i'm quite sure you need to mention sponsored by "insert product here" these days don't you?

Meh, the video is an opinion piece more so than actual testing and to be fair, it's not like getting a 6800XT for $400 less than a 3080 is a bad thing by any means. For his needs and his subjective opinion, it's perfectly fine. Heck, he even says he would rather have a 3080 if it were the same price. If I were in his situation, I wouldn't be paying $400 more for a 3080 either (not that I would have jumped on a 6800XT but I am not playing at 4k either).

At the end of the day, AMD GPUs only gives you some features where as Nvidia GPUs will give you all the features which is why it's easier to recommend. You like FSR over DLSS? Nvidia has FSR and DLSS so you aren't limited to one or the other. You don't like Ray Tracing? Nvidia has great Raster performance as well but will smoke AMD in those games where you may want to turn it on one day. You do content creation? Nvidia has you covered.

But in todays market where the prices are all over the place, you do need to take into account a number of things and what matters to you because these GPUs ain't cheap.

I might be biased due too replaying a bit of tomb raider and seeing the performance with DLSS this week after testing if it indeed fucked me over with the Epic account

I still can't shake off the feeling like he's willingly stockholmed himself. Like when you really think about it, (esp with the pros you had in your post) the only thing AMD has going for it is the price and half of FSR. I know they have some features, but I'm an all or nothing kind of guy, and being on PC, I'd want access to all those features.

Prices atm suck for a lot of people, as well as availability, but the guy sounds like he chose based on price and tossed full bias into the mix (he could have simply said "can't get no cards, AMD is all I got left", and that would have sufficed for the entire video). 

Each and every time I see these kind of "trailers", I'm always reminded of this gem:

Like this still rings true to me every time I see a dev boasting about what's possible on PC. I know what's possible, but the way they go about it feels like their boss told them exactly what lines to say and how to say it, like it's forced (hardly any of those trailers feel organic is what I'm saying). 

Ahh shiiit here we go again. 

I have the OG trilogy physical copy for pc, sealed. What do. 

Edit: GAMEPLAY ENHANCEMENTS:

• GTA V style controller layout
• Improved gunplay and targeting controls, with upgraded drive-by controls in SA
• Updated weapon and radio selection wheels
• Updated mini-maps with enhanced navigation allowing players to sett waypoints to destinations
• The ability to immediately restart a failed mission

VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS:

• Higher resolution textures from characters to weapons, vehicles to roads, and much more for greater detail
• A completely rebuilt lighting system with enhanced shadows, reflections, and more
• Improved water and weather effects
• Enhanced detail in trees and foliage
• Increased draw distances to provide a new level of depth and definition

PLATFORM SPECIFIC FEATURES:

• 4K-resolution support with up to 60 FPS performance for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X systems
• NVIDIA DLSS support for PC
• Touch screen camera zooming, pans and menu selections as well as Gyro aiming for the Nintendo Switch 

Copy pasta from another forum. 

Let's do the Friday news!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

This week's new free game at the Epic Store is Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/among-the-sleep-enhanced-edition
Next week, the free game will be "DARQ: Complete Edition".

Fanatical has several new deals:

• The new Star Deal is GRID - 2019, 90% off during the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/grid
• Disney Interactive puts its games on sale, up to 78% off during the nxt 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/disney-interactive
• The Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Bundle, with 4 games, is 80% off during the next 2 days. The keys are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tom-clancy-s-rainbow-six-bundle
• And the Grey Alien Games Bundle features 10 games split into 3 tiers of 2, 6 and 10 during the next 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/grey-alien-games-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

No Man’s Sky Update 3.70 released, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/no-mans-sky-update-3-70-released-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Alongside Expedition 4: Emergence, Hello Games released a brand new update for No Man’s Sky. According to the team, Update 3.70 fixes numerous bugs and issues. Additionally, it introduces a significant memory optimisation.

New Sherlock Holmes Chapter One trailer showcases its investigation mechanics
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-sherlock-holmes-chapter-one-trailer-showcases-its-investigation-features/
Frogwares has released a new gameplay trailer Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. In this Detective trailer, we get to see all the tricks that players will have up their sleeves during their investigations.

New Battlefield 2042 gameplay trailer gives us a first look at new Specialists
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-battlefield-2042-gameplay-trailer-gives-us-a-first-look-at-new-specialists/
Electronic Arts and DICE have released a brand new gameplay trailer for Battlefield 2042 that gives us a first look at five new Specialists. In this trailer, we get to see Navi Rao, Santiago “Dozer” Espinoza, Emma “Sundance” Rosier, Ji-Soo Paik and Constantin “Angel” Anghel.
>> And they're here to stay.

WRC 10 gets its first free update, adds Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, new historical events & cars
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/wrc-10-gets-its-first-free-update-adds-renties-ypres-rally-belgium-new-historical-events-cars/
NACON and KT Racing have released the first free update for their latest rally racing game, WRC 10. This update adds the highly anticipated Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, new historical events and cars, and improves its Co-Driver Mode.

King Arthur: Knight’s Tale will fully release on February 15th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/king-arthur-knights-tale-will-fully-release-on-february-15th/
Neocore Games has announced that its turn-based tactical RPG hybrid, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, will leave Steam Early Access and will fully release on February 15th, 2022. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team has also released a new dev diary that you can find below.

First Early God of War PC vs PS5 Graphics Comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/first-early-god-of-war-pc-vs-ps5-graphics-comparison/
Two days ago, Sony announced that God of War will be coming to PC on January 14th, 2022. And below you can find the first graphics comparison video between the PC and the PS5 versions.
>> The video is over 9 minutes long.

Friday news, part two:

Apex Legends' next map embarks on an unseasonable summer holiday
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/apex-legends-next-map-embarks-on-an-unseasonable-summer-holiday/
The days are getting colder, the weather's getting grimmer, and the nights are fair drawing in. Winter is almost at our doorstep—except you wouldn't know it from Apex Legends' latest trailer, which takes our murderbuds on holiday for a bloody bit of fun in the sun.

Doom Eternal's horde mode will finally arrive next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/doom-eternals-horde-mode-will-finally-arrive-next-week/
It's been well over a year since Doom Eternal launched—we reviewed it on March 17, 2020—and yet somehow it still doesn't have a Horde Mode. That situation is finally about to change: Bethesda announced today that the fight-until-you-die challenge is set to go live on October 26.

New Dwarf Fortress video is all about murdering goblins in a 'hallway of doom'
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/new-dwarf-fortress-video-is-all-about-murdering-goblins-in-a-hallway-of-doom/
Dwarf Fortress looks like an innocent enough sim until you accidentally tap into an aquifer and drown every dwarf in your fortress, or until a horde of goblins shows up to slaughter your children. Any good fortress has a mazelike entrance full of traps just in case goblins come knocking, and the latest update video for the upcoming Steam version of Dwarf Fortress shows one such "hallway of doom" with its fancy new graphics.

Resident Evil 4 VR cuts out the sleaziness around Ashley
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/resident-evil-4-vr-cuts-out-the-sleaziness-around-ashley/
Resident Evil 4 VR is now in the wild (we'll have a review soon), a port-remake of Capcom's survival horror classic, developed by Facebook's Oculus Studios and Armature Studios. (...)
It was first rumoured a month ago that the port will remove certain aspects of the original that, in 2021, don't hold up so well. Most of this revolves around Ashley, the president's daughter and the person that Leon has to protect for most of the game. Ashley is a young woman and the original game includes several moments where male characters express an attraction towards her or comment on her physique.

Farming Simulator 22 announces beekeeping with a new animal-filled trailer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/farming-simulator-22-announces-beekeeping-with-a-new-animal-filled-trailer/
Farming Simulator 22 arrives in exactly one month, and to prepare all you eager farming enthusiasts a new trailer just dropped highlighting the sim's farm animals, local wildlife, and domesticated companions. The trailer shows off loads of lovely sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, horses, deer, and dogs. And, yes, bees.

Amazon will ban New World players exploiting gold duplication bug
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amazon-will-ban-new-world-players-exploiting-gold-duplication-bug/
Some New World players are exploiting a recently-discovered bug that allows gold to be duplicated in massive quantities. In the hours since the exploit was discovered, Amazon has issued a statement reminding players that intentionally exploiting bugs like this is against the game's Code of Conduct and offenders will be banned.

Stardew Valley creator's next game is an adorable chocolate shop sim
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stardew-valley-creators-next-game-is-an-adorable-chocolate-shop-sim/
In a surprise reveal today, Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone announced his next game Haunted Chocolatier, a shop sim about running a spooky chocolate shop and living in a haunted castle. We've been waiting for years to hear what Barone would work on next after spending so much time developing major free updates to his farm life simulation. The big announcement has now been shared and I can't wait to hear more about what he has planned for an equally adorable new game.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands info drop includes a place called Butt Stallion's Castle
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tiny-tinas-wonderlands-info-drop-includes-a-place-called-butt-stallions-castle/
If Borderlands 3 was too restrained and sober for you, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands looks how a 12-hour soda pop binge feels. Gearbox released a bunch of new information on the fantasy-tinged take on Borderlands today, and as you'd expect, it's a lot.

Call of Duty: Warzone's Halloween mode is fun except for this fake blue screen
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/call-of-duty-warzones-halloween-mode-is-fun-except-for-this-fake-blue-screen/
Call of Duty: Warzone's Halloween event, The Haunting of Verdansk, returned this week for a second annual round of spooky royale. Activision has traded last year's zombie theme for ghosts, complete with the scratchy voice of Ghostface in your ears narrating the event. It's pretty fun so far! Though one unwelcome addition to Haunting, as far as I'm concerned, are the random jump scares that can trigger at any moment.

Skyrim's Anniversary update brings fishy frolics for all Dragonborn
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/skyrims-anniversary-update-brings-fishy-frolics-for-all-dragonborn/
Announced earlier this year, Skyrim Anniversary Edition is making the bold assertion that you're ready to buy the decade-old RPG for a third time. To help sweeten the deal, Bethesda this week revealed that you'll be able to add fishy friends to your Dragonborn's rustic winter lodge.

Grasshopper Manufacture acquired by NetEase, promises three games over next decade
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/grasshopper-manufacture-acquired-by-netease-promises-three-games-over-next-decade/
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc., the Japanese developer best-known for the No More Heroes series and CEO Goichi Suda's irreverently surreal style, has been acquired from its parent company GungHo Online Entertainment by Chinese technology giant NetEase. The studio has made over 25 games in its 23 years, most directed by Suda, also known as Suda-51. As well as No More Heroes, notable titles include killer7, Shadows of the Damned, Lollipop Chainsaw, and the classic Michigan: Report from Hell.

Before we finsh, let's check GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• The new Weekly Sale brings up to 90% discounts on a wide range of games: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211018_weekly_sale
• The Midweek Sale and its up to 85% discounts will last another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211020_midweek_sale
• The Fallout Franchise Sale, with up to 75% discounts, will last another 4 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_bombs_drop
• The Jeux made in France Sale and its up to 90% discounts will last until Sunday: https://www.gog.com/partner/Made_In_France
• The Weekend Sale features "strategy games with tactical pause" up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20211022_weekend_sale
• And there's a Special Sale with Fellow Traveler, that puts its games up to 80% off during the weekend: https://www.gog.com/partner/Fellow_Traveller

+Steam

• The new daily deal is Vampyr, 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/427290/Vampyr/
• The Early Access title BIGFOOT will be 20% off until during the weekend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/509980/BIGFOOT/
• Raft, still in Early Access, will be 33% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/648800/Raft/
• Fling to the Finish, also in Early Access and that has a demo, will be 34% off until the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054430/Fling_to_the_Finish/
• The Steam Tabletop RPG Edition Event is now live, and features up to 75% discounts until Monday 25: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tabletopfest
• The Games Made in France Event is also present at Steam and features up to 90% discounts. Careful, tho, some of them will finish the 25th, but others will end later: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesMadeInFrance2021
• The Fallout games will be up to 76% off until Tuesday 26: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/fallout
• Publishers Pearl Abyss and CCP Games put its games up to 90% off until October 28: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/2021pearlabysspubsale
• From the previous deal, if you login to Shadow Arena you'll get the chance to win an RTX 3080. Learn more here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1226470/view/4311626072700215098
• Dead by Daylight will be free to try during the next 3 days and 50% off until November 1st: https://store.steampowered.com/app/381210/Dead_by_Daylight/
• Killing Floor 2 will be 75% off until the first of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/232090/Killing_Floor_2/
• And of course, there's also the weeklong deals.

Only one more thing to add: I wish you all a happy and gaming weekend.

Thanks for sharing green_sky. The games looks vastly better than the originals, but not enough to pass as new games. Kind of like late PS360, eraly PS4/X1 like titles..