2016 – TechARX

All About Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 Suvoparno Banerjee

With the demo for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard being out for PC, and already being downloaded over four million times worldwide, we decided to compile an all you need to know regarding Resident Evil 7. The Game: Resident Evil®7 biohazard sets a new course for the Resident Evil® series as it leverages its roots and opens the door to a truly terrifying horror experience. It is set within a sinister plantation mansion in modern-day rural America and taking place after the dramatic events of Resident Evil 6, players experience the…

Ryzen (Zen) details officially released at AMD’s New Horizon Event

December 16, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

Ryzen and AM4 It is pronounced ‘Rye-zen.’ As of this time AMD has released specs for only their highest end Ryzen SKU. Though pricing was not touched upon, we did get the confirmation that the chip is an eight core 16 thread chip, running at a minimum base clock of 3.4 GHz. AMD has not revealed what its max turbo clock will be yet. AMD also announced that the chip would have a TDP of 95 watts. The CPU also features 4mb of L2 cache and 8+8 MB of L3…

Radeon GPU’s in Intel’s next gen CPU lineup

December 6, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

It is being reported that AMD and Intel have signed a deal, that will allow Intel CPU’s to have AMD gpu’s as its iGPU Intel has recently been in the news, due to the imminent release of its new Kaby Lake line of CPUs. But the more interesting news is that AMD and Intel have reportedly struck a deal to work together. AMD would provide Radeon GPU technology for Intel’s integrated graphics, after years of Intel trying to make it work – and it looks like they just can’t get their…

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries announced at Mech_Con

December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Arnab Chakrabarti

No, you’re not going insane and you’re definitely not seeing things. At this year’s Mech_Con, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries was officially announced, accompanied by a lengthy pre-alpha footage. After waiting for 16 agonizing years, players will again be able to pilot a BattleMech. Lorewise, MechWarrior 5 is set during the Third Succession War. 150 years into said war, the players will fill in the shoes of a rookie MechWarrior pilot who will undertake missions in the Inner Sphere, gain fame and most importantly, earn money to either upgrade their current BattleMech…

Vega 10 based 490 performance numbers leaked ?

December 4, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

Conceivable AMD Radeon RX 490 Performance Numbers Show Up – DX12 and DX11 Tests in Ashes of The Singularity This article about AMD’s new Vega 10 GPU falls under the category of Rumor . Whatever you will read in this articles is mostly speculation and may end up not being what we thought it was Interesting performance numbers of an unreleased AMD GPU, most probably the new Vega 10 GPU, have been found. The performance results have appeared in Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database. During the launch of the…

Watch_Dogs 2 Review

December 3, 2016December 4, 2016 Suvoparno Banerjee

AT A GLANCE Title: Watch_Dogs® 2 Genre: Action, Adventure Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: November 15(Consoles) 28 Nov(PC), 2016 Platforms : PC(Reviewed), PS4, XBox One Watch_Dogs 2 is all about life in the age of surveillance. Much like modern society, the fictionalized world of Watch_Dogs 2 is plugged in everywhere – from mobile phones to even cooking appliances, everything is connected and everyone is being watched. But differentiating itself from its predecessor that shackled itself in a serious tone that resulted in a dull experience, Watch_Dogs 2 presents a…

Kaby Lake Core i3 7350k performance numbers surface

November 28, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

Intel i3 Kaby Lake 7350K CPU benchmarks have surfaced As we move closer to 2017 the cpu market is heating up. AMD is releasing Zen and Intel is ready to fire back with Kaby Lake. One of the big news about Kaby lake is the introduction of a overclockable i3 cpu. For years Intel i3 buyers wanted this feature , but Intel never delivered. The i3-7350K clocks in at 4.00 GHz, out of the box. It’s also the only Core i3 desktop SKU to feature Turbo Boost, with a frequency…

Origin enables gifting along with other features

November 26, 2016November 26, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

Everyone can agree that, Steam is the most used and popular game distribution platform on the pc. EA for years has tried to make their own Distribution platform , Origin be on the same level as Steam . They are finally taking some right steps towards that goal. EA added 2 new features to the Origin store. You can now add items to your wishlist , as well as gift games and DLC to other users. Both of these went live earlier alongside a store-wide Black Friday sale. Though saying that…

Zen to launch at $499; beats $999 5960x

November 26, 2016 Deep Mukherjee

AMD Zen 8 Core SR7 Flagship To Sell For $499, Boost To 3.5Ghz & Outperform Intel’s $999 i7 5960X As indicated by a new leak, AMD’s up and coming Zen SR7 8 core flagship CPU will supposedly sell for $499 and beat Intel’s 8 core i7 5960X. Designing examples of AMD’s most recent Zen correction have been spotted and they include a 3.2Ghz core clock and a 3.5Ghz turbo boost. A significant change over the past samples which were running at more unassuming 2.8Ghz core and 3.2Ghz turbo boost. This…