Jarred Walton
Jarred's love of computers dates back to the dark ages when his dad brought home a DOS 2.3 PC and he left his C-64 behind. He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander was released a few months later. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and has been working as a tech journalist since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer. From the first S3 Virge '3D decelerators' to today's GPUs, Jarred keeps up with all the latest graphics trends and is the one to ask about game performance.
Latest articles by Jarred Walton
Red Dead Redemption 2 settings guide, system requirements, port analysis, performance tweaks, benchmarks, and more
By Jarred Walton published
High Tune Red Dead Redemption 2 is a massive game, with tons of settings, plenty of bugs, and an appetite for high-end hardware.
We live in a Windows 10 world now
By Jarred Walton published
🔟 After the travesty of Windows 8, Microsoft got back on track with Windows 10.
The Outer Worlds system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis
By Jarred Walton published
Unreliable Everything you need to know to get The Outer Worlds running (mostly) smoothly.
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB review
By Jarred Walton published
Navi 14 AMD's new Radeon RX 5500 XT budget GPU delivers improved performance and efficiency, though you might want the 8GB model.
The best graphics settings for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
By Jarred Walton published
Mech-anic Tune your MechWarrior 5 settings to get the best image quality without killing performance.
Why I love extreme motherboards
By Jarred Walton published
Tech Talk There's nothing quite like HEDT motherboards, even if they're totally impractical.
Today's extreme CPUs are a taste of the future
By Jarred Walton published
Time Warp The Threadripper 3970X has so many cores, Far Cry 5 doesn't know what to do.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super review
By Jarred Walton published
GDDR Sexy Nvidia's budget GPUs just got a bit faster, or a bit more affordable.
Intel Optane Memory: everything you need to know
By Jarred Walton published
Cachet What is Intel Optane Memory, how does it work, and is it worth buying?
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT specs, release date, price, and everything we know
By Jarred Walton published
RDNA The first Navi parts will skip ray tracing, focusing instead on boosting performance and improving efficiency via the new RDNA architecture.
Looking forward to Nvidia's RTX 3080 and the next generation 7nm GPUs
By Jarred Walton published
Amp Up What can we expect from the follow up to the RTX 20-series?
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review
By Jarred Walton published
Sweet Sixteen A multithreaded 16-core/32-thread beast that's great for content creators and can also play games.
AMD's beastly third gen Ryzen Threadripper 3970X will cost $1,999
By Jarred Walton published
News AMD is chasing the extreme performance crown, plus details on the 3950X, 3960X, and 3000G.
Cheap Nvidia RTX 2080 deals 2019
By Jarred Walton published
Upgrade time Looking for cheap Nvidia RTX 2080 deals? Aren't we all. These are the best prices you'll find on the GPU today.
Why are game install sizes getting so big?
By Jarred Walton published
High Res There's a growing list of games that will happily consume more than 100GB of storage space.
Intel Core i9-9900KS review
By Jarred Walton published
Power Up Packing 5GHz on all cores, the Core i9-9900KS is the new king of gaming CPUs.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super review
By Jarred Walton published
Supermodel Nvidia's GTX 1660 Super is a good card that fills the narrow gap between the 1660 and 1660 Ti.
Windows Update isn't always the best way to distribute drivers
By Jarred Walton published
Driver Woes It's great for getting a new PC up and running, but doesn't always have the latest drivers.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis
By Jarred Walton published
Drone Wars Get better framerates in Breakpoint via FPS boost microtransactions.
Which CPU is better for cooking pancakes?
By Jarred Walton published
Batter up Cooking pancakes the HEDT way (don't try this at home).
The first successful cloud gaming platform could make billions
By Jarred Walton published
Ka-ching Google's Stadia could potentially make a ton of money.
Gears 5 system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis
By Jarred Walton published
First Look Gears 5 is more demanding than Gears 4, but it can still run on a wide range of hardware.
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 Pulse review
By Jarred Walton published
Quietly Custom Forget the blower fan on the reference design, this is the sort of RX 5700 card you should buy.
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