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Chazore on 29 October 2021
JEMC said:
hinch said:

Navi 31 (RX 7900 XT?) has been taped out - https://wccftech.com/amds-flagship-navi-31-gpu-based-on-next-gen-rdna-3-architecture-has-reportedly-been-taped-out/

I guess RDNA 3 is coming next year.

Late next year. I wouldn't expect it sooner than October.

Captain_Yuri said:

Playstation PC on Steam added 4 new entries on their official page in the last weeks

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/qhvu5f/playstation_pc_on_steam_added_4_new_entries_on/

Now we have seen quite a lot of salt over the past few years but I think people are slowly coming to terms with the fact that Sony porting games to PC will continue to happen and it's not just some temporary thing from a list of excuses. But I feel like that if Nintendo ever starts porting their games to PC, the amount of salt we will see over the internet will dwarf both Sony and Xbox fans combined.

Nintendo won't port its games to PC, at least not for a long time. And that's because their consoles are underpowered compared to Sony and Msoft, and that makes the development of their games cheaper. Add to that the fact that most of their games, at least the ones with the bigger budgets, always sell several millions, and you can see that they're in no need to launch their games on another platform like Sony and MSoft.

Rhonin the wizard said:

Ubisoft is Making 'Play to Earn' Blockchain Games
https://gamerant.com/ubisoft-play-to-earn-blockchain-games/
Ubisoft's Q2 earnings call led to several surprising announcements, including details about the upcoming live-service game Assassin's Creed Infinite. Yet even more surprising than that were sections of the call dedicated to Ubisoft's interest in blockchain-related technology. Specifically, Ubisoft is both a founding member of the Blockchain Game Alliance and helped fund blockchain-focused developer Animoca Brands. Ubisoft detailed several Animoca projects in its call, each tied to the blockchain in one way or another.

So Ubisoft isn't happy with selling us their games, they also want to use our PCs to make extra money. Shame on them.

Well, at least the Steam users are safe from this plague.

They never did apologise for calling us pirates all those yrs ago, and then their CEO had the biggest manchild hissyfit, because Vivendi's CEO just so happened to come from a rival family to his (hence the big fear of the takeover, because "muh French family shame").

Honestly, Ubi can just dissolve into nothingness for all I care. They never truly cared what we wanted, nor the platform. It's just another oil field for them. 



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hinch on 29 October 2021
Captain_Yuri said:

Yea I will probably continue to buy consoles if for nothing else than to play Bluray movies and shows. I recently took a look into PC bluray play back and the situation is horrible. The compatibility issues are all over the place because you need specific CPUs to make it all work if you want that 4k HDR on PC due to DRM problems. And the janky thing is, it's not even about having the latest CPU. The only compatible CPUs for something like PowerDVD Ultra 21 are: Intel 7th generation and until Intel 10th. Intel's 11th gen? Nope, not compatible. AMD CPUs? Nope not compatible. Like you can play blurays but not at 4k HDR. It's fucked. Obviously you can always go the not so good method and that will work but downloading 100GB+ Bluray movies? Good Luck.

And that is why I like my PS5/Series X. They play Blurays without any fuss. It just works as they say...

That's true. I haven't really used mine to playback Blurays but the simplicity and plug and play of consoles are one really good things about them. Where you don't have to worry about software and hardware compatibilities and just want to put on something to watch. Crazy to think that in this age there's still stuff thats incompatible with CPU's. I'm tempted to get a external Bluray drive for my PC because MPC-HC is pretty darn great with upscaling content but hearing things like that is kinda outputting lol.

JEMC said:

Late next year. I wouldn't expect it sooner than October.

Yep I suspect this would be the case. Nvidia are aiming to release around October supposedly so it makes sense to push these out in volume.



Cyran on 29 October 2021
Captain_Yuri said:
hinch said:

Yeah I'm really glad PS is gradually moving to PC. If not for compatibility alone but also the extra freedom PC allows.  I'm still going to buy PS consoles to play them as soon as they release but the salty replies are kinda cringe.. as games releasing on PC has no bearing on their enjoyment of said games and console. The meltdown would be insane if Nintendo decided to put a Mario or Zelda on PC.. but they would make major bank (even more so!)

And lol at Newegg, can't shut the can of worms when its already open. Someone going to get a slap on the wrist. Only a week to go I guess xD

Yea I will probably continue to buy consoles if for nothing else than to play Bluray movies and shows. I recently took a look into PC bluray play back and the situation is horrible. The compatibility issues are all over the place because you need specific CPUs to make it all work if you want that 4k HDR on PC due to DRM problems. And the janky thing is, it's not even about having the latest CPU. The only compatible CPUs for something like PowerDVD Ultra 21 are: Intel 7th generation and until Intel 10th. Intel's 11th gen? Nope, not compatible. AMD CPUs? Nope not compatible. Like you can play blurays but not at 4k HDR. It's fucked. Obviously you can always go the not so good method and that will work but downloading 100GB+ Bluray movies? Good Luck.

And that is why I like my PS5/Series X. They play Blurays without any fuss. It just works as they say...

It still a pain because you need certain Blu-ray burners with certain firmware which mean either buy one already flashed for you or willing to buy a compatible player and flash it your self but once you have that it fairly easy to convert your bluray collection to uncompressed files including 4k HDR.

I don't mind paying for all my blurays but switching disks in and out is not something I want to do anymore.  Decent tutor on how to do it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqUpY78BlnQ&ab_channel=TechnoDad



Bofferbrauer2 on 29 October 2021
TallSilhouette said:
JEMC said:

Oculus Quest VR headsets to eliminate mandatory Facebook account log-in requirement
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/oculus-quest-vr-headsets-to-eliminate-mandatory-facebook-account-log-in-requirement/
The big Facebook news today is that it's changing its company name to Meta, but another bit of interesting information from the Facebook Connect Livestream is that Oculus Quest VR headsets will stop requiring Facebook accounts soon.

About time!

You're probably gonna need a Meta account instead soon



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

TallSilhouette on 29 October 2021

So I decided to wait on a new TV til next year when the full HDMI 2.1 spec will hopefully reach the midrange models. I do need a monitor regardless and was deliberating between the FI32U and M32U until I saw the latter in stock and on sale for $800 at Newegg. Appears to have a few more QC issues than the Aorus but for $150 less I'm willing to roll the dice and just made my purchase!

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012042?Item=N82E16824012042



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 29 October 2021
TallSilhouette said:

So I decided to wait on a new TV til next year when the full HDMI 2.1 spec will hopefully reach the midrange models. I do need a monitor regardless and was deliberating between the FI32U and M32U until I saw the latter in stock and on sale for $800 at Newegg. Appears to have a few more QC issues than the Aorus but for $150 less I'm willing to roll the dice and just made my purchase!

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824012042?Item=N82E16824012042

I was thinking about the Gigabyte ones for the longest time but the thing that ultimately made me go no thanks is the fact that HDMI 2.1 ports aren't full bandwidth. They are limited to 24 Gbps where as most other companies have the HDMI 2.1 running at 40Gbps/48Gbps. What this means is that without DSC, the console experience will be very limited even though both are running HDMI 2.1.

Personally, I have 3 picks but I don't fully like any of them.

The cheapest pick between my choices is the Asus PG32UQ. 32 inch 4k 144hz panel, it has the HDMI 2.1 full bandwidth and it has better colors than the Gigabyte models while costing around the same. The problem is that the IPS response times are last gen but it's not a deal breaker per say as I don't play games *that* competitively. But it won't give you that true HDR experience like an LG OLED or the Neo G9 but that's the same with Gigabyte/MSI/Acer monitors.

The next one is the LG OLED. The problem I have is that it's too big for my use as I work from home. So that means I'd have to get a monitor arm for my current monitor and have a two monitor setup. And even then, it might be too big. The other problem is the OLED brightness and reflection handling is pretty poor. And obviously the Burn-In. But other than that, it's the best option.

And the final one is the Neo G9. After the latest firmware, it seems to be the best all around. The problem is it's 32:9 aspect ratio. It means that if you want full screen gaming, consoles aren't really an option as they will be 16:9 and not all games on PC support such a crazy aspect ratio. But the HDR experience in some cases is better than the OLED because of how bright it can go and thanks to it's VA panel and 2000+ zones, it can reach OLED levels of blackness.

The dream would be to have Samsung's Mini-LED tech on a 32 inch 4k 144hz panel but alas, that ain't happening. So it's like an urghh situation for me.

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haxxiy on 29 October 2021
EricHiggin said:
haxxiy said:

Pretty sure 10nm Enhanced SuperFin came after 10nm SuperFin, which is now called Intel 7 since it's closer to what the industry would consider it.

So then old 7nm (for Intel) is now called Intel 4 since it should be on par with the rest of the industry at 4nm.

The 'industry' basically being TSMC.

Node names were supposed to mean the transistor gate length or half of their pitch, which were roughly equivalent, but haven't since the nineties.

Even then, Intel more or less opted to follow the old ITRS's guidelines while the other manufacturers made up their own commercial names, which have sort of misled investors, the specialized media, users, etc.

This is what is allowing absurd discrepancies such as Samsung's 5 nm having most of its features larger than Intel's 10 nm.



 

 

 

 

 

Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 29 October 2021

My Call of Duty drive has arrived!



(Thank You Western Digital price error)



                  

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hinch on 29 October 2021

Gratz Yuri. And 16 TB! That's a lot of porn.. *ahem* I mean space to have extra!



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 29 October 2021

Thanks! It was pretty lucky cause normally, because it's a datacenter hard drive, it costs $750 CAD. But because there was a price error, I got it for $250sh. I was almost certain they were gonna cancel it but nope, they honoured it which is nuts! Time to back up all my... "Office Files" onto it



                  

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