Crazy to see how power efficient RKL can be without pushing the power envelope, with the 11400. And honestly didn't expect Intel to outdo AMD in the budget/midrange for price to games performance but here we are with a 3600 beater on a new launch. I wonder if AMD will counter this and release a more entry level CPU, like the 5600 (non X). Who am I kidding they're making a killing off all CPU sales atm lol.

Guys, I guess it goes without saying but, given that it's festive (at least here), today there won't be news.

By the way, I still wish you a happy and gaming weekend .

Yea I don't think they will release a new 6 core cpu to compete with the i5 per say. AMD's pricing on both their CPU and GPU has been okaysh to meh. Imo, only the 5900x/5950x and the 6800XT have good MSRP. The rest of AMD's line up is a bit out of wack for the performance and features they deliver. If Intel was more like Nvidia instead of being idiots, they would take advantage of AMD's wonky pricing since they have the benefit of having their own fabs and still reusing 14nm. Instead, they are coming out with some CPUs (i7 and i9) that have even worse pricing than some of AMD's cpus.

But luckily in the mid to low end, Intel seems to know what they are doing and AMD's new trend of wonky pricing will continue. I think they will release a quad core part for $200 and call it a day sadly. Least in the normal DIY market. It will make Intel's i5 look extremely good for budget pcs.

Intel awkwardly forgot to release graphics drivers for Rocket Lake

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-awkwardly-forgot-to-release-graphics-drivers-for-rocket-lake

It's apparently going to release a few weeks from now according to Intel... Oh Intel...




Gigabyte Aorus FI32U Expected with 31.5″ IPS Panel, 4K and 144Hz Refresh Rate

https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/gigabyte-aorus-fi32u-expected-with-31-5-ips-panel-4k-and-144hz-refresh-rate/

"For connectivity there will apparently be 1x DisplayPort 1.4 (hopefully with DSC but not listed), 2x HDMI 2.0 (so no HDMI 2.1 currently listed), 1x USB type-C and 2x USB 3.0 ports"

When gaming monitor manufacturers don't bother to include some key gaming related features... Facepalm...

[Techpowerup] NVIDIA PCI-Express Resizable BAR Performance Test - 22 Games, 3 Resolutions, RTX 3090, 3080, 3070, 3060 Ti

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-pci-express-resizable-bar-performance-test/

Some are a few %, some are 20% improvement like Gears. WatchDogs legion has a performance dip. 10 of the games they tested aren't officially supported by Nvidia yet so many have no improvement which is better than performance dip. Interestingly, DF saw a 17% increase with it enabled for BFV with a 3060 so I think the config might matter a lot.

[VideoCardz] ASUS Iris Xe with Intel DG1 GPU tested, slower than Radeon RX 550

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-iris-xe-with-intel-dg1-gpu-tested-slower-than-radeon-rx-550

Np, and thanks. Hope you have a great one as well!

AMD's Zen3 lineup leaves some very big holes. There's no 5700 to have a lower priced 8 core chip and there's still no sign of anything below the 5600X despite the five months that have passed since those processors launched.

If Intel can benefit from that, then so be it, even if it's ironic to see Intel as the budget friendly option.

Yeah, that's a big oversight from their part, tho I doubt there will be many complains about it. Those that care about gaming use a GPU, and those that don't won't even notice because their PC will still work fine without the drivers.

But can you imagine if they do someting like this with their GPUs? "Yeah, we're launching these new GPUs that you can buy now... but you won't be able to get most of them for some time because we still haven't finished the drivers for them. Sorry!"

The only "gaming" aspect of most of these monitors is the extra cost they charge us for them. The features are secondary.

I have, thank you!

The only problem is that Monday is also festive here, but I don't think I'll take the day off as well from the news or Tuesday will be a nightmare XD.

Yea, I think I am just annoyed that AMD has increased price so significantly. Like yes their, cpus are now quite good and they have every right to increase the price accordingly. But the 3700x was $329 vs 5800x is $449. That's $120 increase in MSRP. Now technically the 3800x was $400 but we all knew that pricing and cpu was nonsense since the 3700x was effectively the same cpu. Not to mention the fact that Intel will sell you a 8 core 16 threaded 10th gen i7 for the price of the 5600x.

We will see now the new CEO does once his changes gets implemented but it will be a facepalm moment if I am gonna have to cheer for Intel to defeat AMD's greed.

And yea lol. They can't make mistakes like this when they release their new GPUs cause first impressions will count heavily when launching a new product.

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection will require a gamepad, won’t support keyboard & mouse

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/ninja-gaiden-master-collection-will-require-a-gamepad-won%E2%80%99t-support-keyboard-mouse.1599230/

While I doubt most people would actually play with a keyboard and mouse, it's the principle that counts as making a game without keyboard and mouse support on PC is like making a game without controller support on consoles.


NVIDIA users can pause Outriders by using Ansel.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/mja9ar/nvidia_users_can_pause_outriders_by_using_ansel/

Yes, you can't pause the game normally...


Tianshu Zhixin’s Big Island GPU to feature TSMC 7nm node and up to 37 TFLOPS peak FP32 performance

https://videocardz.com/newz/tianshu-zhixins-big-island-gpu-to-feature-tsmc-7nm-node-and-up-to-37-tflops-peak-fp32-performance

Probably performs no where near as good as Nvidia's and AMD's offerings however


Oodle Is Now Free to Use via Unreal Engine 4.27 Internal Dev Branch

https://wccftech.com/oodle-is-now-free-to-use-via-unreal-engine-4-27-internal-dev-branch/

Hopefully at the very least, Call of Duty will use it

Welp, it was a festive here too... yet for some reason, most things were open (some big box shops were closing in after 3:00 PM but that was it. 

Y yo que creia que en LatAm eran superconservadores lol 

Also, I arranged a configuration that should work... 

https://www.pcmontajes.com/budget-active?pin_key=448f20c8022e706df015857ce67150ee

The Office thing is... complicated... cheapest permanent version is 130 or so (Student Version). The Office I'm running is actually a hand me down from the Pro version I got from my old job that we all got to keep as a keepsake, but as a rule, MS Office is expensive without 365, which is actually fairly nice value (to the point I ended up buying it anyways). 

This is about the best I could get. Other versions are... expensive. Very expensive.   

Feliz Pascua, 'til then. 

I know that the principle is the principle but... who would play a fast paced game like Ninja Gaiden with kboard and mouse?

And WTF, Outriders? You can't pause the game? Seriously? Who designed that, a f*cking robot?

Festivities, specially if they're of the religious kind, aren't what they used to be.

Thanks for the new configuration. I'm starting to think that I'll have to settle down with something a bit lower than a 11400, but I still have hopes to convince him to raise a bit the budget. And yeah, getting Office is going to be one of the most expensive parts of the build. But 365 is out of the question because it's too expensive. The whole package is 130-150€ (depends on the store), but 365 is around 65-70€, meaning that you'll pay more after just three years. It doesn't make sense.

By the way, thanks for showing me that store, I didn't knew about them (must be quite new given that they're only 2 guys).

Feliz Pascua a ti también.