Yep.

To be fair the TUF is tied as the cheapest one on list.  For some reason they charging a stupid amount for the TUF OC.

Yea but that TUF probably won't exist like the 3080 TUF which was a unicorn at the $700 price while the OC version was in stock a lot more.

If you compare the performance of the cards at the prospective $329 price, you can invert the pictures.

The A770, expected to be at 3060Ti level, is priced against the 3050

The A750, expected to be at 3060 level, is priced against the 1660Ti/Super

Yea The A770 and A750 are great cards. May be the last bastion of hope for budget cards without compromises in hardware. It's almost a guarantee the next gen budget cards from the big two won't be anywhere as good of a value. The only thing Intel needs is to fix the drivers which is the biggest issue. In a year, these cards will either be legendary or they will be turds if Raja can't fix driver problems.

Hey, look! It's already Friday!

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Get 4X classic Master of Magic free for a limited time
https://www.pcgamer.com/get-4x-classic-master-of-magic-free-for-a-limited-time/
As far as strategy games go, Master of Magic is one of the old school all-timers, right up there with Civilization and Master of Orion. Originally released in 1994, it gave you a settlement and a scout in the traditional manner, but it also made you a wizard rather than, say, boring old Abraham Lincoln. Researching varied kinds of magic let you summon different troops and call down different spells from its selection of hundreds. If you never tried it, Master of Magic Classic is available for free right now on GOG.
>> It's part of GOG's 14th anniversary event and will last 47 hours.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Neverinth, 75% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/neverinth
• The BYO Play on the go Bundle 2 features 16 titles to choose for your 3, 5 or 8 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-play-on-the-go-bundle-2

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Official PC system requirements for Sackboy: A Big Adventure
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/official-pc-system-requirements-for-sackboy-a-big-adventure/
Sony has revealed the official PC system requirements for Sackboy: A Big Adventure. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD FX-6300 with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R7 265.

SCORN will release one week earlier, now coming out on October 14th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/scorn-will-release-one-week-earlier-now-coming-out-on-october-14th/
Ebb Software and Kepler Interactive announced that their upcoming horror adventure, SCORN, will release one week earlier. Thus, the game will now come out on October 14th. Moreover, the teams released a new trailer that you can find below.

The Callisto Protocol gets a brand new in-engine trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-callisto-protocol-gets-a-brand-new-in-engine-trailer/
KRAFTON and Striking Distance Studios have released a brand new in-engine trailer for The Callisto Protocol. The Callisto Protocol will be using Unreal Engine 4, and this trailer can give you a glimpse at some of the game’s environments.

FIFA 23 vs eFootball 2023 Graphics Video Comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/fifa-23-vs-efootball-2023-graphics-video-comparison/
YouTube’s ‘ElAnalistaDeBits’ has shared a comparison video between EA Sports’ FIFA 23 and Konami’s eFootball 2023. Both FIFA 23 and eFootball 2023 came on old-gen and current-gen platforms. However, and contrary to eFootball 2023, FIFA 23 has better graphics on current-gen platforms.

Friday news, part two:

Vampire Survivors was such a big hit it's getting a whole new engine
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-survivors-was-such-a-big-hit-its-getting-a-whole-new-engine/
One of this year's breakout indie hits is Vampire Survivors, which not only met with wide success but responded to it: Developer Poncle quickly made ambitious plans to expand the game. Ever since launch it's seen a string of major and minor updates, and is now ready to throw off the early access label for good with its biggest change yet.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches on November 28
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-launch-date/
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the next expansion to Blizzard's long-running MMO, will be out on November 28. The expansion will take players to the Dragon Isles, the ancestral home of the dragons, and introduce a new playable race, class, zones, and the majesty of dragon flight.

PUBG creator Brendan Greene says he's 'considering' the blockchain for his next game
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-creator-brendan-greene-says-hes-considering-the-blockchain-for-his-next-game/
Brendan Greene, better known (somewhat ironically) as PlayerUnknown, walked away from PUBG last year to form a new studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, and take on an incredibly ambitious new open world project called Artemis. The goal of Artemis is to generate realistic, dense, world-sized open worlds: To "lend weight to the idea of, 'You see that mountain? You can climb it.'"
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A sprawling open world in which players can wander around and do whatever they want is essentially a metaverse by another name—at least insofar as we understand them—which naturally leads to thoughts of blockchains and NFTs, neither of which are terribly popular with most gamers. In a recent interview on Nathan Brown's Hit Points blog, Greene acknowledged the metaversal connection, and the potentially negative connotations it might carry, but said he's not bothered by the possibility of a negative reaction to it.

Saudi Arabia wants to spend $13B to buy a 'leading game publisher'
https://www.pcgamer.com/saudi-arabia-wants-to-spend-dollar13b-to-buy-a-leading-game-publisher/
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been making some big moves into the gaming space in recent years. Through various public agencies, it's made big investments in Capcom, Nexon, Nintendo, ESL Gaming, SNK, and Embracer Group. And it's not done yet: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who multiple intelligence agencies believe is responsible for the brutal murder and dismemberment of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, has announced plans to invest nearly $38 billion across four separate programs, more than $13 billion of which will go toward acquiring "a leading game publisher."
>> shikamaru317 made a thread about it yesterday.

This adorable platformer has you playing a Goomba-like minion fighting for freedom
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-adorable-platformer-has-you-playing-a-goomba-like-minion-fighting-for-freedom/
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Indie 2.5D platformer Rog and Roll (spotted by Alpha Beta Gamer) puts the spotlight where it should be: it focuses on the mooks and the minions, having you take control of Rog, an adorable little tomato man. Absent protagonists or final bosses, the cute monsters of Rog's world built an egalitarian henchmen society, one which is now threatened by the return of an evil overlord.

The ancient Myst MMO is getting a brand-new age this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ancient-myst-mmo-is-getting-an-brand-new-age-this-weekend/
Released in 1993, Myst is one of the most successful and influential videogames of all time. Naturally, it became a series, and a decade after the original, developer Cyan Worlds went all-in on its ambitions with Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, which was meant to feature a small-scale MMO component called Uru Live. Alas, it bombed, the whole Uru Live segment was cancelled, and that was that until GameTap released it in 2007 as Myst Online: Uru Live a few years later. That bombed too.
Eventually, the rights to the whole thing went back to Cyan, who put it out (again) for free. I've knocked around in it a few times and it's cool, but it also feels incomplete and small—a tiny memorial to what might have been. It's a forgotten corner of the game world, a place where a half-dozen or so people can wistfully wander and poke around and, on very lucky days, find someone else to talk to. I get the itch to hop into it every few years, and every time I'm happy to discover it's still there, but also kind of blue to see it left in such a state. So I was very pleasantly surprised—stoked, even—to see Cyan tweet yesterday that a new Age is coming to Myst Online.

I played Overwatch 2 on a new account, and the hero grind sucks
https://www.pcgamer.com/i-played-overwatch-2-on-a-new-account-and-the-hero-grind-sucks/
Overwatch 2's new player experience, or First Time User Experience, locks the best parts of the game behind a grind. After playing on a temporary new account given to me by Blizzard, I've seen how it works, and it's as bad as it sounds.

A Creepshow game is coming from the team behind the Dread X Collections
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-creepshow-game-is-coming-from-the-team-behind-the-dread-x-collections/
The Dread X Collections are packages of bite-sized horror that are at least partially responsible for the recent resurgence of retro horror games, particularly of a PS1 vintage. The games featured across the five collections range from comedic through to genuinely creepy, and touch on genres ranging from first-person shooters through to point and click adventures.
You could say, given their episodic nature, that they resemble George Romero's old horror anthology Creepshow, which was a feature length film consisting of five short, grizzly stories. If you've ever said that, you can now feel vindicated, because the team behind the Dread X Collections is making a Creepshow game to tie into the more recent episodic revival produced by AMC.

Earn exclusive rewards by playing 40K card game Warpforge in alpha
https://www.pcgamer.com/earn-exclusive-rewards-by-playing-40k-card-game-warpforge-in-alpha/
During the annual Warhammer Skulls for the Skull Throne event earlier this year, when Warhammer 40,000 CRPG Rogue Trader and retro FPS Boltgun were announced, we also heard word of a digital card game called Warpforge. Now, developers Everguild (who also made Horus Heresy: Legions) have announced an alpha build of Warpforge will be available during Steam Next Fest, and anyone who tries it will get exclusive cosmetic rewards when the full launch happens next year.

Let's check now the rest of GOG's deals and also the Steam ones:

+GOG

• The first of the two Deals of the Day is the GOG RPG Bundle, that includes three games, with a 89% discount during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gog_rpg_bundle
• The second DotD is Alien Breed Trilogy, 90% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alien_breed_trilogy
• And, of course, we have GOG's 14th anniversary celebration that, besides the launch of Skyrim on the platform, sees more than 800 titles on sale with up to 90% discounts during the next 9 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/gog_14th_anniversary

+Steam

• Terrania will be 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/
• Weird West, that has a demo, will also be 50% off until the 3rd of October; https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition gets a 60% discount until Monday 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184370/Pathfinder_Wrath_of_the_Righteous__Enhanced_Edition/
• The Dragon Ball franchise is going to be up to 85% off until the 3rd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dragonballfranchise
• Gamedec - Definitive Edition, that has a demo, will be 20% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/917720/Gamedec__Definitive_Edition/
• Volcanoids, still in Early Access, will be 30% off until October 6: https://store.steampowered.com/app/951440/Volcanoids/
• SUPERHOT is free to try during the weekend and 70% off until Thursday 6th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/
• The Melbourne International Games Week will last until the 6th of October and bring up to 75% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/migw2022
• And Warner Bros puts its games up to 90% off until October 6: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/WBGames/sale/wbpublisher2022

That will be all. Until next Monday, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

Alleged AMD Desktop CPU Roadmap Leaks Out: Ryzen 7000 3D V-Cache In Early 2023, Threadripper 7000 & Ryzen 7000G Chips In 2H 2023

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7000-3d-v-cache-threadripper-7000-ryzen-7000g-apus-desktop-cpu-roadmap-leak/

Intel Confirms Arc A770 & Arc A750 Launch For 12th October, A770 Limited Edition For $349 US, A770 8 GB For $329 US, A750 8 GB For $289 US

https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-a770-a750-official-launch-12th-october-329-289-us-starting-price/

Looks like 16GB A770 is limited version while most people will be getting 8GB instead.

Ryzen 7000 Delidding - Unreal Temperature improvement with Direct-Die Cooling

Delidding + Contact frame improves temps by over 20C. Kind of amusing that we luled at Intel products for needing to do this to get the best temps in order to maximize their clocks but looks like AMD is now there too. It's not needed of course but while before it rarely made any clock improvements on AMD, now it can make a noticeably good improvement easily going upto 5.5Ghz across 12 cores.

Here's a bit of something unnerving for digital tv show/movie buyers...

While I personally don't buy digital movies/tvs outside of gift cards that were given as presents and such... This is the type of nonsense that makes me want to continue to not buy digital movies/tv shows... Especially from Amazon.

That's f*cked up. At least with videogames, if a games you've purchased gets removed for whatever reason, you can still access to it and keep playing... even the Ubisoft titles.