In other news, we may have found AMD response to Nvidia's DLSS or, at least, the hardware for it:

AMD files a new patent for a chiplet-based Machine Learning Accelerator design
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-files-a-new-patent-for-a-chiplet-based-machine-learning-accelerator-design/
It appears that AMD has recently filed and published a new patent titled “Chiplet-integrated Machine Learning Accelerators”, in which techniques for performing machine learning operations are outlined. AMD describes what the company calls a new MLA (Machine Learning Accelerator) chiplet design.

The patent application is for a machine-learning chiplet, which is going to be integrated into a package coupled with GPU cores as well as the cache, in order to create an “APD” or Accelerated Processing Device in AMD’s terminology. GPU cores here might refer to the upcoming RDNA 3 architecture, and the cache unit most likely being a version of AMD’s Infinity Cache design, if taken as an example.

It's either for that, or for AI for the compute variants of their cards.

Any reason why there seems to be a shortage on memory modules?

I caved in and plan to upgrade my laptop to 32GB (max it can hold) since FS2020 is just constantly hammering the pagefile causing stutters and occasional long freezes that turn into a CTD once or twice a week. 16GB just doesn't cut it. (It already uses 9GB in the menu, I've seen it go up to 39GB flying low over NY)

Can't find memory in stock anywhere (16GB modules) so now waiting for it to arrive from China through newegg. Consoles should never have gone with 16GB imo, FS2020 already benefits from 64GB ram vs 32GB.

Welcome to the world of PC gaming 2021 where there's a shortage on just about everything... T_T

Yea, RDNA3 is more realistically when I'd expect AMD to actually start competing against Nvidia with the more next gen features like Ray Tracing and DLSS. Hopefully this accelerator does come to their consumer chips and they make software for it as well.

DF did their Control on PS5 video:

And the PC setting the PS5 was using is as follows at 1440p 30fps:

In the video, he also says there are a few settings that's lower than low on PC. He also got those settings straight from the devs. Now if you do watch the video and these settings may not seem like much... The one impressive thing that the video (as well as other videos) showcases is that even with Ray Tracing on low settings, it can make a night and day difference compared to screen space reflections. In Cyberpunk, we saw that the lowest RT reflections setting can have a noticeable visual upgrade than highest SSR setting.

The one thing continues to be sure for this generation of consoles compared to Nvidia gpus though. It's a tale of 2 sides.

On one hand, you have the Raster performance which can more often than not go toe to toe with 2070 Super/2080. And even sometimes a 2080 Super/3060 Ti with games like AssCreed for only $400.

On the other hand, when you turn on Ray Tracing, least in the early gen, it performs like a 2060 Super and sometimes worse like in Control. Especially as consoles don't have a tech like DLSS yet. Overall it's quite the interesting generation so far.

My guess is that, after everybody had to work from home and do lots of video calls during the lockdowns, a lot of people decided to gift themselves a new PC or laptiop this Christmas and the ratail channels are still tying to recorver from that huge demand.

Hopefully it won't take too much, at least for some components like RAM.

If this is indeed for RDNA 3, then it means that this will, indeed, be AMD's first chiplet based GPU. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

As for the software for that new hardware, it wouldn't surprise me if they use MSoft's DirectML. After all, it should be ready by the time AMD launches those new GPUs.

Hate when I boot up Steam, there's an update for Remake 2, and it turns out it's a go damn in-game title screen ad for RE8, which in turn dicked around with my mods....

This whole updating games only to slap in ads is getting fucking annoying, because it's treating older games like live-billboards.

I just got asked to be part of this month's Steam hardware survey. That will ruin you thread, Conina. Sorry.

Until they're hopelessly outperformed by the next generation of midrange GPUs next year.

On another note. I don't have to think about spending 1200€ for a 3080 anymore because the offer doesn't exist anymore.

I did the same this time around. Wanted to ad to the list of 1080ti's and 6700k's