DRM. Ya, we all hate it as it serves absolutely no purpose at all other than to piss of end users. We all know the claim by now. Somehow this digital cancer helps fight piracy. What the companies who employ it don’t really know however is that it actually pushed more people to piracy. It’s not rocket science people. A couple of weeks ago when Ubisoft’s genius (sarcasm) idea to require all future games to require “always on” internet...

Looking to get all trigger happy with Splinter Cell: Conviction for PC? Well, first off, Splinter Cell isn’t about guns-a-blazin’, shoot first ask later. It’s all about stealth. Looking past that minor treat, a more glaring issue preventing gamers from getting their hands on the new action is the good ‘ol classic delay. Now at first, based on how hard Ubi has pushed their new DRM the last several games, one might think that the digital cancer is...

Disappointing to some, the next gen HD6000 series cards — which were to be the first cards based on ATI’s new 32nm process — will stay at the current 40nm size because of manufacturing woes. As any computer hardware nerd will know, smaller sizes bring about more efficiency and cooler running parts which in turn means higher performance for those who seek it. Staying at the current 40nm size isn’t all bad. While the next gen 6000 series cards...

Back in the day of video game benchmarks and goals being measured in “bits”, a true racing sim involved at most a monstrous TV, racing sim of choice, and a comfy chair. Thankfully we’ve made some decent progress since those days. Today’s racing sim geek generally has multiple monitors, racing “seat” that is actually a cage more or less, replicating the interior of a real car, and of course steering wheel and pedals. But even then,...

Ever since we saw early specs and hands on previews (and now reviews) of the latest Nvidia cards — the GTX 470 and 480 — many were passing off hand comments that an egg could be fried on these new cards due their high operating temperature. In many circumstances, idling between 70-80 C isn’t uncommon. For a reference, my ATI CrossFire 5850 set up never goes above 50 C idling. Two different cards, two different architectures though. Seeing as how the new...