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Holy shit the performance numbers are insane! Intel still beats it in some games but majority of the games are now AMD!



                  

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Looks like the max all core OC stable has been 4.7 Ghz with some may be able to achieve 4.8 Ghz with silicon lottery.

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The Thursday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG sees the release of YesterMorrow with a 25% discount until November 12: https://www.gog.com/game/yestermorrow

Steam has a new daily deal, Othercide 30% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/798490/Othercide/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam Playtest solves some big problems with beta keys
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-playtest-solves-some-big-problems-with-beta-keys/
Developers commonly populate pre-release tests of their games by giving away Steam beta keys. Valve calls these keys "release override keys," because they grant access to a game before it has released, and developers have to contact Valve if they want more than 1,000 of them.
It's an imperfect system, and today, Valve announced an alternative called Steam Playtest. With Playtest, users can register their interest in a game's beta test by clicking a "Request Access" button on its store page. The developer can then grant access to batches of players from their Steam control panel. No keys are sent or redeemed.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Hero modder spends 3,000 hours translating Planescape: Torment into Japanese
https://www.pcgamer.com/hero-modder-spends-3000-hours-translating-planescape-torment-into-japanese/
Planescape: Torment, the classic RPG we ranked at number 11 in our latest list of the top 100 games on PC, is well-known for its wordiness. Its script is 950,000 words long. Which is presumably why, when it was released in Japan, only the manual was translated.
Official localizations in French, German, Korean, Polish, and Czech are available for the Enhanced Edition these days (though the latter two don't have translated audio, just text). Japanese players remained out of luck, unless they could read English of course. Until one volunteer, a member of the translation circle TRANAZ, sat down for 3,000 hours translating every single word of philosophical rambling, descriptions of the structure of the multiverse, and a floating skull flirting with zombies. They even programmed their own font tool, and the end result has scratched-up menu text that actually looks nicer than the smooth English font.
TRANAZ reached out to Torment's developer to ask about distributing the language pack and were told that sharing it with other players was fine, so long as it was distributed for free with the understanding that the rights to the text remain those of the copyright holder. And that's why, 21 years after its original release, players can download PST_JPMOD and finally experience Planescape: Torment in Japanese.

GAMING NEWS

Activision significantly reduces the free disk-space requirements for COD: Black Ops Cold War
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/activision-significantly-reduces-the-free-disk-space-requirements-for-cod-black-ops-cold-war/
Last month, Activision revealed the official PC system requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. According to those specs, PC gamers would need 175GB for installing the MP and SP modes, and 250GB for gaming in 4K/Ray Tracing. However, Treyarch has revised and significantly reduced these free hard-disk space requirements.
According to the new specs, PC gamers will now need 82GB for installing both SP and MP modes. The MP mode will weigh around 35GB, and the SP Mode will weigh around 47GB.
>> They've cut it to less than half the original requirement. That's a lot of crap cut off of it.

The developers of Life is Strange have six games in production
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-developers-of-life-is-strange-have-six-games-in-production/
Dontnod Entertainment is slowly becoming the new Telltale Games in the adventure genre. Just like Telltale Games, most of Dontnod’s games are adventure, with a heavy focus on storytelling. Some may call these games “walking simulators”, but the truth is that a large majority of gamers really enjoy these kind of games.

New free update for Terminator: Resistance allows you to become a Terminator T-800
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-free-update-for-terminator-resistance-allows-you-to-become-a-terminator-t-800/
Reef Entertainment has announced a new free update for Terminator Resistance. This free update introduces an Infiltrator Mode, in which players are able to assume the role of a Terminator T-800.



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Thursday news, part two:

Phasmophobia will linger in Early Access longer than planned
https://www.pcgamer.com/phasmophobia-will-linger-in-early-access-longer-than-planned/
Phasmophobia may haunt Early Access longer than planned after the game's wildly popular launch convinced its developer to reconsider the scope of the multiplayer spooker.

I'll probably be dead before Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO is released
https://www.pcgamer.com/ill-probably-be-dead-before-amazons-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-is-released/
A series of new job listings linked to Amazon's in-development Lord of the Rings MMO, first spotted by Gamespot, indicate that the project has barely begun. We first reported last year that Amazon was partnering up with Chinese publisher Leyou Technology Holdings to create a F2P Tolkien-'em-up, unrelated to its also-in-development TV series.

Star Wars: Squadrons patch takes aim at ranks, bombers, and broken matchmaking
https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-squadrons-patch-takes-aim-at-ranks-bombers-and-broken-matchmaking/
While Star Wars: Squadrons is one hell of a dogfighting game, its deadliest foe wasn't an Imperial ace or Rebel smuggler. Instead, janky matchmaking issues have been slowly wiping out fleets, with more games than not ending up abandoned and offering no reward.

Football Manager launches its own semi-imaginary football club
https://www.pcgamer.com/football-manager-launches-its-own-semi-imaginary-football-club/
The latest salvo in the world's ongoing attempt to blend reality and unreality is that Football Manager now kinda-but-not-really has its own football club. The Football Manager Football Club, or more mercifully FMFC, basically allows Football Manager fans to link their Steam or other accounts and get the usual mix of email updates, blogs, and 'member rewards' which, at the moment, include the chance to win the strip of this virtual team.

Door Kickers 2 gets a surprise launch after fan demands 'release the damn game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/door-kickers-2-gets-a-surprise-launch-after-fan-demands-release-the-damn-game/
Door Kickers 2, the sequel to the "difficult, rewarding" tactical puzzle game we scored 84/100 back in 2014, was announced in early 2016, with a release expected later that same year, or perhaps in early 2017. Instead, it was "re-announced" in February 2020, with an Early Access launch slated for sometime in the spring. That didn't happen either.
Finally, yesterday, Steam user Mind_Link ran out of patience. "Release the damn game!!" they demanded. In response, developer KillHouse Games said, "Okay," and then it did.

The Medium has been refused classification in Australia
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-medium-has-been-refused-classification-in-australia/
Update: The Australian Classification Board has sent through a statement regarding The Medium's banning in Australia. It doesn't shine light on the reasons for the ban on a content level, but it does confirm that Bloober Team's IARC submission breaks an unspecified rule. The Australian Classification Board itself has not received an application for the game.

419 top-ranked Apex Legends players banned for using a glitch to beat up Bronze players
https://www.pcgamer.com/419-top-ranked-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-a-glitch-to-beat-up-bronze-players/
Apex Legends ranked play is divided into six tiers—Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, and Apex Predator—each (except for Apex Predator) subdivided into four divisions. Your rank is determined by Ranked Points earned through gameplay in ranked matches: The better you are, the higher you climb in the rankings, and the stiffer the competition becomes.

Here's exactly when you can start preloading Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
https://www.pcgamer.com/black-ops-cold-war-preload-time-call-of-duty-cod/
We're almost a week out from the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, the first game with a campaign led by Raven Software. With Treyarch leading development on multiplayer and the continued popularity of Warzone, it's shaping up to be an interesting year for the series. Like last year's Modern Warfare, Cold War is also shaping up to be a hefty download whether you're on a PC or a next-gen console.
Thankfully, Activision will soon be rolling out preloading for those who've preordered the game. The catch? PC players will have to wait a full five days longer.

Incoming Hearthstone patch makes big changes to Elementals in Battlegrounds
https://www.pcgamer.com/incoming-hearthstone-patch-makes-big-changes-to-elementals-in-battlegrounds/
A "sizable" balance patch for Duels and Battlegrounds is coming to Hearthstone tomorrow that will make a big change to Elementals: Instead of being present in every Battlegrounds game, where they've dominated since their arrival, they're being added to the minion rotation so that they won't appear in every match.

Sorry, but EA Motive isn't working on a new Star Wars game
https://www.pcgamer.com/sorry-but-ea-motive-isnt-working-on-a-new-star-wars-game/
Last week, our sister site GamesRadar reported on a recent EA Motive job listing for a programmer to work on "an upcoming Star Wars action game." The project was described as "an exciting new IP," and work on it was set to begin "immediately." Today on Twitter, however, the studio said the listing was an error, and that it is not actually working on a new Star Wars game at all.

This poker game has ray tracing (so the river should look amazing)
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-poker-game-has-ray-tracing-and-poker/
When you think of demanding games that really get your PC's fans blasting, your mind probably goes to something like Crysis, or, um... Crysis Remastered. You wouldn't normally think a poker sim would be capable of taxing your GPU. But, just like someone going all in with a 2-7 offsuit, you'd be wrong.

New Minecraft snapshot offers first taste of next year's Caves & Cliffs update
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-minecraft-snapshot-offers-first-taste-of-next-years-caves-and-cliffs-update/
The Minecraft Caves & Cliffs update is expected to hit in early 2021, but ahead of that milestone Mojang has issued the first snapshot showcasing its new content. Snapshots in Minecraft are basically testing phases which can be accessed only in the Java edition.

Capcom has been hacked, says no customer information compromised
https://www.pcgamer.com/capcom-has-been-hacked/
Capcom has issued a press release acknowledging that the company's internal systems were hacked a few days ago.
"Beginning in the early morning hours of November 2, 2020 some of the Capcom Group networks experienced issues that affected access to certain systems, including email and file servers. The company has confirmed that this was due to unauthorized access carried out by a third party, and that it has halted some operations of its internal networks as of November 2."

Fortnite brings back its old default skins - at a high price
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-brings-back-its-old-default-skins-at-a-high-price/
Fortnite has brought back its OG skins from the distant past of 2017, when players had to make do with the game's default characters. Oh the humanity! Not that I have anything against becoming Aquaman, Ghost Rider or wearing a hamburger for a head, but sometimes you just want to be an unassuming person in some khakis, amirite.

Apex Legends is bringing back the Holo-Day Bash and Winter Express this Christmas
https://www.pcgamer.com/apex-legends-is-bringing-back-the-holo-day-bash-and-winter-express-this-christmas/
Winter Express was a much-beloved Apex Legends mode, introduced late last year over the Christmas period, that changed-up the usual order of business in favour of quickfire rounds between three squads. Built around battling for control of a train, 'the Holiday Express', the mode slightly re-jigged map elements like ziplines and packed the squads into close proximity: it was fast, frantic, had amazing music, and was gone too soon.



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Alright Crosshair Dark Hero is not out yet but should be available this week or next week. Since the stock levels aren't that bad, I'll cancel my current order and wait for the motherboard to come out first.



                  

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Quick Roundup of the Zen 3 Tests:

Linus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZBIeM2zE-I

Hardware Unboxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsfvRw74h30

Gamer's Nexus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72AHENDeTEI

JayZ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfumXx-Plo

Canuck's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3u8hnKgvU

Bitwit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwi7zoWq2Y8

You're welcome!

Long story short, AMD simply demolishes Intel in most tests.



I just saw those (like a few minutes ago), it does well in 1080p, but the advantage is quickly lost at higher resolutions, and even somewhat behind in many cases. Are people who buy 500$ + CPU's gaming at 1080p still? I've been doing 1440p for years now and plan on jumping to 4K next year. The new Ryzen series are really impressive but they're not really the gaming beasts some make them out to be unless you're at the lower of the resolution spectrum. The advantages of a Ryzen 5000 series + a 6000 series GPU could be more interesting though!

All in all, I'm really glad AMD is back to being competitive for real, it helps everyone, regardless of taste and wishes.



Bofferbrauer2 said:

Quick Roundup of the Zen 3 Tests:

*snip*

You're welcome!

Long story short, AMD simply demolishes Intel in most tests.

Thanks for the video reviews and the links.

Mummelmann said:
I just saw those (like a few minutes ago), it does well in 1080p, but the advantage is quickly lost at higher resolutions, and even somewhat behind in many cases. Are people who buy 500$ + CPU's gaming at 1080p still? I've been doing 1440p for years now and plan on jumping to 4K next year. The new Ryzen series are really impressive but they're not really the gaming beasts some make them out to be unless you're at the lower of the resolution spectrum. The advantages of a Ryzen 5000 series + a 6000 series GPU could be more interesting though!

All in all, I'm really glad AMD is back to being competitive for real, it helps everyone, regardless of taste and wishes.

You have to keep in mind that even with the latest graphic cards, most games are still GPU limited at 4K, and some also at 1440p. That's why the higher the resolution, the smaller the difference between processors is. Even the 3000 series was able to keep up with Intel at 4K.



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I almost bought a 5900X today but it was snatched out of my basket.

I just looked at the benchmarks and if I wasn't dependent on PCIE4 I would strongly reconsider getting AMD. Those benchmarks are horrible compared to what was promised. With the purported IPC gains a 5900X should not be losing a single benchmark against Intel. Which means they did some bullshit.



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