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Next Gen is finally here. Sony held a great PS5 reveal event last week showing 27 games and the final PS5 hardware design! It was very exciting and I will share my thoughts on the presentation. Please check out the video and the reveal event if you haven't already!

How many people believe that Sony under delivered with the PS5's graphical capabilities based on the 10.3 TFLOP metric? Do you subscribe to the notion that the PS5's GPU is nothing more than a RX 5700/XT card or that it's only on par with midrange GPUs today? This post is about providing real data and educated estimations to dispel the notion that the PS5 GPU is only a "midrange" GPU that is not on par with today's top tier commercial GPUs. Indeed, looking at the TFLOP number in isolation is indeed very misleading and the truth about the actual performance of the GPU points paints a very different picture. I know many of you don't know me but I can say that I am not just pulling this info from nowhere. I have over 15 years experience working in gaming and have spent nearly 5 years of my career doing critical analysis of GPU performance. Take it for what it is. Before I begin, a full disclaimer: this post is not about a comparison to or commentary on the...

If you are wondering what level of graphics performance we will get from the next generation consoles, then wonder no more. Prepare to have your mind blown as I meticulously break down how to compute the performance of the Xbox Series X using actual real world data from the game performance of existing GPUs from AMD and Nvidia. Hint: If you have a pulse and love video games at all, then the performance will be extremely exciting! You'll be able to look back and say you heard it here first! This video is the last of the series on next gen graphics so be sure to check out the full playlist to get the full story. What are you waiting for?!

Come check out my latest video on AMD next generation graphics processors called "Navi". The RDNA architecture it uses promised to deliver an unprecedented level of gaming performance and is the first truly new architecture from AMD in nearly a decade. This technology will not only power the next generation of AMD GPUs on PC but is also the underlying graphics technology powering both next generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft. How has it improved over their previous generation architecture called GCN? How do the latest AMD GPUs stack up to Nvidia's latest cards? Will AMD finally put up a fight against Nvidia's juggernaut in the GPU segment? If you are into gaming hardware technology at all and want to know more about what to expect from the graphics in our future games, this is one you don't want to miss!

Check out my latest video breaking down the TFLOP metric and where it can go wrong in evaluating game performance. Includes great info on past consoles, some analysis on Nvidia vs AMD in the commercial GPU space, and a great real world example of how evaluating a system's performance based on TFLOPs do not tell the whole story. Please check it out, like, and subscribe to the channel!

This is it! The next generation of gaming is upon us and there is plenty of reason to be excited. In the past few weeks there has been a ton on information regarding Sony's next generation PlayStation, now officially called the PlayStation 5. We now know it's name, release date, details on the disc drive and controller and first real world impressions of actual software running on it. It's all shaping up to be extremely compelling and we are practically assured a much greater leap forward than what we saw in moving from PS3 to PS4. If you love video game technology and are interested in Sony's next gen vision for gaming, then you're in the right place. Please check out my latest video below and be sure to like, subscribe, and leave comments. There's a lot to cover so pace yourself ;). Thank you and enjoy! #PlayStation5 #NextGenConsole #FutureOfGaming

It's coming! Yes, the next generation of video games is coming soon. We are at the stage when numerous leaks from industry "insiders" start to paint the picture of what the next generation of games will be about. We've seen many leaks over the past few months, particularly on the next PlayStation (i.e. PS5) but also on the next Xbox console (codename: Anaconda). But last week something very interesting happened: on a seemingly random Tuesday morning in April, we awoke to new trending article on wire with the headline " Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation ". While at first glance it seemed like just another article from a supposed "leak" to be taken with a grain of salt, reading the first line of the article revealed a quote from the lead system architect himself Mark Cerny. Whoa! Is this official information from Sony? Indeed it was and it took the gaming media by complete surprise. While little information was actuall...