However, Explicit Multi Adaptor is. However as in most technology, Game Developers optimize for it a given the state of barely competent coding by developers now that would seem to be unlikely. I just read your article on sli. He had great numbers. My debate with myself now is this; is it time for a new gpu? With my numbers, I think not yet, but when I relate it to my i K, it was time, so is it time now? I plan to never go i7 or any i5 K model because I love the low temps of the i So going by all this, I should keep my sli running with my I should say that I never play on-line, multi-player games, only solo campaigns and only 1st person shooters.
No kung-fu type games, only shooting bad guys and zombies. It all looks the same to me. I do apologize for running on so long but I would like your input, if you read this. Thanks again. I hope to read what you or anybody thinks I should do. I was just awestruck. Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer Tech Guided is supported by its readers. Both technologies also operate in two different modes: Split frame rendering: Essentially, the GPUs split up the workload of processing each frame.
The Pitfalls of Using Multiple Graphics Cards While utilizing multiple graphics cards has been a great way to help users get more in-game performance out of their systems, in recent years, the performance advantage of running SLI or CrossFire systems has diminished slightly.
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As a matter of fact, one could argue that being able to prove and boast your achievements when gaming only adds to a more social and competitive atmosphere. Playing with friends is fun and playing competitively is fun, so where's the problem? Xfire is the veteran of this field and Raptr has quickly gained ground as the software's fiercest competitor. Which software is the best though? The Xfire client isn't anything to rant and rave over, but if you're expecting game-tracking software like Xfire or Raptr to replace your instant messenger and feel like a vibrant and lively social network then you're going to get your hopes up.
The client comes in multiple different skins and themes that you can customize it with, the following being one of my favorites:. You could call it bulky and there's a stream of advertisements across the top. The Activity Report tab is a cool way to see where your friends are spending their free time. As for using Xfire as a way to handle and launch games, it's never been something I've considered doing.
I have a desktop, Start menu, and Steam. Xfire has no use there. Should you, for some reason, choose to allow Xfire to control all of your IMing habits, you're able to do that.
The feature is still listed as alpha, after many years, but seems to work fine from what I've experienced. Profiles offer a large range of information, including your game time, in-game characters from larger games like WoW, screenshots, friends, and more. I was told that HR was looking for me. I rushed in and met with HR, and I learned that everyone was being let go, with the exception of four people. I was one of those four people. We were to go to a hotel and meet the new owners of Xfire, Titan Gaming.
Kirmse: The day that deal closed, I had to lay off almost everyone, including myself. In , Xfire was purchased by Titan Gaming. Growth had slowed and competition with Steam heated up, so the company tried to pivot to a tournament platform for casual-competitive gamers.
Steam basically just started to swallow the universe of gaming. Over time, it became less and less relevant for users to have this other chat application when Steam did a lot of those things and also was where people bought games. It became a product challenge to keep Xfire relevant. And so we tried to figure out different ways we could do that. Wilson: The direction of the company changed drastically.
They wanted to revamp the website, stop supporting new games and change the client to be more of a tool to set up tournaments among players. Titan Gaming wanted to go back to something like what Ultimate Arena had been. Nile Plante director of product management, joined in : We needed to figure out a way to retool the business and the product and, at the same time, figure out what we could salvage from this technology.
It was really hard to work with the codebase; making simple changes seemed to take weeks or months. So it was really about trying to figure out what we could keep from the codebase and what we needed to rebuild from scratch. We realized there was a budding e-sports thing, and so we decided we could take this tech and turn that into an early e-sports platform. Soon, new management was brought in. Strategy shifted. Plante: We took on a lot of investment. And some investors wanted to move to China, so they switched out leadership and hired a CEO who moved us into China.
Donovan: We had an opportunity to grow the company in Asia. That was an opportunity that the board brought, and they wanted Malcolm to come in because he had experience in Asia. I struck a deal that would get us into the internet cafes, which is where all the gaming happens there. And then we were trying to figure out how to localize this thing to China. And I raised the money for us to do that, and we started to pursue it.
Plante: That turned out to be a big distraction for about two years. CasSelle: We probably needed another six to nine months of runway to really prove it out. We had a group of investors who clashed with the existing management and shareholders, which prevented the company from moving forward. Plante: We had a lot of management changes. How we were reacting and how we positioned ourselves depended on the CEO and what their vision was. Donovan: My focus moved to the tournament product.
What we tried to do was basically build out an infrastructure to allow game publishers to integrate casual-competitive tournaments and leagues directly piped into the back-end of their games. Plante: We went on to build the tournament platform, which we launched in a beta in The Xfire client and social site were sunset in That same year, Discord, a free instant messaging service popular with gamers, made its first release.
On top of a great PC gaming messaging client, you also have a nice social network built in. XFire will automatically build you a basic profile, but you must go online to fill out the rest of the information and customize its appearance. Your profile page allows you to upload the screenshots and videos you've taken. It also keeps track of the amount of time you've been playing each game, and it is the process of tracking and displaying some of your in-game statistics.
This way you can show off your high scores to your friends, and show them just how long it took you to do it. By Kyle Judkins is a part-time freelance writer and tech blogger. He is the author of Lost In Technology where he talks about technology tips and tricks that everyone can use. Need to drown out some background noise? Want to fall asleep to the sound of a stream? You can do both with the iPhone's built-in Background Sounds.
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