the PS3′s DualShock 3. Now, a video has surfaced that shows the DualShock 4 working with the Xbox 360. If the video isn’t staged in some way, does that also mean the PS4 controller is also compatible with the Xbox ...

The PS3 and Xbox 360 ended this generation neck-and-neck in terms of sales. This is because, in the end, both systems provided a similar gaming experience. Aside from the argument of exclusives, the only major advantage the PS3 really had over the Xbox 360 was the vast storage capacity of Blu-ray discs. This generation, Microsoft caved in, and the Xbox ...