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For those wondering about weird Nvidia scaling on the Ultra preset in Starfield, it's specifically Ultra shadows in foliage heavy areas. High shadows performs much better. It's not a big deal elsewhere
— Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) September 1, 2023
Shadow setting changes resolution and pop in draw distance. Ultra vs High isn't a massive difference IMO
— Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) September 1, 2023
Least that explains things
Starfield DLSS 2 & XeSS Mod Is Now Available For Free, Replaces FSR 2 Integration
https://wccftech.com/starfield-dlss-2-xess-mod-now-available-for-free-replaces-fsr-2-integration/
Thank you modders for allowing RTX users to not be forced to use garbage upscaling solutions.
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU Performance Could Match The Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics Card
https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-7800-xt-gpu-performance-match-radeon-rx-6800-xt-graphics-card/
The sorry state of Mid-ranged GPUs continues.
First GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB card drops to $430, cheaper than upcoming RX 7700XT
Not an official price cut but Nvidia does like to rule with an iron fist so I wouldn't be surprised if more 4060 Tis get discounted as 7700XTs release as both MSI and Asus lowered theirs to $449 while PNY lowered theirs to $429. See boys? When Radeon releases a good GPU, Nvidia responds. Just because they are making a killing in the datacenter, doesn't mean they are totally out of the loop when it comes to competition in the consumer space.
AMD Says GPU Efficiency Doesn’t Matter To Some PC Gamers, Will Do Better On Ray Tracing In Future Generations
They certainly did a 180 in the performance per watt category from being significantly more power efficient in the Ampere generation even if RT performance was poor to significantly less power efficient vs Lovelace generation but granted the RT performance has improved but still hasn't caught up, especially if you load up Cyberpunk Path Tracing.
This is without a doubt one of the craziest implementations of detachable controller as the joystick can transform into a "mouse" when detached. Considering it costs $700, I might bite. You really have to watch the video to see what I am talking about.
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But coming in at almost 900gs and 8.8 in 1600p screen, it is big and heavy.
AMD’s next-gen Ryzen 8000 APU spotted with 16 RDNA3.5 GPU cores
https://videocardz.com/newz/amds-next-gen-ryzen-8000-apu-spotted-with-16-rdna3-5-gpu-cores
Samsung Unveils 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM, Paves Path For Up To 128 GB Memory Modules
https://wccftech.com/samsung-unveils-32-gb-ddr5-dram-up-to-128-gb-memory/
Capacity massively increasing
[Exclusive]Samsung, HBM3 supply contract concluded with NVIDIA
— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) September 1, 2023
Samsung will supply HBM3 to NVIDIA as early as next month. Also contracted specifying next year's supply.https://t.co/EWGsfWt9Kp
UMC and ASE are raising prices for advanced packaging amid strong demand as orders from Nvidia have overflowed from TSMC, despite its efforts to rapidly expand CoWoS output. Nvidia has decided to pay more and seek other suppliers, so it can ship more GPUs. UMC has hiked silicon…
— Dan Nystedt (@dnystedt) August 31, 2023
While not technically related to Blackwell, Blackwell is starting to sound less and less like Ampere after Turing and more like a worse form of Lovelace. Hopefully things slow down by the time Blackwell releases we we are in for a mighty fine shit show, especially if Radeon is going back to mid-range only.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
