The new clothes system is kind of cool. Because not many games like this in flash. Allow you to change the clothes of your character. It adds some extra style to your characters. On top of that they add stats and effects. This game will be pretty good when it comes american. It more than likely will bump out Wartune and Bleach Online.
The creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride are just days away from releasing Radical Rappelling to thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies around the world
The long-awaited Revelation AllStar Show is coming soon. Tonight in Beijing, all the Revelation fans will enjoy a wonderful feast together with Angelababy, Neal, JiangNan and Uncle Bird
Of all the Kim Kardashian simulators out there, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is probably the best. I know our community is always chomping at the bit for new Kardashian news, so strap in for this nugget: The world of Apple Watch apps has been completely revolutionized this afternoon with the release of the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood for the Apple Watch.
Do you want to dive into a Jurassic World where you can craft weapons and clothing, build houses, and tame and ride dinosaurs? If yes, new MMORPG ARK: Survival Evolved allows you to experience all of them.
New Team-Based FPS Game Dirty Bomb is available exclusively on Steam. Players can build a squad of specialized Mercenaries, each with their own unique personalities and abilities, to take into the fray on a quest for riches and bragging rights.
Turbine's DC-themed superhero MOBA Infinite Crisis is shutting down on August 14th. The game was officially launched in March of this year after an extended testing period, and even a Steam launch doesn't seem to have helped out the DC Comics battler in obtaining an audience.
ArenaNet has kicked off a new Stronghold public beta event today at 12PM Pacific, which will run a full 24 hours through to 12PM Pacific tomorrow (19:00 UTC).
Lara Croft: Relic Run, an all-new free to play Lara Croft adventure, launches today for iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices. Currently localised into English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, as well as Brazilian and Portuguese, Lara Croft: Relic Run is a must-play for Lara Croft and mobile gaming fans alike.
This article will serve as a basic guide for 3 different types of daily quests in Moonlight Blade Online. Please note that the 2nd type of daily quests for MLB as explained in this guide changes to become a different quest depending on the day of the week.
Piercing Blow is a Korean developed tactical shooter that features a variety of game modes and a robust questing system that rewards players for regularly playing matches, making acquiring weapons easier. Today we get a closer look at the partial items as well as character skin of Piercing Blow.
Spiral Cat's always makes stunning cosplay that are critically acclaimed by online game players. This set of pictures are taken for the mobile game Castle. Spiral Cat's leader Tasha perfectly shows her beauty.
Today we bring you our commented video of Soldiers Inc, a free to play browser MMORTS which has been developed by Plarium, where players have the mission to build and maintain a military post in the devastated area of Zandia, a region full of wealth, ravaged by the war, where they will fight against other […]
In our newest MatchUp we compare two free to play D&D themed MMORPGs: Neverwinter and Dungeons & Dragons Online, whilst very similar in nature these two games equally have as much separating them and we shall highlight some of the major differences between the two that you make up your own mind which you […]
In 2007 (a whole eight years ago) Turbine launched Lord of the Rings Online (that makes you feel pretty old huh?), following hot on the trail of the film trilogy when Lord of the Ring catapulted into the stratosphere from the initial launch of The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 (fourteen years ago, now […]
Who would have thought that Thor's hammer would make a kick-ass case mod? Suchao Prowphong, that's who. The talented modder built the case you see above from the ground up, and it's currently on display at Computex over at Thermaltake's booth.
According to The Verge (which is hosting a ton of pics), Prowphong used to be a fisherman before he was discovered by Thermaltake. These days he comes up with awesome case mods, some of which you can view on his Facebook page.
If you ask us, Thor's hammer (or Thermalthor, as it's called) is his best one yet. There are different colored lights running throughout and lots of intricate details to appreciate.
Ironically enough, the mighty Thermalthor has one crushing weakness—there's no room for a discrete graphics card, so it has to push pixels around using integrated graphics. Ah well, this is still one of the coolest case mods we've ever seen.
We can sit back and dream of running a system with quad graphics cards, terabytes of solid state storage in RAID 0, multiple IPS displays, and so forth. But save for the 1 percenters, such a setup will remain a dream. The good news is, you can build a sweet system on a budget, and if going that route, you can save a bit of jingle by not overspending on a 1300W power supply -- you're not trying to power your neighborhood, after all. Keep it sensible, like today's top deal for a Corsair CX600 600W PSU for $57 with free shipping (normally $65 - use coupon code: [EMCATAN24]; additional $20 mail-in-rebate). It's an 80 Plus Bronze certified PSU with long cables and 46A available on the +12V rail.
One thing you can always count on when there's a new graphics card launch is custom cooling designs. So it goes with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980 Ti, the newest addition to Nvidia's lineup and the recipient of Gigabyte's tri-fan Windforce treatment.
There's obviously plenty of cooling potential that comes from having three fans blow air onto a massive heatsink. Whether you find the design visually appealing or not is another question. To give the card even more flair, Gigabyte's Windforce logo comes with seven LED color options.
Gigabyte also brought a gaming laptop under its Auros brand to the convention. Dubbed X9, it's a burly system equipped with two GeForce GTX 965M GPUs running in SLI. As far as Gigabyte is concerned, it's the most powerful 15.6-inch laptop out there.
On the display side, the laptop runs at a 2880x1620 resolution and comes with Nvidia's G-Sync technology baked in. Gigabyte says it will be available this month for around $2,300.
MSI brought a variety of products to show off at Computex, including a mini ITX system housed in a 10-liter chassis. Despite its small size, MSI says it can hold up to a GeForce GTX 970 graphics card, which would be powered by a 350W power supply. This isn't MSI's first and only little PC, though it is smaller than its previous model. MSI reduced the size because it said gamers wanted a slightly more portable design for LAN parties.
Have a look:
Thinking outside the box (or outside the monitor), MSI also showed us a new all-in-one system with discrete and swappable graphics. Say what? The discrete card sits in a box on the backside of the monitor where it's easy to access and upgrade, should the need arise. AIO systems aren't typically geared towards hardcore gamers, but by going this route, the potential is certainly there.
Check it out:
Lastly, MSI gave us a peek at its new gaming laptop dock and gaming notebook with G-Sync display.
Starting with the dock, it adds a bunch of additional ports, though at present it's only compatible with a single laptop model, the GS30. However, MSI plans to expand its lineup to include more compatible models. Look for it to come out in the second half of this year.
Of more interest is the G-Sync laptop. Rather than wax on about it, have a look:
There's a bit of standards war brewing between AMD and Nvidia (what else is new, right?) in regards to display technology. While AMD is pushing its FreeSync technology, Nvidia would like the monitor industry to adopt G-Sync. Both accomplish the same thing in slightly different ways -- smoother game play with less screen tearing and stuttering. Rather than pick a side, Asus is coming out with new FreeSync and G-Sync monitors, and we took a look at some of them.
For team FreeSync, Asus showed us its MG279Q and MG278Q, two seemingly similar monitors with quad HD resolutions and 144Hz refresh rates. However, there's a pretty big difference between the two -- the MG279Q sports an IPS panel, while the MG278Q features a less expensive TN panel.
IPS panels that can refresh at 144Hz are fairly new, so we're pretty stoked to see Asus pounce on the technology with an offering that it says will be available "pretty quick here."
As for Nvidia and its G-Sync technology, Asus showed off a new 21:9 IPS panel with a 75Hz refresh rate. It's a 34-inch curved display that Asus will market under its ROG brand. Right now it's a proof of concept without a release date or price, though Asus fully intends to bring it to market.
If it types like a Ducky, and clicks like a Ducky, it's a Ducky
You haven't truly lived until you've typed on a mechanical keyboard. That's not to say there aren't some very good membrane keyboards out there, but even the best ones fall short of the finger-pecking ecstasy that mechanical key switches induce. And when it comes to mechanical keyboards, one of the more interesting players is Ducky, a smaller brand that's built up a cult following in the U.S.
We asked Ducky why it thinks it's been able to do that. The answer? By not just taking aim at gamers. Ducky says it also focuses on office workers, the ones who type all day long and will perhaps benefit the most from a more comfortable typing experience.
With the focus on office workers, Ducky has mostly kept its designs fairly simple and a little conservative, though what we saw at Computex was a new model with RGB lighting. Dubbed the Ducky Shine 5, the keyboard uses Cherry MX key switches and ABS keycaps that are supposed to feel different than your standard keyboard.
Have a look at the Ducky Shine 5, along with a new line of colorful planks that Ducky's planning to release in the near future:
Remember the transforming PC case we told you about yesterday? It's safe to say that In Win captured our attention, so we headed over to the company's booth at Computex to check it out for ourselves. What we learned is that there are actually two versions: In Win's own, and another that's been certified by Asus ROG. (As far as we can tell, that means it's been given some red accents).
There are several brushed aluminum panels that comprise the case, and with the press of a button, they all separate to reveal the guts of the system. You can also change the color of the internal LEDs with the button.
When the case opens up, the motherboard tray rises to the top and turns until it lays flat. This is presumably to make it easier to service and upgrade the system, as needed. Speaking of which, In Win tells us the case can accommodate up to E-ATX motherboards with four graphics cards, so there's the potential to build an over-the-top PC in what we have to say is one of the most unique cases we've ever seen.
Why build this? In Win denies it was inspired by Transformers, saying it simply wanted something different. Mission accomplished.
Faster graphics is fast becoming a theme at Computex. First we had Nvidia representing the discrete side of the fence with its GeForce GTX 980 Ti (check out our review and benchmarks), and today Intel rolled out no less than 10 new processors sporting Iris Pro 6200 graphics baked in.
This is the first time that Iris Pro has been available in a socketable LGA package. Also included among the new CPUs is the first mobile Intel Core i5 processor with Iris Pro.
Here's a look at the desktop parts:
Two of the five desktop chips are unlocked, including the flagship Core i7-5775C. That also happens to one of just two with Hyper Threading support, the other being its locked brother, the Core i7-5775R.
Bear in mind that the pricing information you see above is for trays of 1,000. Retail pricing will likely be a little higher, though probably not by more than $10-$15.
Intel is pitching its new chips at "content creators, mainstream gamers, and PC power users." That latter category might be a tough sell with Skylake not far in the distance. The other thing to keep in mind with Skylake is that you'll be looking at a new socket and RAM (DDR4), so even though these new Broadwell-H parts boast better integrated graphics than previous chips, it's a bit of a dead-end platform.
Perhaps more intriguing for some are the mobile parts, as in most (not all) cases, it's either difficult or impossible to upgrade a laptop's CPU. That makes the longevity of the platform less of an issue.
These are the mobile parts:
Pricing from top to bottom has been set at $623, $434, $434, $378, and $289. Again, these are also in trays of 1,000. You can expect to see these new parts show up in Ultrabooks and mini PCs like Zotac's Zbox line.
While you're not going to pull off high-end gaming on any of the new parts, you may find that Iris Pro is capable of running less demanding titles. According to Intel, the Core i7-5950HQ can play League of Legends at 1920x1080 with high settings and average 147 frames per seconds. Likewise, Intel claims the same chip can average 61fps in World at Warcraft at 1920x1080 with medium settings -- not too shabby for integrated graphics.
These new processors should start showing up by the end of the month and into July.
In the meantime, if you're looking for a process right this minute, check out our our guide on the best CPUs on the market.
Ever tried building a quiet PC? It's not overly complicated, you just need to select the right components. That includes the power supply, and one way to go when selecting a PSU for a quiet or silent build is with a fanless design. That's exactly what Enermax had on display at Computex.
The PSU is a new digital fanless model. At 550W (rated at 40C), Enermax claims it's the biggest available that's both digital and fanless, though that's not the only unique characteristic -- it can switch between single or multiple +12V rail modes.
Since it's a digital model, there's a wealth of information you have access to through software, including total output power, temperature, efficiency, and information on how all the rails are holding up.
The obvious concern with a fanless PSU is heat buildup. Towards that end, Enermax says it sent its power supply to a sophisticated testing lab where it was able to run just fine at 50C. Nevertheless, if it heats up to the point of danger, it will shut itself off to prevent damage.
That said, Enermax disclaims that it's not really intended for extreme gaming or heavy duty setups, but simply for people with modest requirements who want a quiet PSU.
We've spied some funky case designs over the years, some of which have been intriguing while many have been...interesting, to put it nicely. It's always a gamble to come out with something drastically different than the norm, but that didn't stop Deepcool from diving into the deep end of creativity, and we're glad they did.
Our first thought when looking at Deepcool's Nephrite case for ITX motherboards is that it looks like the PlayStation 4's bigger, badder brother. Deepcool didn't deny that the PS4 was its inspiration, but it's not a total knockoff. From the carbon fiber material to putting the GPU on a pedestal with clear acrylic protection, this is a case that's clearly meant to be a talking piece. It could also be a neat option if you have a GPU you want to show off. There's no price or release date yet, though we were assured that it's a "high-end" offering, which typically translates into "expensive."
If you don't like the design of the Nephrite but dig the idea of showing off your GPU, you might like another of Deepcool's cases. It's an unnamed one that's also intended for mini ITX builds, and like the Nephrite, it has a special compartment -- albeit tinted -- for the graphics card.
There's a lot going on at Computex, and kicking off our coverage is a visit to G.Skill's booth. It's there that we caught a glimpse of the company's new Ripjaws 4 Series DDR4 memory clocked at 3800MHz running in an ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer motherboard alongside an Intel Core i7 5960X CPU.
G.Skill showed off both its 4GB and 16GB modules, the latter of which can sport up to 64GB in pairs or four, or a whopping 128GB when filling all eight slots in a motherboard. As we've mentioned in the past, that's overkill for gaming, but if you're into heavy content creation or other workstation-level chores, having an abundance of RAM can be useful.
We also saw a Trident Z Series that G.Skill is designing specifically for Intel's forthcoming Skylake CPUs. G.Skill expects to release its Trident Z kit in August. Have a look:
After we were done ogling G.Skill's RAM, we made our way over to the company's peripherals. On the audio side, G.Skill announced a pair of Ripjaws headphones, the SR910 with 7.1 surround sound through 10 discrete drivers, and the SV710 with virtual 7.1 surround sound powered by Dolby Pro Logic IIx through dual 50mm drivers.
G.Skill also jumped on the mechanical keyboard bandwagon with the Ripjaws KM780 RGB and KM780 MX. Both come with Cherry MX Red or Brown keys, have dedicated macro keys, and feature an aggressive looking design. The difference between the two comes down to the backlight -- the RGB gives users millions of colors to play with, while the MX boasts a red backlight.
Lastly G.Skill showed off its new MX780 RGB gaming mouse. It has a cyborg look to it and is ambidextrous with a height-adjustable palm rest and interchangeable palm grips.
Is that shiny-new GeForce GTX 980 Ti not fast enough for you? Overclock it!
GeForce GTX 980 Ti is fast; this we know. And now that you've just spent $650 on your new "baby Titan X," what are you planning to do? Sure, you could play games all day, but we have other plans. With the initial review all wrapped up in a tidy bow, we wanted to soup up our hot rod and overclock the 980 Ti. So today, we're sharing the results of our testing. Just to be clear, overclocking isn't something to be done haphazardly. We noted in the review that bumping the GPU clocks by 10 percent and the GDDR5 clocks by 5 percent should be an easy and safe goal that any 980 Ti can attain. Turns out those are very tame targets, and now that we've had a couple of extra days of testing we're ready to kick it up a notch.
The stock clocks on the 980 Ti are 1,000MHz core and 7,010MHz VRAM. We're not trying to redline the card here, as fine-tuning to the ragged edge of stability takes more time, not to mention the variability between cards as well as games. Instead, armed with EVGA's Precision X16 utility and with a knowledge of how well GTX 980 and Titan X overclock, we set our sights on settings that should be in reach of any well-cooled system. First, we set the power target to the maximum plus 10 percent (275W instead of 250W), as without increasing the power target we aren't likely to see much in the way of performance gains. With that done, we pushed the throttle until we encountered turbulence, and then we eased off a bit and settled for a bump of 200MHz on the core and 800MHz (plus 400MHz in Precision X16) on the VRAM.
That represents a rather impressive 20 percent core overclock and an 11 percent RAM overclock—and since the core is likely to play a bigger role in most games we're looking at, this represents as big of a jump as going from GTX 970 to GTX 980, or from the 980 to the 980 Ti. All for free, thanks to the magic of overclocking.
Except few things in life are truly "free," and the cost with overclocking comes in two forms. First, no matter what anyone tries to tell you, there is always a bit of risk involved with pushing computer hardware beyond the prescribed limits. We're all big boys and girls at Maximum PC, and more than willing to take that risk, but we have had components fail on us in the past. Never say "never." The added stress on the hardware can also cause fans to fail sooner than they otherwise might—just ask any reformed Bitcoin miner how many GPU fans they killed. [Ed—For reference, in one year I managed to ruin both fans on four out of five dual-fan Radeon HD 7950 cards; then again, only one out of ten of my blower fans failed.]
The second cost is less of a concern for enthusiasts: power and noise. Power requirements scale linearly with clock speed and quadratically with voltage (P≈cV 2f). Since overclocking increases both frequency and voltage, power use can go up quite a bit. More power use means more heat to dissipate, so fans have to spin faster, and that makes your system noisier. It also means potentially higher electricity bills, but not as much as you might think. To wit, even if you use 100W extra and play games for eight hours every day for an entire year—as a pro gamer or living in your mama's basement, we won't judge!—that's only $30–$60 for most US residents. Skip eating out a couple of times and you're set. But we'll check power requirements regardless.
Enough Already! Show Us the Overclocked 980 Ti Benchmarks
Average Frame Rates
Game
Resolution
GTX 980 Ti
980 Ti OC
Improvement
Batman: Arkham Origins
1080p
181
208
14.9%
1440p
110
128
16.4%
2160p
53
62
17.0%
GTAV
1080p
63
70
11.1%
1440p
46
53
13.8%
2160p
24
28
17.1%
Hitman: Absolution
1080p
93
103
11.1%
1440p
63
72
15.4%
2160p
32
37
14.8%
Metro: Last Light
1080p
111
124
11.9%
1440p
77
90
17.6%
2160p
41
49
20.0%
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
1080p
113
133
17.2%
1440p
81
97
19.2%
2160p
46
55
19.6%
Tomb Raider
1080p
131
154
17.2%
1440p
87
105
21.3%
2160p
44
52
20.0%
Unigine Heaven 4.0
1080p
97
114
18.0%
1440p
60
71
18.0%
2160p
25
30
18.1%
The Witcher 3
1080p
56
63
12.6%
1440p
45
50
11.6%
2160p
28
31
11.8%
Average of Eight Tests
1080p
106
121
14.7%
1440p
71
83
17.2%
2160p
37
43
17.6%
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
1440p
7,535
8,525
13.1%
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra
2160p
3,944
4,552
15.4%
Feeling the need for speed? The GTX 980 Ti was already fast, and yet it still has plenty of headroom for overclocking. Adventurous souls can almost certainly beat our moderate overclock, but the purpose here is to show what nearly every 980 Ti should be able to achieve, plus a chance to look at scaling. We've overclocked the core by 20 percent and the GDDR5 by 11 percent, so unless we're CPU-limited, the scaling should fall somewhere in that range—closer to 20 percent in cases where games are shader-limited, and closer to 11 percent in games that are memory bandwidth–limited. And we get exactly that. Every game shows a 10-plus percent improvement to performance, and particularly at higher resolutions, there are many gains close to 20 percent.
Minimum Frame Rates
Game
Resolution
GTX 980 Ti
980 Ti OC
Improvement
Batman: Arkham Origins
1080p
135
161
19.3%
1440p
83
97
16.9%
2160p
40
48
20.0%
GTAV
1080p
42
48
14.1%
1440p
32
36
10.5%
2160p
18
20
14.0%
Hitman: Absolution
1080p
78
86
10.3%
1440p
52
60
15.4%
2160p
26
30
15.4%
Metro: Last Light
1080p
75
82
9.1%
1440p
55
64
15.9%
2160p
30
37
21.5%
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
1080p
78
86
11.5%
1440p
61
70
15.3%
2160p
37
44
19.1%
Tomb Raider
1080p
98
118
20.4%
1440p
65
78
20.9%
2160p
33
40
21.6%
Unigine
1080p
32
35
10.8%
1440p
28
31
13.0%
2160p
15
17
14.7%
The Witcher 3
1080p
46
51
9.8%
1440p
38
42
11.4%
2160p
20
21
5.0%
Average of Eight Tests
1080p
73
83
14.3%
1440p
52
60
15.7%
2160p
27
32
17.5%
Minimum frame rates also scale nicely, though there are cases—e.g., The Witcher 3—where we fail to see more than an 11 percent improvement. But minimum frame rates are more prone to fluctuation, so don't read too much into one or two results. Overall, the overclock is behaving quite nicely. With a bit of fine tuning to game settings, the overclocked 980 Ti should be able to run 40-plus frames per second minimums at nearly maximum quality, even at 4K (we'd suggest dropping anti-aliasing, as it's not as necessary at 4K). Pair it up with a 4K G-Sync display—or better yet, get the QHD 144 Hz IPS G-Sync display we talk about in our Best Gaming Displays—and you've got all the makings of a great gaming experience.
Are There Any Downsides?
So, what's the cost? Good news: not very much, at least in terms of power and noise. The radiator for our overclocked CPU creates more noise than the GPU during our benchmarks, plugging along at a steady drone of 39dB from a one meter distance. Overclocking the GPU hardly matters, with a barely perceptible rise in system noise to 40dB. But rest assured, the GPU fan is working harder than before. Opening the case and putting our SPL meter an inch away from the GPU fan, we measure 63dB overclocked compared to 57dB at stock settings.
Power use tells a similar story. We measured system power draw at the wall, which was 112W when idle—not bad for a beefy hexa-core CPU with the second fastest GPU on the planet, both running overclocks! Start doing something useful and that changes, with average power draw across a collection of gaming tests measuring 380W at stock GPU clocks versus 415W with the GPU overclocked. There's nothing concerning with those figures, and in fact, it's really quite impressive when you look at it from a high level. We were able to improve gaming performance by upward of 15 percent and total system power draw only went up 10 percent. Here we have a 140W TDP (Thermal Design Power) CPU and a 250W TDP GPU, both running overclocked, and at the wall we're only using 415W. With our 80 Plus Gold power supply running at around 90 percent efficiency, that means we're not even hitting the combined rated TDP, never mind all the other components in the system.
Bottom line, then: If you've just picked up a GeForce GTX 980 Ti, you're in for a treat. It's the second-fastest graphics card on the market (coming in just shy of its big brother, Titan X), but it has plenty of fuel left in the tank for overclocking. As usual, a finely tuned hot rod puts pavement between itself and a more expensive stock racer.
