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 He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander was released a few months later.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
Fortnite PC Battle Royale performance and settings guide
By Jarred Walton published
Benchmark Royale From modest to extreme hardware, we've tested Fortnite to show how it runs, with updated results as of Season 7.
Hitman 2 performance analysis: what you need for 60fps
By Jarred Walton published
Stealth power We've tested numerous graphics cards, CPUs, and notebooks to find out what it takes to get the most out of Hitman 2.
Battlefield 5 performance analysis: ray tracing is demanding, and DX12 runs worse than DX11
By Jarred Walton published
Bleeding Edge Real-time ray tracing is here, and it's no surprise it requires a beefy GPU and CPU to run well.
Testing ray tracing performance with 3DMark's latest benchmark
By Jarred Walton published
DXR Required 3DMark Port Royal is a taste of how games might use ray tracing effects in several years.
Nvidia CEO trash talks the AMD Radeon VII: 'The performance is lousy'
By Jarred Walton published
Shots fired "The performance is lousy and there's nothing new," and other choice quips.
Hands on with the AMD Radeon VII
By Jarred Walton published
News Additional details on specs, and a chance to play The Division 2.
Intel releases new 9th Gen processors without integrated graphics
By Jarred Walton published
news All the cores and clockspeeds, none of the GPU features.
Intel's 10nm process is late, but it's coming this year in at least four products
By Jarred Walton published
News Intel gives Cannon Lake the cold shoulder, focusing on Ice Lake and other products instead.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Review
By Jarred Walton published
Big Bang A mainstream RTX option that's affordable and still fast.
What to expect from CES 2019
By Joanna Nelius, Jarred Walton published
CES 2019 The grand-daddy of consumer electronics shows starts next week.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey performance guide: what you need for 60fps
By Jarred Walton published
Performance Analysis A full suite of GPU and CPU benchmarks, settings overview, and port analysis.
AMD delivers numerous updates with its Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition
By Jarred Walton published
News AMD enables game streaming with its latest annual update, plus other improvements.
Battlefield 5 Tides of War update boosts ray tracing performance
By Jarred Walton published
Benchmarks Smart optimizations will be a big part of extracting high performance from RTX GPUs.
Nvidia's Titan RTX doubles down on extreme pricing
By Jarred Walton published
News Nvidia's Titan RTX costs as much as SLI RTX 2080 Ti.
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GTX 1080: Which of the last-gen graphics cards should you buy?
By Jarred Walton published
Head-to-Head Comparing two of the top GTX 10-series graphics cards.
Leaked GeForce RTX 2060 benchmark suggests 30 percent improvement over GTX 1060
By Jarred Walton published
News Looks promising, but how will ray tracing scale down to an even lower tier GPU, and how much will it cost?
The 1.14 Fallout 76 patch allows unlocked fps and fixes speed hacks
By Jarred Walton published
It only took Bethesda ten years to fix this aspect of its engine.
Fallout 76's PC beta benchmarked: Here are the settings to tweak for best performance
By Wes Fenlon, Jarred Walton published
Dials Adjusting the lighting quality could have a biggest impact on how the game runs.
AMD Radeon RX 590 review
By Jarred Walton published
Trifecta Polaris is back for round three, this time wearing 12nm shorts.
Fallout 76 supports ultrawide resolutions with a simple ini tweak
By Jarred Walton published
News Edit a couple lines in the ini file, and the FOV even adjusts appropriately.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 Black review
By Jarred Walton published
Better Value Forget expensive models, the EVGA RTX 2070 Black has everything you need at a much better price.
Nvidia vs AMD: Which is truly better?
By Jarred Walton published
Flame Wars Everything you really need to know about Team Green vs. Team Red.
Intel Core i7-9700K review
By Jarred Walton published
Side Step Core i7-9700K is an interesting twist on a high-end CPU.
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