By work, I meant not just for fun but because you're doing the recordings.

And 3 RPGs at the same time? Now that's something to worry about .

I'm not running it on absolute ultra but even with a 980 I;m getting random dips below 60fps and with the game turned low it just kills my immersion levels.

I also tried the 4gb option, it's just not doing it for me even with 8gb. I still think they need to get on with optimization crunch time rather than loading the game with content that will need to be ironed out in the end.

I'll let you know whenever I do manage to get the game running stable (you have me on Steam I believe lol and you'll probably see me on Steam trying to play it currently but only for perf reasons), though I'll likely be playing more Starbound once it hits 1.0 since that game is mostly iroend out and will be coming with a huge amount of content. I'll also have to get on with that thread I promised Cloudman =P.

The main gripe I have with the game is that a 980 cannot handle it and yet I can handle a plethora of AAA games fine and even early access titles. Ark isn't exactly going to be Star Citizen since it's made with DX 111 in mind along with being tailored to X1 and PS4 in the mix, the requirement for more and more power for very little output ir irksome at best, even with DOOM and those Nightmare settings seem like a joke for more power and little gain.

Some news about AMD, 3 in total

AMD Will Showcase Latest Technology During Computex 2016

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-will-showcase-latest-technology-during-computex-2016.html

AMD announced a press conference and live webcast during Computex 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. The event will begin on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 10:00 AM CST / 10:00 PM EDT. The event will feature launch of 7th Generation AMD A-Series Processors, Polaris updates and more.

The event is slated to feature presentations from AMD executives including AMD President and CEO Lisa Su; Senior Vice President and General Manager, Computing and Graphics Business Group, Jim Anderson; and Senior Vice President and Chief Architect, Radeon Technologies Group, Raja Koduri.

A real-time video webcast of the event will be accessible on AMD's Computex page (www.amd.com/computex) and on AMD's Investor Relations home page (ir.amd.com). A replay of the webcast can be accessed a few hours after the conclusion of the live event on both pages and will be available there for one year after the event.

>>With the bosses of both AMD and RTG being there, we can take for granted that they'll finally unveil Polaris during that event.

AMD Gains Market Share in Q1'16 Discrete GPUs

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Gains-Market-Share-Q116-Discrete-GPUs

AMD sent out a note yesterday (**that yesterday was Tuesday**) with some interesting news about how the graphics card market fared in Q1 of 2016. First, let's get to the bad news: sales of new discrete graphics solutions, in both mobile and desktop, dropped by 10.2% quarter to quarter, a decrease that was slightly higher than expected. Though details weren't given in the announcement or data I have from Mercury Research, it seems likely that expectations of upcoming new GPUs from both NVIDIA and AMD contributed to the slowdown of sales on some level.

Despite the shrinking pie, AMD grabbed more of it in Q1 2016 than it had in Q4 of 2015, gaining on total market share by 3.2% for a total of 29.4%. That's a nice gain in a short few months but its still much lower than Radeon has been as recently as 2013. That 3.2% gain includes both notebook and desktop discrete GPUs, but let's break it down further.

AMD Polaris 10 Sample Spotted at 1.27 GHz clock frequency

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-polaris-10-samples-work-at-1-27-ghz.html

One of the major benefits for Nvidia's Pascal architecture is that they can achieve really high clock frequencies. The 16nm Pascal based GeForce GTX 1080 boosts over 1800 MHz. AMD will bake Polaris at 14nm and as some information found in the SiSoft Sandra database, they reach 1.27 GHz with Polaris 10.

The SiSoftware Sandra 2015 OpenGL benchmark entry (look it up here) was entered 3 days ago and allegedly shows an entry of a Polaris 10 sample at 1266 MHz. The chip is identified by its Hardware ID, 67DF: C7 and 67DF: C4. These are both Polaris 10 ASICs, one Pro and one XT model. 

The entry denotes once again 36 compute cores (Nvidia call theirs SMs), 36 x 64 shader processors per cluster would mean 2304 active shader processors. The entry also reveals 8 GB memory being clocked at 7.6 GHz running over a 256-bit, so that would be 243 GB/s It however is unclear if AMD opted for GDDR5 or GDDR5X.

>>If the memory runs at 7.6GHz, I would say that it's GDDR5, without the X, but that's not the focus of the article. At 1.27GHz, it would be a 200MHz increase over Hawaii/Grenada which, while nice, would still be much less than what Nvidia has achieved.

In any case, let's take it with a graint of salt because there are still reports saying that the big Polaris 10 chip will have 32 and not 36 CUs, so nobody knows for sure how the end products will be.

^Honest question: what are "Shells" and why did you stole so many from Granaldo?

Let's go with the last news of the week, all in one post

1-Contest

Sweet gear from Nvidia up for grabs in Fallout 4 mod contest

http://www.pcgamer.com/sweet-gear-from-nvidia-up-for-grabs-in-fallout-4-mod-contest/

We're fashionably late in covering this, but Nvidia is sponsoring a Fallout 4 mod contest in which it's putting up $40,000 worth of prizes to be spread out among 20 finalists.

The contest coincides with the release of Bethesda's Fallout 4 Creation Kit for PC. It's the same tool that Bethesda used to create Fallout 4, and it's available free to anyone who owns the PC version of Fallout 4 and a Bethesda.net account. If you decide to give it a go, you can check out the Creation Kit Wiki for details and tips.

Go here for more details and to submit your entry form. The deadline to enter is July 3, 2016.

>>The price is a Bethesda gift bag and an undisclosed Geforce GTX card.

2-Gaming news

CRYTEK ON DX12, VULKAN, ASYNC COMPUTE, GLOBAL ILLUMINATION, RAY-TRACING, PHYSICALLY-BASED RENDERING & E3 DEMOS

http://www.dsogaming.com/interviews/crytek-dx12-vulkan-async-compute-global-illumination-ray-tracing-physically-based-rendering-e3-demos/

A couple of days ago, we had the pleasure of interviewing Crytek’s Technical Director, Rok Erjavec. We talked with Rok about DX12, Vulkan, Async Compute, physically-based rendering, the Global Illumination solution of CRYENGINE, the possibility of a full ray-tracing lighting system, and the future of Crytek’s engine.

NASCAR HEAT EVOLUTION ANNOUNCED, TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nascar-heat-evolution-announced-released-september-13th/

Dusenberry Martin Racing today announced the future of NASCAR gaming with NASCAR Heat Evolution will be launching on September 13th, and promises to provide fans with a brand-new and authentic racing experience.

HARD RESET REDUX SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND RELEASE DATE REVEALED

http://www.pcgamer.com/hard-reset-redux-system-requirements-and-release-date-revealed/

Hard Reset Redux, the hi-def do-over of Flying Wild Hog's debut FPS that was announced back in January, now has a proper release date of June 3. The system requirements are out as well, and publisher Gambitious has posted a 15-minute “Bang Bang Boom” gameplay trailer that highlights some of the changes.

>>I posted the video yesterday, and the system req. are very, very low.

HITMAN'S ELUSIVE TARGET STATS PROVE THAT THE BEST KILLERS ARE ON PC

http://www.pcgamer.com/hitmans-elusive-target-stats-prove-that-the-best-killers-are-on-pc/

he first Hitman Elusive Target has come and gone, and just over half of the digital assassins who took on the job—53 percent, to be precise—managed to avoid screwing it up. Even more shamefully, less than ten percent earned the “Silent Assassin” rating, the mark of a true master. There is a ray of sunshine cutting through all the clumsy, Clouseau-like darkness, however: The best Hitmen in the world are all on the PC.

THE CONGRESSMAN IS HITMAN'S NEXT ELUSIVE TARGET

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-congressman-is-hitmans-next-elusive-target/

Hitman's first Elusive Target has hardly started decomposing and Io is sending another VIP to slaughter. The Congressman is marked for death, and he'll be holidaying in Sapienza next weekend, starting Friday, May 27.

THE HALO 5 FORGE EDITOR (BUT NOT HALO 5) IS COMING TO PC [UPDATED]

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-halo-5-forge-editor-but-not-halo-5-is-coming-to-pc/

Microsoft has announced that Halo 5's map making tool Forge is coming to Windows 10 as Forge—Halo 5: Guardians Edition. It will feature a number of enhancements for the PC including keyboard and mouse support and resolutions up to 4K, and it will be completely free—but it will apparently not include Halo 5 itself.

Update: Microsoft has clarified that Forge—Halo 5: Guardians Edition will not support matchmaking or any other Halo 5 multiplayer features, and so custom maps and games created with it will only be playable online with people in your Friends list. The software will also import maps created with the Xbox One version of Forge, which can then be edited and played in the same way.

HERE ARE YOUR OVERWATCH UNLOCK TIMES

http://www.pcgamer.com/here-are-your-overwatch-unlock-times/

When I was younger, “launch dates” were exactly that: the day upon which you'd go to the store and, assuming the shipment had arrived on time, pick up your box. The glorious digital future has granted us a much greater degree of precision for such things, however. These days, we have not just dates, but specific times—to the very minute!—when games will become playable.

BATTLEBORN GETS ITS FIRST POST-LAUNCH HERO LATER THIS MONTH

http://www.pcgamer.com/battleborn-gets-its-first-post-launch-hero-later-this-month/

Gearbox will roll out a handful of new playable characters for its MOBA / PvE hybrid Battleborn over the coming months. The first is Alani – a member of the Eldrid faction (y'know, the faction that counts mushroom-headed healer Miko among its ranks). According to the write-up, she "was raised as a healer, but forced to be a warrior", suggesting her strengths will be spread across those two playstyles.

OMNIBUS TO RELEASE NEXT WEEK, SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDES REAL BUS

http://www.pcgamer.com/omnibus-to-release-next-week-special-edition-includes-real-bus/

OmniBus, aka the game about the bus that couldn't slow down, is releasing on May 26. In case you missed it, I played a bit of an early build a couple of months ago, and found it to be very stupid but also reasonably fun. It's not often that a game lets you smash a bus through giant bowling pins, so we should be grateful it exists, really.

EXPLORE THE CITY OF GLASS WITH MIRROR'S EDGE CATALYST'S INTERACTIVE MAP

http://www.pcgamer.com/explore-the-city-of-glass-with-mirrors-edge-catalysts-interactive-map/

EA has released an interactive, 3D map of the City of Glass to help you plan your selfie spots in time for Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Beta has been and gone and Samuel has raved about his hands-on (apart from the story, of course), but neither conveyed the full scale of the climbing frame Dice has constructed.

DAMBUSTER TO PATCH HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION'S POOR PERFORMANCE

http://www.pcgamer.com/dambuster-to-patch-homefront-the-revolutions-poor-performance/

Deep Silver Dambuster has pledged to patch the performance problems in Homefront: The Revolution. That's good in the scheme of things, but not what you want to hear on the day of release (in Europe, at any rate).

>>They better do!

Have a nice weekend.

So those shells are a defensive item, and the more you have, the less damage you recieve. Got it, thanks.

Ok, some more rumors/info about two upcoming Nvidia GPUs, the 1060 and the 1080M

GeForce GTX 1060 Possibly Spotted In Shipment Tracking

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/geforce-gtx-1060-possibly-spotted-in-shipment-tracking.html

Online shipment tracking shows an entry that could be the GeForce GTX 1060. And yeah, after 1080 and 1070 are released we will be waiting for the GeForce GTX 1060, often the video card that offers the best value for most consumers. The  graphics card has surfaced in the import and export database of Zauba.

The GeForce GTX 1060 will likely be based on the ASIC called GP106. IF the listing in Zauba is to be believed then Nvidia will use a 256-bit GDDR5 memory controller for this mainstream product. This this is similar to the GTX 1070 and 1080. Though this remains speculation, it is expected to have 1280 Cuda/shader Cores.

>>That 256-bit bus memory suggests that it will be either a 4 or 8GB card.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080M faster than GTX TITAN X?

http://videocardz.com/60211/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080m-faster-than-gtx-titan-x

ASUS is teasing its new overclockable gaming laptops powered by new GPU, that is supposedly faster than desktop GTX TITAN X.

What we can say is that one of the highlights from the lab is an overclockable gaming laptop that will rival even gaming desktops. We were told it is a concept machine and thus they are still in the process of making it even more powerful. The exclusive info about to be revealed is without overclocking but is already faster than any laptop on the planet (not including alternate futures or dimensions). Without overclocking this beast can score almost 21K (Performance) in 3DMark11, edging out even the mighty GTX Titan X in this benchmark!

>>That will be a hell of a laptop. Both in performance but also in price.

Ok, I think I got it now: It is an item that, if you don't use it for anything, it increases your stats, but if you use it, it increases your magic defense.

And what stats it increases? Attack and physical defense?

So it's kind of an item XD

Oh, and thanks for the explanation.