So, the 4070 now has the specs of the rumored 4070Ti, then?

To be honest, the rumored specs about the 4070 have changed so much that I no longer trust any rumor about it. Not that I did before, mind you, but now my level of confidence is below zero.

The frequency increase over Zen3 is quite remarkable. Over 1GHz in the case of 7950X.

The most interesting part, for me, is the alleged price of the chips. I know that those prices are in bulk, for trays of usually 1000 CPUs (and then in Europe there's the VAT on top of it that makes it more expensive), but they are cheaper than I thought, specially the 7600X and 7700X.

Oh, and it's also worth noting the last bit of the article, that implies that AMD has pushed the clocks to the limit and pwople won't be able to increase the voltage to overclock them further beyond. 

Thank you.

I guess it took them a bit longer than usual to update the store.

The Friday news. Yay!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Star Deal is Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition, 59% off during 46 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/horizon-zero-dawn-complete-edition
• And CI Games puts its game up to 88% off during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ci-games

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Cyberpunk 2077 Mod improves graphics by increasing decoration LODs
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/cyberpunk-2077-mod-improves-graphics-by-increasing-decoration-lods/
SOSUINEPSIXUYU has released a pretty cool mod for Cyberpunk 2077, aiming to improve its graphics by increasing the decoration LODs. By doing so, gamers will enjoy higher quality models for food, tools, cables, vending machines, forks, spoons, plates, furniture, trash, any container, and music instruments.
Since this mod adjusts the LOD of various objects, it comes with a performance hit. So yeah, keep this in mind before downloading and using this mod.

Flip the script on Elden Ring's toughest foes by playing as Sekiro's final boss
https://www.pcgamer.com/flip-the-script-on-elden-rings-toughest-foes-by-playing-as-sekiros-final-boss/
The Venn diagram of weebs and FromSoft fans is more or less a circle, and modder Hotbite over on the Elden Ring Nexus has just made their dreams come true. Hotbite has successfully implemented the moveset of Sekiro's infamously tough final boss, Sword Saint Isshin, in a playable form in Elden Ring.
Wolf might have been FromSoftware's coolest protagonist, but even he looks like a chump compared to Isshin, another classic FromSoft "tragic boss guy who's way cooler than you'll ever be." Isshin was the heroic, almost mythic champion of Ashina, a charismatic warrior-king who managed to cling to life long enough to see the decline and fall of his kingdom.
In three of Sekiro's four endings you face off against the souped-up "Sword Saint" Isshin, returned to his prime with dark magic, and that version of the boss forms the basis of Hotbite's project. By equipping the Nagakiba, heavy crossbow, and pike in Hotbite's specified order with the mod installed, your character adopts the Isshin moveset, reminiscent of how the two-weapon "power stancing" of the base game works.

The 'lost' Warcraft adventure game can now be played the way it was meant to be
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-lost-warcraft-adventure-game-can-now-be-played-the-way-it-was-meant-to-be/
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans was a point-and-click adventure game cancelled by Blizzard in 1998, and how time flies. The game was lost for most of its history, only existing in a few old screenshots and videos that floated around the internet, but in 2016 the full game suddenly appeared as a download. It was playable, near-complete including cinematics and voice acting, and the individual who leaked it said: "This is my gift for all Blizzard fans, old and new."
To which Blizzard's lawyers responded "This is my DMCA for all hosts of Warcraft Adventures, old and new." The game is thus Out There Somewhere, in the way that nothing can ever be truly scrubbed from the internet, but don't go around bragging if you do find it.
The reason you might want to is that modder DerSilver83 has spent the last six years, on and off, fixing one of the biggest problems with the build, and one pretty important for an adventure game (first spotted by IndieRetroNews). The original leak of Warcraft Adventures was playable start to finish and included nearly all cutscenes, but the latter in particular suffered from de-synced audio and missing sound effects.
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DerSilver83 has now released The Warcraft Adventure Cutscenes Remaster project, a standalone mod containing all the game's cutscenes (i.e. you'll need to track down the game yourself), including the 2 that were not present in the original leak, all completely remastered.

GAMING NEWS

Here is how you can enable Ray Tracing Shadows, Ambient Occlusion & Reflections in Stray
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-is-how-you-can-enable-ray-tracing-shadows-ambient-occlusion-reflections-in-stray/
Now here is something really interesting. Stray, the latest cat adventure game, appears to have numerous Ray Tracing effects that are disabled by default. However, PC gamers can actually force these RT effects by simply enabling DX12 support.

Friday news, part two:

Fromsoft CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki to receive the top gong from Japan's industry body
https://www.pcgamer.com/fromsoft-ceo-hidetaka-miyazaki-to-receive-the-top-gong-from-japans-industry-body/
Japan's Computer and Entertainment Developer Conference (CEDEC) has announced Hidetaka Miyazaki as the recipient of its 'special award', basically the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. Miyazaki joins a list of truly distinguished creators: the first recipient was Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, while others include Dragon Quest creator Yuji Hori, Namco founder Masaya Nakamura, 'father of the PlayStation' Ken Kutaragi, and Sega's arcade god Yu Suzuki.

QuakeCon 2022 will feature dirty keyboards and Skryim sweet rolls
https://www.pcgamer.com/quakecon-2022-will-feature-dirty-keyboards-and-skryim-sweet-rolls/
With the 2022 edition of QuakeCon now just a couple weeks away, Bethesda has revealed the full schedule of events, which will include an up-close look at Redfall, PC building tutorials, speedruns, charity fundraising, and something called the "QuakeCon Dirty Keyboard Contest."

Ukrainian studio Frogwares crowdfunds full-scale Sherlock Holmes remake and gets off to a flier
https://www.pcgamer.com/ukrainian-studio-frogwares-crowdfunds-full-scale-sherlock-holmes-remake-and-gets-off-to-a-flier/
Developer Frogwares recently announced that it would be going back to the future with its Sherlock Holmes games, and remaking its 2006 title Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. This was one of the studio's first games, and is fondly remembered as the one where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson take on a cult dedicated to Cthulhu.
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The studio is part-funding the project through a newly launched Kickstarter, which is happily already well over 2/3rds of the way there. The Kickstarter campaign dishes up some extra details as well as the reveal trailer above.

I shot my nephew in this solo dev's love letter to Final Fantasy Tactics
https://www.pcgamer.com/i-shot-my-nephew-in-this-solo-devs-love-letter-to-final-fantasy-tactics/
If videogames have taught me one thing, it's that I am not a tactical man. I stumble from encounter to encounter, Leeroy Jenkins'ing my way through life without much in the way of forethought, and more often than not I end up punished for it. Such has been my experience with Vanaris Tactics, a new indie strategy game from lone developer Matheus Reis, which hit Steam earlier today.

Crypt of the Necrodancer studio stealth-reveals a sequel
https://www.pcgamer.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-studio-stealth-reveals-a-sequel/
The hit rhythm roguelikeCrypt of the Necrodancer got a major update in July—its first such update in five years. Today developer Brace Yourself Games went one step further with the launch of new DLC called Synchrony, and the surprise announcement of a brand-new game in the series.

No more Overwatch 2 betas, Blizzard confirms
https://www.pcgamer.com/no-more-overwatch-2-betas-blizzard-confirms/
In what will no doubt come as a disappointment to many Overwatch fans, Blizzard vice president Jon Spector has announced that there will be no more public betas for Overwatch 2 ahead of its launch in October.

15 years into development, Beyond Good and Evil 2 gets a new lead writer
https://www.pcgamer.com/15-years-into-development-beyond-good-and-evil-2-gets-a-new-lead-writer/
For many reasons, we included Beyond Good and Evil 2 in our list of ten games we can't believe are still technically in development. In fact, we led with it: That piggy in the picture at the top of the list is Pey'j, the mentor and adoptive uncle of lead character Jade.
There's a good reason for that choice. Beyond Good and Evil 2 was announced in 2008 and we've been doing "it's still happening" posts since at least 2014, yet all these years later it's still just a title and a bit of concept art: Ubisoft won't even commit to maybe—maybe!—having it out in 2024. Yet faint signs of life persist, most recently in the form of a new lead writer: Sarah Arellano, who announced the new gig on Twitter.
>> It has already surpassed the 14 years that Duke Nukem Forever took to launch, and I doubt the reception will be much different if it ever launches.

The Dead by Daylight dating sim has no business being this good
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-dead-by-daylight-dating-sim-has-no-business-being-this-good/
Hooked On You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim is a gift to all of the people who play Behaviour Interactive's game about horrific killers, but who also think they might deserve a kiss sometimes. Or all the time, as the staggering waterfall of Dead by Daylight fanart has so explicitly shown. Hooked On You, which is available today on Steam, plucks out four of its hottest villains and puts them on an island with you. Even as someone who hasn't played the popular multiplayer game it's based on (I've seen it played a lot though), it's still a surprisingly charming genre twist that didn't need to be this good.

One of the best roguelikes ever is getting a 3D remake with a rewind function
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-the-best-roguelikes-ever-is-getting-a-3d-remake-with-a-rewind-function/
Desktop Dungeons originally came out in 2011, and was a game I instantly fell in love with. (...)
So today is a good day, as the new boutique publisher Prismatika has announced Desktop Dungeons: Rewind: an isometric 3D remake of the IGF-winning 2D original. The new subtitle highlights the game's Rewind feature, which will allow players to (somewhat) cheat death with "an insurance policy that allows you to replay a dungeon from an earlier point, try different strategies and defeat monsters in new ways."

Vampire Survivors adds a bunch of OP cheat codes for the lulz
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-survivors-adds-a-bunch-of-op-cheat-codes-for-the-lulz/
The wonderfully OTT bullet hell extravaganza that is Vampire Survivors has received another free update and, as has been the case since its early access release, solo developer Poncle continues to over-deliver. I spoke to him back in March about the game's unexpected (but richly deserved) success, and one of the most refreshing things was his attitude towards game balance:
"I don't care for game balance that much. It's a singleplayer game," says Luca 'Poncle' Galante. "I'm more than happy for people just to go for what they have fun with."
This new patch certainly leans into that.(...)

And these are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• The Deal of the Day is Star Renegades, 60% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/star_renegades
• The Weekend Sale features action games with up to 85% discounts during 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220805_weekend_sale
• And there's a Celebrate RPGs Sale with up to 90% discounts until August 13th: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220804_celebrate_rpgs
• Finally, there's a contest to win the game Bear & Breakfast. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/join_our_bear_and_breakfast_contest

+Steam

• The daily deal is Soundfall, 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608700/Soundfall/
• The first Weekend Deal is Last Oasis, still in Early Access,that's free to try and 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/903950/Last_Oasis/
• Crypt of the NecroDancer gets an 80% discount until the 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/
• SCS Software is the star of the publisher Weekend Sale and puts its games up to 80% off until Monday 8: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/scs2022
• The Night Market Festival brings up to 90% discounts until August 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nightmarketfest_2022
• The Tiny Build Vacation Sale brings up to 90% deals until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6858705/sale/vacation
• The Tiny Teams Sale also brings up to 90% discounts until Monday, 8th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tinyteamsfestival
• The EVO series take place this weekend and some of the games are on sale at Steam, up to 90% off until the 8th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/EVOSale
• And Eternal Threads will be 20% off until August 11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046790/Eternal_Threads/

Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend (and also cool/warm nights,depending on where you live)..

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Graphics Card Now Reportedly Features 9728 Cores, 16 GB GDDR6X Memory, 420W TBP, 35% Faster Than RTX 3090 Ti

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-graphics-card-9728-cores-16-gb-gddr6x-memory-420w-tbp-35-percent-faster-rtx-3090-ti-rumor/

As usual, take it with a grain of salt. Impressive numbers none the less if true. As we get closer, the leaks should be closer to finalized specs assuming Kopite is legit. The gulf between 4080 and 4090 this time around is pretty crazy though compared to Ampere where it was much closer.

Alleged AMD Ryzen 9 7900X “Zen 4” CPU Offers Over 50% Cache Bandwidth Versus Zen 3

https://wccftech.com/alleged-amd-ryzen-9-7900x-zen-4-cpu-offers-over-50-cache-bandwidth-versus-zen-3/

First AIB allegedly stop Intel Arc graphics cards production due to ‘quality concerns’

https://videocardz.com/newz/first-aib-allegedly-stop-intel-arc-graphics-cards-production-due-to-quality-concerns

The bad news continues for Arc

MSI confirms Ryzen 7000 CPUs and X670 motherboards are set to launch on September 15th

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-confirms-ryzen-7000-cpus-and-x670-motherboards-are-set-to-launch-on-september-15th

Bad MSI, spoiling AMD's reveal.

Someones mining rig burnt down

Wow, that's the actual greatest ending i ever seen. Let me zoom in!

Heard my name called. Wasn't disappointed.

When you jerry rig crap like that, obviously things can go wrong.

Alright bois, remember when I said to keep an eye out for crazy deals. Well one of them happened in newegg canada...

https://forums.redflagdeals.com/newegg-gigabyte-gaming-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-24gb-gddr6x-1-147-99-out-stock-2557415/

When converted, the AIB 3090 Ti costed around $890 USD for a brief moment. MSRP on newegg.ca when converted was aroung $1855 USD. Crazy days bois. Fuck you Jayztwocents!