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Bofferbrauer2 on 14 August 2022
JEMC said:

I'm not going to pretend that I understand half the things said in that article. But anyway:

I was going to ask if the site is credible, but given how new it appears to be, the answer is no. Maybe if we knew how's behind it, things would change but, for now, I'd take it with huge amounts of salt.

That said, the Infinity Cache sizes are quite interesting (and easier to understand). Looks like, while it does work and help in certain scenarios, fast access to VRAM is still necessary, hence why they would have reduced the IC but bumped the memory bus width compared to Navi 2x. This, if true, could help the cards perform better at higher resolutions, where it was obvious that the memory configuration hindered their real performance, something we all saw with the xx50cards, that with just slightly better memory, offered better performance.

In any case, I'd wait for other sources to start guessing its performance.

Captain_Yuri said:

Yea that's the main take away. I probably should have waited for the videocardz article as they make things a lot cleaner.

Essentially if we look at the rumoured 4090 vs 7900XT.

4090 16384 Cuda Cores vs 7900XT 12288 Stream Processors
4090 72MB of L2 cache vs 7900XT 96MB of L3 cache
4090 24 Gbps memory bandwidth vs 7900XT 18 Gbps memory bandwidth
Lovelace TSMC N4 vs RDNA 3 TSMC 5nm + 6nm

Now obviously, none of specs above that I listed are any indicators of real world performance. But I think it's going to play out as 4090 > 7900XT > 4080 ~ 7800XT in Raster.

Moore's Law Is Dead has pretty much agreed on the specs apart from the Navi 32 where he still has 8092 Stream Processors instead of 7680. Both could be correct if the 7700XT/7800XT (I expect the Navi 32 to be for the 7700 and 7600 series and Navi 31 being used for both 7900 and 7800 series, with Navi 33 being for 7500XT and below) comes out with 7680 and then later down the road a version with 8092 would appear.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 August 2022
Pemalite said:
Captain_Yuri said:

So unless he has really bad ram, I don't think it will matter too much.

It will still matter later on when the cache is no longer sufficient and has to access DRAM. Although definitely less likely.

That benchmark also didn't differentiate between single/dual ranked DRAM which can have a pretty tangible effect on Ryzen, sometimes more than the frequency.

Captain_Yuri said:

Personally I don't agree with the statement "once we start replacing more than one component, it's better to do a whole platform change" because it depends on the situation. Spending $320 on a CPU + Mobo upgrade is a lot less than spending $800 on a CPU + Mobo + Ram upgrade when it's very likely the $800 system upgrade will offer at best 10-15% more performance than $320 upgrade. And if we take AMDs own word for it with the current information we have, it will either tie or Zen 4 will be 5-10% ahead of 5800X3D. That's a lot of money to throw away instead of upgrading to a higher tier 4000 series GPU which he indicated that he wanted to do.

A platform change will give him component longevity for the next generation of parts.
Where-as any CPU he gets now, will probably not carry forwards... And won't have better options later.
Doesn't make sense to replace the board with another board that still limits him to the same class/generation of hardware.

So if you are going to swap the motherboard and CPU, I always believe it's better to spend a little extra and jump to the next socket. If it's just the CPU? Sure, that's a great bang for buck option.

But keep in mind that there is probably a 100% performance jump between the Ryzen 7 1800x and Ryzen 7 5800X3D, what's to say the next socket won't have the same kind of performance leap over the long term?

So yes, there is only a 10-15% performance improvement with the new platform change, but you need to look at the bigger picture and the longer term.

Captain_Yuri said:

I also don't fully agree with going with Ryzen 3950X but I get where you are coming from. DF showed us that between a 3600 and a 12900K in the spiderman RT game, the 3600 ran at 70 fps whole 12900K ran at 130fps. That's a huge gap and a 5800X3D is pretty close to a 12900K in terms of gaming performance. And a 3600 can't keep it above 60fps when you really max it out. And don't forget that 3950X is more sensitive to RAM speeds than 5800X3D. I agree it's about weighing options but imo, Ryzen 3000 and below shouldn't be a consideration because how quickly prices come down on CPUs.

I am talking from the perspective that he is CPU limited and the current board doesn't support the 5800X3D.

You have three options.

Get the best CPU you can (I.E. 3950X), CPU+Motherboard upgrade (5800X3D+x570), new platform. (Ryzen 7000+X670).

If I was board limited I would drop in the 3950X, it would give it years worth of extra life... And unlike the 3600, has the threads and frequency to be a fairly big step up.
Plus the 3950X -will- outperform the 5800X3D in heavily threaded scenarios.
https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2666?vs=2907

Gaming performance is where the 5800X3D takes a front and center role, with a few instances of 50% performance lead, but most games are closer.

The Ryzen 3000 series can be found cheaply second hand these days too. Win win.

Captain_Yuri said:

I also don't fully agree with going with Ryzen 3950X but I get where you are coming from. DF showed us that between a 3600 and a 12900K in the spiderman RT game, the 3600 ran at 70 fps whole 12900K ran at 130fps. That's a huge gap and a 5800X3D is pretty close to a 12900K in terms of gaming performance. And a 3600 can't keep it above 60fps when you really max it out. And don't forget that 3950X is more sensitive to RAM speeds than 5800X3D. I agree it's about weighing options but imo, Ryzen 3000 and below shouldn't be a consideration because how quickly prices come down on CPUs.

You seem pretty smitten with the 5800X3D, it's all about the price/performance, what if his usage scenarios extends past just gaming? The 3950X might be the better buy if he is doing a lot of transcoding/encoding/modelling/art stuff that can use every core you can throw at it.

My point is, there are CPU's that might be a better fit for someones current financial predicament, long-term plans or usage scenarios that makes the 5800X3D an absolute terrible buy, keep your options open.

"That benchmark also didn't differentiate between single/dual ranked DRAM which can have a pretty tangible effect on Ryzen, sometimes more than the frequency."

Dual vs Single shouldn't have much affect because the point of Vcache is not go onto Ram.

"A platform change will give him component longevity for the next generation of parts.
Where-as any CPU he gets now, will probably not carry forwards... And won't have better options later.
Doesn't make sense to replace the board with another board that still limits him to the same class/generation of hardware."

You are also not looking at the cost factor and the early adopter tax. AM5 and DDR5 are both new platforms which means they have a high price if you want them and the result is only 10-15% increase in CPU performance if you go with Zen 4. Where as if he spends $320 and gets 5800X3D + X570, he can wait till AMD has a CPU that's 60-70% faster than his current CPU. The benefit by that point is AM5 motherboards will be cheap and DDR5 will also be cheap and he gets a huge boost in CPU performance instead of paying the early adopter tax while enjoying a significantly faster gaming performance by going with a 4080 instead of 4070.


"Gaming performance is where the 5800X3D takes a front and center role, with a few instances of 50% performance lead, but most games are closer."

They are closer but the gap is still huge. The only one that's close is GTA V and I am sure that one is running into a GPU limitation or Engine limitation. But all of these are old games and not counting the new Ray Tracing performance hit that a 3950X will get killed at because while Zen 2 was good for it's time, isn't aging very well in gaming.

3950x vs 5800X3D from your link:

Civilization VI: 127 vs 188
Final Fantasy 14: 190 vs 338
World of Tanks: 664 vs 724
Borderlands 3: 147 vs 242
Gears Tactics: 262 vs 419
Grand Theft Auto V: 165 vs 186
Red Dead 2: 144 vs 234
Strange Brigade DX12: 414 vs 595

And sure, a 3950x might be cheap but now he has to spend money on higher tier Ram where as with 5800X3D, he doesn't.

"You seem pretty smitten with the 5800X3D, it's all about the price/performance, what if his usage scenarios extends past just gaming? The 3950X might be the better buy if he is doing a lot of transcoding/encoding/modelling/art stuff that can use every core you can throw at it.

My point is, there are CPU's that might be a better fit for someones current financial predicament, long-term plans or usage scenarios that makes the 5800X3D an absolute terrible buy, keep your options open."

Sure there are areas where a 3950x is better at but a lot of Transcoding/encoding/modelling/art stuff can all be done by the 4080 thanks to CUDA acceleration which is in majority of the programs these days and can be done much faster than a 3950x. GN did plenty of videos about this where you don't need a high core count CPU for a lot of tasks as long as you have a good GPU. I am not denying the fact that there are certain areas that a higher core count CPU will be better in but so far, he hasn't indicated anything that would suggest he needs high core count CPU over a strong gaming CPU to power the 4080. Cause a 3950X will absolutely hold the 4080 back compared to a 5800X3D.



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 August 2022
Bofferbrauer2 said:
JEMC said:

I'm not going to pretend that I understand half the things said in that article. But anyway:

I was going to ask if the site is credible, but given how new it appears to be, the answer is no. Maybe if we knew how's behind it, things would change but, for now, I'd take it with huge amounts of salt.

That said, the Infinity Cache sizes are quite interesting (and easier to understand). Looks like, while it does work and help in certain scenarios, fast access to VRAM is still necessary, hence why they would have reduced the IC but bumped the memory bus width compared to Navi 2x. This, if true, could help the cards perform better at higher resolutions, where it was obvious that the memory configuration hindered their real performance, something we all saw with the xx50cards, that with just slightly better memory, offered better performance.

In any case, I'd wait for other sources to start guessing its performance.

Captain_Yuri said:

Yea that's the main take away. I probably should have waited for the videocardz article as they make things a lot cleaner.

Essentially if we look at the rumoured 4090 vs 7900XT.

4090 16384 Cuda Cores vs 7900XT 12288 Stream Processors
4090 72MB of L2 cache vs 7900XT 96MB of L3 cache
4090 24 Gbps memory bandwidth vs 7900XT 18 Gbps memory bandwidth
Lovelace TSMC N4 vs RDNA 3 TSMC 5nm + 6nm

Now obviously, none of specs above that I listed are any indicators of real world performance. But I think it's going to play out as 4090 > 7900XT > 4080 ~ 7800XT in Raster.

Moore's Law Is Dead has pretty much agreed on the specs apart from the Navi 32 where he still has 8092 Stream Processors instead of 7680. Both could be correct if the 7700XT/7800XT (I expect the Navi 32 to be for the 7700 and 7600 series and Navi 31 being used for both 7900 and 7800 series, with Navi 33 being for 7500XT and below) comes out with 7680 and then later down the road a version with 8092 would appear.

Lol MLID has been wrong so many times he may as well name his channel to clown fiesta. Personally I think it's more likely they will add in Vcache to their refresh options than add in more cores.

Last edited by Jizz_Beard_thePirate - on 14 August 2022

                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 August 2022

AMD Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPUs Listed Online – Ryzen 9 7950X For $892 US, Ryzen 9 7900X For $608 US, Ryzen 7 7700X For $480 US, Ryzen 5 7600X For $330 US

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7000-zen-4-cpus-listed-online-ryzen-9-7950x-892-us-ryzen-9-7900x-608-us-ryzen-7-7700x-480-us-ryzen-5-7600x-330-us/

I think those are just place holders but if it turns out to be legit, very yikes...

LG plans to introduce 20-inch OLED panels this year

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/lg-plans-to-introduce-20-inch-oled-panels-this-year/

Amazing what competition can do. Samsung releases QD-OLED at reasonable monitor sizes and LG is bringing out OLED tech at reasonable monitor sizes. The future is bright bois!



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

JEMC on 14 August 2022
Bofferbrauer2 said:
JEMC said:

I'm not going to pretend that I understand half the things said in that article. But anyway:

I was going to ask if the site is credible, but given how new it appears to be, the answer is no. Maybe if we knew how's behind it, things would change but, for now, I'd take it with huge amounts of salt.

That said, the Infinity Cache sizes are quite interesting (and easier to understand). Looks like, while it does work and help in certain scenarios, fast access to VRAM is still necessary, hence why they would have reduced the IC but bumped the memory bus width compared to Navi 2x. This, if true, could help the cards perform better at higher resolutions, where it was obvious that the memory configuration hindered their real performance, something we all saw with the xx50cards, that with just slightly better memory, offered better performance.

In any case, I'd wait for other sources to start guessing its performance.

Captain_Yuri said:

Yea that's the main take away. I probably should have waited for the videocardz article as they make things a lot cleaner.

*pic*

Essentially if we look at the rumoured 4090 vs 7900XT.

4090 16384 Cuda Cores vs 7900XT 12288 Stream Processors
4090 72MB of L2 cache vs 7900XT 96MB of L3 cache
4090 24 Gbps memory bandwidth vs 7900XT 18 Gbps memory bandwidth
Lovelace TSMC N4 vs RDNA 3 TSMC 5nm + 6nm

Now obviously, none of specs above that I listed are any indicators of real world performance. But I think it's going to play out as 4090 > 7900XT > 4080 ~ 7800XT in Raster.

Moore's Law Is Dead has pretty much agreed on the specs apart from the Navi 32 where he still has 8092 Stream Processors instead of 7680. Both could be correct if the 7700XT/7800XT (I expect the Navi 32 to be for the 7700 and 7600 series and Navi 31 being used for both 7900 and 7800 series, with Navi 33 being for 7500XT and below) comes out with 7680 and then later down the road a version with 8092 would appear.

Not the best ally possible when it comes to rumors but, you know, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Got to say, tho, that I hate how the cards haven't been announced yet and we're already talking about their half-cycle revisions and updates. I liked it more when we didn't have to worry about them.



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kirby007 on 14 August 2022

Did ram increase in price? 300 euro for 32gb seems quite the average.
Or are those my rosetinted glasses telling me everything was cheaper back in the say



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JEMC on 15 August 2022
kirby007 said:

Did ram increase in price? 300 euro for 32gb seems quite the average.
Or are those my rosetinted glasses telling me everything was cheaper back in the say

It's also possible that the lowest kit now has better specs, latency mostly, or that the cheapest kits back then are no longer on sale and now the cheapest ones are the ones that were a bit more expensive than them, creating the impression that prices have gone up.

Let's hope the analysts are right and RAM prices go down this second half of the year. Well, RAM and everything else.



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JEMC on 15 August 2022

The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

PUBG picks up 80,000 extra players daily now that it's free
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-picks-up-80000-extra-players-daily-now-that-its-free/
Battle Royale craze progenitor PUBG: Battlegrounds seems pretty happy with its free-to-play release, as parent company Krafton says it has picked up more than 80,000 new users per day since it went free in January. Revenue from PUBG is also up, with average revenue per user up "more than 20% [quarter over quarter]." This news comes courtesy of the company's revenue report for the first half of 2022.

GOG starts the week with five new deals, including three Deals of the Day:

Steam has one new sale: the Nomad Games Super Sale features up to 80% discounts on digital board games until August 19: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/nomad/sale/nomadgamesdevelopersale.

There are three deals at Humble:

And at Fanatical, the Summer Sale is still going on, and that means two new Flash Deals:

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam lets you add free stuff easily now and it is absolutely majestic
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-lets-you-add-free-stuff-easily-now-and-it-is-absolutely-majestic/
At long last, you can add a free game or DLC to your Steam account without starting up the installation process for that game. I am ecstatic. I am truly, unreasonably, excited by this change. The new "Add to Library" button appears on the Steam desktop client beside free items on the storefront, including free games, Free To Play games, games that are temporarily free in a giveaway, and free DLC. No longer do you need to deal with the install dialogue or worse to get free stuff.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Resident Evil Fan Remake in Unreal Engine 5 with fixed camera angles
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/resident-evil-fan-remake-in-unreal-engine-5-with-fixed-camera-angles/
RE Biohazard has shared a video, showcasing a fan remake of the first Resident Evil game they’ve been working on in Unreal Engine 5. This fan remake stays true to the concept of the original classic game, so be sure to watch the video.
(...)
This Classic Edition Remake of Resident Evil will play similarly to the original 32-bit game. And yes, from the looks of it, it will have tank controls.

Take a look at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Fan Remake in Source 2 Engine
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/take-a-look-at-counter-strike-global-offensive-fan-remake-in-source-2-engine/
A team of modders is currently working on a remake of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in Source 2 Engine, and have shared the first gameplay video from it.
The team claims that it took it around six months in order to create what is being shown. Additionally, it claims that this remake does not have a single line of code from the original game, and that it has created all the systems and mechanics from scratch.
For those wondering, the team does plan to release this remake to the public. However, there is currently no ETA on when this will happen.

Unofficial Modding Tools released for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/unofficial-modding-tools-released-for-marvels-spider-man-remastered/
Modder ‘jedijosh920’ has just released an unofficial modding tool for the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. According to the modder, this Modding Tool allows you to extract and replace any asset in the game’s asset archives.
As its description reads:
“It’s the foundation of creating and installing mods, having an easy-to-use mod file system where users can create and share their mods, and also install them.”
The tool also has various smaller tools such as String To Hash Generator which hashes a string input to a game’s hash. Additionally, it includes Generate Layout CSV to see the asset information more clearly for advanced users.
>> The lack of those tools haven't stopped people from making some mods:

Spider-Man mods are here, you can already play as Black Cat or Stan Lee and wear the symbiote suit
https://www.pcgamer.com/spider-man-mods-are-here-you-can-already-play-as-black-cat-or-stan-lee-and-wear-the-symbiote-suit/
We've waited long enough. After all that time impatiently modding Spider-Man into other games like GTA San Andreas, GTA 4, and of course, Skyrim, now we can finally mod Spider-Man Remastered. Which means we'll reskin him as someone else.
Among the first batch are mods to turn Spider-Man into Black Cat and Stan Lee, though neither has any animations yet. You'll be stuck in an A-pose, which is probably fine for the screenshot memes these are made for. Spider-modding on PC is in its infancy, with a lot of the usual tedious reshades filling NexusMods, though I do like the look of Noir New York It doesn't just turn everything black and white, but promises "Increased contrast, blacks are darker, whites a little more tame, and some bloom and film grain for the old movie feel."
Less memetically, there's a No HUD mod, which drops the UI at the press of the caps-lock key, and some costume replacers. The Symbiote Black Suit mod swaps the Advanced Suit for an outfit we might see an official version of in Insomniac's Spider-Man 2, while the Miles Morales Suit replaces it with what is apparently "a leftover model from when they were developing a multiplayer game mode."

These two Cyberpunk 2077 mods unlock/introduce new explorable areas
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/these-two-cyberpunk-2077-mods-unlock-introduce-new-explorable-areas/
Modder ‘Krat0es‘ has released two new mods for Cyberpunk 2077 that unlock and introduce new explorable areas to the game. By using these two mods, players can expand the game, and explore more areas of its city.
Going into more details, the first mod unlocks the repair shop named “Red, White, and Used”, so players can enter the building. This shop has tools, workbenches, cables, useful items and a sniper rifle.
On the other hand, the second mod expands to the upper floors of No Tell motel unlocking new interiors and views never seen before in Night City.

Fortnite Creative is flexible enough to make a convincing tribute to Bioshock's Rapture
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-creative-is-flexible-enough-to-make-a-convincing-tribute-to-bioshocks-rapture/
First spotted by our peers at PCGamesN, a user by the name of FluxCapacimoose has created a tribute to Bioshock's underwater utopian experiment Rapture in Fortnite Creative, and the result is pretty impressive.
Flux has uploaded a video walkthrough of their creation, and you can also try it out yourself in Fortnite with the code 3885-0261-7529. I really appreciate the skin Flux opted for in their walkthrough⁠—a vintage diver suit reminiscent of the Big Daddies⁠—and I'm genuinely shocked at how well they nailed the Rapture vibe with Fortnite Creative's restrictions.

Cosmic horror abounds in Doom 2 mod Divine Frequency
https://www.pcgamer.com/cosmic-horror-abounds-in-doom-2-mod-divine-frequency/
Doom 2 mod Divine Frequency speaks of wonderful horrors to my subconscious, delivering a demo level that smacks with the kind of cosmic horror dreamscape I'm always looking for. Creator TheNewGenghisKhan has laid out an enticing nightmare world that's threatening to give me the next hit of my drug of choice, and it seems like they're drawing from the same well of nightmare metal albums and cosmic horror that the original Doom games and later ilk (opens in new tab) draw from.

GAMING NEWS

Hogwarts Legacy has been delayed until February 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-has-been-delayed-until-february-2023/
And another one bites the dust. Warner Bros has just revealed that Hogwarts Legacy has been delayed until February 2023. Or to be more precise, the game will now release on February 10th.

Dark Souls-inspired game, Project Relic, gets a new gameplay trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/dark-souls-inspired-game-project-relic-gets-a-new-gameplay-trailer/
Project Cloud Games has released a brand new gameplay trailer for its upcoming Dark Souls-inspired game, Project Relic. This new trailer will give you an idea of how the game looks and plays in its current latest beta version.



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JEMC on 15 August 2022

Monday news, part two:

Final Fantasy 14's latest patch 'Buried Memory' arrives August 23
https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14s-latest-patch-buried-memory-arrives-august-23/
Square Enix has announced the release date for Final Fantasy 14's latest patch. Titled "Buried Memory", patch 6.2 will arrive in less than a fortnight on August 23rd.

All Genshin Impact codes from the version 3.0 livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/genshin-impact-codes-3-0-livestream/
Genshin Impact codes are a big part of the livestream that airs every couple of months. People tune in to find out what's coming in the game, but also to get some free Primogems they can use to wish on the upcoming characters. This time we're getting our first fully-fledged look at the Sumeru region and its new Dendro-element characters, so you can bet a lot of people will be watching.

Here's Total War: Warhammer 3's shockingly large Immortal Empires map
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-total-war-warhammer-3s-shockingly-large-immortal-empires-map/
Jeepers creepers folks, we've known that Total War: Warhammer 3's Immortal Empires map was going to be absolutely massive: But actually seeing it is something else entirely. In a new video posted to YouTube, the gravelly-voiced narrator of the Total War series narrates a 13-minute flyover of the Warhammer Fantasy world.

Squirrel with a Gun is a game about exactly what it sounds like
https://www.pcgamer.com/squirrel-with-a-gun-is-a-game-about-exactly-what-it-sounds-like/
Hello. Squirrel with a Gun is a game that's coming to video game platform Steam, and it is about a squirrel with a gun. Not a squirrel sized gun, mind you, but like a regular person-scale weapon that it carries around and can use to rob people, solve puzzles, and apparently fight shadowy men in black-style government agents. At least that's what it does in the trailer which is embedded above but which is also on YouTube.

Soccer Story is a fantastical RPG about playing that beautiful game
https://www.pcgamer.com/soccer-story-is-a-fantastical-rpg-about-playing-that-beautiful-game/
Here's a whimsically appealing game: Soccer Story, an "adventure RPG" from Not Tonight and Not Tonight 2 developers PanicBarn and publisher No More Robots. In a world where Soccer has become illegal and everywhere to play soccer has been shut down, Soccer Story is about one person and their magical soccer ball, which has chosen them to be the Savior of Soccer. The developers call it "a physics-driven adventure RPG, where every problem can be solved with your trusty magic ball."

MultiVersus Season 1 patch notes confirm Morty release date, Batman and Arya as free playable characters
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiversus-season-1-patch-notes-confirm-morty-release-date-batman-and-arya-as-free-playable-characters/
Warner Bros and Player First Games have released the Season 1 full-patch notes for their colourful character brawler MultiVersus, confirming Season 1's free character rotation and a new release date for delayed character Morty Smith, alongside a whole host of balance tweaks and bug-fixes.

Insomniac Games worked on multiplayer modes for Marvel's Spider-Man, PC files suggest
https://www.pcgamer.com/insomniac-games-worked-on-multiplayer-modes-for-marvels-spider-man-pc-files-suggest/
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is an exclusively single-player experience, as is its follow-up Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which is coming to PC soon. But it appears developer Insomniac Games toyed with the idea of multiplayer in its open-world superhero game, as suggested by information uncovered within the PC version's executable file.
>> Well, that's what mods are for, right?

FTL meets Don't Starve in cooperative seafaring caper Ship of Fools, launching November 22
https://www.pcgamer.com/ftl-meets-dont-starve-in-cooperative-seafaring-caper-ship-of-fools-launching-november-22/
Team 17 has announced the release date for its upcoming cooperative sailing roguelike Ship of Fools, which will launch into the volatile waters of Steam on November 22.

A new Middle-earth game is in development by the studio behind the visual effects of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-middle-earth-game-is-in-development-by-the-studio-behind-the-visual-effects-of-peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy/
Take Two's publishing label Private Division has announced it is working with Wētā Workshop, the production company that created the special effects in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, on a new game "set in the Middle-earth universe of J.R.R Tolkien." The game, which will be based upon the "literary works of the series", is currently in early development, and is expected to launch during Take Two's fiscal year 2024, although a specific release date has understandably not been announced.
>> Two thoughts: it's in early development but will launch in less than 3 years? It doesn't look like an AAA game (not that this is bad, of course). Also, does Weta have any experience in game development?



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 15 August 2022

AMD Moves Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPU Launch To 27th September, Same Day As Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake Unveil

https://wccftech.com/amd-moves-ryzen-7000-zen-4-cpu-launch-to-27th-september-same-day-as-intels-13th-gen-raptor-lake-unveil/

Sounds like AMD wants to crash Intels party

MSI MPG X670E Carbon WiFi Motherboard Listed Online For Over 550 Euros, PRO X670-P WiFi For Over 350 Euros

https://wccftech.com/msi-mpg-x670e-carbon-wifi-motherboard-listed-online-for-over-550-euros-pro-x670-p-wifi-for-over-350-euros/

Looks like Zen 4 motherboards are even more expensive than I thought they would be. And with none of the mobo vendors doing PCI-E Gen 5 for GPU with X670, you will need to spend the big bucks for X670E if you want a truly long term platform or wait until they eventually release X670 mobo with PCI-E Gen 5 for GPU. Personally, I'd just wait for Zen 4 X3D. That way, you get the X670 with PCI-E Gen 5 for GPU + get a meaningful performance uplift for all the money you are spending.

Intel Arc GPUs Don’t Feature Native DX9 Support, Has To Be Emulated on DX12

https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-gpus-dont-feature-native-dx9-support-has-to-be-emulated-on-dx12/

Arc can't catch a break

NVIDIA reportedly resumes the production of GeForce RTX 3080 12GB GPUs after stopping it 2 months ago

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-resumes-the-production-of-geforce-rtx-3080-12gb-gpus-after-stopping-it-2-months-ago

Considering you could find a 308012GB pretty easily all this time, I'd say both the first rumour and this rumour is from his ass

Starcraft Remastered is free on Prime Gaming

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/woapp3/starcraft_remastered_is_free_on_prime_gaming/



                  

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