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What We're Up To: PAX, GPUs, and IGPs

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Another update for the Patrons-only listing.

This coming week, we'll be visiting Logitech's audio engineering facility located not far from PAX. You are among the first to hear about our venture there. This will yield interesting content with an engineering slant, something we're excited to work on.

We just wrapped our GTX 950 review, but haven't gotten to the overclocking yet. That's forthcoming. You can find the 950 review already on th...

What We're Working On & Outtakes Reel

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First off, our sincerest thanks for supporting our approach to objective journalism. It has become increasingly difficult to monetize long-form journalism by way of advertising -- we understand why, too, but that doesn't make it easier -- and support systems like Patreon look to be the way of the future. We hope that, with ongoing support from readers, we can build a strong userbase of supporters that mitigate our dependency on traditional advertising. This stuff is mo...

Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Review

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Most likely, you've already seen this -- being patrons, and all (thanks for that!). Just in case, we recently published our full article review of Skylake from a pure gaming perspective, found below. We also published the video recently!

Article:

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2035-intel-skylake-i7-6700k-...

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New Skyrim Overhaul Guide

http://www.gamersnexus.net/gg/2025-skyrim-graphics-mod-overhaul-and-benchmarks-2015

The above guide shows how to update Skyrim to 2015-style graphics while retaining performance-focused visuals. We're not trying to stray too far from the original aesthetic here -- nor are we trying to nuke performance -- but we did want to update the game's visuals. Sorry, Sky...

Current Projects - Skylake, Skyrim, & 7870K

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Just another Patrons-only update. We're presently working on a video version of our newest Skyrim graphics overhaul, which aims to reboot the 2011 title with modern visuals that don't murder performance. The game was tested all the way down to a 250X -- RIP -- and was found to run perfectly well on a 750 Ti or better with mods. Pretty impressive. That's being edited now and will likely be uploaded within 24 hours.

The next goal is AMD's A10-7870K, the ...

The Slimy Underside of the Hardware Industry and Our Assurance to Readers

We don't normally share articles straight to Patreon, but this is different. I want to make sure everyone sees this.

GamersNexus has been placed in a difficult position of late on more than one occasion, with manufacturers pushing "narratives" and editorial demands on our staff. We've been asked to remove articles and videos, change titles, and so forth.

We have several assurances we are making to our readers in light of this. Read more here:

2015-07-23 18:57:13 +0000 UTC View Post

What We're Working On

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Only you folks can see this post because you've supported us! Thanks again for helping out. We sincerely appreciate it. This is my first patrons-only post -- I'm going to keep them more styled like informal blogs (for now, at least) to keep things nice and easy. We'll leave the harder reading for the analytical articles.

Last night, we spent a huge amount of man hours rebenching every card we've got. Going from 11am through 6am, I was j...

R9 Fury X Pump Whine Analysis

Hey everyone! Just linking this up. The video just went live the other day! Hope you all enjoyed it. If anyone's got questions on this content, let us know!

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1998-amd-r9-fury-x-pump-whine-analysis

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Best Graphics Cards for Gaming - 2014

This 2014 buyer's guide helps you pick the best video cards for gaming purposes. We look at each card and its price-point, then explore the pros & cons of the options.

Far Cry 4 Max Settings Benchmark

Along with our written article, this video component of our FC4 benchmark explores the game's performance on various GPU configurations.

Keyboard Backplate Differences

In this article, we explain metal vs. plastic vs. PCB mechanical keyboard backplates and the advantages of each.

GPU Arch: What is "Texture Fill-Rate?"

Finally explaining some of the deeper items of GPU technology. This article quickly looks at "texture fill-rate" (or "filter rate") and defines how it works, diving into texels and rendering processes.

SSD Anatomy! Learn what NAND is and how SSDs work.

Very in-depth architecture post on how SSDs are made, what they're made OF, and what all those acronyms mean.

NVIDIA G-Sync & AMD's FreeSync: How Variable Refresh Works

Toward the end of this video, I explain how modern variable refresh rate technologies work to ensure the monitor slaves to the GPU, which smooths out framerates.

As promised: How to build a gaming PC

Here's our guide on how to fully assemble a gaming PC! The article link (below) also contains additional details. We're pretty proud of this video - let us know what you think! http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1263-how-to-build-a-gaming-pc-tutorial

Our Round-Up of some of the most influential PC cases of CES 2014!

For those interested in gaming hardware, check out our round-up of some of the top gaming PC enclosures that we saw at CES!

CES 2014 was great!

Hey everyone! We've updated our YouTube channel and website with more than 25 articles and video from CES 2014! You can learn about all sorts of hardware there, so go check out the posts; as always, it's all available for free. As an aside: We recently upgraded our video camera and microphone equipment (as you'll see in the CES coverage), so I think everyone will be happy with the imporvements! As always, all the best! - Steve.

Antec GX700 Budget Case Review, Benchmark, Hands-On, & Cable Management Guide

FORCED Game Review & Gameplay - Co-Op Tactical Arena Impressions

Virtual Reality Tech Round-Up: Oculus Rift, STEM System, & Omni Overview/Hands-On

Saints Row 4 Discussion Panel - Design, Bankruptcy, More - Steve Jaros @ The Escapist Expo '13

SteelSeries Siberia Elite High-End Gaming Headset Hands-On