GeForce GTX 880M

Nvidia Launches GeForce 8GTX 800M Series GPUs

GeForce GTX 880M 8GB

"Nvidia has officially unveiled its range of 800M series GeForce GTX mobility graphics cards. While much of what was previously rumoured has come to pass, there’s also quite a few new variants, featuring a spread of Kepler, Maxwell and even Fermi architecture.

The hotly-anticipated Maxwell architecture is limited to just three variants, the GeForce GTX 850M, 840M and 830M, as Nvidia introduces a whole new spread of new 800M series GPUs…

The GeForce GTX 880M, 870M and 850M were exactly what we anticipated they would be from the leaked presentation slides, but we’re also seeing the introduction of two 860M variants as well as low end 840M, 830M and 820M mobile graphics solutions.

Check out the full known list of GeForce 800M Specs below…

Nvidia GeForce GTX 800M Series Graphics Cards

Nvidia’s announcement of the cards was joined by a claim that we can expect to see 30 to 60 per cent performance increases in comparison to its 700M series of graphics cards, as well as a potential doubling of battery life.

“This year, we are changing the way we define progress for gaming notebooks,” said Nvidia’s product manager Mark Aevermann. “Not only are we bringing faster GPUs to the table, we are also introducing a whole new set of killer features designed specifically for notebook gamers.”

The new Nvidia Battery Boost mode, in conjunction with the efficient and low-power Maxwell GPUs means that some of these cards can offer up to twice the gaming battery life than that seen in previous gen gaming laptops. Battery Boost works by limiting things such as a locked 30fps frame rate while running on battery, before shooting back to 60 fps when plugged into the mains."

source - Game-Debate

Phone-Debate

Introducing Phone Debate : Phone Hardware Game Checker Area

Phone-Debate

"Developing and seeing what Game Debate becomes is a passion of mine and one that I continue to share with all of you, especially when you give me your awesome feedback and ideas. Obviously we are focused on hardware and gaming related tech, so it wont be much of a surprise to most of you to hear that I continually get requests for more tools on phones/tablets and their gaming options.

Now to cater to the phone arena we’re extending GD by adding the Phone Debate site area to help cater to those sorts of interests. The site is still in fairly early development (surprise surprise, that basically means that I have tonnes of never before seen tools I want to add to the new phone area) but it is already completely functional and has mobile/cell phone tools on it that do not exist anywhere else in the world already...

And lets face it, your enthusiasm for new features in this area only match your tenacity for all things technologically advanced. Of course, the mobile market is continuing to spread across the technology sector, and we all want more solutions to match our mobile gaming and tech needs as well as those for our home computers. More and more of you are owning smartphones, phablets and tablets, and using these for the kinds of games and apps that were previously limited to PC users.

I know that GD'ers care deeply about technology and technical advances, and so I wanted to give you the same ability to compare hardware and check out the latest news on Phone Debate as you have on Game Debate. We want to be able to choose mobile technology that suits us, whether we're a hardware buff or a gaming nut and hopefully Phone-Debate is a solid step in that direction.

What Is Phone Debate?

Phone Debate is a new area of Game Debate. It takes many of our most popular tool concepts from Game Debate - including hardware comparison and “Can I Run It” gaming tools - and extends these to cover the mobile smartphone and tablet market where none existed before.

For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and by visiting its phone debate page you will be able to get a thorough grasp of its spec details.

It’s not always easy to see what you’re getting for your money when you invest in a new mobile, and we wanted to create an easy system to compare different phones with each other and see which performs best in terms of technology, value for money, storage, battery life, display and camera functions. Using these categories, you can compare mobiles whilst focusing on the things that are most important to you; whether you want the phone with the best camera available, or whether you just need an inexpensive cell that won’t need its battery recharging twice a day.

For example, maybe I was thinking of upgrading to the S4 and so wanted to view a like for like comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S4 Vs Samsung Galaxy S2 that I have now.

As gaming on mobile gets more sophisticated, so does the technology you will need to run it. With this in mind, we’ve extended our “Can I run it” system requirements function from Game Debate to cover mobile games too. If you go to your own phone’s individual page, you can search for popular applications and games to see how well they will perform on your mobile.

You can also quickly run the Can I Run mobile games on both phones at the same time, from the comparison phone pages.

Keeping up to date with mobile gaming and technology will also be one of our key aims for Phone Debate. Just like on GD, we’ll be regularly updating the site with the latest news from the mobile technology and gaming industries. We’re also aiming to provide an increasing number of mobile game reviews to help you separate the diamonds from the duds.

It’s early days for Phone Debate and it is currently getting some of the data moved across to it from the old server, so some phones might be missing for a few days, but I would love for you to check out the site for yourselves and have a play around!"

source - Game-Debate

This is just too much of technology. But I'll always visit the site, both Game-Debate or Phone-Debate Periodically.

Dark Souls : Counting Death

Dark Souls Fansite Allows Player to Track Their Total Deaths

Dark Souls : Counting Death

"It’s probably too sobering a thought for many, but a new website tool for the original Dark Souls allows gamers to check out their total number of deaths in the game by uploading a completed game save.

Now, we knew death happened a lot in Dark Souls, but it’s not until you get your eyes on the figures that you truly begin to realise what an imposing game From Software’s title is…

No doubt for reasons of sanity, the statistics are hidden away from view in Dark Souls, until this fansite came to be, giving gamer credibility and morale a right good kicking.

The stats reveal that From Software’s action RPG is every bit as hideously difficult as it's made out to be, with the average number of deaths in a complete playthrough currently sitting at a staggering 626. What is surprising is that a pretty hefty 70% of gamers pushed through and completed Dark Souls, showcasing that most gamers’ had enough perseverance to plough through to the end, despite staring into the jaws of doom for days of game time.

There’s also a cheeky bonus stat for people’s nicknames for one of gaming’s hardest boss pairs, Ornstein and Smough, with over 400 people thinking “Fuck This I Quit” is the most appropriate. To upload your save and to check out more of the stats, be sure to have a mooch on over to Dark Souls Deaths.

Fittingly enough the sequel, Dark Souls 2, is due out in just a matter of days for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It’s arriving on March 11 in the Us and March 14 in Europe, with a worldwide PC release coming on April 25."

source - Game-Debate

Hahah, this one is funny, I've played Dark Souls a little, I'm not too interested in it. But I know Dark Souls is a difficult game, and I've tried it myself.