| JEMC said: A new Middle-earth game is in development by the studio behind the visual effects of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy |
Not sure, but Unity did acquire them recently. Perhaps this game will run on the engine and Weta will provide some of their vfx tools and expertise to the project.
| Captain_Yuri said: AMD Moves Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPU Launch To 27th September, Same Day As Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake Unveil Sounds like AMD wants to crash Intels party |
I'm not a fan of this behavior because, to me, there are only two kinds of people that do something like that: a bully that wants to ruin the fun of anyone; or a coward that's scared of what the other one will show and tries to hide it from everybody. And neither option makes, in this case, AMD look good.
Plus, it's a mostly useless move. The reviews will already be up, and the discussion will have taken place. Yes, this may do some damage in places like Reddit or other forums, but the news feed will still talk about Intel and its new stuff.
| Captain_Yuri said: 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. |
It could be a placeholders, like last week's CPU pricing in that canadian store.
| Captain_Yuri said: 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 |
Not only are they admiting that they won't evern try, which is never a good thing, but they just go and simply point to MSoft for any fault gamers may find while playing a DX9 game on an ARC card.
Not cool.
TallSilhouette said:
Not sure, but Unity did acquire them recently. Perhaps this game will run on the engine and Weta will provide some of their vfx tools and expertise to the project. |
I didn't remember that, thanks. Still, the guys at Unity know how to develop an engine and make some scenes, like the lion one from last week, but a videogame demands a lot more than that.
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ROG Swift PG42UQ Impressions - 4K OLED 138Hz for PC & Consoles!
Very temping.
- Tighter subpixel layer to fix the text fringing you get from LG OLED TV or Alienware's QD-OLED monitor
- Heatsink so you don't get that dimming nonsense from LG's OLED TV
- Comes with Display Port as well as 2x HDMI 2.1 and 2x HDMI 2.0
- Refresh Rate upto 138hz
- 900 nits peak brightness
- Matt coating
- 42 Inch $1400 and 48 inch $1500
The only downside is that it's only HDR10 and no Dolby Vision Support
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
Man, Cult of the Lamb's been doing pretty stellar for it's first week, I really need to grab it sometime this week myself and contribute to the cult of the damned.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
| Captain_Yuri said: 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 |
To be fair, considering that DX 10 superseded DX9 over 15 years ago, I thought AMD and NVidia would also just emulate DX9 by now.
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/
| Captain_Yuri said: Dual vs Single shouldn't have much affect because the point of Vcache is not go onto Ram. |
This I am aware of. But it closes the gaps for the chips that don't have vcache. Hence my point in my prior post.
| Captain_Yuri said: 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. |
Again. Long term costs.
Buying AM5+DDR5 may not be more expensive than buying AM4+X5800X3D+The next platform.
That is the point I am making here.
| Captain_Yuri said: "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 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. |
Not a single one of those games is under 120fps. That makes the 3950X is fine.
He may not have to spend money on better Ram.
Again, it's making those assessments to make the best bang-for-buck choice, the market is littered with fantastic products, it doesn't start and stop with the 5800X3D.
Weigh your options.
| Captain_Yuri said:
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. |
Both CPU's will be fine. I am not suggesting he *has* to upgrade to the 3950X, just suggesting it as an option.
Just like AM5+DDR5 is another option.
And just like sticking with his current CPU and overclocking it hard is another option.
GPU transcoding/encoding/art stuff has been around for decades... And for over a decade, they have been GPU accelerated, but anyone who has a high-core count CPU like myself, knows the GPU can't do everything yet.
The advantage of high-core count CPU's is especially prevalent when you are doing tasks other than just gaming... Or when games start to get heavier threading support. (Which is happening, 6-cores are regarded as minimum now in terms of thread counts.)
If you are buying an RTX 4080 or better, then we must assume that 4k is going to be the target resolution, otherwise that is wasted hardware.
And from there, the CPU becomes even less relevant as you will be GPU bound anyway.
| kirby007 said: Did ram increase in price? 300 euro for 32gb seems quite the average. |
A lot of factors coming into play.
Inflation is causing commodities to rise in price (That means Ram), plus reduced manufacturing as fabs start to retool and shift to DDR5... And still relatively high demand causing supply/demand price pressures.
Back in my day you could get 16GB of DDR3 for 60 bucks AUD. Cheapest DDR4 is $85.
Still not the heights we saw during the middle of the pandemic or during the great Ram shortage a good 4-5 years back, but not super crazy either.
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Pemalite said:
This I am aware of. But it closes the gaps for the chips that don't have vcache. Hence my point in my prior post.
Again. Long term costs.
Not a single one of those games is under 120fps. That makes the 3950X is fine.
Both CPU's will be fine. I am not suggesting he *has* to upgrade to the 3950X, just suggesting it as an option. If you are buying an RTX 4080 or better, then we must assume that 4k is going to be the target resolution, otherwise that is wasted hardware. |
"Again. Long term costs.
Buying AM5+DDR5 may not be more expensive than buying AM4+X5800X3D+The next platform.
That is the point I am making here."
But there is a very good chance it won't because of the early adopter tax on a new platform. If he waits a few years, he can get AM5 and DDR5 for cheap instead of having to pay the early adopter premium while enjoying the 30-50% extra performance he can get by going with 5800X3D + X570 + 4080 instead of 7700X + X670 + DDR5 + 4070.
And if you really want to talk about long term costs, we have seen how drastically the CPU/Mobo/Ram prices can drop but we have also seen how drastically the GPU prices can increase. If there's one lesson we learnt in the past two Crypto booms killing GPU prices... Is that it's better to get the best GPU you can over other components as long as the other components are reasonably good.
CPU/Mobo/Ram prices will only get cheaper the longer you wait after their initial release but there is no guarantee GPU prices will.
"Not a single one of those games is under 120fps. That makes the 3950X is fine."
You do realize that those are very old games right? You should watch DF's RT video and realize how much of a bottleneck the 3000 series really is when you enable Ray Tracing which is very CPU intensive. We have seen through multiple games that 3000 series can't hold 60fps when you max out RT even with a 3080 let alone 4080.
"The advantage of high-core count CPU's is especially prevalent when you are doing tasks other than just gaming... Or when games start to get heavier threading support. (Which is happening, 6-cores are regarded as minimum now in terms of thread counts.)"
As a 5950X and a 3080 owner, I am aware of the benefits of higher core count but as a general recommendation, it really doesn't benefit most people compared to ST performance. Especially if the higher core count CPU will introduce a significant bottleneck for the GPU. And as a person who had 3900X + 3080 that played at 3440 x 1440p who eventually got a 5950x instead. The CPU bottleneck was there because I certainly got a frame rate increase by going to 5000 series.
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The Tuesday news (and the AMD driver that I forgot to put yesterday):
SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS
Half-Life just smashed its concurrent players record thanks to a fan campaign
https://www.pcgamer.com/half-life-just-smashed-its-concurrent-players-record-thanks-to-a-fan-campaign/
It is the year of our lord 2022, and Half-Life 1 just enjoyed its highest number of concurrent players on Steam since it hit the platform 19 years ago.
Depending on which Steam stats tracker you're looking at (the numbers are slightly different between SteamDB and the official Steam stats page), Half-Life 1 was being played by anywhere from 12,280 to 12,310 players across the world on the balmy afternoon of August 14. Its previous record was 6022, set during a week when the game was free-to-play in January 2020.
GOG has launched a Special Quakecom 2022 Sale, with up to 80% discounts until the 22nd of August: https://www.gog.com/partner/quakecon_2022.
Steam has a few new sales, including new weeklong deals:
The Humble Store also has a Quakecom 2022 Sale, with up to 80% discounts during the next 6 days. The keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/quakecon-sale/.
And Fanatical has four new deals for us:
SOFTWARE & DRIVERS
AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.8.1
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-8-1
Highlights
Fixed Issues
Unity rejects proposed takeover by AppLovin
https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-rejects-proposed-takeover-by-applovin/
Engine creator Unity has officially rejected a takeover offer by AppLovin. The tech firm, known for its mobile marketing and analytics platforms like AppDiscovery and SparkLabs, had previously offered $17.54 billion to buy the well-known software developer, whose engine has powered games like Kerbal Space Program and Pillars of Eternity.
The offer was made on condition that Unity drop its own $4.4 billion bid to purchase ironSource, a Tel Aviv-based company that is a rival to AppLovin. But in a statement, Unity CEO John Riccitiello said. "The board continues to believe that the ironSource transaction is compelling and will deliver an opportunity to generate long-term value." Unity itself further added that AppLovin's offer "would not reasonably be expected to result in a 'Superior Proposal' as defined in Unity's merger agreement with ironSource."
>> A positive news for a change, even if it's doesn't alter the whole picture.
MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS
Dark Souls Archthrones, DLC-sized mod for Dark Souls 3, gets new screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/dark-souls-archthrones-dlc-sized-mod-for-dark-souls-3-gets-new-screenshots/
The team behind Dark Souls Archthrones has released four new screenshots from it. Dark Souls Archthrones is a DLC-sized mod for Dark Souls 3, featuring an alternate story and five unique worlds.
In Dark Souls Archthrones, players will be able to access its five worlds via the Nexus of Embers. Players will encounter numerous bosses, and they will also be able to find some allies. Additionally, the mod will have a reimagined version of Lothric and other Dark Souls locales.
It’s also worth noting that Dark Souls Archthrones will have elements from Demon’s Souls. As such, players can expect a world layout, soul form, world tendency, and more. Its dev team also plans to add many new enemies, NPC questlines and many secrets to find.
This mod brings the horses from The Witcher 3 to Skyrim Special Edition
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-mod-brings-the-horses-from-the-witcher-3-to-skyrim-special-edition/
WillOhTheWisp has released a pretty cool mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition that adds to it the horses from The Witcher 3. As the modder noted, the mod has a vast new variety of horse coat colors, converted from The Witcher 3, Fera’s Roach and Horse Overhaul, and Fera’s Tribute Horses.
Prospective Starfield modders are organizing early to make a fan patch
https://www.pcgamer.com/prospective-starfield-modders-are-organizing-early-to-make-a-fan-patch/
First spotted by PCGamesN, a group of modders is already coalescing to create a Starfield Community Patch to address bugs in the game, even though we're still more than half a year out from the highly-anticipated sci-fi RPG's planned release.
>> I mean, it's a Bethesda game, of course it will have mods.
GAMING NEWS
No Man’s Sky Endurance Update 3.99 released, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/no-mans-sky-endurance-update-3-99-released-full-patch-notes/
Hello Games has released a brand new patch for No Man’s Sky. According to the release notes, the Endurance 3.99 Update adds a glass version of the freighter stairs to research and construct. Moreover, it fixes a number of issues that plagued the game.
Take a look at the upcoming overhauled version of XIII Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/take-a-look-at-the-updated-version-of-xiii-remake/
In June 2022, Microids announced that it’s working on an overhauled version of XIII Remake. And today, Sony released a trailer that showcases 3 minutes of gameplay footage from this version.
Metal Slug Tactics and Deliver Us Mars have been delayed until 2023
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metal-slug-tactics-and-deliver-us-mars-have-been-delayed-until-2023/
Focus Home Interactive and KeokeN Interactive have announced that Metal Slug Tactics and Deliver Us Mars have been delayed until 2023.
Genshin Impact Update 3.0 detailed, goes live on August 24th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/genshin-impact-update-3-0-detailed-goes-live-on-august-24th/
miHoYo has announced that Update 3.0 for Genshin Impact will go live on August 24th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team revealed its key features, and shared a new gameplay trailer for it.
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Tuesday news, part two:
Richard Garriott's NFT MMO entreats you to 'buy land in the realm of Lord British'
https://www.pcgamer.com/richard-garriotts-nft-mmo-entreats-you-to-buy-land-in-the-realm-of-lord-british/
As spotted by Massively Overpowered, Ultima creator Richard Garriott's next project, a blockchain MMO formerly code named Effigy, got an official name, Iron and Magic, as well as a website. The site contains fly-throughs of a selection of fantasy locales, as well as an under-construction shop featuring plots of land, buildings, and the opportunity to "buy land in the realm of Lord British."
>> Hard pass.
Here's a whole roguelike about inventory management
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-a-whole-roguelike-about-inventory-management/
Today's new release trending upward on Steam is Backpack Hero, a whole roguelike about inventory management. You're a literal pack rat, a critter delving into a dungeon with a big backpack and a craving for the ancient and powerful cheeses held within. Your real power? That packpack is magic, and it gets bigger as you defeat enemies, letting you store more items in ever-puzzlier combinations for ever-greater results.
Innovative deckbuilder Nadir paints a beautiful portrait of Hell
https://www.pcgamer.com/innovative-deckbuilder-nadir-paints-a-beautiful-portrait-of-hell/
It takes a lot for deckbuilding games to stand out nowadays, but Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder has absolutely caught my eye. A demo released late last week gives you a look into a vision of hell that I'm pretty excited to dive into. Something between a desaturated aesthetic and the heavy-lined pen of Mike Mignola's Hellboy, the art style also draws on the kind of tattoo designs a heavy metal Catholic biker might get. A skeletal statue with a sword fighting faceless horrors from beyond. That sort of thing.
Owlboy devs unveil Vikings on Trampolines
https://www.pcgamer.com/owlboy-devs-unveil-vikings-on-trampolines/
The developers of Owlboy have revealed their next game, the delightfully titled Vikings on Trampolines. You might guess there's more to it than the name, and there kind of is, but honestly it's clearly about vikings and they are bouncing on trampolines. It's a simple concept, one which creators D-Pad studios say is inherently accessible since the controls really only need one hand, but it'll have a singleplayer and cooperative campaign, multiplayer challenges, and a variety of minigames.
Watch out: Crusader Kings 3 flavour packs are about to double in price
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-out-crusader-kings-3-flavour-packs-are-about-to-double-in-price/
Paradox has sent the Crusader Kings 3 community into a tumult after announcing a retroactive price change for CK3 flavour packs that almost doubles their cost.
World of Warcraft's trade chat should have less spam after today's update
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcrafts-trade-chat-should-have-less-spam-after-todays-update/
World of Warcraft's 9.2.7 patch is due to land with the weekly reset later today—or tomorrow for EU servers—and Blizzard has posted a warning to boosters to keep to their own (new) chat channel or "proper actions will be taken".
Multiversus' new characters include DC's Black Adam and... Stripe from Gremlins
https://www.pcgamer.com/multiversus-new-characters-include-dcs-black-adam-and-stripe-from-gremlins/
The advent of Multiversus Season 1 has come alongside an in-game advertisement that shows off two more characters likely coming to the platform fighter this year: Black Adam, from DC Comics, and Stripe, from the 1984 movie Gremlins. That's right, kids, a duo of Antihero and malicious alien... thing are your next Multiversus competitors. Black Adam was on the previous list of leaked Multiversus characters, but that list also noted protagonist Gizmo, rather than Stripe, from Gremlins as the character from that franchise.
The MultiVersus battle pass has no gleamium and that kinda sucks
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-multiversus-battle-pass-has-no-gleamium-and-that-kinda-sucks/
After a brief delay, MultiVersus season one has arrived. It's been a rocky launch for the patch with plenty of frustrating bugs to contend with, like Wonder Woman hurting herself and Arya's up special not connecting. There's also the game's first 50-tier battle pass, which is going down like a lead balloon with players for one reason: there isn't a single bit of gleamium, MultiVersus' premium currency, to be seen on either the free or paid track.
Guild Wars 2 arrival on Steam next week means you can finally just buy the whole thing upfront
https://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2-arrival-on-steam-next-week-means-you-can-finally-just-buy-the-whole-thing-upfront/
Guild Wars 2 is coming to Steam. We've known this for a while—originally ArenaNet had planned to launch on Steam back in late-2020, before putting the release on hold. Now, though, the Steam release date has been revealed. It's out next week on August 23, meaning it coincides with the MMO's tenth anniversary celebrations.
Weird FIFA Marvel crossover turns footballers into B-list superheroes
https://www.pcgamer.com/weird-fifa-marvel-crossover-turns-footballers-into-b-list-superheroes/
Way back in the '90s there was a pretty decent football game called Fever Pitch (renamed Head-On Soccer in America) where the idea was essentially footie with special moves. So, all the players could play normally but Peter 'Cheesy Keeps' Stilton was a goalkeeper who'd keep out anything barring a comet, while there was a striker whose special move was to dive and win cheap free kicks. Sport with superpowers is an interesting concept and when games pull it off, like NBA Jam, it can result in greatness.
Fever Pitch sprang to mind this morning as I tried to puzzle out a somewhat confusing announcement from EA about the upcoming FIFA 23, the last game under the current license before the series relaunches as EA Sports FC. EA has collaborated with Marvel in order to bring some superhero flavour into the game's enormously popular FIFA Ultimate Team mode, which already includes footballing 'heroes', though the actual implementation remains a little fuzzy.
It's time to go Super Saiyan in the Fortnite x Dragon Ball crossover event
https://www.pcgamer.com/its-time-to-go-super-saiyan-in-the-fortnite-x-dragon-ball-crossover-event/
The Fortnite x Dragon Ball crossover event is now live and will run until September 17. As well as new Dragon Ball-themed skins, emotes and other goodies in the item shop, you'll be able to visit a new point of interest where you can view Dragon Ball Super episodes, travel to new locations and complete time-limited quests.
One of last year's best city builders is getting free DLC
https://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-last-years-best-city-builders-is-getting-free-dlc/
The popularity of city builders with a survival bent has seen the genre become quite a bit more stressful in recent years, but while Airborne Kingdom occasionally throws you a curveball, like your floating city is tilting too much and everyone is rightly fleeing in case they plummet to the ground, it's more of a leisurely journey across the sky. And one that's about to take players to new places, as some DLC is on the way. Good news: it's free.
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AMD to announce ‘Next Generation Ryzen Processors’ on August 29th
https://videocardz.com/press-release/amd-to-announce-next-generation-ryzen-processors-on-august-29th
It's official now
NVIDIA & AMD GPU Prices Expected To Fall Further By End of August, Green Team To Issue Aggressive Cuts To Clear Inventory
JayzShatSense continues to get rekt
Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Shows Huge Increase In Compression & Decompression Benchmark, Up To 60% Faster Than 12900K
While a good leap as far as Intel CPUs go, Ryzen 7000 series should be able to beat it easily in this benchmark.
ASRock Is First To Bring Intel’s Arc A380 Graphics Card To The US For A Great Entry-Level Price of $139 US
I wouldn't have minded getting one to test it out if they had the drivers be bug free. But I'd rather not reinstall Windows everytime it shits the bed. With 6400 being only $10 more, don't think it will sell much either
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