^ Is there a date to finish the crofunding campaign or they'll keep accepting donations until close to launch? If it's the later, you could wait and see how the development goes.

And Apple should check what secure means XD.

is that for curved monitors?

Probably for this mainboard:

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Take Two shares sales numbers for GTA 5, Borderlands 3, Red Dead Redemption 2 & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/take-two-shares-sales-numbers-for-gta-5-borderlands-3-red-dead-redemption-2-more/
During its earnings conference call for Q1 of fiscal year 2021, Take Two shared some new sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, Borderlands 3, The Outer Worlds and NBA 2K20.
>> The summary is:

• GTA V: 135 millions
• RDR 2: 32 millions
• NBA 2K20: 14 millions
• Borderlands 3: 10 millions
• The Outer Worlds: 2.8 millions

Capcom shares new sales numbers for Resident Evil 3 Remake, Monster Hunter World & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/capcom-shares-new-sales-numbers-for-resident-evil-3-remake-monster-hunter-world-more/
During its Q1 2020 Fiscal Year 2020 Report, Capcom shared some new sales numbers for its latest games. Going into more details, the Japanese company shared the sales figures for Resident Evil 3 Remake and Monster Hunter World Iceborne.
According to the report, Resident Evil 3 Remake has sold 2.7 million units on all platforms. From the looks of it, Resident Evil 3 Remake is not as successful as Resident Evil 2 Remake was. On the other hand, Monster Hunter World and its Iceborne expansion have sold over 16 million units.
>> We knew the RE3R numbers from PCGamer's article from yesterday, but they didn't said the sales of Monster Hunter.

GOG has a new sale, plus a new release:

• Let's start with the Quake Con sale, with up to 75% discounts during the next 13 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20200804_quakecon_sale
• And the new release is Guard Duty, that will be 50% off until August 11: https://www.gog.com/game/guard_duty

Steam has a new deal and a new range of weeklong deals:

• The Early Access title Barotrauma is 40% off until August 13: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • XIII - Classic is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170760/XIII__Classic/
  • Worms Armageddon is 33% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/217200/Worms_Armageddon/
  • Unruly Heroes is 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/780350/Unruly_Heroes/
  • Punch Club gets a 70% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/394310/Punch_Club/
  • Dear Esther: Landmark Edition is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/520720/Dear_Esther_Landmark_Edition/
  • And the Syberia games are 90% off, for example the first one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/46500/Syberia/

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• Ubisoft has put its games up to 80% off during the next 6 days. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/ubisoft-hits/
• Versus Evil has also put its games on sale, up to 90% off during the next 6 days. The keys are for Steam except Armikrog, that's also available for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/versus-evil-publisher-sale/

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Planet Coaster, 80% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/planet-coaster
• And there's a new Bethesda VR pack, with 4 games at a 74% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/bethesda-vr-pack

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Skyrim mod adds a two-handed weapon that's just a chair
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-skyrim-mod-adds-a-two-handed-weapon-thats-just-a-chair/
I've downloaded a lot of weapons mods for Skyrim over the last eight years, but none quite so grand and intimidating as The Chair. XvomTheMad's mod is literally just a chair, but it's solidly built and quite deadly.
Carrying around a chair instead of a greatsword or a mighty axe tells everyone around you that you've grown past the need for conventional weapons—everything is now a weapon in your hands. Like Bullseye, but without all the throwing and getting beaten up by Daredevil.

Destiny 2 is getting rid of Mars, so it's been rebuilt for Garry's Mod
https://www.pcgamer.com/destiny-2-is-getting-rid-of-mars-so-its-been-rebuilt-for-garrys-mod/
Bungie is kicking a whole bunch of planets into the vault. Come the arrival of Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Mars, Mercury, Titan and Io will all be removed from the map, as the associated quests and storylines are no longer relevant. To make up for their eventual departure, a modder has rebuilt a significant chunk of Mars for Garry's Mod.
"If Bungie's gonna try to vault Mars, I will just have to spend 200 hours building it myself," Quantum said on Reddit. The red planet is, not surprisingly, their favourite Destiny 2 locale, because you're not going to spend 200 hours building a map that you think is just so-so.
>> You'll be able to find it at the Steam Workshop.

GAMING NEWS

XBOX head Phil Spencer thanks the PC Gaming community for their support, says “there is more work to do”
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/xbox-head-phil-spencer-thanks-the-pc-gaming-community-for-their-support-says-there-is-more-work-to-do/
Xbox has made several changes to provide better PC support over the last couple of years, and on top of that several Xbox Game Studios titles are finding great success on the PC platform as well. XBOX studios head Phil Spencer recently thanked PC players for showing their support, while also acknowledging the fact that there’s more work to do ahead. Spencer thanked the PC gaming community for the warm reception they have given to recent Xbox games, in his latest Tweet.

Project CARS 3 Official PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/project-cars-3-official-pc-requirements/
Bandai Namco and Slightly Mad Studios have revealed the official PC system requirements for Project CARS 3. Project CARS 3 will be using MADNESS Engine, and will support 24-hour cycle, dynamic all-seasons, all-weather conditions.

PC gamers won’t be able to play as Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-wont-be-able-to-play-as-spider-man-in-marvels-avengers/
Square Enix and Sony announced that Spider-Man will be playable exclusively in the Playstation versions of Marvel’s Avengers. As such, PC and Xbox gamers won’t be able to assume the role of their “beloved friendly neighborhood.”
>> And it will be this way until a mod (or mods) bring it to PC. If the game is good enough to make the effort worth it, of course.

WipEout-inspired anti-gravity racer, PACER, releases on September 17th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/wipeout-inspired-anti-gravity-racer-pacer-releases-on-september-17th/
R8 Games has announced that its WipEout-inspired anti-gravity racer, PACER, will fully release on September 17th. PACER is an explosive anti-gravity combat racing game where players can race in a variety of single player modes or with up to 10 players via online multiplayer.

Part two of the Tuesday news:

Here's every new skin coming in Valorant Act 2, plus a deathmatch mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/valorant-act-2-adds-killjoy-deathmatch-and-a-new-battle-pass-this-week/
Valorant doesn't like to sit still, and the fast-paced shooter is already gearing up for Act 2, which starts this week. That means a new agent, a new set of skins, the arrival of deathmatch and another battle pass—most of which you'll get your hands on tomorrow.

Bannerlord finally lets you celebrate your victories with your army
https://www.pcgamer.com/bannerlord-finally-lets-you-celebrate-your-victories-with-your-army/
After an invigorating game of Stab the Enemy, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord's soldiers love to do a bit of celebrating. They might be exhausted, some of them might be riddled with arrows, but they still let out an enthusiastic cheer. And now, finally, you can join them without downloading a mod.

Psychedelic trance shooter Moose Life, from Jeff Minter, comes this month
https://www.pcgamer.com/psychedelic-trance-shooter-moose-life-from-jeff-minter-comes-this-month/
Jeff Minter's studio Llamasoft is set to release another of their weird shooters this month as Moose Life comes to Steam on August 12th. This one is exciting and exceptionally strange. I will let the game's official description explain why: "A trippy, exhilarating voxel arcade shooter specifically engineered to take you to a happy, tranced-out pleasure zone full of deer and mushrooms." The trailer is superb, and the jokes contained within are also superb. "Invincibull" is a good par for the course but "Cervus with a smile" is absolute gold.

The DLC for the Frog Fractions 4K remaster is Frog Fractions 3, which is actually Frog Fractions 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-dlc-for-the-frog-fractions-4k-remaster-is-frog-fractions-3-which-is-actually-frog-fractions-4/
Yesterday I reported on the Steam release of a 4K remaster of legendary flash browser game Frog Fractions on Steam as Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition. I personally called it "perhaps one of the greatest indie games of all time" and I suppose I should actually correct myself: it is perhaps one of the greatest indie game series of all time. I will spoil nothing about that here.
Anyways, I closed that out by saying "Someone do let me know if the $8 Hat DLC is Frog Fractions 3." After that I went and bought the $8 "Hop's Iconic Cap" DLC, because I cannot help myself, and it is in fact, Frog Fractions 3. After purchasing the DLC you can click a toggle on the game's menu screen to have protagonist Hop start the game wearing a little beanie. (It's a nice hat.) If you start without the hat, the game you play is Frog Fractions as you might remember it.

Take-Two's Private Division to publish games from the makers of Ori, Armello, and OlliOlli
https://www.pcgamer.com/take-twos-private-division-to-publish-games-from-the-makers-of-ori-armello-and-olliolli/
Private Division has announced it has partnered with several prominent game studios, such as Moon Studios, League of Geeks, and Roll7, to publish a game from each developer. The titles of the games haven't been announced yet, and none are expected to be released until 2022, at the earliest.

Fortnite is getting cars on Wednesday
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-is-getting-cars-on-wednesday/
Cars are coming to Fortnite this week. The new vehicles, or at least some of them, will be added in a patch on Wednesday, August 5, according to a tweet from the official account.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare season 5 will let you inspect your weapons
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-season-5-will-let-you-inspect-your-weapons/
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone season 5 is kicking off tomorrow, bringing with it a loot train to Verdansk, new operators, a bunch of new maps and, perhaps most importantly, the ability to stare really hard at your fancy guns.

GTA Online PC players will get new stuff exclusive to next-gen consoles
https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-online-pc-players-will-get-new-stuff-exclusive-to-next-gen-consoles/
GTA 5 is heading to the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, along with a standalone version of GTA Online, ensuring yet more updates. Exclusive stuff will be added to the sandbox that you'll miss out on if you play on Xbox One or PS4—but not on PC.

Blasphemous gets a new storyline, New Game Plus and more for free
https://www.pcgamer.com/blasphemous-gets-a-new-storyline-new-game-plus-and-more-for-free/
Bloody action-platformer Blasphemous has grown quite a bit larger today. The expansion-sized Stir of Dawn update is out now, free for all players.
The Stir of Dawn throws a lot into the mix, including True Torment, a New Game Plus mode that you'll be able to access once you've proven your mettle and defeated the game once already. You'll keep all your skills and equippable items, but the enemies will naturally be quite a bit tougher.

AMD RDNA 2 ‘Navi 2X’ GPU Rumors: No HBM2 Memory, Radeon RX ‘Big Navi’ Graphics Card Launch in November, Next-Gen RDNA 3 With Chiplet Design. Salt of course.

Just be aware that there have been other "leaks" with 384 bit bus and 12GB of Vram.

German Retailer Mindfactory Reports Higher Failure Rate For Radeon 5000 Series GPUs Than NVIDIA Turing

https://wccftech.com/mindfactory-report-amd-gpus-fail-more-often-than-those-from-nvidia/

Looks like Powercolor from AMD's side and MSI from Nvidia's side has the highest amount of RMAs from this retailer. 2080TIs have the most amount of RMA's % wise which is high but because of their pricing, not many of them get sold by comparison.

The other interesting thing about the report is the most popular card in terms of sales is the 2070 Super followed closely by 5700 XT and 2060 Super in third place.

The last interesting thing is that the 5700XT also has a large return rate compared to other GPUs

I don't think Big Navi will have HBM, it's still too expensive for a gamer card, but when it comes to how much memory it will have, I honestly don't know. Higher is better, of course, but also more expensive, and GDDR6 isn't cheap to start with.

I feel like Big Navi will be very ROP starved, nVidia is happy to offer 88-96 ROPS on it's high-end parts today... So AMD will need to dial in those clockrates and optimizations to make up for a potential 50% or larger deficit.

In saying that, GDDR6 won't get cheaper until volume picks up, chicken and egg.
Both next gen consoles being GDDR6 should help in that regard.

But yeah, HBM is still too expensive until they ditch the silicon interposer. (Not sure if they have done this yet, haven't read up on the latest HBM developments.)

Great for a workstation or pro-sumer card like a Titan RTX though.

I think HBM2 is still quite a bit more expensive than GDDR6 and it's advantages are not really brought to table with a low amount of memory.

As a result, I expect RDNA to come with GDDR6 and CDNA with HBM, as those could need the extra oomph from the memory much more than consumer cards and the extra cost doesn't change much to their price there.