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Adobe Flash Shutdown Halts Chinese Railroad for Over 16 Hours Before Pirated Copy Restores Ops

https://www.thedrive.com/news/38897/adobe-flash-shutdown-halts-chinese-railroad-for-over-16-hours-before-pirated-copy-restores-ops

With so many chips build from different nodes and places, it looks more like a Franken-chip than an actual thing.

We'll see how the final product performs.

Thanks for the laugh .

So that's what they meant when they said they have a flashy train system...

Mod support finally out for Cyberpunk - https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/modding-support

Maybe modders can fix their game

Holy shit is Zen 3 a beast in laptops:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImqzdaTihE&feature=emb_rel_pause

And all that in a tiny thin laptop that makes last year's G14 look bulky by comparison. Only bad point is that the GPU is virtually the same as in the Ryzen 4000 laptops.

Tiger Lake-H can't come soon enough for Intel

Once you move the caches, video decode engines, fixed function units and more onto it's own separate die, 80CU's would definitely be more than viable.

Either way, AMD is playing a longer game here, so they may be willing to take a hit on yields initially if it meant something more promising long term.

The 5980HS is running at up-to 35-54w TDP (Up to OEM)... So it's no surprising she is a performer.

The Ryzen 7 5800U is the more impressive chip at a 25w TDP.

GPU performance wasn't going to move much when the GPU is the same number of CU's, slight bump in clock... But the biggest issue that holds it back is the DDR4 3200mhz memory.

Uhm... no? That's the 5980HX you're describing there. The HS must run at 35W stock (else AMD, who is very stringent on this point after having been screwed over by a lack of oversight on their part with past APUs, will ship the 5900H instead), but can optionally run at a slightly higher TDP, 45W when the dGPU is off in this model. And afaik 45W is the limit for the HS model. If you want to go past 45W, you need the HX - or use a desktop CPU set to a lower TDP with a custom board.

I agree that the 5800U will certainly be more impressive, but I haven't seen a test of that one yet.

Another day, another round of news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's week 4 Top 10

1. Rust
2. EVERSPACE 2
3. Valve Index VR Kit
4. Dyson Sphere Program
5. Cyberpunk 2077
6. Red Dead Redemption 2
7. Phasmophobia
8. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Operation Broken Fang
9. Skul: The Hero Slayer on Steam
10. Raft

GOG has a new sale and also new releases:

• The new Midweek Sale brings up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210127_midweek_sale
• The game ENCODYA launches on the store with a 20% discount until the 2nd of February: https://www.gog.com/game/encodya
• The launch of the Fatal Fall DLC for Dead Cells brings a Dead Cells Sale, with up to 50% discounts until February 9: https://www.gog.com/news/release_dead_cells_fatal_falls_dlc
• And the game Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics lands on the store with a 60% discount until February 3rd: https://www.gog.com/game/carcassonne_tiles_tactics

Steam has two new daily deals and five new Midweek Madness deals:

• The first daily deal is As Far As The Eye, 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119700/As_Far_As_The_Eye/
• The second daily deal is Atomicrops, 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/757320/Atomicrops/
• And here are the Midweek Madness deals:
  • Publisher and developer Rusty Lake has its games 50% off until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/rustylake
  • Starbound is 60% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/211820/Starbound/
  • For The King gets a 60% discount until Friday 29: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/For_The_King/
  • Football Manager 2021, that has a demo, is 20% off until the 1st of February: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263850/Football_Manager_2021/
  • And Dead Cells is 50% off until February 9: https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/

And Fanatical has a new Iceberg Sale, with up to 80% discounts for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/iceberg-interactive

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce 461.40 WHQL driver is optimized for The Medium
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-geforce-461-40-whql-driver-the-medium/
NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 461.40 WHQL driver offers optimal performance in the upcoming horror game, The Medium.
This driver also packs all the fixes that were present in the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 461.33 driver. Thus, it addresses some crashes in Detroit: Become Human and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. It also resolves the stuttering and lagging issues in all SteamVR Games. Additionally, it fixes some DX11 crashes in both Resident Evil 2 Remake and Devil May Cry 5.
>> Available from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Hitman 3 Mod allows you to play the game in first-person mode
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hitman-3-mod-first-person-mode/
A couple of days ago, we informed you about a FOV mod for Hitman 3. And today, we have another cool mod for IO Interactive’s latest Hitman game.
As the title suggests, this mod enables a first-person view camera for Hitman 3. Thus, PC gamers can experience the whole game via a different camera perspective.
Now what’s cool about this mod is that it works on every mission in the game, including bonus missions, special assignments, Patient Zero, seasonal missions from Hitman 2. However, the modder has disabled the FPS mode from “the vector” patient zero mission and other sniper missions.
>> You'll find it at Nexus Mods

GAMING NEWS

Biomutant releases on May 25th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/biomutant-releases-on-may-25th/
THQ Nordic has announced that Biomutant will release on May 25th. And while the game is now available for pre-order, the publisher did not reveal any additional details about it.

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy suffers from major stuttering issues and awful mouse controls
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/atelier-ryza-2-lost-legends-the-secret-fairy-suffers-from-major-stuttering-issues-and-awful-mouse-controls/
KOEI Tecmo has just released Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy on the PC and as we have predicted, the game suffers from some issues on our platform.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been delayed until 2022
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-has-been-delayed-until-2022/
NACON and Daedalic Entertainment have announced that they have signed a co-publishing and distribution agreement for the game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. In addition, the publisher revealed that the game will release in 2022. The game was originally meant to come out in 2021 on the PC and all relevant consoles.

Yakuza Remastered Collection PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/yakuza-remastered-collection-pc-requirements/
In December 2020, SEGA revealed that Yakuza Remastered Collection will release on the PC on January 28th. And today, its Microsoft Store page revealed its official PC system requirements.
According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4350 with 4GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 5770. SEGA recommends using or Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 or an AMD Radeon HD 6950. So yeah, expect this collection to run smoothly on a wide range of PC configurations.

The Medium cannot run with constant 60fps on the RTX3080, even at 1080p/High/RT Off settings
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/the-medium-cannot-run-with-constant-60fps-on-the-rtx3080-even-at-1080p-high-rt-off-settings/
A lot of PC gamers were worried about The Medium the moment Bloober Team revealed its official PC system requirements. After all, and instead of targeting 60fps gaming, those requirements targeted 30fps gaming. And, similar to Bloober’s previous game, Blair Witch, The Medium has major performance/optimization issues on the PC right now.

Watch Dogs Legion Update 3.0 released on PC, is 10-15GB in size, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/watch-dogs-legion-update-3-0-released-on-pc-is-10-15gb-in-size-full-patch-notes/
Ubisoft released today Update 3.0 for the PC version of Watch Dogs Legion. According to the team, this patch is between 10-15GB in size. Moreover, you can find below its complete changelog.

The Wednesday news, part two:

Apex Legends cranks the mayhem up to 11 in its Season 8 gameplay trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-heavy-metal-season-8-gameplay-trailer-cranks-the-mayhem-up-to-11/
Leather jackets? Aussie outlaws? Thick, bristling moustaches? We should've seen it coming. After introducing us to new hero Fuse with a punk-rock montage, Apex Legends has gone all '80s on us with a new gameplay trailer for Season 8: Mayhem.

Sea of Thieves' first season goes live this week, Plunder Pass details revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-first-season-goes-live-this-week-plunder-pass-details-revealed/
Rare announced in early December 2020 that its multiplayer pirate sim Sea of Thieves would be moving from monthly content updates to seasons, and of course the obligatory seasonal battle pass. With the first season about to get underway, the studio has now shared an in-depth look at how it will all work.

Fall Guys mid-season update will bring a new level, costumes, and another ridiculous name
https://www.pcgamer.com/fall-guys-mid-season-update-will-bring-a-new-level-costumes-and-another-ridiculous-name/
Fall Guys season 3 is well underway, and as happened with the first two seasons, a mid-season update is on the way. It will add a brand-new level to the game, more than 40 variations of existing levels, new costumes, and more, and as tradition demands it has a ridiculous subtitle—although it might not be quite what you expect.

Blackwood, the next chapter of The Elder Scrolls Online, will be out in June
https://www.pcgamer.com/blackwood-the-next-chapter-of-the-elder-scrolls-online-will-be-out-in-june/
During the latest reveal event for The Elder Scrolls Online, which was delayed to avoid clashing with the US presidential inauguration, Bethesda and Zenimax announced various details of the MMO's year-long adventure for 2021, the Gates of Oblivion.
It kicks off in a DLC pack called Flames of Ambition, due on March 8, which contains two PvE dungeons, and will involve attacking a shrine to Mehrunes Dagon, the daedric prince of destruction and the villain behind this year's storyline. (...)
The chapter, which is what ESO's fuller expansions are known as, will be available on June 1. It's called Blackwood and the zone it adds includes Niben Forest, the Blackwood Bog, and the city of Leyawiin as seen in Oblivion. (...)

Psyonix promise fixes after Rocket League's new arena gave some people seizures
https://www.pcgamer.com/psyonix-promise-fixes-after-rocket-leagues-new-arena-gave-some-people-seizures/
Rocket League's latest arena is getting an option to toggle off its lighting effects, after some players reported experiencing seizures playing on the pitch.
Introduced last month, Neon Fields is an aggressively cyberpunk map. It's that 80s text generator turned into a football pitch, Tron's neon-lit light-bike arenas repurposed as car-soccer arenas lit by every vaporwave sunset. Unfortunately, The Loadout reported that the bright strobe lights were giving some players epileptic seizures—and with no way to reliably avoid individual maps, this suddenly made the game unplayable for these people.

Behold this stunning ray-traced Minecraft recreation of The Lord Of The Rings' Minas Tirith
https://www.pcgamer.com/behold-this-stunning-ray-traced-minecraft-recreation-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-minas-tirith/
Have you looked upon the White Tree of Gondor, Ringbearer, and seen it rendered with the power of Nvidia's proprietary ray-tracing technology? In collaboration with the fellowship of builders over at Minecraft Middle-Earth, the GPU-maker's latest RTX showcase takes us on a tour of The Lord Of The Rings' monolithic city, Minas Tirith.