^ That was quick response from AMD lol. And more like it. So the RX 6800 XT should fall in between the 3070 and 3080 there.

About KH, just buy it on PS4/PS5 if you have one can be found so cheap nowadays. Imma gonna wait for the Steam version in a years time xP

people buy games on the EGS?

i log for each week for that freebie

Imagine GPU scarcity is so bad.. that the one you bought in 2017 (GTX 1070), is worth as much as it was now lol

Good news for Nvidia users. There's a DLSS plugin for UE4 now.

Hopefully more and more games & engines adopt this tech!

Developers using @UnrealEngine 4 can now access #DLSS as a plugin for UE4 4.26. With DLSS, developers can enjoy great scaling across all GeForce RTX GPUs and resolutions, including the new ultra-performance mode for 8K gaming. Download today through the UE Marketplace. #GameDev

— NVIDIAGameDev (@NVIDIAGameDev) February 11, 2021

Here come the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

TRIALS of MANA has sold one million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/trials-of-mana-has-sold-one-million-copies-worldwide/
Square Enix announced that sales of Trials of Mana, the full-3D remake of the beloved classic, have surpassed one million units worldwide. To commemorate the milestone, the team released a brand-new illustration for fans, featuring the vibrant cast of characters celebrating the game’s success.

The Steam Lunar New Year Sale is live
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-lunar-new-year-sale-2021/
The Steam Lunar New Year Sale for 2021 is now underway, with an array of deals on thousands of games and a free animated sticker for each day of the sale.
The sale will also include discounts on bundles in the Points Shop, including a Year of the Ox-themed animated profile, mini-profile, avatar frame, and animated avatar. CS:GO, Dota, Half-Life, and Portal bundles are also available, and if you already own some of the items in any of them, you can still get the discount on whatever you need to finish them off.

Rage 2 is going free on the Epic Store next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/rage-2-is-going-free-on-the-epic-store-next-week/
The bad news, if you didn't snag For the King and Metro: Last Light Redux for free from the Epic Games Store prior to this afternoon, is that it's too late now—they're gone. The good news, however, is that there's a different freebie that you can grab instead, Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition, a "massively enhanced" version of the 2016 sci-fi strategy-RPG.
(...)
A slightly bigger name is going on the block next week: Rage 2, id Software's pink-apocalypse FPS, which we described following its 2019 release as "an exceptional shooter cursed by a bland world." It will be joined by Absolute Drift, a minimalist top-down racing sim from Funselektor Labs, the maker of the Art of Rally.
>> I wasn't going to buy Rage 2 but, for free? I may just grab it and give it a try.

The Humble Store has five new sales:

• The Dead by Daylight franchise is up to 40% off during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/dead-by-daylight-franchise-sale/
• The Total War games are up to 75% off during the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/total-war-sale/
• The Lovers & Fighters Sale brings up to 90% discounts on both dating sims and fighting games during the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lovers-fighters-sale/
• The Lunar New Year Sale brings up to 90% discounts during the next 6 days. The keys are mostly any store: Steam, GOG, the Epic Store, UPlay and the Rockstar Social Club: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lunar-new-year-sale/
• And the Plug In Digital Lunar New Year Sale features up to 90% discounts in Steam and GOG games during the next 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/plug-in-digital-lunar-new-year-sale/

Fanatical has four new deals:

• The new Star Deal is The Crew 2 - Gold Edition, 85% off during the next 24 hours. The key is for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/the-crew-2-gold-edition
• Gearbox has put its games up to 91% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/gearbox-publishing
• 2K Games has, one again, put its games on sale, up to 92% off during the next 9 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/2k-games
• And there's also a Valentine's Mystery Game.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD’s latest GPU driver quietly delivers a massive boost in Mesh Shader performance
https://www.pcgamer.com/amds-latest-gpu-driver-quietly-delivers-a-massive-boost-in-mesh-shader-performance/
AMD has released a new GPU driver (v21.2.2), and with it comes a few bug fixes, including one for a game that is over two decades old. That would be Quake III Arena—installing the latest driver eliminates corruption when loading or playing the game. That's great and all, but the biggest benefit is not even mentioned in the release notes.
>> Available from here.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One gets an official gameplay teaser trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/sherlock-holmes-chapter-one-gets-an-official-gameplay-teaser-trailer/
Frogwares has released an official gameplay teaser trailer for Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. According to the team, the full gameplay trailer will come out in March 2021 along with additional info about what else people can expect from the game.

Resident Evil Village’s Art Director talks about Lady Dimitrescu, the vampire witch villain
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-villages-art-director-talks-about-lady-dimitrescu-the-vampire-witch-villain/
In a recent interview with IGN, Art Director Tomonori Takano spoke about Lady Dimitrescu. She is one of the main villains in Resident Evil 8. Lady Dimitrescu is a 9 feet vampire – witch – baddie, who will probably clash with Ethan in several occasions.

New Oddworld: Soulstorm gameplay trailer released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-oddworld-soulstorm-gameplay-trailer-released/
Oddworld Inhabitants has released a brand new gameplay trailer for Oddworld: Soulstorm. This new trailer will give a glimpse at the game’s graphics and style, as well as its gameplay.

Evil Genius 2 PC Requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/evil-genius-2-pc-requirements/
Rebellion has revealed the official PC system requirements for Evil Genius 2. According to the developers, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i3-8100 with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or AMD Radeon RX 550.

505 Games will publish the upcoming JRPG, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/505-games-will-publish-the-upcoming-jrpg-eiyuden-chronicle-hundred-heroes/
505 Games has partnered with Rabbit & Bear Studios to publish the Tokyo-based studios’ upcoming JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
Featuring a unique setting, carefully crafted storyline and a massive cast of characters, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a celebration of the JRPG genre readily associated with studio lead Yoshitaka Murayama (Suikoden I & II) and director Osamu Komuta.

Godfall Primal Update adds Ray Tracing support for NVIDIA GPUs
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/godfall-primal-update-adds-ray-tracing-support-for-nvidia-gpus/
Counterplay Games has released a brand new update for Godfall. According to the release notes, the Primal Update adds Ray Tracing support for NVIDIA’s GPUs. However, and contrary to other games, this patch does not bring support for DLSS.

Axiom Verge 2 is coming to the PC, exclusively via Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/axiom-verge-2-is-coming-to-the-pc-exclusively-via-epic-games-store/
Thomas Happ has announced that Axiom Verge 2 is coming to the PC via Epic Games Store in 2021. In order to celebrate this announcement, Epic Games released a new trailer, as well as the game’s PC system requirements.

Bright Memory Infinite gets a new in-engine cinematic trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/bright-memory-infinite-gets-a-new-in-engine-cinematic-trailer/
Playism has released a brand new trailer for its upcoming first-person action game, Bright Memory Infinite. According to the team, this in-engine cinematic trailer introduces us to General Lin, the arch enemy of our heroine Shelia.

Chivalry 2 releases on June 8th, exclusively via Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/chivalry-2-releases-on-june-8th-exclusively-via-epic-games-store/
Torn Banner Studios and Tripwire Presents have announced that Chivalry 2 will launch on June 8th, 2021, on PC via Epic Games Store. The game will support cross-play between all platforms, and a Cross-Play Closed Beta event will begin on March 26th.

The Medium gets a 3.9GB Update with performance optimizations
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-medium-gets-a-3-9gb-update-with-performance-optimizations/
Bloober Team has just released a 3.9GB Update for The Medium. According to the release notes, this patch brings performance optimizations across the whole game.
Furthermore, this patch fixes a number of bugs and crashes. It also brings raytracing optimizations across the whole game, as well as a number of game sound fixes.

Ten minutes of new gameplay footage from NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/ten-minutes-of-new-gameplay-footage-from-nier-replicant-ver-1-22474487139/
Square Enix has released a brand new gameplay video for the upcoming remaster of NieR Replicant, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.
In this video, we follow the Young Protagonist, who must navigate ancient puzzles, defeat Shades, and confront mysterious, sentient cubes in this extended gameplay look.

Friday news, part two:

Microsoft Flight Simulator's big UK update releases next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulators-big-uk-update-releases-next-week/
It's undeniably great that you can dress your plane up as a pizza in Microsoft Flight Simulator, but for anyone looking for a more substantial update, here's good news. World Update 3, which will introduce new terrain and map data for the UK—England, Wales and Scotland—will release on February 16.

Richard Garfield on Artifact's failed monetization model: 'We wanted to avoid manipulating people'
https://www.pcgamer.com/richard-garfield-on-artifacts-failed-monetization-model-we-wanted-to-avoid-manipulating-people/
When he reviewed Artifact for us, Will Bindloss concluded by saying, "Value for money, I'm well aware, is going to be a big factor for many looking to buy the game." (...)
"I wish it had been better received," Artifact designer Richard Garfield tells me when I ask about how he feels about it in hindsight. "But I'm very happy with where the design ended up. Working with the guys at Valve was a lot of fun, they're very smart folk and they took my design direction seriously, but they're smart enough that they gave lots of pushback in the appropriate places and we ended up with something I thought was better."

Disgaea 4 Complete+ on PC finally has online features
https://www.pcgamer.com/disgaea-4-complete-on-pc-finally-has-online-features/
If you want multiple hundreds of hours worth of number crunching, tactical turn-based combat and irritating voice acting, you really can't go wrong with a game in the Disgaea series. So it's a shame the series' PC ports have left a little bit to desire: Disgaea 5 on PC lacked the online features found on PS4 and Switch due to 'irreconcilable platform differences', and when Disgaea 4 Complete+ released back in September, it too lacked online support.
But in the case of the latter, NIS America said at launch that online was coming at some unspecified point in the future. That time is now: Disgaea 4 now has leaderboards, a map editor, and a handful of other online-oriented features.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is getting a server browser
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-the-master-chief-collection-is-getting-a-server-browser/
343 Studios is bringing a custom game browser to Halo: The Master Chief Collection, with the feature to begin testing as soon as next week as part of the game's next public flight.

Escaping from Militsioner's mountain-sized cop is easier said than done
https://www.pcgamer.com/escaping-from-militsioners-mountain-sized-cop-is-easier-said-than-done/
Getting into trouble with the law abroad is never a good time. But while I've run afoul of a few Berlin traffic cops, I've never had to flee from a town whose police department consists of one Godzilla-sized policeman.

Here are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The first one is the Weekly Sale, with up to 90% discounts on Point'n'click games: https://www.gog.com/promo/20210208_weekly_sale
• GOG's We Love Games Sale, with up to 92% disconts, will last until the 15th. Check out more details here: https://www.gog.com/news/ignite_your_passion_with_the_we_love_games_sale_on_gogcom
• And 3 more classic Microprose gamesland on the store with 50% discounts until February 19: https://www.gog.com/news/explore_3_classic_titles_from_microprose_that_return_to_gogcom

+Steam

• The Lunar Sale isn't the only deal at Steam, and the first one is a new daily deal, OMORI, 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150690/OMORI/
• Noita is 25% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/Noita/
• Godhood gets a 50% discount until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/917150/Godhood/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

That's all folks! Have a happy and gaming weekend.

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB and RX 6700 6GB graphics card appear at EEC

https://videocardz.com/newz/powercolor-radeon-rx-6700-xt-12gb-and-rx-6700-6gb-graphics-card-appear-at-eec

What a weird set of vram choices by gpu vendors...

3060 Ti - 8GB
3060 - 12GB
6700 XT - 12GB
6700 - 6GB
5700 XT/5700 - 8GB


A number of Rocket Lake Engineering Sample vs Zen 3 and the 5700G series cpus have been leaked. Take these results with a grain of salt. I wouldn't be surprised if Intel cpus perform slightly better post release as I am sure the drivers and etc aren't ready yet.



https://twitter.com/harukaze5719/status/1360108765769474048?s=20

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-11900k-tested-against-amd-ryzen-7-5700g-both-unreleased-8-core-processors

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i7-11700k-rocket-lake-engineering-sample-cpu-preview-posted-ahead-of-launch

My PC will be total mid tier trash by the time I get my hands on a GPU.

DF released their "The Medium On PC" video and... Essh...

Even when you turn down settings to achieve a smooth 1080p 30fps with zero frame pacing issues with a 3090. The in game movement animation and camera movement has stutters. Not because of the hardware or frame pacing issues, but because of the shit coding! This might be the first video that I have seen where Alex could not do an optimized setting cause the frame rates and etc are that bad. You can achieve 60fps with RT off and DLSS on but even then, there's problems.

The one thing to note is that there is a new patch that says they fixed some of the performance issues while the video is pre-patch.