NVIDIA Prepping Price Cuts On High-End GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards: 3090 Ti Drops To $1500 US, 3090 To $1300 US, 3080 Ti To $1099 US, 3080 Under $800 US

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-prepping-price-cuts-on-high-end-geforce-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards-3090-ti-drops-to-1500-us-3090-to-1300-us-3080-ti-to-1099-us-3080-under-800-us/

I have personally seen retail go much lower than those prices already but it is great to see official price cuts below MSRP after almost 2 years of getting shat on.

Samsung Launches Its Fastest GDDR6 Memory Yet! 24 Gbps Speeds For Next-Gen AMD & NVIDIA GPUs

https://wccftech.com/samsung-launches-fastest-gddr6-memory-yet-24-gbps-speeds-for-next-gen-amd-nvidia-gpus/

M2 MacBook Air Review - Needs More Air

Higher wattage + No Fans = Thermal Throttles when pushed. When pushing only CPU, thermal throttles in 6 minutes while both CPU + GPU, in 4 minutes. It also has the same SSD problem as M2 Pro where if you get the base 256GB model, it's half as slow as M1 Macbook Air because M2 has 1 nand 256gb chip vs M1 has 2 128gb nand chips. And with only 8GB of ram in the base model, it will need to use the Swap spaces on the SSD after running a few apps. All for $1200 vs $1000 for M1.

I personally never understood the purpose of spending so much on essentially a facebook machine. Sure it's thin and light and has good battery and speakers but despite having a good CPU/GPU, it's practically useless outside of using it for casual use. And once you upgrade it to 16GB of ram and 512GB of storage... You may as well spend a little extra and get the 14 inch version with the Mini-LED screen, more CPU/GPU cores and etc.

I'll believe it when I see it considering the nonsense tendencies of modern woke culture. The fact that they even need to negotiate with the platform holders is insane. This isn't a porn game, just a hot looking girl killing stuff.

But if it does turn out to not have any censorship, then I might bite assuming the price isn't dumb.

If it's censored and Tara Strong isn't still dubbing it, I ain't buying.

Nvidia allegedly lowering the prices of thir more expensive cards that are already selling for much less than the actual MSRP is ridiculous.

The 3060Ti had an official price launch of 419 € yet, even now, the two stores that appear as partners at the Spanish Nvidia site have it for 500 € and 530 €. But yeah, sure, lower the price of the more expensive ones that no one will buy because they already have one or are not stupid enough to buy one now when the 4000 series is around the corner.

FFS!

A great price for Baldur's Gate II if you don't have it already. I'm kind of tempted myself, but since I already own the original (twice, actually), I still won't buy it again. Beamdog as a company deserves not a single cent from me due to taking down the originals from sale and replacing them with the barely-improved and overpriced, so-called 'Enhanced Editions' of old classics - before that was even a common thing. Beamdog, in my eyes, is total scum. Uh, yeah, I'm a bit bitter about Beamdog, so what?

Yeah the situation is little frustrating, for sure. But prices will tumble for sure. In the UK AiB cards can be found at retailers slightly above to MSRP and on marketplaces like Ebay, MSRP or lower. Some cards like the RTX 3090 are selling for around £900 or so preowned on Ebay. Which is quite insane considering its launch price. Bearing in mind though that its only marginally faster than a 3080.

But yeah I doubt many people are biting for these cards when the next generation GPU's are coming within a couple of months or so. Especially at the higher end. Mid/low range buyers will still have to wait up to another year for the 4060 and below cards. And there will be an influx of people wanting to upgrade to 4000 series cards when they release on top of retailers wanting to get rid of old stock.

dragonflight is good see yall next year

Going by Jayz2C latest Nvidia vid, I don't think I'm gonna bother waiting for the 4000 series, because it sounds like Jensen's going back to greedsville and raising the prices for them, coupled with the higher wattage req just feels like a massive put-off for me personally.

Prob gonna wait a little longer and just grab a 3080, even though I'd love a 3080 12gb model, the manufacturing for them has stopped and it'll become super rare to grab one, as much as I'd like one (since my 1080ti is 11gb and 1gb shy of the 3080 12b variant).

I can also see the scalping issue happening with the 4000 series, so that just makes for another put-off. I think those waiting for the next series should either buy a higher model 3000 series when they are even cheaper, or just wait for AMD, because the 4000 series is sounding more and more like a bit of a long joke at this rate. 

I mean what else can that series bring to the table that the 3000 series already has and what would even be made exclusive to the 4000 series, that'd make them worth getting?. We already have DLSS, that's being improved upon and I'm sure the 3000 series would still gain access to said improvements, and it's not like that series will end up like the 1000 series, where they didn't get DLSS support and some other features. 4000 series just sounds like the 3000 series, but slightly better, but at the cost of a higher rice, higher wattage and scalpers. 

I'm sure a 4070 will be a better deal than a 3080 12gb model.

More performance and less wattage, slightly lower price.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6 Core & 4.4 GHz “Zen 4” Desktop CPU Spotted Running On Gigabyte’s X670E AORUS Master Motherboard, Up To 11% Faster Than Ryzen 9 5950X

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-6-core-4-4-ghz-zen-4-desktop-cpu-spotted-gigabyte-x670e-aorus-master-motherboard/

Now the key is the benchmark only reports the baseclock. So we don't know what frequency the 7600X was actually running in to achieve the 11% uplift but 4.4ghz could be the base of the ES sample. As always, take it with a grain of salt.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card Once Again Pointed Towards An October Launch – AD102 GPU, 16,384 Cores, 24 GB GDDR6X Memory & 450W TGP

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-graphics-card-october-launch-rumor-ad102-gpu-16384-cores-24-gb-gddr6x-memory-450w-tgp/

Imo never believe leakers that estimate when the GPUs will actually launch cause only Jensen knows that.

Intel Reportedly Planning To Increase Prices Of CPUs & Other Components By Up To 20%

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-purportedly-to-hike-cpu-prices

"According to a report on Nikkei Asia, Intel has informed its clients about its plans to raise prices on its processors and peripheral chips this fall. "According to three industry executives with direct knowledge", the alleged root cause of rising chip production costs are the surging costs of electricity, raw materials, transportation, and labor. Inflation is also seen as another factor that requires Intel to hike its prices. Take the news with a pinch of salt for now."

I get the feeling this will also affect AMD CPUs along with upcoming Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

AMD has rebuilt its DirectX11 driver from the ground up, 10% better performance on average

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-has-rebuilt-its-directx11-driver-from-the-ground-up-10-better-performance-on-average

I'd be interested to see some actual benchmarks against Nvidia but from Gamer's Nexus recent testing with Intel's Arc. Assuming they used the most recent AMD's driver in GTA V in DX11, Nvidia is still well ahead where a 1050 Ti can match up against 6400. And from hardware unboxed DX11 testing with the new drivers, on average, it's like a 2% gain. But still, better than nothing and it goes to show how shitty AMDs DX11 drivers really were back then.

Unity CEO Says Devs Who Don’t Want to Bake Monetization in Their Game Design Are F*cking Idiots

https://wccftech.com/unity-ceo-says-devs-who-dont-want-to-bake-monetization-in-their-game-design-are-fcking-idiots/

Merging with a known Malware company and now this? *Checks who the CEO is* It's John Riccitiello?? No wonder lmao. When he was the CEO of EA, they got the "Worst Company in America" award for two consecutive year in a row. That explains a lot.